From the recording Crises of Willpower
Music & Lyrics - Simon Breen
Produced by Ken Coomer
Mixed by Gabe Masterson and Ken Coomer
Engineered by Alberto Sewald
Mastered by Dave S. Gardner
Lauren Kirby - vocals
Simon Breen - guitar
Alex Fonseca - vibraphone/glockenspiel
Jason Votaw - piano
Steve Peavey - bass
Ken Coomer - drums/percussion/drum machine
Leilani Gjellstad - flute
Mitchell Fedie - electric guitar
Ryan Knight - backing vocals
Chris Wellock - backing vocals
Chris Miller - backing vocals
Kaitlyn Raitz - cello
Brandon Wallace - ocarina
Lyrics
Sorry I missed you
I miss you
But I don′t allow myself to think about
Where you are or whom you're with
I′d much prefer to think about how quickly we forget
All summer long I've been alone
When I call you don't answer your phone
And it seems so appropriate you went away
On Independence Day
You and I are going to die
At the end of our lives
But the song survives
I do not mind dedicating all these youthful days to isolation
There′s little hesitation
Things are being washed away more with each passing day
There′s a sentiment it gets me in
More important than whatever else is happening
Something's happening in me
I′m feeling like I shouldn't need
And you′ve been what I needed most
So I purged those haunting memories
And I exorcized your ghost
You and I are going to die
At the end of our lives
But the song survives
Life is but a blink in time
Strange for us the paths aligned
The whole affair, so brief and fleeting
Hardly seems worth repeating (repeating)
I only mention it to say for every loss there is a gain
If your world gets shattered you can still go on
The heart endures, though they are gone

