Which way was up when you were high, high, high as the sky and in love? Which way was down dear when you were cold, alone, and hovering above us all? I swear you’re gonna catch your death of blue horizons out there. You’ll never see the sunrise like you want to see it out there. I swear you think you’ll never be the lonely one. Won’t ever be the lonely one. So won’t you sparkle on sparkler? Get your dim light in gear. Come on if you’re going. Go on and disappear ‘cause you’re like the brief Indian summer and you’re like the buzzing in my ear. So glad you’re gone. Somehow the wanting of you has lingered on. Do you come on like a streetlamp after a hazy day in a lazy May full of flowers brought by April rains? Or do you rise like the moon waltzing all the while with your drummer boy to some lullaby tune you wrote? I swear you’re gonna catch your death of blue horizons out there. You’ll never see the sunrise like you want to see it out there. I swear you think you’ll never be the lonely one. Won’t ever be the lonely one. So, won’t you sparkle on sparkler? Get your dim light in gear. Come on if you’re going. Go on and disappear ‘cause you’re like the brief Indian summer and you’re like the buzzing in my ear. So glad you’re gone. Somehow the wanting of you has lingered on and on. So which way was up when you burned out like a streetlamp with an overflowing cup?
credits
from J. Chris Smith and Belfaster,
released October 19, 2022
Chris – Vox + Acoustic Guitar + Mellotron
Jesse Huebner – Bass Guitar
Stephen Gardner – Drums
Caitlin Cary – Backing Vox
Shawn Vach – Backing Vox
Mixed by Jesse Huebner at Blü Bunny Lounge