John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
Possibly refers to the Japanese phenomenon of johatsu (“evaporated people”), which came to international notoriety in the mid-2010s but had started during the country’s severe economic downturn in the 1990s.
[Verse 1]
Window seats on bullet trains
Smear land into sky
Fear and sorrow coalesce
[Chorus]
Now I'm—
Trying to find that quiet place
Where living is breathing
Not knowing is understanding
Coming is going
But my heart just beats faster and faster
[Verse 2]
They asked for me to come
And identify my son
But my son is alive
The life that whispered in my ear
Is gone gone gone
Window seats, commuter trains
Send me headlong
[Chorus]
Trying to find that quiet place
Where living is breathing
Not knowing is understanding
Coming is going
But my heart just beats faster and faster
[Verse 2]
They asked for me to come
And identify my son
But my son is alive
In Maharishi oblivion
The love that counted back
From ten is gone gone gone
Fear and sorrow coalesce
[Chorus]
Now I'm—
Trying to find that quiet place
Where living is breathing
Not knowing is understanding
Coming is going
But my heart just beats faster
[Verse 3]
When I got down to the morgue
They pulled back the slab
It wasn't my son
I wasn't his dad
They covered him up
I smiled, I smiled
The past is cities from a train
[Chorus]
Now I'm—
Trying to find that quiet place
Where living is breathing
Not knowing is understanding
Coming is going
But my heart just beats faster and faster
Coming And Going On Easy Terms was written by John Vanderslice.
Coming And Going On Easy Terms was produced by Scott Solter & John Vanderslice.
John Vanderslice released Coming And Going On Easy Terms on Tue Jan 20 2004.