RUNNIN’ is the reflection. As Our Hero gets further and further from home, he begins to question what he leaves behind, and why it is that he is so compelled to sacrifice the connection to family, friends, and the comforts of home.
lyrics
I feel the winter in the wind
I feel the wash of want again
I need the stars to sing me out
I need the sun to sing me in
I see the ones I used to know
Become the ones I thought I knew
I had the feeling of completion
I feel I might’ve spoke so soon
And then I realize, that there ain’t no surprise
That when you stopped calling they stopped picking up
I’ve been, Runnin
Further, away from home
What I got, comin
When I forget, the ones I know
I feel a fever in the heat
I feel an urge to up and leave
I set the bear to be the balefire
Bird song the only news I need
I feel the distance growing great
Tied to the need to weigh my name
I just assumed that you’d all be there
When I had finally found my fate
And then I realize, that there ain’t no surprise
That they stopped calling when you stopped picking up
The former frontman of the Pains of Being Pure at Heart lets loose with a passionate, Dylan-esque record full of razor-sharp lyricism. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 2, 2021