KEEP YOU CLOSE

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"**KEEP YOU CLOSE**", also registered as "**Keep You Close**", is a released song by James Lares. It is the third track that is featured on his debut extended play (EP), *INSIDE MY HOUSE*. It was released on July 15th, 2023 through all streaming platforms.

## Background

The lyric video was released on July 31st, 2023, being the second song on the EP to receive a lyric video.

## Theme

3 days after the EP release, Lares explained the theme of this song on his Instagram.

Months later, the post was deleted for unknown reasons.

## Lyrics

**[Chorus]**

I can't keep you close

Ribbons on my legs I've tied with thread and bones

I can never see myself as something that is ever needed

'Cause you threw me away with the needle that you threaded

**[Verse 1]**

Cold hands are touching

I'm just too scared to try

I don't care if they're going to stare

I want you to know that I will be there

Falling too deep, but I don't know what to do

When you're not by my side

**[Chorus]**

I can't keep you close

Ribbons on my legs I've tied with thread and bones

I can never see myself as something that is ever needed

'Cause you threw me away with the needle that you threaded

(That you threaded)

**[Verse 2]**

Now it's time for me to put my feet on the ground

Put our fears to wither then we see what comes around

I don't wanna see where its all all going

I don't wanna see it when it's discontrolling

We can throw away the past six feet under

Leave behind all the bad just like thunder

**[Verse 3]**

Water comes and water goes

Would you come or resist the flow?

If my flowers slip my hands

Would you say that I ruined your plans?

With a needle, pull my thread

And promise me you won't leave like them

**[Chorus]**

I can't keep you close

Ribbons on my legs I've tied with thread and bones

I can never see myself as something that is ever needed

'Cause you threw me away with the needle that you threaded

**[Freestyle]**

En el lago sus cuerpos se tocan

Un suceso que solo ellos provocan

El proceso no siempre es lo que quieres

Tienes que apurarte por que si no te mueres

Mira mis flores, vienen abundando

Frescos mis frutos, vivo trabajando

Tú en seco siempre estás quedando

Porque solamente te vives quejando

Agua corre por sus manos

Son tan simples los humanos

Dicen lo que quieren

Y no saben lo que están pensando

Tragan lo que quieren

Y no saben lo que tocan

Corren cómo perros

Por cualquier cosa se enojan

**[Outro]**

Oh, don't go

(Enojan, enojan, enojan, enojan,

I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,

I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I

Don't go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go,

Don't go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go,

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go)

### Cross-references

* The lines, "[...], *I've tied with thread and bones*", "*'Cause you threw me away with the needle that you threaded*", "*With a needle, pull my thread*" could correlate to the line, "*Fucking sew me up with thread*" from "IN THE NUDE".
	+ Threads were also mentioned on "Thread", and "Darida".
* Being six feet under, and a thunder was also rhymed, and referenced in "THUNDER".
	+ "*Leave behind all the bad just like thunder*" is a call-back to "THUNDER".
		- Waters flowing were also mentioned in this song, and "IN THE NUDE".
* "Mira mis flores, vienen abundando" which translates to "Look at my flowers, they come in abundance" which flowers growing were also mentioned in "THUNDER", "IN THE NUDE", and "Darida".
	+ Flowers are also mentioned in "MONSTER", but is described as rotting instead.

## Gallery

James Lares - KEEP YOU CLOSE (Official Lyric Video)James Lares - KEEP YOU CLOSE (Snippet)Promotional photo.
## Trivia

* This is the longest track on the EP (4:27), while the shortest is "BURN" (2:51).
* "KEEP YOU CLOSE" is the only song on the EP to contain billingual language; Spanish and English.
	+ This song, "VENENO", and "Darida" are the only songs by Lares that contains him singing Spanish.
* Based on Tunebat, the song's greatest quality is its happiness (76 out of 100).
	+ It also has the same key of "IN THE NUDE".

## References

1. ↑ https://tunebat.com/Info/KEEP-YOU-CLOSE-James-Lares/5lxaXKoBW6ZjLgHymOTckR
2. ↑ https://music.apple.com/us/album/inside-my-house-ep/1696544309
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CuzdOhcuzgI/
4. ↑ https://tunebat.com/Info/KEEP-YOU-CLOSE-James-Lares/5lxaXKoBW6ZjLgHymOTckR