tom walked in the door
with cigarettes and a broken heart
he said
“hey man, I need someone that I can talk to.
the evening was serene but then she came and caused a scene
and now I don’t know where I stand or where I ought to.
I thought she looked the part
but she thought leaving was her art
and then she left me with an empty explanation
I shook the whole way home
and I set fire to the telephone
I shut the blinds so she could not come and find me
‘hey doll,’ I thought I heard her call.
the night was swift and dark
I heard a knock and my dog bark
and I caught glimpses of her dress outside my window
I’m not a swearing man
but I could swear she had a plan
and I knew she would try and come inside
‘hey doll, do you want to hear the midnight call?’
the morning that we left
I made some coffee as she got dressed
she said ‘do you ever dream to swim in the pacific?’
she grabbed her guitar and her gun
she said ‘come on, we gotta run,
I’m not a gambler but I would bet on this feeling
‘hey doll, don’t you wanna see it all?’
there was no place to go
besides where evergreens would grow
there was magnetic space between us when we were talking
but I could not fight the fear as you hold my hand and steer
that there was something that you refused to tell me
‘hey doll, don’t our bodies feel so small?
I’ll skip a little in between
and cut ahead to the next scene
because that winter is where things got real nasty
I never thought I’d see the day where she would up and run away
but I could see the way you looked she looked out the window
hey doll, I thought you said you knew it all?
if I had a time machine I would return to that same scene
that’s where I felt the earth shift beneath us
and that afternoon I woke, and right beside me was a note
and I could barely read the letters that were on it
hey doll, we were never meant to have it all
credits
from Rose,
released July 30, 2017
nick johnston: guitar, keys, words, vox
austin thomas: guitar
steven shook: drums
rand walter: synths, banjo, vox
katy kirby: words
tom ebner: words
Maine singer-songwriter takes his confessional folk in an electronic direction, dabbling in synthwave textures and bedroom pop arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable May 26, 2021