Afterlife

from by The Ellis Collective

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ABOUT THIS TRACK

I have always felt guilty over the lovely people that I pissed off and driven away by my own special set of personal issues. I wrote this song trying to imagine exactly how they must have felt.

It's about the afterlife of human relationships - knowing you made the right decision still can't remove the horrible sense of loss.

lyrics

LYRICS

I can count the seasons since it's been a happy home,
You spent more love on drink and drugs and a turned-off mobile phone,
I wish that you'd been cheating because it's easier that way,
Because a clean break would mean a clean repair instead I wore this heart away.

I'm done with guilty sex and alibis,
But I take no pleasure from the afterlife,
I will hold my head up and wave myself goodbye,
I'm so disappointed in the afterlife.

You're just a cheap hotel now, full of things that scratch and bite,
It's a joke to you, these towels for two because I sleep alone tonight,
You're just a mess all over this pretty inner north,
My intentions count for nothing now your love's a contact sport.

I'm done with guilty sex and alibis,
But I take no pleasure from the afterlife,
I will hold my head up and wave myself goodbye,
I'm so disappointed in the afterlife.

I wear this shirt you gave me and it covers green tattoos,
Like I will wear your memories over marks that I can't lose,
I will count the seasons until you lose those bitter pills,
I had the chance to stop those gaps but I guess I never will.

credits

from Means What It Means, released 04 July 2011
Written by The Ellis Collective
Recorded and mixed at Infidel Studios by Duncan Lowe
Mastered at Studio 301 by Steve Smart

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