You left home in high autumn with a fistful of stars.
Past loves that had fallen and left a radiant scar.
As you drive south you tell yourself again
It's better to leave boy, than it is to be left.
You give so much away, maybe more than you should.
Did you decide that you'd rather be free than try to be good.
You read love her last rights, burned the first page in your book.
What if love at first sight demands a second look?
Cause you've either hit rock bottom and you're lost.
Or at long-last you're finding out who you are.
Come on and look in my face now. Let down your disguise.
It's like you're hell-bent to tear down, the last star in your sky.
Cause you get lost, you're caught in the cross-fire, or you're falling down on your own knife.
Yeah, it's like tearing a star down and hanging it in some other sky.
So raise a glass for your sinner, say a prayer for your saint.
Which one will be with you at the end of your days?
Come let your hurt show, I'm no stranger to pain.
In a kingdom of sun I'd be the one still praying for rain.
When you're bound and determined to get lost
Far be it from me to pull you down off that cross
Come on and look in my face now. Let down your disguise.
It's like you're hell-bent to tear down the best star in your sky.
Cause you get lost, you're caught in the cross-fire, or you're falling down on your own knife.
Yeah, it's like tearing a star down and hanging it in some other sky.
You left home in high autumn with a fistful of stars.
Past loves that had fallen and left a radiant scar.
A fantastic album. I can see why they didn't continue under the name The Evens, as it's a different sound with the bass added. Coriky is the Evens + Joe Lally from Fugazi on bass. If you can imagine The Evens with a slightly more funky, aggressive sound like Fugazi... that's what you get! And there's no way that can ever go wrong. What a great debut album!! smiledozer
Rising Philadelphia band balance oversized pop punk hooks with vivid, intimate lyrics, presenting a raw, honest vision of guitar music. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2022
More feel-good indie from Brooklyn's A Great Big Pile of Leaves, all bristling guitar tones and expansive choruses. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 18, 2021