Goodbye Again, Or

Let me tell you why I love this song so much.

Falling Out is a spectacular album, especially considering how low-budget this band were at the time, and the all the artwork along with the songs works together very well to create a broody, cold atmosphere perfect for the subject matter of the album; urban depression, the highs and lows (but mostly lows) of relationships, etc…. but also, most of the tracks on the album are big, brash, big production, spacious, sweeping and full of layers upon layers of instruments that really bolster the sound of the band. And then, at the end, the last track is only 2:01 minutes in length, and is a last-minute recording of an acoustic song by the band’s singer, Peter Peter Morén, recorded on his mobile phone on the day the album was going to be sent off to the factories for pressing. And this is phones around 2002-2004, so the quality’s flaky as fuck. But for some reason it doesn’t matter; this song, with its simple lyrics and repetitive hook is incredibly moving, perhaps the most so on the album. And the cryptic title, cut off abruptly, is in fact an optimistic end to the album. Having spoken to Peter over twitter, I believe that the ‘Or’ is meant to signify that actually it doesn’t have to be goodbye yet again, that this time things could actually change for the better. Which I think is a really, really nice way to end an album.

The lyrics currently posted are for a John Denver song for some reason... I've submitted the correct lyrics so hopefully it will be changed soon.