Future Islands
Future Islands
Future Islands
Future Islands
Future Islands
Future Islands
Future Islands
Future Islands
Future Islands
Future Islands
According to singer/lyricist Samuel T. Herring, this a song about “someone you can never say goodbye to”.
It has dark emotive mood punctuated by a death-metal growl.
It’s the ninth track from Future Islands' fourth LP, Singles.
You were mine when I was young
Why does it take so long?
When you were here, it was warm
Now it's just a bitter storm
Now I'm older, turning white
Watching days turn into nights
Now I'm older and I'm grave
Tell me, what's been left to save?
Pardon my reflection
In the mirror, at your feet
Before you go, please tell me
"Was it all inside of me?"
I'll leave here in the morning
I'll leave here in the morning
I'll leave here in the morning
You were mine when I was young
Why does it take so long?
Now I'm older and I'm grave
Tell me, "what's been left to save?"
I held you in the morning
In the doorway of the sea
"Pardon my reflection
It was all inside of me."
We slowly fall from grace
We slowly fall from grace
We slowly fall from grace
We slowly fade away
We slowly fade away
We slowly fade away
We slowly fade away
We slowly fade away
Fall from Grace was written by Gerrit Welmers & William Cashion & Samuel T. Herring.
Fall from Grace was produced by Chris Coady.
Future Islands released Fall from Grace on Mon Mar 24 2014.
In an interview, Samuel T. Herring said: “I think the second side of the record is going to hit people hard. That first side is very shiny and will get people moving, but the way the second moves between songs until ‘Fall From Grace’ nine songs in, and then when that song unleashes that scream … it’...