Smoke & Ribbons (Acoustic)

by Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness

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The acoustic version of “Smoke and Ribbons” is a different take on the original, which switches perspectives between verses that describe reliving certain moments from memory while the sing-along chorus is a reflection to a younger self that everything works out: “Hey now we’ll go on living after all the smoke and ribbons…I’ll write the words if you sing along.” Andrew says about that track that “you can’t undo the past. How boring life would be if you could. So write it down, sing and proceed fearlessly into the future. I think a lot of this music and this moment in my life has been aimed at more fully appreciating where I’ve come from in the interest of moving forward with a sense of peace.”

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I felt the summer on my hand
Through the window
I think I knew it right then
I would never let you go
And everything we lost
And everything we won
Find your street of gold
And drive it when you’re young
Everything we break
Every breath in my lungs
Hey now, we’ll go on living
After all the smoke and ribbons
Can’t fight the time
It’s marching on

And hey now, it’s all forgiven
Good luck and bad decisions
I’ll write the words if you sing along
If you sing along
I can feel you in my heart
Like an ocean
I let you drive my car
I’m never looking back again
And everything I have
No I would never need
As long as you are here
As long as you can see
That even when I’m hiding
Yeah I still believe

That hey now, we’ll go on living
After all the smoke and ribbons
Can’t fight the time
It’s marching on
Hey now, it’s all forgiven
Good luck and bad decisions
I’ll write the words if you sing along
If you sing along

I can feel you in my heart
Like an ocean
I can feel you in my heart
Like a wave
Hey now, we’ll go on living
After all the smoke and ribbons
Can’t fight the time
It’s marching on

Hey now, it’s all forgiven
Good luck and bad decisions
I’ll write the words if you sing along
If you sing along

With the windows down
We watch the road erased
With the windows down
We watch the road erased
With the windows down
We watch the road erased
With the windows down
And hey now, we’ll go on living
After all the smoke and ribbons
Can’t fight the time
It’s marching on

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released October 6, 2023

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