It Never Was the Same

Andy: "I needed a change of scenery when writing this album so I moved down to London for a month or so, where I wrote this song, the title track and "Leave The House". Musically, this came together in an afternoon, I wanted a sparse, synth-based song that was similar to something from "Faith" by The Cure, kind of like our previous record but on a much bigger scale."

James: "There's times when Andy will send me some music over and I'll instantly think this could be a really special song on the record and I start writing straight away, that's happened when he sent the music over for "Cold Days From The Birdhouse", "I Became A Prostitute" and "Nil". That didn't happen when he sent over the music for this song, although I do now think this is a really important song for us. I sent him over my melodies and rough lyrics but said: "I'm sorry man, I don't know if what I've done is any good". He phoned me after he listened to what I'd done and said: "You're talking shite. I just need to rearrange something in it and you'll see". He sent the demo over the next day and he was right. I can't remember what he did but it transformed the song for me. The lyrics really sum up the overall themes of the record. Andy and I played it for the first time at a session for Bandstand Busking in London and it felt really special. The reception from the crowd felt like we'd written a special song and its had the same reaction every time we've played it since."