let's go up to skull rock
stand inside the eyes
you can take the left
and i'll take the right
we'll look out over this rare and precious place
the waterslides, the racing cars and the scary rides
this is the last day that we will spend together
this is the last thing we'll do
before i move away
to the bigger city out east
and you'll go back to school
to finish everything i'm not worth leaving for
in the castle of mirrors
i see you stretched in every way
on the tower of terror
i'm smudged and broken
into the fabric of the day
the sun falls
behind the hills of fibreglass and steel
a cold shadow falls in our wake
silent and unreal
i come back, alone
they shut it down years ago
the water mountain is now
lined with new trees and houses
humming
where the skull used to be
a substation looms
and watches nobody
credits
from Afterlife on Earth,
released June 13, 2012
gareth edwards / corners
Immensely enjoyable. On the Shoegazer spectrum, Lowtide's song structures are an acknowledgement to the great Slowdive, using the feedback to create shimmering atmospheres. Beautiful and timeless. Mike Delejewski