We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Summer Is Gone

by Martin Praetorius

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €2 EUR  or more

     

about

I hadn't planned on releasing brand new music, but then things took a different turn. I spilled "brain to paper" what had been piling up in my head and let the momentum take over.
I believe this song needs to be out now, and not on some record that might be released in 3 years time.

"Summer is gone" was written & recorded during the last full week of October in a house in Hamburg, Germany, heavily but by no means only triggered by the current events in the Middle East.

It carries the desire to come together and unite in peace and love.

This song is literally "off the record."
It will be released on 3 November on Bandcamp and minm, with all other platforms to follow on 10 November.
It will not appear on the album that is going to land at some point.

lyrics

Summer is Gone

I'm sitting out here 
In the October sun 
She's flirting with me 
But I know now summer is gone 
The cut flowers in the aisle
At Dunnes Stores today
Smelled like funeral

There is war on the radio,
War on TV
I guess war is why religion
Never meant anything to me 
I'm afraid my dream 
Of peace for mankind
Is illusional

Chorus
When we rise, and take heart
When we put down the guard
All you sisters and brothers
And fathers & mothers
Who like me seem to have lost the spark

When we rise, and take heart
When we put down the guard
When it's one for another
And one for the other
We will pull ourselves out of the dark

I was driving to Killarney
On a Sunday in May
The pouring rain washed
My perception away
And all sense of belonging
I ever had 
Drowned in oblivion

And it’s been like that since
And changes are few
The world keeps on spinning
Still nothing is true 
That’s a constant, 
For the rest is all
But a delirium

Chorus

When I'm down like this
And just want to quit
I hear the soft voice of David
He says to me: "Stay tight to the light!"

I think of death
Most every day
I never told anyone
To not scare them away
I hope it’s nothing but a slumber
From which I won't have, 
I won’t have to rise again

And what about life
Are we meant to be free?
Philosophy argues
There is reason to be
While the bells they are ringing
And everyone’s thinking 'bout
How to cash in

When we rise, and take heart
When we put down the guard
All you sisters and brothers
And fathers & mothers
Who like me seem to have lost the spark

When we rise, and take heart
When we put down the guard
When it's one for all
And one for another
You sons, and daughters
Transgender and others
We will pull ourselves, pull ourselves out of the dark

I was sitting out there 
In the October sun
She was flirting with me 
But I know now, summer…
Summer is gone

© Martin Praetorius 2023

credits

released November 3, 2023
written, recorded, mixed and mastered in a house in Hamburg, Germany in the last full week of October 2023

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Martin Praetorius

Give. Believe. Surrender. And dream.

Live dates here:
bnds.us/l3uy9h

contact / help

Contact Martin Praetorius

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Martin Praetorius recommends:

If you like Martin Praetorius, you may also like: