Description

One-Stop, Indie rock, Slow tempo, personal, relationships, breakup song, lonely, reflective, introspective, indie pop, singer songwriter, Male vocals, electric piano, piano, glockenspiel, bass, drums, synth, Somerville, Massachusetts

Lyrics

How were we so close and yet so lonesome
On every road from Orange County to Green Bay
I tried to find a tune in the radio static
But in the seat beside me you’re a thousand miles away

Beneath the Arizona sun I packed my rucksack
To walk along the trails of your mind
My mother said still waters run the deepest
But the riverbed I found was cracked and dry

Oh my, man oh my
Oh my you’re a stranger who struck a deal
Oh my, man Oh my Oh my, man
You got your midnight meal
Now you’re a ghost painted on my shield
A lion on an English field

Your heart was somewhere high up in the mountains
I must admit that mine's a rocky coast
Though the weather's growing mild in the springtime
Our love was left to melt with the snow

Oh my, man oh my
Oh my you’re a stranger who struck a deal
Oh my, man oh my oh my, man
You got your midnight meal
Now you’re a ghost painted on my shield

I got a ring in my pocket you got one in yours
We had everything in common like the water and the shore
You got a ring in your pocket I got one in mine
But the gold won’t shine like it did the first time
Louder than a wave but you didn’t hear
It must have slipped your mind or did you just not respond
Leave me here complaining in a song

A simple wish to fill in space provided
A couple words as you regretfully decline
I hope you find what shines in El Dorado
But did you even see the gold you left behind

Oh my, man oh my
Oh my you’re a stranger who struck a deal
Look at your midnight meal
Now you’re a ghost painted on my shield
A lion on an English field

Oh, my man oh my
Oh my man somewhere along the way
In a Chevrolet
I know we made our mistakes
And you got to get your clean break
But it hurt when you faded away