I started this as an uptempo track to go on Dusk in early 2005 - it was a simple, happy, and fairly meaningless track which was intended to provide a bit of light relief from the rest of the darkness on the album. It was Simon who turned it into the downtempo track that it became, while watching the awful film Black Hawk Down.
It was the first track we'd ever done that had any kind of visual element, as I'd used the video editing tools on my new computer to put together a very rough video, and a couple of years later I decided to revive this. It was a bit short on ideas though, so I decided we should try chopping a chunk out of the original song so that the video didn't need to be too long.
This nearly became the single version, except that without trying very hard I also ran off a mix with a hip hop drum loop, which we both liked, and with a new bassline and synth part, we had a new single version, which seems to have subsequently gone down rather well in Canada for some reason.
Finally, Simon decided he didn't like all the editing, and did an extended version, with all the bits put back in again:
But that turned out not to be the end - a few months later, Sappy got in touch, saying he'd like to try a remix. Even longer, and even more epic than Simon's extended version, it's just appeared on our new EP of collected mixes:
Here are the lyrics:
Back then we slept in tombs of sadness
Finding the answers in excesses
The days were short and came to nothing
But led to shores of hate and longing
And so we’ve made it through together
And now it’s going to last
We’re leaving the past behind us now
As at last we feel satisfied
So here comes the summertime again
Will we find our lost paradise?
Now the days seem so bright and so long
It once looked like we’d never see them
Now it’s hard to sleep the days away
In case they never come again
So what shall we do now together?
Keep running till we fall
There’s nothing for us to hide behind
Or to keep the truth locked inside
So here comes the summertime again
Will we find our lost paradise?
Keep dreaming away
Until the dawn of another day
There’s nowhere to stay
We’ll always find another way back home
Let’s spend all of our days together
Until the summer ends
We’re leaving the past behind us now
As at last we feel satisfied
So here comes the summertime again
Will we find our lost paradise?
There’s nothing for us to hide behind
Or to keep the truth locked inside
So here comes the summertime again
Will we find our lost paradise?
Keep dreaming away
Until the dawn of another day
There’s nowhere to stay
We’ll always find another way back home
(R. Martin / S. Martin)
