Digging for Covers: Feist - "Lover's Spit"

The song "Lover's Spit" first appeared in 2002 on Broken Social Scene's second album, You Forgot It In People. Written and sung by founding-member Kevin Drew, the song's about the passing of meaningless affairs and relationships for something more, like love. In the 2004 b-sides compilation, Bee Hives, the song reappears with Leslie Feist on vocals. That same year, Feist stopped by the Black Sessions broadcast by Radio France and recorded this sparse take. While it doesn't have the emotional grandiosity of the original, Feist's blunt and tender voice and electrified clean guitar give the song a quiet and determined weight. 

All these people drinking lover's spit
They sit around and clean their face with it
And they listen to teeth to learn how to quit
Tied to a night they never met

You know it's time
That we grow old and do some shit
I like it all that way

All these people drinking lover's spit
Swallowing words while giving head
They listen to teeth to learn how to quit
Better take some hand and get used to it

You know it's time
That we grow old and do some shit
I like it all that way

Feist - "Lover's Spit" (BSS cover)