...and until the quiet takes us, dream of gentler stars [live @ db2024]

from THE GARAGES SIGN OFF @ DESERT BUS 2024 by the garages

written by fox (slavfox.space , @slavfoxman) coming soon on EXPANSION lead vocals by carly (phonehouse.bandcamp.com, worsterman.com) backing vocals by amadis (solarfable.bandcamp.com), ras (ebhband.bandcamp.com), riley (yuppiesupper.bandcamp.com, @thwackamabob), and louisa (x.com/LouisaBlatt) spoken word by riley (yuppiesupper.bandcamp.com, @thwackamabob) and fox (slavfox.space , @slavfoxman) lead guitar by bertie (cardboardchords.bandcamp.com, @heyitsbertie) and deidra (deidraskye.bandcamp.com) rhythm guitar by nia (echoparallax.bandcamp.com, parallax.fyi ), julien (serioustimes.bandcamp.com, okaysure.cool ), sci-fi boyfriend (ebhband.bandcamp.com), and fox (slavfox.space, @slavfoxman) bass by fox (slavfox.space , @slavfoxman) sax by rosie (thornsband.bandcamp.com, @rosie.drown on instagram) drums by ethan (linktr.ee/ethangeller, @costcorothko on instagram) keytar by skates (elliotdegrassi.bandcamp.com, elliotdegrassi.itch.io) harp by amadis (solarfable.bandcamp.com) trombone by yana (going-nowhere.bandcamp.com) string bass by julien (serioustimes.bandcamp.com, okaysure.cool ) EWI by lara (larabartel.bandcamp.com, lara-is-a-jellyfish.neocities.org) additional guitar by ok scavenger (putridshark.bandcamp.com) screams by ras (ebhband.bandcamp.com), bertie (cardboardchords.bandcamp.com, @heyitsbertie), and gabi (girlballz.bandcamp.com, bsky.app/profile/girl-ballz.bsky.social) gang vox by bertie (cardboardchords.bandcamp.com, @heyitsbertie), julien (serioustimes.bandcamp.com, okaysure.cool), fox (slavfox.space , @slavfoxman), yana (going-nowhere.bandcamp.com), cliff, sasha (tumblr.com/orbleglorb), pitch (imperfectpitch.bandcamp.com), woosh (wooshorvalley.bsky.social, @wooshofficial), robnotes (robertthornberry.bandcamp.com), astrid, louisa (x.com/LouisaBlatt), and bri

it’s still light out 
i don’t know why i thought the end would come at night
that with my debts all sorted out 
it’d come announced 
and take me where my brothers lie

and i don’t know why 
it feels like nothing’s changed at all 
i don’t know how we never saw this coming
and as the sky 
comes crashing down on us 
without a sound 
i don’t think time can heal this

and all i am 
laid bare before the end, 
and all you’ve been 
gone without a trace 
so take me then 
as if it matters 
we’ll all be ashes 
lost in the wind

it’s not quite fear 
it’s just a disbelief that this time it’s for real 
that it all ends before i could forgive myself 
for all your pain over the years

and i don’t know why 
it feels like nothing gained at all 
and not a word to help accept what’s coming
we’ve killed all gods 
and now gravity’s all that remains 
to call my name

with all i am 
laid bare before the end, 
and all you’ve been 
gone without a trace 
so take me then 
as if it matters 
we’ll all be ashes 
lost in the wind

so it never was a matter of “if” 
just a matter of “when” 
another batter yet another team scattered 
a ring of flowers where you stood when it happened 
a scrap of cloth with your name, bloody and tattered

and if heaven is full 
i guess i was never meant to be a part of yours 
and if i was a fool it’s not by choice 
i wrote my confessions now that i know it’s the end 
i know that we’re not coming home tonight

so close your eyes 
and until the quiet takes us 
dream of gentler stars 
somewhere amid the nameless 
we will find a world for us 
where i can save her 
a more beautiful end

and all i am 
laid bare before the end, 
and all you’ve been 
gone without a trace 
so take me then 
as if it matters 
we’ll all be ashes

it all starts again 
laid bare before the end, 
and all you’ve been 
gone without a trace 
so take me then 
as if it matters 
we’ll all be ashes

this is the end 
i played my final game 
and watched the world burn 
it all fades away 
i’m not afraid 
as if it matters 
we’ll all be ashes 
(we’ll all be ashes) 
lost in the wind

(lost in the wind)
(in the wind)
(i’m not afraid now)