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On Friday, July 7th, we are releasing the second single “Aphelion”, right on time for the eponymous astronomical event, where the earth is at the farthest point from the sun. It's a big and very personal song about two people who once thought they were close until they weren't, about gravity that pulls them together, and about the distance between them.
Lyrically, Aphelion is a sequel to our song ϕ (Phi) from our last album A Quiet Year, so if you liked that one, you're in for a treat 😉
I wrote Aphelion exactly a year ago, at aphelion, and I'm excited to release it on this very special day this year.
I really hope you like it!
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lyrics
Aphelion, so far from the sun
Oblivion, what's going on.
I quietly sit under the lime tree.
Phi, you are so distant from me.
Phi, your eyes are not the ocean
I desperately needed to dive in
Just empty sky, no clouds and no motion
Sun so high, it's burning my skin
I wish I could hate you with the same
feverish passion as is the music you play.
But instead, I just wait here for the
contents of my heart to go off
So I can quietly throw them away.
Phi, your heart is not cold as your hands
It's just that there is no warmth left for me.
I'm orbiting in my construct around you,
realising I've built it on quicksand.
And I wish I could tell you just how much
Your gravity pulls me - like the music you play
But instead, I just sent you all the
Contents of my heart and watch you
Quietly throw them away.
As you sweetly twist your knife
Into the core of my unguarded heart.
Then simply disappear
Into the dead of night.
At aphelion, you're moving on
Faster than
the sun
At aphelion, you're moving on
Leave me behind
In the storm
And I wish I could hold you just one more time
Like you hold me with the music you play.
But I guess we can't lose what we've never had
Still, I'm secretly falling apart
produced by Agnes Milewski and Walter Till
Agnes Milewski: Vocals, Piano
Mia Heck: Violin
Walter Till: Bass
Rodi Mestrih: Drums
Eddie McLachlan: Guitar
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