Sidecar
FEiN co-write: sidecar not driver: cheering you on, my stop but never getting off without you, furthest seat, talked into the bitter end.
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ISRC QZ2QB2100004 (soundexchange)
FEiN single (December 10, 2021), co-written by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Michael Woodward. Mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato. Late-era FEiN; not on Little Homes.
The sidecar is the unequal vehicle the song won’t admit is unequal. You’re attached. You can cheer, you can sing along, you can’t steer. The chorus tries to keep that arrangement clean (this is my stop / but I don’t wanna get off without you), but each pass tightens the consent: don’t wanna becomes never getting off, and the boundary becomes the bind. No surprise I’m in the furthest seat, closeness measured in distance from a driver who is already arriving.
Devotion as passenger role, sold as agency, with the pre-chorus calling the ending well in advance: talked into the bitter end. FEiN relationship-pop, after the satire and before Liminal’s threshold collapse.
Written by Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Michael Woodward (FEiN). Mixed and mastered by Frank Rosato.
Lyrics
In the corner of a moment You arrive inviting me to stay I could never pull apart I'm where I need to be For the moment, holding over Into more than I should ever take Oh my, talked into the bitter end Oh my my my, I'm in love with it again Alright if it never sent, You'll feel it too at the bitter end I'm in the sidecar Cheering you on again And this is my stop But I don't wanna get off without you I'm in the sidecar Singing along again And this is my stop But I'm never getting off without you I'm in the sidecar Cheering you on again And this is my stop But I don't wanna get off without you I'm in the sidecar Singing along again And this is my stop But I'm never getting off without you Underneath attention given I remember how you looked at me No surprises, no mistaking What we couldn't speak You're arriving, I'm elated No surprise I'm in the furthest seat Oh my, talked into the bitter end Oh my my my, I'm in love with it again Alright if it never sent You'll feel it too at the bitter end I'm in the sidecar Cheering you on again And this is my stop But I don't wanna get off without you I'm in the sidecar Singing along again And this is my stop But I'm never getting off without you I'm in the sidecar Cheering you on again And this is my stop But I don't wanna get off without you I'm in the sidecar Singing along again And this is my stop But I'm never getting off without you