Winter Coats

from Basement Demos by Our Twilight Pastime

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Winter Coats is the oldest song on Basement Demos. I wrote it in the summer of 2007 when I lived in Brooklyn (hence the "in this big city" line). I initially intended on having this song be on Drunken Sailors, but I ended up writing An Ode to Docked Ships and Impossible Voyages before I could record a final version of Winter Coats. An Ode seemed to fit the album better in my mind, so I temporarily put this one on the shelf. I definitely plan on re-recording Winter Coats with a more full sound. But here it is, as it would sound if you heard me play it live.

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Every once in a while in this big city
a boy like me starts to dream
of the short days, of the cold,
of our favorite winter coats
buttoned up to keep us from these freezing streets.

And we'd have pockets-upon-pockets
we could hide ourselves in:
safely keep our naiveté.

Then I'd have an excuse
for this feeling I've got lately
to wanna be wrapped up and held
so tightly.

But in this summer's sweltering heat,
I've got no real way of saying
that inside, all I feel is a cold
winter's night.

And I've been trying to fight
these drifts of thoughtlessness--
this malicious outlook that I have got on life.

But in the same breath as that
amelioration, well, I've been wishing
for someone to just come
and take my mind

off all of this stress
that's been keeping me awake.
So late at night as you shimmer yourself to sleep,

I've been trying so hard
to keep you outta songs like these--
out of my hope.

'Cause you'll just keep me singing alone.
You've got me singing alone.
If only I were welcomed
anywhere near you're heart.
But i'm just gonna loiter
for a little while longer.

Did you know that the parking regulations
are all null and void when a blizzard has arrived?
So when it covers all these stagnant cars
like brand new coat, well, baby,
let's go outside
and pretend we're one of them,
with brand new lives.
Like maybe just for tonight
you can stop me

from singing alone.
From all this singing alone.
If only I were welcome into your heart,
but no.
You've got me singing alone,
wondering where I belong.

credits

from Basement Demos, released January 13, 2009
Mike Goldense - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals

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Hi, I'm Michael Goldense. I've used the name Our Twilight Pastime since 2004 for the music I write & record at home. Check out my latest EP, Reimagined Static. I also released an album "The Light of What We Are" under my own name in 2017.

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