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Standby

from Potholes by Call Me Spinster

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about

I was leading a study abroad program in a little town in Spain and in the process of a lengthy, long-distance breakup. I was recording harmonies back and forth from my phone to my ipad while everyone else in the sleepy Andalusian town–including my roommate–was trying to have their siestas. I sent the voice memos back to my sisters in Chattanooga who came up with what would become bass/guitar parts, and by the time I got back we had a song. -Rachel

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Standby

Sitting on an airplane
Head against the windowpane
Trying to summon up your face
Get up to put my bag away
Make my way back again
Never seem to find my place

I am so sad
For all that we had
For leaving this behind
One foot stranded
One barely landed
When you fly standby

Kissing in the front seat
Tangled up in muddy feet
In someone else's parking space
I don't (can’t) even smell you
We don't even stand a chance
Already blowing second base

I am so tired
I never tried
Believing yes or no
Halfway endings
And halfway friends
And holding onto I don't know

If you ever let me go
If I ever really know
We could go so many ways
People always talk like this
Just another Sisyphus
Everything could be ok

I want you back
We both know that
Will always be that way
You're not here and I'm not there
And that's just where we stay
You're not here and I'm not there
And that's just where we
(when you fly standby)
That’s just where we
That’s just where we
That’s just where we stay

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from Potholes, released April 12, 2024

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