Pavement- “Harness Your Hopes” (Official Music Video)

The “Harness Your Hopes” official music video, directed by Alex Ross Perry and starring Sophie Thatcher. “Harness Your Hopes” is featured on the re-issue of the ‘Spit on a Stranger’ EP, out now on Matador Records. Pre-order here: https://pavement.ffm.to/soas

Revisit all of the original Pavement videos here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqW1xsMiqApGFuRLepXwm4gii7rMuzc5a

Lyrics:
Harness your hopes on just one person
You know, because a harness was only made for one
Don’t telegraph your passes, you’ll end up with molasses
Cauterized in syrup and syrup’s not molasses

And I’m checking out the asses, the assets that attract us
To anything that moves, we’re deep inside the groove
And it’s time to shake the rations ’cause someone’s gonna cash in
The movie starts at ten, the plot, it never ends

Well, show me a word that rhymes with pavement
And I won’t kill your parents and roast them on a spit
And don’t you try to etch it or permanently sketch it
Or you’re gonna catch a bad, bad cold

‘Cause the freaks have stormed the White House
I lived inside a lighthouse
It’s on a scenic quay, it’s, oh, so far away
Far away from the beginning, the shroud is made of linen
The goth kid has a hearse, the filly lost her purse

Nun is to church, as the parrot is to perch
And my heart’s wide open, truly

Leisure, a leisure suit is nothing
It’s nothing to be proud of in this late century
And I’m asking you to hold me just like a morning paper
Pinched between your pointer, your index, and your thumb

It’s a semi-automatic, believers are ecstatic
You see the way they cling, the cold metallic sting
And I’m living in a coma for Donna de Varona
The harness made of hopes, the lovers on the ropes

Earth-shaking, rattle-snaking
Kiwis are a-home baking
Minds wide open, truly

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Credits:
Starring Sophie Thatcher
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Producers: Bruno Vernaschi-Berman and Daniel April
Co-Producers: Meg Vatterott and Eduardo Sobrino
Director of Photography: Hil Steadman
Production Designer: Emily Steiker-Epstein
Art Assistants: Effie Frank and Bryan Duffy
1st AC: Colin Morris
2nd AC / Loader: Jade Alexia
Gaffer: David Williamson
Key Grip: Jonas Hayes
Stylist: Holly McClintock
Hair / Make-Up Design: Meraly Lopez
Editor / Colorist / Archivist: Robert Kolodny
Stills: Nikki Moriello
Rear Projection: Rooftop Films, James Martin, John-Phillip Faienza
Film: Kodak
Scanning & Processing: Metropolis Film Works and Kodak Film Lab NYC

Special Thanks to Gabe Spierer, Jay Giampietro, Matt Atwood, and Craig Butta

A Penguin Fiasco and Gummy Films Production

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