Anti-Summersong
The Decemberists * Track #10 On What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
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- #6Till the Water Is All Long Gone
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- #8Carolina Low
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- #9Better Not Wake the Baby
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- #10Anti-Summersong
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Anti-Summersong by The Decemberists
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Colin MeloyAbout
“Anti-Summersong” is the tenth song on What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World. As Colin Meloy stated in his 2015 Reddit AMA, the title refers to not only “Summersong” (the eighth song on 2006’s Crane Wife) but also “all of the endless summersongs I’ve thrown into the world: June Hymn, July Ju...
Anti-Summersong Lyrics
Here now, long gone
Three freaks in a Vanagon
Went to the river but the river got dry
And all the good people were hanging around
Too little, too late
Everybody gotta medicate
Through the winter when the winter comes down
Or this city comes a hanging ground
I'm not going on
Just to sing another summer song
So long, farewell
Don't everybody fall all over themselves
I'm not (he's not) going on (going on)
Just to sing another summer song
So long (see ya later), farewell
Don't everybody fall all over themselves
I'm not going on
Just to sing another singalong suicide song
So long (see ya later), farewell
Don't everybody fall all over themselves
So, don't everybody fall all over themselves
Don't everybody fall all over themselves
Anti-Summersong Q&A
Who wrote Anti-Summersong's ?
Anti-Summersong was written by Colin Meloy.
Who produced Anti-Summersong's ?
Anti-Summersong was produced by The Decemberists & Tucker Martine.
When did The Decemberists release Anti-Summersong?
The Decemberists released Anti-Summersong on Tue Jan 20 2015.
What did The Decemberists say about "Anti-Summersong"?
Colin Meloy Reddit AMA 1/22/2015:
“I don’t think it means to cancel out Summersong at all. I’m still quite attached that song. I think it was a sort of jab at myself and my songwriting at a time when I needed to do that. I’d also always loved Morrissey’s refrain from the end of ‘disappointed’ where...