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ABOUT THE TRACK

This track was written on a stranger's balcony in the middle of a clear crisp winter's day in Jindabyne.

I'd driven up in my blue '84 Laser with a bootful of beer and vodka with a poorly hatched plan to re-unite with an ex-girlfriend.

In the end, I drank all my beer and went home alone. It didn't really work that time round, but we did get back together again for a while further down the track.

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I can still remember when I met you in the dark,
With your arms around another - but this other lit my spark.
I can still recall the times of driving in the blue, just trying to put my finger on the change I saw in you.

I thought you'd laugh but you turned and cried,
Today I wonder why I always walk a step behind.

You were there.

Six o'clock. Is it six am or did I drink myself to sleep?
You're all alone and I'm still stumbling home this shit goes far too deep.
Your friends all know and they watch me go on this pale September night,
You were right to sin, so rub it in because nothing here feels right.

On second thoughts I'll just drive away and forgive myself another day,
The talk's so cheap - at least that's what they say.

You were there.

As the cold crept in to meet the night,
I lay down low and lost my fight,
Because you always win if you're always right.

You were there.

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from Means What It Means, released July 4, 2011
Written by The Ellis Collective
Recorded and mixed at Infidel Studios by Duncan Lowe
Mastered at Studio 301 by Steve Smart

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The Ellis Collective create a patchwork of emotion that recounts the sadness, sickness, love and indecision that weaves its way through the fabric of everyday Australian life.

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