“For Ash” is written for an ex-boyfriend of Stern’s who committed suicide. In a February 2010 article with Stereogum, Stern said that when she heard the news:
I wasn’t thinking about myself, I was thinking about him. I stayed up for like three days working on that song. And it was sort of… I mean,...
Ahhhhhh yahhhhhh ayyyyyy ahhhhhh
Ahhhhhh yahhhhhh ayyyyyy ahhhhhh
Ahhhhhh yahhhhhh ayyyyyy ahhhhhh
Ahhhhhh yahhhhhh ayyyyyy ahhhhhh
[?]
Hey
Hey
[?]
I cannot bear
No one compares
I miss your smile
Sadness all the while
[?]
Ahhhhhh yahhhhhh ayyyyyy ahhhhhh
Ahhhhhh yahhhhhh ayyyyyy ahhhhhh
Ahhhhhh yahhhhhh ayyyyyy ahhhhhh
Ahhhhhh yahhhhhh ayyyyyy ahhhhhh
Well I don't remember how you got away
And the sky and the trees were falling out of place
If I thought you had laughed and knew just what to say
And the stars they were were pulling everyone apart
And the good and the bad were coming to a halt
When the big and the sad they couldn't find a start
And the stars were pulling everything apart
Hey
Hey
Well I don't remember how you got away
And the sky and the trees were falling out of place
If I thought you had laughed and knew just what to say
And the stars they were were pulling everyone apart
And the good and the bad were coming to a halt
When the big and the sad they couldn't find a start
And the stars were pulling everything apart
I cannot bear
No one compares
I miss your smile
Sadness all the while
How can it be and I'll never, I'll never know why
I want to be in your imminent elegant light
For Ash was written by Marnie Stern.
For Ash was produced by Roger Seibel & Lars Stalfors & Marnie Stern & John Reed Thompson.
Marnie Stern released For Ash on Tue Oct 05 2010.