Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Swervedriver
Narrated by a cosmonaut hurdling away from earth, cut with muddled radio transmission ad-lib interludes and that signature swarthy shoegaze the Oxford guitar tone nerds have been slinging since 1993’s Mezcal Head, this first single from their fifth LP, Future Ruins, opens the dystopian narrative tha...
[Verse 1]
I had nothing to dream
So I dreamt of you
Has this all come about
Just because of you?
[Chorus]
Just tryin' to jog my mind
Remembering winter
Remembering winter
[Verse 2]
Been floatin’ out here so long
And you know I'm not coming down
With planet earth long gone
And my feet don't touch the ground
[Chorus]
Just tryin’ to drag my mind
Remembering winter
Remembering winter
[Bridge]
Half the days are mine
Remembering friends from the earth
[Unintelligible radio communication]
[Verse 3]
I had nothing to dream
So I dreamt of you
Has this all come about
Just because of you
[Chorus]
Just tryin' to jog my mind
Remembering winter
Remembering winter
[Outro]
Half the days are mine
Remember scenes from the earth
Mary Winter was written by Adam Franklin.
Swervedriver released Mary Winter on Fri Jan 25 2019.
“In [‘Mary Winter’], the character is a spaceman who’s trying to remember what life is really like. Also, it could be about somewhere in the world where winter isn’t like the winter here. A sunny place, but it’s December or January and you’re trying to remember winter. Something’s going on.”
— Adam...