San Ysidro

from Nada en Fuego by Helium Derby

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Very early on in the band's existence, Drew came up with this terrific idea for a song on bass, and from the very beginning always knew he wanted it to be an album closer (it just always had that closing feel to it). In fact its working title was "Closing", from the very beginning. He just couldn't come up with a decent chorus to save his life, which thankfully Ian stepped in and wrote. The song is just a plain favorite of his, in its entirety, and it's a beautiful one.

lyrics

I'm down at the beach, shovels, bottles and buckets
Knees sinking slow
Building in the sand a home for ex-lovers
In San Ysidro

Throw ourselves right into the ocean
Cough up on the shore
Spitting out salt and stacking dead soldiers
Waves would come and you would go

Watch everything we make
Wash out with the tide
As the water swallows the sun
Day drowns into night
We could stay here forever
Yeah, but not tonight
Not tonight

Sit at the bar, smokes, peanuts and pool cues
People that I don't know
Greeted again by all those old voices
Nowhere else to go

A memory well growing deeper and darker
Pulling me from below
Pour myself right into the bottom
Make myself at home

Everything we said
Echoes amplified
Thoughts again refused
Stale neon light
You were mine forever
Yeah, but not tonight
Not tonight

credits

from Nada en Fuego, released December 1, 1998
music: Drew Crumbaugh, Ian Sethre; lyrics: Isaac Adamson

Isaac Adamson - electric guitars
Drew Crumbaugh - bass, shaker
Eric Gautschi - vocals
Sean Ramsey - drums, percussion
Ian Sethre - 12-string guitars

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Helium Derby Chicago, Illinois

a brief moment in time, 1997-1998, up on the north side of Chicago. Formed summer 1997 when Drew ran into old friend Isaac, disbanded late 1998 when Ian went off to grad school in Minneapolis. They still had time to record an album on Ian's visits back to Chicago, however. ... more

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