Autumns

This song is kinda weird in that it stemmed from a friend of mine, in essence going "C'mon, write me a song", like in "Hammers and Strings (A Lullaby)". This is, in a way, my own Andrew McMahon moment, and I joked around with it - "You'll have to give me a keyboard and a beautiful night". Then I came out with this pure, rainy melody and these tranquil lyrics. They bled from every pore of me until this was what was left:

She said give me a keyboard,

Give me a beautiful night,

This song will bleed from every pore

Until I get it right.

I can hear you singing, singing underground

Singing look at all the love I've found.

In the autumn, my dear,
You seem swept away,
And the world is too much for you.
But don't stop singing, singing,
Cos I can hear your voice
When the sky's half grey and half blue.

Give me the starlight,

Give me the moon shining down,

Oh and watch as our

Love drowns.

I can see you watching the river

Singing of oh, how the moonlight drowns.

In the autumn, my dear,
You seem swept away,
And the world is too much for you.
But don't stop singing, singing,
Cos I can hear your voice
When the sky's half grey and half blue.

Oh, give me hope

That tomorrow will start anew,

My future's my present,

My present's my past

And these flowers bloom

Bloom in a garden,

And grow along the road,

That seems lost in your reds

And your yellows.

In the autumn, my dear,

You seem swept away,

And the world is too much for you.

But don't stop singing, singing,

Cos I can hear your voice

When the sky's half grey and half blue.

I can hear you singing, singing underground

Singing look at all the love I've found...

In the autumn, my dear,

You seem swept away...