Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Adrianne Lenker
Half Return is about Adrianne’s childhood in Indiana, and seeing her family again. She wants to reconnect with her past, and become the old self she once was. This song mentions her relationship with her parents, and how it’s changed as she’s grown.
[Verse 1]
Shadow, shadow what a show
Every other step, there's a crosseyed crow
Half return, half return
Minneapolis soft white snow
35 bridge, hometown
Half return, half return
[Chorus]
Standing in the yard, dressed like a kid
The house is white and the lawn is dead
The lawn is dead, the lawn is dead
[Verse 2]
Illinois toll road, Indiana plain
Roll the windows down, shoot at the change
Half return, half return
Honey in your mouth when you gave me my name
Tears in your eyes when you pull it likе a chain
Half return, half return
[Chorus]
Standing in the yard, drеssed like a kid
The house is white and the lawn is dead
The lawn is dead, the lawn is dead
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 3]
Half return, half return
Rusty swing set, plastic slide
Push me up and down, take me for a ride
[Chorus]
Standing in the yard, dressed like a kid
The house is white and the lawn is dead
The lawn is dead, the lawn is dead
half return was written by Adrianne Lenker.
half return was produced by Phil Weinrobe & Adrianne Lenker.
Adrianne Lenker released half return on Fri Oct 23 2020.
There’s this weird crossover to returning home, being around my dad, and reverting back to my child self. Like when you go home and you’re with your parents or with siblings, and suddenly you’re in the role that you were in all throughout your life. But then it crosses into the way I felt when I had...