Two Doves Lyrics

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“Two Doves” is a bittersweet ballad containing a multitude of references ranging from Bob Dylan to the Bible. One could even interpret it as a modern “Song of Solomon”, detailing a love story that finds itself at a melancholy end.

Lead singer, David Longstreth stressed the importance of giving a solo song to each of the two female vocalists, Angel Deradoorian and Amber Coffman as “as a gift or homage to each one, to try to explode their temperaments into individual numbers.”. Thus, while Coffman’s “Stillness is the Move” is upbeat and fast paced, Deradoorian’s “Two Doves” is soothingly wistful.

Notably, theses two sister songs (the only ones missing Lonsgstreth’s lead vocals) are placed right next to one another on the album.

Longstreath explained,

I like the idea of making their personalities in song very distinct from each other. There’s definitely an element of symmetry or balance I was going for."

Longstreth has described Bitte Orca as a parody of what a big rock album should be, a parody of the DPz themselves as a band on tour. By quoting iconic singer-songwriters of the seventies, he does just that.

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Release Date
June 9, 2009
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