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“Maud Gone” is the 7th track on Car Seat Headrest’s 2012 album Monomania, and the 8th track on 2015’s Teens of Style. The song is named after Irish revolutionary, Maud Gonne, the unrequited love and muse of poet William Butler Yeats.
Despite never officially being released as a single, “Maud Gone”...
[Verse 1]
When did our heart stop beating?
Used up all the heat
When did it start our meeting?
It's been on repeat
I know there's a full moon every night
It's just not always bright
But it's been so long since I saw the light
Maybe I haven't been looking at the sky
[Chorus]
Maud, now you're gone, now you're gone
Maud, now you're gone, now you're gone
Maud, now you're gone, now you're gone
Maud, now you're gone, now you're gone
(Sweetheart, please love me too long
My heart's too strong
Love me too long
Sweetheart, please let me hold on
To these old songs
I've loved too long)
[Verse 2]
And when I'm in bed, I'm dead
No one to check my pulse
And so instead, my head
Begs not to be so full
And when I fall asleep
Which part of me writes the dream
And which part falls asleep?
Who's running the machine?
[Bridge]
I know there's a full moon every night
When I dress black, it snows white
I know there's a full moon every night
When I dress black, it snows white
I know there's a full-
I know there's a-
Asleep
Who's running the machine?
I know there's a full moon every night
When I dress black, it snows white
I know there's a full moon every night
When I dress black, it snows white
[Chorus]
Maud, now you're gone
(Maud)
Maud, now you're gone
(Maud)
Maud, now you're gone
(Maud)
Maud, now you're gone, now you're gone
Maud Gone was written by Will Toledo.
Maud Gone was produced by Will Toledo.
Car Seat Headrest released Maud Gone on Fri Oct 30 2015.
from the bandcamp page for the song
Featuring the inimitable Dan Kent on sax. This song, of course, is one giant ode to Yeats, and his great unrequited love. Judging by their wikipedia pages, their names have pretty much become irrevocably linked, so it seems he won out in the end.