“Since I Saw Vienna” is about the singer visiting different places, more specifically the Austrian capital Vienna, while simutaneously experiencing loneliness, companionship, and the urge to keep travelling. Sung over a slow and calming guitar solo, the singer describes this urge, which results in h...
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
The cute bomber jacket you've had since sixth form
Adorned with patches of places you’ve been
Is nothing on my khaki coat that I got
From a roadside when I was sixteen
My boots are from airports, my backpacks from friends
I'm not a man of substance and so I'll pretend
To be a wanderer, wandering
Leaving ascetic belongings in hostels and restaurant bins
[Interlude]
Cut that bit out *laughs*
[Verse 2]
The roads are my home as horizon’s my target
But I keep on moving, never lose sight of it
Treating my memory of you like a fire, let it
Burn out, don't fight it and try to move on
It's been sixty weeks since I saw Vienna
A bandage and a wide smile slapped across my face
I'll pick up my hiking boots when I am ready
And I'll put down my roots when I'm dead
[Outro]
The distance is futile
Come on, don't be hasty
You'll get that feeling deep inside your bones
I’ll be gone then when you must be alone
Since I Saw Vienna was written by Wilbur Soot.
Since I Saw Vienna was produced by Wilbur Soot.
Wilbur Soot released Since I Saw Vienna on Thu Jun 25 2020.
“Since I Saw Vienna” is about travelling and is about the feeling of being with someone, but feeling lonely. The feeling of— that you have to keep moving. I haven’t lived in the same house for more than a year. [laughs] I’m a big mover. I’m a big zoomer. I like to go around. I don’t normally stick w...