The two-parter sixth track ‘Holiday/After This’ is a love story told from two perspectives, understanding the pain from both sides of a breakup and the stages of acceptance.
Holiday
Verse:
Heard you were broken
Heard you were calling so I came
Kept it cool in the summer
Made you shiver and re-lit a flame
A flame you thought had burned out
Something you could do without –
I was the perfect distraction
Important reminder
A holiday
Pre-Chorus:
And I- was so refreshing
Your fucking soulmate (for a couple of days)
And ooh
What you were missing
Back to the real world – I am yesterday
Chorus:
I cannot blame you for walking out
Everybody wants someone who can stay
Memories they fade away
At the end of the day -
I'm a Holiday
(Blame me for walking out, but I couldn't stay. Memories they fade away, at the end of the day - I'm a holiday)
After This
Verse:
Darling, hold me in the morning light
Cos I'm wide awake and nothing feels so right
Give me something that I can't take home
Don't ask me questions, only Heaven knows
I'm not the Devil, this is not a war
My arms are open, we've been here before
I'll ease you off with alcohol
My pride comes first, so I'll never call
And he-
Pre-Chorus:
Never got the chance to know me
Only hold me and play pretend
With you I felt a little lighter, hold me tighter
Cos it's the end
Chorus:
And I, I'm chasing pretty lies and strangers' eyes
And faking it
Cos, it scared me in the morning
How much I'd miss you
After This
(spoken)
You just have to get used to it I guess, people come and go. But that doesn't mean you have to forget. You change them and they change you, and that's kind of beautiful
Chorus:
And I, I'm chasing pretty lies and strangers' eyes
And faking it
Cos, it scared me in the morning
How much I'd miss you
After This
Holiday/After This was written by Emma Novak.
Holiday/After This was produced by Emma Novak.
This track is the same story of an ending love told from two perspectives. The dumpee and the dumper. “Holiday” is recounting a summer love that was doomed from the start, but left the dumpee broken, confused and with a feeling of betrayal and uncertainty of the sincerity of the relationship. The du...