Jumping a sinking ship, I cut the rope too quick, now I’m drifting off to sea,
That wasn’t long ago, how fast these days can go, now I’m drifting off to sleep again.
Without a song to sing along to, what have you left to actually say?
I don’t who I still belong to, ‘cause the band name on my t-shirt has since faded away.
A row of empty squares, deleted, nothing there, and I look ahead for hope,
Everything stripped away, exposed to scrutiny, and I’ve nothing much to show again.
Without some colour on the canvas, I’m looking grey around the eyes,
I don’t know how much I can handle, when the picture you keep painting won’t distract from real life,
And I used to drink ‘til closing, still got kicked out all the same,
I used to swing my head around, still wake up with the pain,
And I used to spend the nights chasing the dawn with fading friends,
Now I’m gonna have to live with myself.
Can’t be fulfilled when there’s a crack in your glass,
So you keep drinking ‘cause the drugs never last,
Can’t be content keeping your clothes in your car,
But you keep running just to find where you are,
Watching the party die, still clinging to the lie, as the cops come rushing in,
And nowhere else to go, can’t even think of home, ‘cause I’m running out of homes again.
Without a photograph to pose for, you’re left looking in the mirror,
Emptying boxes just to find more, but you know there’s nothing there.
And I used to drink ‘til closing, still got kicked out all the same,
I used to swing my head around, still wake up with the pain,
And I used to spend the nights chasing the dawn with fading friends,
Now I’m gonna have to live with myself.
Down In Autumn is a Northern Irish ‘band’ that mainly consists of one member.
Occasionally other people will lend
their talents to various recordings and performances, but usually Down In Autumn is small, mostly-acoustic, home-recorded songs all scrappily put together by me, Thomas McCann...more
I listened to few albums more in 2013 than this gem. A throwback to that great 90s grunge-rock sound, I never get tired of listening to these songs. Down In Autumn
This is an absolute classic, and you can get it for nothing, which is kinda criminal, but also means you have no excuse. Fishing The Sky in particular is a masterpiece. Down In Autumn
Three songs originally slated for Chonny & Clyde’s LP; all proceeds benefit United For Puerto Rico’s efforts to support those affected. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 6, 2017