Darq Souls

Unofficial artwork

**Darq Souls** is an unreleased song by Grimes. It was intended for her fifth album, *Miss Anthropocene.*

## Background

In a 2020 interview for *Pitchfork*, Grimes revealed that Darq Souls was supposed to be the fourth track off *Miss Anthropocene*, but it was later replaced by Violence.

Furthermore, Darq Souls was "theoretically the best song on the record", but became "an engineering nightmare", meaning she wasn't able to finish it, explaining to iZotope:

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> ❝ My favourite video game is Bloodborne. There are no shields. It teaches you confidence, speed and aggression like nothing else. The track Darq Souls was perhaps never meant to see the light of day. From a mix perspective it had breakbeats sampled from t.A.T.u. and samples of fighter jets and tons of bass and like 100 layers of vocals. I got too wild and then there was no going back and the file barely opens. ❞
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In August 2020, the song was registered with 8 other songs; potentially for the second part of Miss Anthropocene.

In 2021, in a TikTok comment, Grimes revealed that Darq Souls was on a laptop that became 'f\*cked', meaning the audio file is likely corrupted and lost.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

(eh)

[Verse]

Flying with my eyes open wide, (ah-ah)

Fairy of millennia, (ha-oh)

I will crash with you in silver skies, come alive

When black swans collide

You and I

Black swans collide

You and I

[Chorus]

Faster than the speed of sound

You'll come and get me, don’t let me down

Dark souls

Fighter pilot

I think I like it

A thousand miles an hour

You must be insane

You've got one thing on your brain

You were my first love, sorry to my fame

Dark soul

I think I like it

A thousand miles an hour

Fighter pilot

[Verse]

Flying with my eyes open wide, (ah-ah)

Fairy of millennia, (ha-oh)

I will crash with you in silver skies, come alive

When black swans collide

You and I

Black swans collide

You and I

[Chorus]

Faster than the speed of sound

You'll come and get me, don’t let me down

Dark souls

Fighter pilot

I think I like it

A thousand miles an hour

Think you must be insane

You've got one thing on your brain

You were my first love, sorry to my fame

Dark soul

I think I like it

A thousand miles an hour

Fighter pilot

[Bridge]

I never told you my thing, you never asked

Baby don’t go so fast, you never know

You got more reasons to say you've got the beat

You give me nothing

Pulsing inside in me, (oh)

You told me to be high, (ah)

(eh, ah, ha (push me))

(It brings us close together)

(Push me, through)

[Chorus]

You and I - Faster than the speed of sound

You'll come and get me, don’t let me down

Dark souls

Fighter pilot

I think I like it

A thousand miles an hour

(A thousand miles an hour)

(A thousand miles an hour)

Dark soul

I think I like it

(I love you)

Faster than the speed of sound

You'll come and get me, don’t let me down

Dark souls

Fighter pilot

I think I like it

A thousand miles an hour

Think you must be insane

You got one thing on your brain

You are my first love, sorry to my fame

Dark souls

I think I like it

(I love you)

A thousand miles an hour

[Outro]

*These are unconfirmed lyrics*

## References

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/umoqd0VbRI4?t=10m13s
2. ↑ https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/unruly-mixes-with-grimes.html
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/GrimezszCharts/status/1292896497546264584?lang=en-GB
4. ↑ https://www.nme.com/news/music/grimes-reveals-miss\_anthropocene-was-originally-a-double-album-i-really-do-need-to-release-a-second-disc-because-its-very-strong-2613234