This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Living at different places
Evading into various spaces
My compass has broken
I'm losing the way
An ungoing madness has led me astray
My past breaths down my neck and
It seems now that I can't do it
So back to beginnings
When I'll lay a hand
A fading illusion
That plagues me instead
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
I follow illusive paths
Oh it seems they've
Been written in stone
And my door to a new life
Is closing so fast
Burning the bridges will not bring me back
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
I know that in me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
Or am I just wasting time?
Evading into various spaces
My compass has broken
I'm losing the way
An ungoing madness has led me astray
My past breaths down my neck and
It seems now that I can't do it
So back to beginnings
When I'll lay a hand
A fading illusion
That plagues me instead
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
I follow illusive paths
Oh it seems they've
Been written in stone
And my door to a new life
Is closing so fast
Burning the bridges will not bring me back
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
In me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
I know that in me
There's still a place that fulfills me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try can I find solid ground
Or am I just wasting time?
Lyrics submitted by Darkphoenix
Solitary Ground Lyrics as written by Coen Janssen Adrianus Sluijter
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Songtrust Ave, CTM Publishing, Peermusic Publishing
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