When I was younger, summer was swimming,
Laughing, and people who loved me,
A blue sky above me, with no sign of rain.
If I went back, would I see that?
Or have I just sugar-coated some synapse?
Are some memories just remedies
To pretty-up times when we were unsteady
Or caught in the rain?
My mother’s young father, he ran ‘cross the water
One autumn, and never cared to say so long.
She swears it don’t mean much, she’s untouched by it now.
If she went back, would she see that?
Or has she just sugar-coated some synapse?
Are some memories just remedies
To pretty-up times when we were unsteady
Or caught in the rain?
I try to figure it, the what and why,
Untie another knot in this rope of mine,
And sigh a little less.
Honey, I do.
But sometimes I wonder:
If I went back, would I see that?
Or have I just sugar-coated some synapse?
Are some memories just remedies
To pretty-up times when we were unsteady?
If I went back, would I see that?
Or have I just sugar-coated some synapse?
Are some memories just remedies
To pretty-up times when we were unsteady
Or caught in the rain?
credits
from In The Battle Years,
released March 11, 2016
Rosanna Burrill - vocals
Jackson Fairfax-Perry - organ, keyboard, tenor sax, baritone sax
Clayton Burrill - vocals, guitar
Paul Aarntzen - vocals, guitar, percussion
Eric Sproul - trumpet
Andrew Jackson - trombone
Ian McKinnon - percussion
Written by Paul Aarntzen
Arranged by Hillsburn
Horn arrangement by Jackson Fairfax-Perry
Produced by Jon Landry
supported by 4 fans who also own “Caught In The Rain”
I am a slowly aging cripple who grew up in deep religion, long ago coming out of it, jaded and lost. Something about Ben's music resonates with the lessons I have learned, and the current shape of my spirit. His voice and lyrics just feed something I didn't realize was starving for such a feast. glassheart
Released in 2001, “The Convincer” is a gentle gem in the Nick Lowe catalog; an anniversary edition provides opportunity for rediscovery. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 20, 2021
Erudite chamber pop that hearkens back to the elegant and experimental production of the 1960s, swinging from melancholia to playfulness. Bandcamp New & Notable May 13, 2016