written by Marco Tewlow
verses written December 2018, the rest September 2020
an anthem to anxiety and regret and ahistorical thinking
lyrics
Verse 1:
So there’s this girl
Known her a year
She hit on me
She had no fear
She didn’t mean it
Didn’t try to
I was taken
Now I’m not
Time is limping to a stop
Feelings that I sent to rot
I wish she’d hit on me again
I’d take her up this time
There’s a normal person here
Too overwhelmed and too unclear
No motivation
No sensation
Run so fast, but getting caught
Shooting past on fleeting thoughts
Anxieties they’re yet to spot
Thought they’d end up in their prime
Look how they’re holding up
Pre-Chorus 1:
Look how they curl away
Look how they ricochet off the wall
Off the wall
Look how they steal away
Fading Again and again and again and again and again and a—
Chorus:
It repeats when in distress
The calling back and forth inside your head
Won’t ever change
Forever chasing why
It repeats when in distress
The calling back and forth inside your head
Won’t ever change
Forever chasing why
We stay inside the lines
Verse 2:
So there’s this girl
Known her a year
We hit it off
It was so clear
Satisfaction
No attraction
Just a deal
Just having fun
Never play with loaded guns
Don’t think too hard
It’s one and done
Still I’m always wanting more
When will I have enough?
Yeah, there’s a lonely person here
It’s been two years since all the tears
No design
Can’t make a sign or stand in line for all too long
Need to keep the cameras on
Play your music all night long
Spotlights flashing on the mark
Can you all see them now?
Pre-Chorus 2:
And gives their heart away
Sits waiting night and day
For the call
For the call
Screaming in the shade
Fading again and again and again and again and a-
Chorus:
It repeats when in distress
The calling back and forth inside your head
Won’t ever change
Forever chasing why
It repeats when in distress
The calling back and forth inside your head
Won’t ever change
Forever chasing why we stay inside the lines
Bridge:
Giant steps I take for my little paws
Give me some way I can redeem myself
Giant steps I take for my little paws
Staying the course
And it won’t ever change
Forever chasing why
Giant steps I take for a little pause
Give me some way I can redeem myself
I’ve taken a reborn child to the end
And I will fight for this boy
Until your blood turns from blue to red
Chorus:
It repeats when in distress
The calling back and forth inside your head
Won’t ever change
Forever chasing why
It repeats when in distress
The calling back and forth inside your head
Won’t ever change
Forever chasing why
It repeats when in distress
The calling back and forth inside your head
Won’t ever change
Forever chasing why
It repeats when in distress
The calling back and forth inside your head
Won’t ever change
Forever chasing why we stay inside the lines
credits
released April 28, 2023
Marco Tewlow: Lead vocals, backing vocals, piano (Keyscape), guitar bowed with a drumstick, drum sticks
Jacob Brewer: Guitar
Andrew MacMurray: Additional guitars, backing vocals
Charles Greenberg: Korg Poly 61, DX7, Solina string ensemble and harmonium
June Redmer: Bass Guitar
Miles Platt: Drums, backing vocals
Written by Marco Tewlow
Lead Engineer: John Lindsay
Assistant Engineers: Myles Anderson, Kofi Temeng, Miguel Corral, Marco Tewlow, Jacob Brewer, and Miles Platt
Produced by Marco Tewlow
Mixed and Mastered by Garrett Rose
Cover Art by Marco Tewlow
Original Photograph by Camille Ingman (Clarity Control Photos)
Special thanks to Ben Heck for renting us his drum set. You saved our asses. Special thanks to Chick Green for arranging the bulk of the drum part. Special thanks to anyone and everyone who helped bring this song up, whether you heard it over Zoom audio being played as only piano and vocals or whether you heard the band develop it live.
