Winter Pattern
Winter Pattern was recorded May – July 2015
All songs and recording by Something//Something
Released July 30, 2015
Winter Pattern Lore
Fun fact, we recorded the A side live at the SUPER SECRET HOUSE SHOW house. Total dumb luck that this was captured. Kinda neat!
Obviously the motif at the start is inspired by Erik Satie. If you know, you know.
Most of the album material was written years prior. We tried recording the it on Kevin’s Tascam a couple different times, to no avail. Those recordings exist somewhere…if we find them we’ll post them…maybe. Heh.
This was an amazing time to be starting a band in Manchester. There were so many other tight bands already active, and already crushing it on their second and even third albums. So we felt some pressure to get something down and out.
If you check the gig list you can see just how busy 2015 was that summer. Shit, we had a lot of fun. Badfellows recorded the “Heaven” video this summer as well. Modern Gypsy had shows like, 5 nights a week. We were meeting tons of people and watching the bar get raised at damn near every show.
Another fun fact is that The Ballad was used as a first dance song for our friends Alex and Gabi. It’s a blessing to have performed that song live for them at their wedding. Seriously, what a gift. I trip thinking about how they’ll be listening to that song in freakin’ 2050 – and beyond!
After Midnight came to me in a dream. Largely inspired by a house party at Fish Pat’s house…Pat would fill in on bass for us at several gigs in our early days. Bless his soul 🙂
Winter Pattern Lyrics
Bird Songs
(please don’t bother me I’m not alone)
Take 4
Beacon Hill
bring it back now bring it back
the innocence in all your photographs
they’re all just reminders of the past
and I think you think I thought I forgot to laugh
bring it back now bring it back
memories you thought you’d never have
they’ll catch you hiding in the grass
when the skies are clear but your mind is overcast
don’t you lie to me
I can see straight through your eyes
walk right out the door
and don’t look for the sunrise
let it go now let it go
the fall foliage the pumpkin festival
the common cavalry out in the snow
burning all your expectations of a brave new world
let it go now let it go
the weeks fly by but the nights drag on so slow
and all these great ideas seem to slip my mind
I find myself looking a mile left and right
don’t you lie to me
I can see straight through your eyes
walk right out the door
and don’t look for the sunrise
it’s already gone
Something Blue (The Ballad)
am I waiting for you
or are you waiting for me
give me one more word
or one more hint
I’ll try to make you mine
I would be happy
just to wake up by your side
one time
one time I’ll love you
and one time I’ll cry
one time I’ll let you down
and one time I’ll lie
but I’ll try to make you see
if our love is borrowed
and never something new
we won’t have to feel blue
Inanimate
see me lying on the hardwood floor
don’t know much else, can’t do much more
but when you hold me within your hands
you make me feel like I’m a superman
if I could take back everything I’ve ever said
would I still be the voice inside your head
would you still look back and call me friend
if it never began how could it ever end
and should I finally sleep inside my leather box
with miscellany and a worn out sock
would I still be to you what you are to me
or will I know the words, “how could it ever be?”
Autumn
After Midnight (Drunk Tongue)
dream a dream this winter night
see the dimming city lights
you lie beneath
I remember being in this house
the dog sitting on the couch
and the tv always on
friends sneaking in through the bulkhead doors
and in the garage come a few more
while some jam out on guitars
and don’t mind the lovers in that little room
for you were once one of them too
their silence will ensue
I got drunk tongue
you got weed speak
we ain’t felt this good in a damn week
so come on over tonight
are you feeling good
are you feeling right
do you want to stay and watch the sunrise
dream a dream this summer night
hear the crickets in the starlight
you lie beneath
can’t help but feel you told me so
long ago I just don’t know
but recently – that couldn’t be
voices echo much louder now
as you and I try to settle down
we filter drag our last cigarette
too old to go back too young to move
got nothing left to
consume or abuse
I got drunk tongue
you got weed speak
we ain’t felt this good in a damn week
so come on over tonight
are you feeling good
are you feeling right
can you believe it’s only just after midnight
Hot Stop
(time is a mystery)