boygenius - 'Stay Down' (Live at WFUV)

boygenius performs "Stay Down" live in Studio A. Recorded 11.7.18.

Host: Alisa Ali
Audio: Jim O'Hara
Cameras: Brian Gallagher, Jeffrey Pelayo, Nora Doyle, Kay Kurkierewicz and Jake Lee
Editor: Kay Kurkierewicz and Jake Lee

[PetiteMadchen]

I love love love how expressive Julien is when she sings and then Phoebe closing her eyes and Lucy always seems so at peace ugghhhh I really hope they make a second album and tour

[bissa]

THE supergroup. This record is transcendant.

[MickaS]

Bawling. The aching vocals. The articulate lyrics. A masterpeice. A truly articulate depiction of religous trauma.

[helloAdikhere]

Hands down my favourite Boygenius track

[lucacapezio]

I'm obsessed with this EP. This song. Perfection.

[chaerriya]

julien is such an incredible vocalist, i’m physically shivering rn

[ArseneWengerIsLord]

Goodness…Julien Baker is a musical monster! Seeing her in ATL in a few weeks opening for Manchester Orchestra and I couldn’t be more excited!

[ssg]

3:03 is me being blown away by this *BAND*

[Julie-mbnj]

Wasn't a fighter 'til somebody told me
I had better learn to lean into the punch
So I don't hurt as bad when they leave
There you were, turning your cheek
I look at you and you look at a screen
I'm in the back seat of my body
I'm just steering my life in the video game
Similar accent, a different name
It's a slow down
So would you teach me I'm the villain
Aren't I, aren't I the one?
Constantly repenting for a difficult mind
Push me down into the water like a sinner
Hold me under and I'll never come up again
I'll just stay down
It's a half-life
It's a fallout
It takes so long for me to settle down
And when I finally do there's no one else around
So I stay down
So I stay down
So I stay down
So I stay down
So I stay down

[SapphicSparky]

i literally love them so much i cannot explain it their voices just compliment each other so well oml

[Beatrizfkn]

This song grew on me and now is my favorite from the ep. Really beautiful

[RileyliebtTH]

I don’t trust myself to ever meet Julien and NOT ask her to marry me. Good lord, that woman.

[nicknovakk]

This is the stand out song for me. So good

[MFJoneser]

Life will always be brutal but the more of this we allow ourselves, the better we’ll live and love and be, i feel

[LanaBlueMusic]

It’s unhealthy how many times I’ve watched this

[pvlvnq]

boygenius are really genius, they put all my feelings i couldn't express in one powerful song, i'm speechless

[loku]

“Its a half life its a fallout”
*gamer intensifies *

[fhoplist]

I like listening to this when I'm feeling a little down.

[boyblob]

Favorite song from the EP (kinda bummed that the studio versions don't seem to be on youtube still. I'd like to share it with more people, but not everyone uses Spotify so... oh well).
I always wondered if that bit where she sings "it's a half-life it's a fallout" is meant to be a reference to the respective videogame series since she mentions that earlier in the song about being "trapped in a videogame". It seems like it has to be on purpose, otherwise that would be too much of a coincidence. The word "fallout" on its own I could see, but the "half-life" seems to be too specific for it to not be a reference.

[douglassaldanha]

A banda de vocês é perfeita. Já sou um fã, diretamente aqui do Brasil.... sucesso sempre para vocês !