We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

This song is an aching reflection on a life I left behind that I’ll never be able to return to - a time before 9 to 5 jobs, when riding bikes round the suburbs visiting friends after midnight felt like a sensible way to burn down the hours of my youth. It’s an odd feeling, to be able to objectively recognise this period as a low point, and simultaneously yearn for the simple comforts it held. Treat this song as the soundtrack to waking in the middle of the night, wandering into the yard for a leak, and finally catching sight of the stars you’d been avoiding looking up at for far too long.

lyrics

The only constant in this life is change
And though I'm proud of who we both became
I can't help but to miss the simpler days

Playing Sufjan on your old guitar
Drinking brine out of the pickle jar
And riding on our bikes long after dark

Yeah I miss all the days
We wasted
Just waiting
For something

The moths condemn themselves to seek the light
I watch in horror as their wings catch fire
And I wonder if I'll make it through the night

Don't think I didn't see your small sad smile
The kind that doesn't really reach your eyes
When I told you everything would be alright

Made me miss all the days
We wasted
Just waiting
For something
To take us out of this place
We hated
But that day comes
For no one

We're lost and we're waiting
We're waiting for something
We're lost and we're waiting
We're waiting for something

Ain't it funny how it never seems
(We're lost and we're waiting)
To quite hold up against your memories
(We're waiting for something)
We were living in a fantasy
(We're lost and we're waiting)
But it felt good while we still both believed in something
(We're waiting, we wait for something)

credits

from How Do You Think It Should Be?, released June 4, 2021
Bryn Soden - Lead vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitar, toy piano, harmonium, add. percussion.
John Soden - Backing vocals, acoustic slide guitar.
Tarn Soden - Backing vocals.
Isaac Kerr - Bass guitar.
Bryce Lehmann - Drums.
Dave Thompson - Keys.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Sturt Avenue image

Sturt Avenue Adelaide, Australia

Sturt Avenue is the project of SCALA award winning singer/songwriter Bryn Soden. Drawing inspiration from folk artists such as Conor Oberst, Elliott Smith, and John Darnielle, Bryn crafts melancholic indie folk tunes that aim to shine a soft light on the quiet sorrow and stubborn defiance that keeps the embers burning in the dead heart of the world. ... more

contact / help

Contact Sturt Avenue

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Sturt Avenue, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now