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“I just wanted to take a moment before we start to say — lower your expectations,” Lewis Capaldi told the audience before his Tiny Desk performance. He then immediately launched into a beautifully crafted, vocally stunning four piece set.
Beginning with a special arrangement of “Before You Go,” Capaldi was flanked by a full band, including two horns — something new for the Scottish singer. His second song, “Wish You the Best,” is the latest, Capaldi-style heartbreaking single from his upcoming album Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent. Capaldi joked that he didn’t have much to say about the exclusive premiere of his next song, “Heavenly Kind of State of Mind,” describing it solely as simply being three minutes long.
If you didn’t know anything about Capaldi before watching his Tiny Desk, the self-deprecating humor mixed in between gut-wrenching vocal ballads will quickly catch you up to speed. Capaldi had NPR’s audience in tears, both from laughing at sexually suggestive jokes about the size of the Desk and lyrics about the complexities of moving on after a relationship ends. “What happens now?” Capaldi asked the Tiny Desk team as he wrapped up “Someone You Loved,” the final song of his set. Time to put the video on repeat and grab a tissue box.
SET LIST
“Before You Go”
“Wish You The Best”
“Heavenly Kind of State of Mind”
“Someone You Loved”
MUSICIANS
Lewis Capaldi: vocals, guitar
Aiden Halliday: piano
Freddy Sheed: drums
Aidan Beattie: bass, keys
Andy Black: guitar
Matt Owens: trumpet, keys
Reginald Chapman: trombone
CREDITS
Producer: Jill Britton
Director/Editor: Sofia Seidel
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Sofia Seidel, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Zayrha Rodriguez
Audio Assistant: Brian Jarboe
Production Assistant: Pilar Galván
Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Maia Stern, Hazel Cills, Marissa Lorusso, Ashley Pointer, Pilar Galván
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
#tinydesk #nprmusic #lewiscapaldi
Beginning with a special arrangement of “Before You Go,” Capaldi was flanked by a full band, including two horns — something new for the Scottish singer. His second song, “Wish You the Best,” is the latest, Capaldi-style heartbreaking single from his upcoming album Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent. Capaldi joked that he didn’t have much to say about the exclusive premiere of his next song, “Heavenly Kind of State of Mind,” describing it solely as simply being three minutes long.
If you didn’t know anything about Capaldi before watching his Tiny Desk, the self-deprecating humor mixed in between gut-wrenching vocal ballads will quickly catch you up to speed. Capaldi had NPR’s audience in tears, both from laughing at sexually suggestive jokes about the size of the Desk and lyrics about the complexities of moving on after a relationship ends. “What happens now?” Capaldi asked the Tiny Desk team as he wrapped up “Someone You Loved,” the final song of his set. Time to put the video on repeat and grab a tissue box.
SET LIST
“Before You Go”
“Wish You The Best”
“Heavenly Kind of State of Mind”
“Someone You Loved”
MUSICIANS
Lewis Capaldi: vocals, guitar
Aiden Halliday: piano
Freddy Sheed: drums
Aidan Beattie: bass, keys
Andy Black: guitar
Matt Owens: trumpet, keys
Reginald Chapman: trombone
CREDITS
Producer: Jill Britton
Director/Editor: Sofia Seidel
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Sofia Seidel, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Zayrha Rodriguez
Audio Assistant: Brian Jarboe
Production Assistant: Pilar Galván
Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Maia Stern, Hazel Cills, Marissa Lorusso, Ashley Pointer, Pilar Galván
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
#tinydesk #nprmusic #lewiscapaldi
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00:00I fell by the wayside, like everyone else. I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, but I was just kidding myself.
00:14Or every moment, a start or a place. Cause now that they're gonna lie, here are the words that I needed to say.
00:23When you hurt under the surface, like troubled water running cold, well time can heal but this one.
00:38So, before you go, was there something I could've said to make your heart be better? If only I'd have known you had a storm to weather.
00:58So, before you go, was there something I could've said to make it all stop, honey?
01:12Kills me how your mind could make you feel so otherless. So, before you go.
01:22It was never the right time, whenever you called. Went little by little by little until there was nothing at all.
01:36Or every moment, a start or a place. But all I can think about was seeing that look on your face.
01:44When you hurt under the surface, like troubled water running cold, well time can heal but this one.
01:58When you hurt under the surface, like troubled water running cold, well time can heal but this one.
02:00When you hurt under the surface, like troubled water running cold, well time can heal but this one.
02:02So, before you go, was there something I could've said to make your heart be better? If only I'd have known you had a storm to weather.
