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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.

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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.

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from Means What It Means, released July 4, 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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The Ellis Collective create a patchwork of emotion that recounts the sadness, sickness, love and indecision that weaves its way through the fabric of everyday Australian life.

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