Adrianne Lenker - Anything (Live from Greenwich Village with Nick Hakim)

'Anything' is taken from Adrianne's 2020 album, 'songs and instrumentals'.

Adrianne's second solo album 'Bright Future' is out now, via 4AD.

Filmed at Electric Lady Studios - January 31, 2024
Adrianne Lenker - Vocals, guitar, piano
Nick Hakim - Vocals, piano

Directors of Photography: Hil Steadman and Jake DeNicola
Additional cameras: Tiff Pritchett and Jayla Smith
Editors: Tiff Pritchett and Jayla Smith
Color: Michael Speed
Audio recording and mix: Philip Weinrobe
Audio engineering assistance: Lauren Marquez for Electric Lady Studios

Lyrics:
staring down the barrel of the hot sun
shining with the sheen of a shotgun
carol has a little if we need some
joa has a ride if we wanna come
hangin’ your jeans with a clothes pin
skin still wet, still on my skin
mango in your, juice drippin’
shoulder of your shirt sleeve slippin’
christmas eve with your mother and sis
don’t wanna fight, but your mother insists
dog’s white teeth slice right through my fist
drive to the ER and they put me on risk
grocery store list, now you get pissed
unchecked calls and messages
I don’t wanna be the owner of your fantasy
I just wanna be a part of your family

I don’t wanna talk about anything
I don’t wanna talk about anything
I wanna kiss kiss your eyes again
wanna witness your eyes lookin
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I wanna sleep in your car while you’re driving
lay in your lap when I’m crying

circle of pine and red oak, circle of moss and fire smoke
fan on the ceiling like a wheel spoke
push the clutch and i pull the choke
wanna listen to the sound of you blinking
wanna listen to your hands soothe
listen to your heart beating
listen to the way you move

I don’t wanna talk about anything
I don’t wanna talk about anything
I wanna kiss kiss your eyes again
wanna witness your eyes lookin
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I wanna sleep in your car while you’re driving
lay in your lap when I’m crying

weren’t we the stars in heaven
weren’t we the salt in the sea
dragon in the new warm mountain
didn’t you believe in me?
You held me the whole way through
but I couldn’t say the words like you
I was scared, indigo, but I wanted to
I was scared, indigo, but I wanted to

I don’t wanna talk about anything
I don’t wanna talk about anything
I wanna kiss kiss your eyes again
wanna witness your eyes lookin
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I wanna sleep in your car while you’re driving
lay in your lap when I’m crying

[kyrahirsch]

my best friend growing up, she was like my sister, would blink so loudly. i’ve still never heard someone’s eyes blink audibly. when adrianne says, “i wanna listen to the sound of you blinking” i think of her every time, my katelynn lee.

[blueovine]

i get a deep sense of yearning everytime i listen to this song. it's the most powerful piece of art i have ever heard and i can't even do it justice by trying to put it into words. but it's my everything.

[alejandro]

Actually the greatest song ever written

[maemoonie]

Adrianne is the songwriter of our generation.

[ellbell_]

listen closely and u can hear me sobbing hysterically in the background

[fulbol]

how can this song simultaneously punch me in the gut with longing and comfort

[lemmah]

She is a master of lyrical vulnerability and strength at the same time.

[weezzerr]

im currently using this to get over a mental breakdown and her voice sounds like an accepting mother craddling me telling me everything will be okay

[louist]

the line "i was scared, indigo, but i wanted to" makes me feel like i've got a pit in my stomach, i can't explain why.

[MichitismIDV]

Its sad that it took us this long to give this girl the recognition she deserves.

[somebdysbabyy]

I don’t wanna be the owner of your fantasy

[laurakizer-qj]

"i wanna witness your eyes looking" ... no words.

[connie]

this song is so gut wrenching, longing and comforting at the same time. the part that gets me is “weren’t we the stars in heaven weren’t we the salt in the sea?”

[allyson--]

Whenever this song pops onto my feed, it's time to set everything aside to listen

[lesley]

“i wanna witness ur eyes look in” i haven’t seen my mom face to face since i was 14 and even when i did the older i got the more she was just looking thru me and not at me, i wanna look in her eyes and feel love and connection like i did when i was a child. so real.

[IreneCAbry]

as a musician and guitar player, I’m simply amazed by how talented adrianne is. not only is she playing a VERY complicated finger picking pattern with a couple of the chords being INSANELY difficult, but she’s also able to sing along so beautifully while playing it. i’ve been trying to learn this song on guitar and i can’t even comprehend how she’s able to sing while playing it. genuinely one of the greatest musicians ever to exist <3

[carlocarosi]

I hope new videos from this particular performance show up once a week for the rest of my life.

[frodounderhill]

a song so full of beauty and emotion i cannot wait to hear this live

[sleepycakes]

Adriannes words and voice are pure treasure.
Generational songwriter.
I get so wrapped up in her music. Like no other.
Treasure!! ❤‍🔥

[soph]

im begging for this to be released on spotify