02:20So, before you go, was there something I could've said to make it all stop, honey?
02:34Kills me how your mind could make you feel so worthless. So, before you go.
02:44Oh, oh.
02:45Oh.
02:46Oh.
02:47Oh.
02:48You know, you know.
02:49Oh.
02:50No.
02:51Oh.
02:52You know.
02:53You know.
02:54Oh.
02:55You know.
02:56You know.
03:01Oh.
03:05Before you go, was there something I could've said to make your heart be better?
03:11I could have said to make your heart beat better
03:15If only I'd have known you had a storm to weather
03:19So, before you go
03:26Was there something I could have said to make it all stop burning
03:33Kills me how your mind could make you feel so worthless
03:38I could have said to make your soul
03:42Before you go
03:52Before you go
04:07Thank you
04:09Thank fuck for that, that was okay
04:25It went well
04:27Yeah, thank you for having us, it's nice to be here
04:31I thought the desk was going to be bigger
04:33I thought it would be bigger
04:35It's nice to say that to someone instead of having it said to you
04:39This next song is a new one
04:51Fuck yeah
04:55Here we go
04:57I miss knowing what you're thinking
05:05And hearing how your day has been
05:09Do you think you could tell me everything darling
05:15But leave out every part about him
05:19Right now you're probably by the ocean
05:24While I'm still out here in the rain
05:28With every day that passes by since we've spoken
05:33It's like Glasgow gets farther from LA
05:37Maybe it's supposed to be this way
05:43But oh my love
05:46I wanna say I miss the green in your eyes
05:50And when I said we could be friends
05:53Guess I lied
05:55I wanna say I wish that you never left
05:59Oh, but instead I only wish you the best
06:03I wanna stay without you
06:06Everything's wrong
06:08And you were everything I need all along
06:12I wanna say I wish that you never left
06:16Oh, but instead I only wish you the best
06:21Well, I can't help but notice
06:25You seem happier than ever now
06:30And I guess that I should tell you I'm sorry
06:35It seems I was the problem somehow
06:39Maybe I only brought you down
06:44But oh my love
06:49I wanna say I miss the green in your eyes
06:53And when I said we could be friends
06:56Guess I lied
06:58I wanna say I wish that you never left
07:02Oh, but instead I only wish you the best
07:06I wanna say without you everything's wrong
07:11And you were everything I need all along
07:15I wanna say I wish that you never left
07:20Oh, but instead I only wish you the best
07:25But oh my love
07:29Oh, oh, oh, oh, my love
07:38Oh, oh, oh
07:44Wish I could say it's something I really mean
07:50That I want you happy where the norm is with me
07:54I want to say I wish that you never lived
07:59Oh, but instead I only wish you the best
08:04I want to say without you everything's wrong
08:08And you are everything I need all alone
08:13I want to say I wish that you never left
08:17Oh, but instead I only wish you the best
08:29Thanks.
08:40Did Alicia Keys start with a penis joke or was that just me?
08:49What does NPR stand for?
08:52National Public Radio.
08:54Yeah, NPR sounds better.
08:55No, yeah.
08:58Thank you very much for having us.
08:59It's genuinely a really big honour to be here.
09:03We've never really done anything like this before.
09:06And yeah, it's just nice to see some faces.
09:09We've been locked up for quite some time.
09:11We haven't really.
09:12That sounds weird now that I've said it out loud.
09:15We're fine, completely regular people.
09:17So, yeah.
09:23This next song, hmm, what can I say about this next song?
09:26Well, it's three minutes long.
09:29It's so much cruel, the blue in your eyes.
09:52It's the kind of blasphemy that makes a congregation cry.
09:57When I'm with you, it's like nothing else.
10:01Like I could run and tell the devil to go fuck himself.
10:05Oh, Lord, I ain't afraid to die.
10:08If it means I'm by your side,
10:10it would be such a heavenly way to say goodbye.
10:13From now until the afterlife,
10:16Be it rain or hailing shine,
10:18You could be intertwined.
