This is dying tradition
And where will we go when the old people die?
And nobody takes anything seriously
I don't think I believe
But I just wanna be bored by the way it was always done
Returning to the smell of the car
Although it's darkened and cold, it's a spring night
And that makes the retrospect alright
Is this a decade of limbo?
My parents are too young to be boring and old
I'm too young to have children to hold
And the old ones are knocking on death's bolted door
It's almost time, they must wait some more
And if we're all not busy just falling out
Then act like people died to allow this
You see a dying practitioner
And you don't wanna know where he'll go when he goes
'Cause he takes himself much too seriously
And since he must believe
Then how could he let himself end up a sour old man
Who just can't feel the same love in his heart as I can
'Cause his is darkened and cold
He drives family away
Now no-one even goes to stay
Yeah no-one wants to see him again
'Cause it's a decade of limbo
My parents are too young to have excuse to stay in
I'm too young to forget where I've been
And the old ones are nearly too frail to even care
And they've still got all this life left in there
And if we're not all busy just falling out
Then act like people died to allow this
Devon Church embraces a warm and introspective singer-songwriter sound evocative of Lee Hazlewood and Nick Cave on his latest. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 26, 2023