Your favorite band is back on the road
And this fall, they're playin' the Hollywood Bowl
I've already purchased two seats for their show
I guess I'm an optimist
2011, you stole my heart here
And I couldn't listen to that band for years
'Til that night last summer when you reappeared
Forgot how bad I wanted this
[Chorus]
If I could see the future
I never would believe her
Fallin' in and out of love and fallin' in again
We were never any good at bein' friends
[Verse 2]
When Harry Met Sally, and you fell asleep
I closеd your computer and stole the top sheet
I was strung out in Austin for nеarly a week
Anxiety like we were kids
I've been thinkin' too much and it's ruined my nights
But it's hard when it isn't, to let yourself slide
And my heart doesn't slow down when you kill the lights
I never learned to call it quits
If I could see the future
I never would believe her
Fallin' in and out of love and fallin' in again
We were never any good at bein' friends
[Verse 3]
I'll go hungry and crazy and honest for you
I don't always get angry, but I'm promising to
If it's all that you want then it's all that I can do
Desire never made any sense
I'll wait for years, but I won't wait alone
And then someday you'll wait for my face on your phone
And I'll call and I'll say, "I think you should come home"
'Cause I'm tired of bein' your ex
Can I take you out to a concert six months from now?
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The whole song is about this fantasy of being at the Hollywood Bowl, seeing the show. It’s funny, man, ‘cause you know I wrote it in 2017 but obviously singing about a concert six months away is such a 2021 experience, right? When I was recording this back in April—I’ve been back to the Bowl since recording this song and seen music and hopefully a lot of people have but at the time, the idea of going to the Bowl was this fantasy.
In 2017, I had literally bought tickets to take my girlfriend to see The Fleet Foxes at the Hollywood Bowl. It was six months away, and I was like, ‘It’s really optimistic of me to think we’ll still be together by then’. I happened to be right though. With all of the pessimism and negativity in 2020, I was pretty worried, but I still decided to be positive. Even if things didn’t work out, I would’ve regretted not trying as hard as I could have.
- 1.A Concert Six Months from Now
- 3.Happy Now?
- 5.The 90s
- 6.Love is Pain
- 8.Hurt Locker
- 9.Medieval
- 11.Around My Neck
- 13.How It Ends
