Amen Dunes' "Believe" is an elusive track, pretty and fragile, fluttering into your personal space but clearly not meant to land anywhere soon. It's a song that deals with mortality (notably of Damon McMahon's own mother), the passage of time and its effect on a person's most intimate relationships in life. But it's never heavy, never dark and the video captures its particular brand of melancholy perfectly: lying on a hardwood floor in a sunlit apartment, watching your memories like you're watching your own hand float above your head. Vintage images of Damon's mother roll by, interspersed with more recent memories of him dancing with a girl, his hands resting on her hips. The song and the video leave an impression that is beautiful and meant to fade, like a pattern lighting up in the dark after closing your eyes.

Watch below.

Directed by Steven Brahms

BELIEVE

I believe, can’t deny it
Seen Heaven, don’t get down
When I was a kid I was afraid to die
But I growed up now

Radio’s on and they’re playing my song
Back in 1992
Things were simpler baby, you hear everyone say
But don’t make it true

If I’m caught in the hour of dark
Won’t laugh, won’t make a sound
I won’t scream, and I won’t get excited
I know God’s underground

Well, seems to me baby, you don’t want to stay
That’s O.K. if that’s true
Life goes on, and this is just a song
But still I do it for you
And I do it for you

I can feel it in the air tonight
Summer’s almost done
They said you lived out on the wrong side
You said that’s half the fun

Now let’s not talk too heavy
I’ll see you next go around
Echoes back all things at last
Return where they belong

I believe, and I’ve been spared
And I’m not down
Fall to tears, and I’m not teasing
I’m not down
Yeah I’m not down

Do it for you
I’m not down
Do it for you

Do it for you
I’m not down
Do it for you, yeah, feel it too
Can’t stop the kid from singing
Do it for you
Yeah I’m not down

Be strong
Thick-skinned
Her heart started racing
Her hips start moving
When things go black
I got you

She’d say, she’d say
She’d say, she’d say
Keep steady, do it
Don’t stop, do it