Yesterday I left for tomorrow
There was nothing after today
If another planet would take me
I'd be glad to go
Wildflowers rise from the concrete
Dominion of the kingdom remains
Visions of existence beyond me
High above the hellscape below
I'd be glad to go
I'd be glad to go
I'd be glad to go
Oh
Stationed in another dimension
Illuminating arrows of light
Spirit limitations are lifting
Opening a stone window
If there's a parallel road
If there's a parallel road
Take the parallel road
Open the stone window
Open the stone window
[Guitar solo]
Now I fix my gaze
On a golden age
That I know will come
That I know will come
Though the dense malaise
That defined those days
Dulled our senses numb
Still I fix my gaze
On a golden age
That I know will come
When the air will clear
And the sound we hear
Of a steady drum
Will grow ever near
Disenchanted years
Distant dead and gone
Distant dead and gone
Take the parallel road
Open the stone window
Open the stone window
Stone Window was written by Emily Haines & James Shaw.
Metric released Stone Window on Fri Oct 13 2023.
I was convinced for the longest time this was gonna be the opening track to all of Formentera. ‘Yesterday I left for tomorrow, there was nothing after today.’ This is what happened. We felt like we left the world we knew, and for a while we were suspended in time between realities. It felt like we c...