On Your Side (song)

## Apple Music London Sessions Chronology

**"On Your Side"** is the fourth single by The Last Dinner Party from their debut album, *Prelude To Ecstasy*, released November 1, 2023 through Island Records. It will serve as the fifth track from the album.

## Background

'On Your Side' is one of the songs that have been on the bands setlist since the beginning.
The Last Dinner Party performed the song on BBC's 6 Music Live Session as part of their New Music Fix Friday on July 7, 2023, and on October 25, 2023, the band posted a video of them shooting the music video to their instagram with the studio version of the song playing throughout teasing it’s official release on November 1, 2023.

The song is described by the band as a love song with its hands tied,

> It’s about being so devoted to someone that no matter what they do, no matter how much it hurts, how much you know you should leave, you can’t escape".
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## Composition

The outro of the song came from an improvised moment in the studio, the band explained: "James Ford had a synthesiser that warped and delayed and played with the fabric of whatever you put into it, so Aurora Nishevci and Abigail Morris sat in the studio after lunch and improvised some piano and vocal lines, letting the sounds build on top of each other until that final gasp. It turned into this wrenching shimmering section that sounds like the end of a poisonous relationship; dissolving, fragmenting, painful but also ultimately freeing."

## Lyrics

I know I’m better off not looking back

Forgive me father, won’t you take it back?

That we were lovers

Bodies touching

On park benches

Stray dogs watching

It disgusts me now

I wish I didn’t want you

Wish I could do without

This blood on my face

Where your teeth sunk in

Bite me again

When it’s 4am

And your heart is breaking

I will hold your hands

To stop them from shaking

If it takes all night

I will be on your side

Back to the olive mount you lead me to

The wind was blinding so I clung to you

And you smiled so sweetly

As you threw me

Down the rocks into the seaweed

You thought that I could fly

When you’re lying here

I believe you love me

You can hold my hair back

When you kiss me

If you stay all night

I will be on your side

When it’s 4am

And your heart is breaking

I will hold your hands

To stop them from shaking

If it takes all night

I will be on your side

## Music video

The music video was released alongside the single on November 1, 2023, and was directed by Cal McIntyre.

## "Where Is My Mind" interpolation

The interpolation was created for their live session for BBC Radio 1's Future Artist as part of their "Maida Vale Mashup", where they have artists create their own "super song".
The mashup was an idea by Georgia Davies that she had a long time ago where she always thought 'On Your Side' sounded a lot like Pixies' song "Where Is My Mind".

They first introduced the interpolation on their October 18 show in London on their UK Tour. They continued to perform the song live a few times and it was received well by their fans.

### Lyrics

Ooh-ooh-oh

Ooh-ooh-oh

I know I’m better off not looking back (Ooh-ooh-oh)

Forgive me father, won’t you take it back? (Ooh-ooh-oh)

That we were lovers

Bodies touching

On park benches

Stray dogs watching

It disgusts me now

I wish I didn’t want you

Wish I could do without

This blood on my face

Where your teeth sunk in

Bite me again

When it’s 4am

And your heart is breaking

I will hold your hands

To stop them from shaking

(Ooh-ooh)

If it takes all night

I will be on your side

(Ooh-ooh)

With your feet on the air and your head on the ground

Try this trick and spin it

Your head will collapse, and there's nothing in it

And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind? (Ooh-ooh-oh)

Where is my mind?

Where is my mind?

Way out in the water, see it swimmin'

Where is my mind?

When it’s 4am

And your heart is breaking

I will hold your hands

To stop them from shaking

(Ooh-ooh)

If it takes all night

I will be on your side

When you’re lying here

I believe you love me

You can hold my hair back

When you kiss me

If you stay all night

I will be on your side

When it’s 4am

And your heart is breaking

I will hold your hands

To stop them from shaking

If it takes all night

I will be on your side

Where is my mind? (Ooh-ooh)

Where is my mind? (Ooh-ooh)

Where is my mind?

## Videos

The Last Dinner Party - On Your Side (Apple Music Sessions)
## References

1. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001p2k4
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy1JkBqNRe4/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-last-dinner-party-announce-debut-album-prelude-to-ecstasy-release-new-single-on-your-side-listen-preorder-3528044
5. ↑ https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/the\_last\_dinner\_party\_announce\_debut\_album\_share\_video\_for\_new\_song\_on\_your
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://x.com/lastdinnerparty/status/1729624594024169672?s=46&t=TGML588DkXBbqj7ms0CMpQ

## Navigation

"Burn Alive"
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"The Feminine Urge"

"Beautiful Boy" "Gjuha"
"**Sinner**"

"Portrait of a Dead Girl"
"**Nothing Matters**"
"Mirror"