Devereaux Lyrics – Car Seat Headrest

Devereaux Lyrics by Car Seat Headrest is a new english song by Car Seat Headrest. The song is released on carseatheadrest’s official YouTube channel, written by Will Toledo, Andrew Katz, Seth Dalby, and Ethan Ives, produced by Will Toledo, and from the album The Scholars, offering listeners an introspective and emotionally layered experience.

The lyrics of Devereaux delve into legacy, identity, and the burden of inherited memory. Told through a poetic narrative voice, the song traces a spiritual and emotional journey that weaves childhood, familial names, mythic metaphors, and existential longing into a coming-of-age meditation. With shifting perspectives—from Devereaux to his mother—the track becomes a cross-generational echo of confusion, love, and the human yearning for meaning. Layered with biblical and mythical imagery, the song explores the tension between destiny and self-determination, isolation and belonging.

Devereaux Details

Song	Devereaux
Album	The Scholars
Artists	Car Seat Headrest
Written By	Will Toledo, Andrew Katz, Seth Dalby & Ethan Ives
Produced By	Will Toledo
Label	carseatheadrest
Language	English
Released Date	May 2, 2025

Devereaux Lyrics

[Verse 1: Devereaux]
I never questioned the call of the father to his next of kin
Pull me out of the fire, tell me you love me
And throw me back in
If I could ask for mercy
If I could give up this life of sin
The only one I’ve ever known
Visit my parents and then go back home

[Verse 2: Devereaux]
Been scanning the stations
Searching for a song to fall back in love
Came across one that shook me so sweetly when I was young
Before I was rusted as this car

[Pre-Chorus 1: Devereaux]
Before the bitter moss consumed the brighter spots of a hopeful past
Is it too much to ask for something that will last?

[Chorus 1: Devereaux]
Devereaux
I always heard as my granddad’s name
The first time that I felt its weight I cried and I said
Devereaux
In the space between here and you
There’s a kid who don’t know what to do
He waits in the silence to hear

[Bridge: Devereaux & Fathers]
And inside of the tent, they’re turning animals to men
Here’s a heart for guilt, here’s a mind to think again
Out of my garden! Out of my life!
I wasn’t born to be this, I was born to fight dragons
With a cowl on my face
With an auspicious birthday
Out of my garden! Out of my life!

[Verse 3: Devereaux]
Riverrun to the country
I sail in a basket down the tides and wait
For some gentle face to come peering down
Through the wicker frame
I think of my mother and her voice
The dishes that she made

[Pre-Chorus 2: Devereaux]
It’s too late to hope that the one who finds me now
Will know her song and speak it out loud
And she sang

[Chorus 2: Devereaux’s Mother]
Devereaux!
We all come from a long, long line
Today you’re walking here side by side with me and mine
Oh, Devereaux!
I always heard as my own dad’s name
The first time that I saw you take it, I cried and I said
Devereaux!
In the land beyond me and you
A bunch of kids who don’t know what to do
We wait in the silence to hear

[Outro: Devereaux’s Mother]
Devereaux, we all wait in the silence
Devereaux, we all wait in the silence

Devereaux Lyrics Meaning

[Verse 1: Devereaux]
Will Toledo introduces Devereaux as someone grappling with divine expectation and familial obligation. The “call of the father” feels both sacred and burdensome, setting up a motif of fire as both trial and punishment. Devereaux longs for redemption but feels trapped in a cycle of sin and estrangement. His desire to return home after visiting his parents reveals emotional detachment and dislocation, establishing a mood of inner conflict and inherited guilt.

[Verse 2: Devereaux]
This verse reveals Devereaux’s nostalgia and a sense of spiritual erosion. He searches the radio for a song to reawaken lost feelings, only to be reminded of how time and hardship have changed him. The metaphor of rust—a once-functional car now weathered and degraded—symbolizes personal decay and a longing for the purity of youth.

[Pre-Chorus 1: Devereaux]
Toledo intensifies the theme of memory’s erosion by describing how bitterness has overtaken past hope. The line questions whether it’s even possible to find something enduring. This expresses not just romantic longing but a broader existential yearning for permanence in an impermanent world.

[Chorus 1: Devereaux]
The name “Devereaux” becomes a symbol of lineage and emotional weight. Once just a family name, it now carries the burden of identity. Devereaux imagines a younger version of himself, caught between confusion and silence, waiting for guidance. This chorus connects personal emotion with ancestral ties, making the name a vessel for history, pain, and longing.

[Bridge: Devereaux & Fathers]
The bridge is the song’s most mythic and surreal passage. It references transformation—from animal to man—and evokes themes of original sin, guilt, and exile. Devereaux rejects this inherited narrative, asserting he was born to be heroic, not burdened. References to a “cowl” and “auspicious birthday” evoke chosen-one mythology, while the repeated refrain “Out of my garden!” recalls Edenic exile, marking a break from imposed identities.

[Verse 3: Devereaux]
This verse offers a symbolic rebirth, with Devereaux cast as an infant sailing downriver like Moses, awaiting rescue. The mention of his mother and her food humanizes the narrative, anchoring the abstract struggle in tactile memory. It contrasts maternal care with the alienation he now feels, deepening the emotional pull.

[Pre-Chorus 2: Devereaux]
Now fully aware of what’s been lost, Devereaux concedes that it’s too late for his rescuer to know his mother’s song. The inherited warmth, love, and identity from his mother is likely irretrievable. It marks a quiet moment of grief for generational disconnect and cultural amnesia.

[Chorus 2: Devereaux’s Mother]
This chorus, sung from the mother’s perspective, shifts the emotional lens. She affirms their shared lineage and expresses pride in her son’s inheritance of the family name. Her tears reflect both love and the emotional gravity of seeing him carry forward something so weighted. Her words remind him—and listeners—of continuity, despite personal fragmentation.

[Outro: Devereaux’s Mother]
The repeated line becomes a meditative chant, encapsulating the central theme: waiting in the silence for meaning, for legacy to become clear, and for the threads of ancestry, identity, and love to resolve into understanding. The silence becomes sacred—a space where generations wait, together and apart.

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