“Shrine” summarizes a message from CEG’s previous album LOSE (2014), which surrounds the death of Joe’s high school friend.
Joe has said, “Shrine' is super specific […] I just kinda set out to write a song that summarized what I was saying across LOSE but following a really… I mean it’s in the song...
I know it's October
Let's go to Ocean Grove today
Bench on the boardwalk
Glance back at old Victorians
The present fills and empties
The past alive around me
I've got a world of memories
Just between here and Asbury
Shrine on the parkway
Head to Red Bank on your birthday
Your brother sounds just like you
Your mom got my wrist tattoo
We'll laugh and drink and eat but
We're all just wishing you were here
Now we shiver in the sunlight
And long for missing time
When my brain wasn't so fried
Didn't need to stay high
To make moments out of nothing
Walk through this world of memories
'Cause I've got nothing left to do
Except shiver in the sunshine
And long for missing time
When my brain wasn't so fried
Didn't need to stay high
To make moments out of nothing
Nothing
Where will it all go when I die?
I'll never know while I'm alive
Never know while I'm alive
Never know while I'm alive
Shrine was written by Joseph D’Agostino.
Shrine was produced by John Congleton.
Cymbals Eat Guitars released Shrine on Fri Sep 16 2016.