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“Whiteout Conditions” is the title track off of The New Pornographers' 2017 album.
The song was written after the passing of Carl Newman’s sister. The song is about being able to see the world for what it is.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Carl said:
Depression and anxiety are weird things....
[Verse 1: A.C. Newman]
Flying and feeling the ceiling
I'm barely dealing
And the faces, the faintest of praises
Are too revealing
Such a waste of a beautiful day
Someone should say
It's such a waste of the only impossible, logical way in
A fly-in in LA was open
I wasn't hoping for a win
I was hoping for freedom
You couldn't beat 'em
So you crumbled, you doubled your dosage
You wanna go, said the inhibitor blocking the passage
That thing is massive
[Bridge: A.C. Newman & Kathryn Calder]
And the sky will come for you once
Just sit tight until it's done
The sky will come for you once
Just sit tight until it's done
[Verse 2: A.C. Newman]
Got so hooked on a feeling
I started dealing
In a stage of grief so demanding
I got a stand-in
Every radio buzzing, it wasn't the dream of the moment
Wasn't the current that carried me, keeping me going
[Chorus: Neko Case & Kathryn Calder]
Only want to get to work
But every morning I'm too sick to drive
Suffering whiteout conditions
Forget the mission, just get out alive
Only want to glean the purpose
Only to scratch the surface, raise the plow
Suffering whiteout conditions
Forget your mission, just get out somehow
[Verse 3: A.C. Newman]
Everyone suddenly busy
Suddenly dizzy
You're so easy, it's pushing you over
You're taking tours
Of a treacherous strip of the badlands
You have your demands
Maybe you riot for nothing - it's just a bad hand
[Chorus: Neko Case & Kathryn Calder]
Only want to get to work
But every morning I'm too sick to drive
Suffering whiteout conditions
Forget the mission, just get out alive
Only want to glean the purpose
Only to scratch the surface, raise the plow
Suffering whiteout conditions
Forget your mission, just get out somehow
[Verse 4: A.C. Newman]
Flying and flat on the ceiling
I see myself
And the revival, it suddenly hits me
It's going viral
Such a waste of a beautiful day
Someone should say
It's such a waste of the only impossible, logical way in
Got so hooked on a feeling
I started dealing
But the days spent kicking the cages
Are too revealing
So committed to your misfortune
But still a cheater
Such a waste of a beautiful day
Wish you could be here
Whiteout Conditions was written by A.C. Newman.
Whiteout Conditions was produced by John Collins & A.C. Newman.
The New Pornographers released Whiteout Conditions on Fri Mar 24 2017.
[The title track] was essentially a song about depression. Going through a dark time and it takes you over and you’re trying to escape it. I wrote all those lyrics very quickly when I was in this shitty place. I’m sort of amazed now when I listen back to it, how lucid I was. I wrote it pretty quickl...