10:21Whether you were heaven sent to save me
10:26From above
10:29Or the only one who doesn't hate me
10:35That's enough
10:37When I need someone to save me from original sin
10:42You call me like a chorus so the angels can sing
10:46Now I think about you all on the time
10:52What a heavenly kind of state of mind
10:56You bring me peace
10:58That I'll never find
11:00There's only chaos when I'm left here to my own device
11:05To tell the truth
11:06I think you saved my life
11:09Giving my heart over to you
11:11There would be no sacrifice
11:13Oh, Lord, I ain't afraid to die
11:16If it means I'm by your side
11:18It would be such a heavenly way to say goodbye
11:21From now until the afterlife
11:24Be it rain or hailing shine
11:26We could be intertwined
11:28Whether you were heaven sent to save me
11:34From above
11:36Or the only one who doesn't hate me
11:43That's enough
11:44That's enough
11:45When I need someone to save me from original sin
11:50You call me like a chorus so the angels can sing
11:54Now I think about you all on the time
12:00For the heavenly kind of state of love
12:04And I feel the rapture
12:06When I'm looking at you
12:07But I'm looking at you
12:08You're the only reason
12:13And I keep believing
12:15For the heavenly kind of state of love
12:19None of you heaven sent to save me
12:24From above
12:27You're the only one who doesn't hate me
12:33That's enough
12:35Thank you
12:48So I want to say a big thank you
13:06To this gentleman here
13:07This is Aidan Hardy
13:08He did all the shit that you're hearing today
13:10He's been stressed
13:17So also though
13:19If you've not enjoyed it
13:21You know who to blame
13:21Cool
13:24We're going to do one more song I think
13:25And then
13:25We're going to fuck off
13:27But
13:27Thank you
13:29For having us
13:30I really appreciate it
13:31It's been an honour
13:32It's been a pleasure
13:33Hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have
13:35Yeah
13:37I think
13:37We've all come out of this relatively unscathed
13:40Which is the best we can hope for
13:43I remember seeing
13:44I watched the one recently
13:46With Chris Martin
13:47In Coldplay
13:47Don't worry I said that
13:48Coldplay
13:49But
13:50When
13:51This is just
13:53I'm just telling you something
13:54That has no reference to this
13:57But it makes this little noise
13:58When this band are playing
14:00And it goes
14:01I don't know if you remember that
14:03Or were there for it
14:04But I really got
14:05I really tickled me
14:07So
14:07I just wanted to make the same noise
14:09It's been a dream of mine
14:22For quite some time
14:25Listen guys
14:26I'm not going to waste any of your time
14:29Any more of your time
14:30I've already
14:31Really took a chunk out of your lunch break
14:33Or something right now
14:34But
14:34Thank you
14:36I love you all
14:38In a way
14:39I don't know any of you personally
14:42There could be people in here
14:44That I actively dislike
14:45If I've got to know them
14:46But
14:47You know
14:48Just as like a
14:49General thing
14:50I love you
14:52I'll miss you
14:54Let's go
14:58Let's go
14:59This one's for you Chris
15:04I'm going under
15:10In this time
15:11I feel there's no one to save me
15:14This all or nothing
15:19Really go the way
15:21You're driving me crazy
15:22I need somebody to heal
15:27Somebody to know
15:29Somebody to help
15:31Somebody to hold
15:33It's easy to say
15:35But it's never the same
15:38I guess I kind of like the way
15:40You numbed all the pain
15:42Now the day bleeds
15:44Into nightfall
15:46You're not here
15:48To get me through it all
15:51But let my guns out
15:53Either you pulled the rug
15:55I was getting kind of used to being
15:58So were you loved
16:00I'm going under
16:03In this time
16:04I feel there's no one to turn to
16:07This all or nothing
16:12Way of loving
16:13Got me sleeping without you
16:16Now I need somebody to know
16:18Now I need somebody to know
16:20Somebody to heal
16:22Somebody to help
16:24Just to know how it feels
16:26It's easy to say
16:28It's easy to say
16:28But it's never the same
16:31I guess I kind of like the way
16:33You helped me escape
16:35Now the day bleeds
16:37Into nightfall
16:39You're not here to get me through it all
16:43Or let my gun do
16:46Either you pulled the rug
16:48I was getting kind of used to being
16:51Someone you loved
16:53And I tend to close my eyes
16:58When it hurts
16:59Sometimes I fall into your arms
17:04Oh be safe for yourself
17:07Till I come back around
17:09But now the day bleeds
17:12Into nightfall
17:14You're not here
17:17To get me through it all
17:19Or let my gun down
17:21Either you pulled the rug
17:24I was getting kind of used to being
17:27Someone you loved
17:28But now the day bleeds
17:31Into nightfall
17:33You're not here
17:35To get me through it all
17:37Or let my gun down
17:39Either you pulled the rug
17:41I was getting kind of used to being
17:45Someone you loved
17:46Or let my gun down
17:48Either you pulled the rug
17:51I was getting kind of used to being
17:55Someone you loved
17:57Thank you very much. Cheers.
18:02What happens now?
18:12What happens now?
18:32All right.
18:42All right.
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