Name: Memphis
Duration: P00H04M05S
Description: Memphis is about being in a state of constant disrepair and unhappiness, the toll of unchecked depression and anxiety. Alex uses a random city and the thought of being far from where you ought to be, or where you’d like to be, to depict the fear of permanent unrest. The fact is, few people truly want to remain unhappy.

Memphis

from Honest Words for Honest People by Old Fox

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Memphis is about being in a state of constant disrepair and unhappiness, the toll of unchecked depression and anxiety. Alex uses a random city and the thought of being far from where you ought to be, or where you’d like to be, to depict the fear of permanent unrest. The fact is, few people truly want to remain unhappy.

lyrics

Said the words were humble
Tires steamed against the road
In the lake slept muddy water
Rewrite the tarmac lead me home

Aren’t we just rented
Just hollow sin and drapery
And I crossed out the honest sentence
To rewrite the man I’ll never be

Maybe it’s fate
Well I don’t want to die in Memphis
So far from the gate
Well I’m leaving town defenseless
I know I’m no saint
But I don’t want to die in Memphis

Said the words were humble
Fell to ash on my tongue
Well we dragged our shoe soles back to Boston
To leave the tempest left undone

Maybe it’s fate
Well I don’t want to die in Memphis
So far from the gate
Well I’m leaving town defenseless
I know I’m no saint
But I don’t want to die in Memphis

I don’t want to die here
Said I don't want to die in Memphis

Maybe it’s fate
Well I don’t want to die in Memphis
So far from the gate
Well I’m leaving town defenseless
I know I’m no saint
But I don’t want to die in Memphis

credits

from Honest Words for Honest People, track released March 18, 2019
Alex: Guitar/Vocals/Lyrics
Connor: Guitar/Vocals
Ralph: Trumpet/Vocals
Jon: Keys/Vocals
Kevin: Bass/Vocals
Sean: Drums/Vocals

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Old Fox Boston, Massachusetts

Formed in Somerville, MA in March, 2018, the founding members, Alex and Ralph, decided to build the band and its music around the phrase, “honest words for honest people.” The band has since evolved with that goal in mind and has continued to focus on creating simple, vulnerable, and evocative music for anyone who decides to listen. ... more

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