Released: October 12, 2016

Songwriter: Evan Stephens Hall

Producer: Cavetown

Walking outside labyrinthine
Over cracks along under the trees
I know this town grounded in a compass
Cardinal landing in the dogwood

I keep going over it over and over
My steps iterate my shame
How come every outcome's such a comedown?
Lately afternoon with the shades drawn down

I kept saying I just wanted to see you
Saying, "What's wrong with that?"
Needles shaking outlines in a compass
Every outcome's such a comedown

[Chorus 1]
I knew it when I saw it
So I did just what I wanted
So I go through with this
I knew happiness when I saw it

I saw your boyfriend at the port authority
It's a sort of fucked up place
Well so I averted my stride on a quick one
He's coming back from going over to your place, huh?

I feel like I could forget about it
I feel like I could mellow out
I don't feel undone in a big way
There's nothing really bad to be upset about

But when I thought I was getting better
I woke up on the ground
An appointment or disappointment
A setback, oh, another comedown

[Chorus 2]
As if I needed a reminder
Oh, I do only what I want to
So I go through with this
I knew happiness when I saw it

Walking out in the nighttime springtime
Needling my way home
I saw Leah on the bus a few months ago
I saw some old friends at her funeral

My steps keep splitting my grief
Through these solipsistic moods
I should call my parents when I think of them
Should tell my friends when I love them

Maybe I should have gone out a bit more
When you guys were still in town
I got too caught up in my own shit
It's how every outcome's such a comedown

[Chorus 3]
And I knew it when I saw it
Oh, I did just what I wanted
So I go through with this
I knew happiness when I saw it

Cavetown

Cavetown is the stage name of singer-songwriter Robin Skinner, born December 15, 1998, from Cambridge, England.

As of December 2020, Robbie has released six independent albums, two EPs, six single tracks, and five collaborative splits (which form a mixtape). He was the special guest of a split in which he performed a remake of one of his older songs “Devil Town”.

Robbie’s increasing success allows him to perform gigs internationally. He has toured Europe and went on a US summer tour supported by Chloe Moriondo in 2019.

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