Billie Holiday is the greatest, the greatest, the greatest. I am not worthy to sing any of her songs, but at 3 in the morning after not quite having the time to finish a fight that was started, it felt like singing this song was a small present to myself. Erhd had no cymbals, Chris was stuck on the other side of London with no money and I felt like playing 3 chords over and over again, so this is what came out, our most humble attempt at being in love with someone who is way too good for us. Billie Holiday is one of what I call my singing Holy Trinity. The other two are Elliott Smith and Chan Marshall. What I love about Billie is that she did not give a shit. She just sang it how she felt it. I hope her and Elliott are getting it on in heaven. Iva XO
Thanks to Charlie Rotberg from Beaty Heart, who made this visualisation to go with the song.
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