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about
The older I (Travis) get, the more the theme of "growing up" seems to creep its way into places I didn't find it before. But for our third album, "What a Fun Day at the Beach", this idea is front and center throughout. This song is a great example.
This is a song about time, loss, and the entropy that binds them together. Mitch wrote the lyrics largely inspired by a friend of ours who passed away, and the title refers to the suburb of Seattle where I've recently moved after college. All the people who used to be so close--physically and emotionally--are getting older, running into more complex problems, and finding less time to come over and play Gamecube. And that's painful. Does growing up mean growing apart? Not always, but often.
But this song isn't primarily sad. On the contrary, the message I take from it is that, while your friends' paths may carry them further away from you, that also means they're developing individual lives of their own--with all the trial and responsibility and adventure that makes life worth living. Learning to be glad in sorrow is one of the hardest skills to learn, but it stands between each of us and shouldering the mysterious, petrifying, beautiful mantle of adulthood. And that's a message worth hearing.
lyrics
There's no one here that I can talk to anymore
Her clothes are all around their new bedroom floor
I just got word that Roby's moving back to Houston
Keeping close friends close is a delusion
I miss Josh's mom always calling him and me
Telling me to warn me of his misery
I think about them--how that could be me
I think about how I don't wanna be me
Insurance and bank statements are tearing everyone I love apart
I'm happy for them, I'm happy I'm not lying
I know, I know I gotta learn to cope
I know, I know I'm not starting now
Thank God I've got Jane Austen
I don't eat and don't sleep and chew pills and wonder why my mouths chalk dry
I need some water, so can you get me a beer
I need a cig even though I quit last year
Adderall's pumping through my heart and my head's pounding like every other Saturday
Water-whiskey never does anything
I'm hellbent on skyrocketing my tolerance
Insurance and bank statements are tearing everyone I love apart
I'm happy for them, I'm happy I'm not lying
I know, I know I gotta learn to cope
I know, I know I'm not starting now
Thank God I've got Jane Austen
I've read 2000 books and what have I learned? That you're all leaving.
Insurance and bank statements are tearing everyone I love apart
I'm happy for them, I'm happy I'm not lying
I know, I know I gotta learn to cope
I know, I know I'm not starting now
Thank God I've got Jane Austen
credits
released December 25, 2018
Mitch -- lyrics, rhythm guitar
Mike -- drums, piano
Travis -- bass
Will -- lead guitar
Album artwork by the incomparable Caroline Piazza. Caroline, you are forever the band MVP. This artwork captures a very special time gone by, and no one could have done a more perfect job with it. We'll be thanking you every time we see you forever, but here's one more: Thank you.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by the redoubtable Michael Briggs at Civil Recording in Denton, TX. Briggs, we would be absolutely nowhere without your superhuman patience, professionalism, and skill at everything you do. You're a saint and an absolute rock star. Thank you.
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