I Believe

"**I Believe**" (originally titled “**Art Of War**”) is the sixth track on Caroline Polachek’s fourth studio album, *Desire, I Want To Turn Into You.*

## Background

The track's title was revealed on an Instagram post, along with the rest of the tracks on January 31, 2023.

On October 9, 2023 Caroline shared the background on the track through Instagram:

>  This song felt right to end the series on, because it's about endlessness.
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> I've heard it said that all particles will eventually rearrange themselves such that we will live everything again, but my gut says time is more like a spiral: yes we do return, yes the curve is familiar, but the form is never quite the same. Love teaches us this too, that the beloved is everchanging, that hello is also goodbye.
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> "I Believe" began when I heard Celine Dion sing "En Amour" on a tiny CD boombox at an italian air bnb while on acid (there were only three CDs at the airBnb). Something about her voice cutting so simply and victoriously through the waves of synth chords made me weep, and then return to London determined to try my hand at a diva ballad so open-heartedly. @dannylharle and I employed the key-change trick we learned from covering "Breathless", shifting each chorus down a fourth and each verse back up to create the effect of sudden epiphany. We aspired towards the brutalist orchestra hits of Art Of Noise and Propaganda, and later in LA, during a phase of blasting MJ cole through my busted Prius speakers, I brought that UKG feel into the drums with @arielrechtshaid
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> But amidst this wild web of touchpoints, the heart of this song is a dedication to SOPHIE, and her embodiment of contradictions which still shines a bright light and casts a long shadow. The lyrics say the rest: "I don't know but i believe we'll get another day
> together" 𖦹“
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> [Intro]
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> Look over the edge, but not too far
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> [Verse 1]
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> You're not alone
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> Under a sky of vultures
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> With all that could've been
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> You made it home
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> With silver string unbroken
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> Ain't that the sweetest gift?
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> [Pre-Chorus]
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> Oh, little miracle, swing low
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> Where there can be no compromises down low
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> [Chorus]
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> I don't know, but I believe
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> We'll get another day together
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> Violent love, feel my embrace, oh
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> No, I don't know, but I believe
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> And I'd have said it was impossible
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> To find you in this life and keep you just enough
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> [Verse 2]
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> And I'd have said it was impossible
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> To find you in this life and keep you just enough
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> [Pre-Chorus]
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> Oh, littlе miracle, swing low
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> Where thеre can be no compromises down low
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> [Chorus]
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> I don't know, but I believe
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> We'll get another day together
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> Violent love, feel my embrace, oh
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> No, I don't know, but I believe
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> [Bridge]
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> Look over the edge, but not too far
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> Look over the edge, but not too far
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> [Chorus]
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> I don't know, but I believe
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> We'll get another day together
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> Violent love, feel my embrace, oh
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> No, I don't know, but I believe
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> [Outro]
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> Violent love
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> Feel my embrace
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> Look over the edge, but not too far
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> But not too far
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> 1. ↑ Polachek on Instagram - Video posted on January 31, 2023
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> The Spiraling Tour · Videography · Photography
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> "Welcome To My Island"
> "Pretty In Possible"
> "Bunny Is A Rider
> "Sunset"
> "Crude Drawing Of An Angel"
> "**I Believe**"
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> "Fly To You (featuring. Grimes & Dido)"
> "Blood And Butter"
> "Hopedrunk Everasking"
> "Butterfly Net"
> "Smoke"
> "Billions"
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> Other Tracks
> "Long Road Home"
> "Dang"
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> Caroline Polachek
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