Austin

from I Won't Let Me Down by Stolen Jars

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This one started to come together when we were in the middle of a tour. Initially I just had the chord progression and the words “I don’t see myself in Austin” - words that went straight to the core of how exhausted and out-of-place I was feeling that day in that city, and in the music industry as a whole. I imagined what it would be like if I left everything and drove straight home right then and there, to the place where I belonged. We built this song around that feeling.

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Austin:
Last night I couldn’t find myself
So I’ll be home tonight.
Cause I don’t see myself in Austin
I don’t see myself in Austin

And sometimes I feel like reticence
Is keeping me alive
As these cars they roll right by me
With their drivers in the backseats

Well the fog is out in droves tonight,
Guess the world just wants me blind.
But I can see your face in front of me
– I can see your face in front of me

And I can’t memorize my lines
But it’s the same song every night
With your name across the melody
Now I’ve forgotten what you meant to me

Call me home tonight, stay on the line
Call me home tonight, stay on the line

Cause last night I couldn’t find myself
So I’ll be home tonight.
Cause I don’t see myself in Austin
I don’t see myself in Austin

And we’re singing along to Phoebe now
To remember how to cry
When I see myself in front of me –
And I look just like my dad to me
Singing “Blue Chair” in the living room in 1995
With a reminder in the melody:
There’s somewhere I’m supposed to be.

Call me home tonight, stay on the line
Call me home tonight, stay on the line
Call me home tonight, stay on the line

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from I Won't Let Me Down, released August 4, 2023

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