Out of My Mind
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Lyrics
Wake up, To another day. It's a familiar place, but (It's not the same without you.) Cold sheets, Brush my teeth lonely Made too much coffee. (It's not the same without you.) If I'm being honest, Honey I'm a mess without you here. Maybe we were bound to break, But not like this. Why am I holding on to you? My heart keeps slipping back in time, No matter what I do. Get out of my mind, Out of my mind. Get out of my mind, Out of my mind. Each day, Is a blur behind me, Since you're not beside me. I keep thinking bout you. Green eyes Full of mischief crazy, But somehow you saved me. I keep thinking bout you. Some nights remember walking with you, Talking bout our dreams. We knew growin' up would hurt, But not like this. Why am I holding on to you? My heart keeps slipping back in time, No matter what I do. Get out of my mind, Out of my mind. Get out of my mind, Out of my mind. Memories keep me paralyzed Can't go nowhere, Got nowhere to go. Are you happy moving on, Cuz it's too much for me to take. Why am I holding on to you? My heart keeps slipping back in time, No matter what I do. Get out of my mind, Out of my mind. Get out of my mind, Out of my mind. Get out of my mind, Out of my mind. Get out of my mind, Out of my mind.
FEiN and Lara Johnston, June 28, 2015: the first FEiN Times release. Wake up without you, cold sheets and too much coffee, and a chorus that never gets the person out of mind.
Out of My Mind (FEiN X Lara Johnston) went up on SoundCloud on June 28, 2015. The upload calls it the first collaborative release in the FEiN Times series, “FEiN Times Lara Johnston,” and points to a free download. FEiN produced and recorded it at Tiny Giant. Frank Rosato mixed and mastered it at Woodcliff Studios. The archive master matches that upload: 4:27, tagged Lara Johnston, 2015.
It is not on Little Homes. The later studio collaboration is Fresh Fruit (FEiN x Lara Johnston), uploaded September 15, 2015. Walton had already toured as guitarist and vocalist with Lara Johnston, opening for the Doobie Brothers and Gregg Allman. She now performs as Lara Lucille.
A morning-after ballad built on domestic residue: cold sheets, brush my teeth lonely, the coffee made for two. The pre-chorus accepts the ending but not the manner of it (maybe we were bound to break / but not like this), which is the whole tension the chorus keeps circling.
The hook is a stuck loop. My heart keeps slipping back in time, no matter what I do, and the title command (get out of my mind) repeats because it never works. The bridge names the trap as paralysis and envy, memories keep me paralyzed, the ex moving on while the narrator can’t. It sits with Boomerang (long-distance motion) and Roadtrip (doesn’t really matter): a FEiN pop ballad with none of the Little Homes satire.
See Lara Johnston · FEiN · Credited work
Selected coverage
- FEiN: Out Of My Mind (FEiN X Lara Johnston) (SoundCloud) 2015-06-28 First collaborative release in the FEiN Times series, FEiN Times Lara Johnston.
Written by Luke Francis Walton, Brandon Michael Woodward and Lara Johnston, a third each. SoundCloud, June 28, 2015: produced and recorded by FEiN at Tiny Giant; mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato at Woodcliff Studios.