The Staves have spoken about ‘people running away’ before, in their song The Motherlode.
This seems to be another song on that theme. A song about what happens when you depart from all you once held dear. The sleeping arrangements. The flashbacks. The justifications. The regrets. The phone-calls.
[Verse 1]
Sleeping in a car
Living out a case
Putting on a face
Sneaking out at night
I'll call it on the phone
Tell you I'm alright
But I'm not
And I'm alone
[Chorus]
Know I love you
All I can
Know I love you
All I can
[Verse 2]
Sleeping in a car
Living out a case
I want to see your face
Hold on now
I'll have one more smoke
Hanging out the window
Before I go
[Chorus]
Know I love you
All I can
Know I love you
All I can
[Bridge]
I feel it again
It's bigger than us
It takes me again
And it's never enough
Slipping out of time and singing
Like a silver knife inside you
Never, never enough
[Chorus]
Know I love you
All I can
(Slipping out of time and singing like a silver knife
I love you)
Know I love you
All I can
The Staves released Sleeping In A Car on Fri May 13 2016.