Just when you were about to give up, Frank Ocean comes with a post-Thanksgiving Day present, a single called “Memrise.” Posted first on Ocean’s Tumblr, the song is a bare bones lament (lyrics below) that features Ocean’s falsetto and speaking voice over backwards-sounding beats and acoustic guitar. It’s all very disjointed and sounds almost like an interlude, bascially not a lot, but more importantly for his fans it’s something that indicates more soon may be coming.
I memorized the wayward expressions
Never look down
Never let you see me down
I memorized the way no directions
Can I come over now
I’d like to stay a little while
I memorized your body exposed
I could fuck you all night long
From a memory alone
I never forget a face
Don’t go plastic on me
Nothing’s set in stone
You’re not dipped in gold
Dipped in gold
You can’t breathe if you’re dipped in gold
You are not on paper
You are not a copy
You’re so, you’re so..so thick, so thick
