Bright Days After You
Upbeat pop song with a bittersweet heart: a bright, looping synth riff, jangly electric guitar, crisp, fast drums and a warm, conversational male vocal. Light on its feet but wistful, with lyrics about how life changed after someone left.
Lyrics
I bought the milk you like againForce of habit, I suppose.The kitchen’s quiet, just a friendTo all the dust that grows and grows.I tried to fix the leaky sinkThe way you said I should.It’s funny how I start to thinkI’m doing fairly good.But everything is different nowThe colors lost their Saturday.I’m getting by, I’m learning howTo live in shades of gray.Everything is different nowThe sun is up, the sky is wide.I’m making it through somehowWith nowhere left to hide.The neighbors asked about your carI told them that you moved away.I took my dinner to the barTo hear what strangers had to say.I changed the password on the screenBut kept the photo in the hall.It’s like a movie I have seenWhere no one catches when I fall.But everything is different nowThe colors lost their Saturday.I’m getting by, I’m learning howTo live in shades of gray.Everything is different nowThe sun is up, the sky is wide.I’m making it through somehowWith nowhere left to hide.The house is cleaner than it used to beNo shoes left by the door.It’s exactly how I wanted itI don’t want it anymore.But everything is different nowThe colors lost their Saturday.I’m getting by, I’m learning howTo live in shades of gray.Everything is different nowThe sun is up, the sky is wide.I’m making it through somehowWith nowhere left to hide.