Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun

"Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun"
Song by M83
from the album Before the Dawn Heals Us
Released2005
GenreAmbient, post-rock[1]
Length10:41
LabelGooom
Songwriter(s)Anthony Gonzalez
Producer(s)
  • Anthony Gonzalez
  • Antoine Gaillet
  • Jean-Philippe Talaga

"Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun" is a song by French electronic music artist M83, which serves as the final track of the band's third album, Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005). It is a 10-minute ambient post-rock instrumental characterized by monolithic arrangements of choral singers and spacious drums. The song has been used in several films and trailers due to its dramatic nature, and has also received critical acclaim, with Slant Magazine even ranking it the best song M83 has released, stating that it "remains the first instance where the band achieved something truly mythical."[2] A previously unreleased music video was shared by frontman Anthony Gonzalez in anticipation of Mute Records re-releasing M83's first three studio albums.[3]

  1. ^ "M83 Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "The 15 Greatest M83 Songs | The House Next Door | Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. ^ "M83 Unearths Previously Unreleased "Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun" Video | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2016.