[Verse 1]
If you find a reason
I'll be gone in a matter of time
This was your decision
Oh you got me in a state of mind
[Chorus]
I wish that there could be another way
But I know that you've made up your mind
You know there's nothing left for me to say
That could change your mind this time
[Verse 2]
Hard to find a reason
Television and another headline
Don't believe in Jesus
Heaven knows I'm wasting my time
Wanna believe in America
But it's somewhere I can't find
[Chorus]
I wish that there could be another way
But I know that you've made up your mind
You know there's nothing left for me to say
That could change your mind this time
Saint Ivy was written by Thomas Davidson & Jack Smith (Beach Fossils) & Dustin Payseur.
Saint Ivy was produced by Dustin Payseur.
Beach Fossils released Saint Ivy on Wed Apr 05 2017.
Payseur said:
For years, I wanted a flute solo in a song, but could never find the right place for one. When we were working on “Saint Ivy,” we left a space open purposefully for a flute solo because we knew we finally made a song that could house one. On a whim, we also ended up putting flute on “...
[Frontman Dustin] Payseur wrote the song in the studio the morning after the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
I feel like the whole city just felt weird that day, and it was just this cloud or something that was just like, fuckin’ Trump is going to be our president and I went in there and just wrot...