Sweet Fading Silver - The Howl & The Hum

Drunk in the back of your car again

Laid out upon the back seat again

Just like the old days of spinning around

It’s a whole lot quieter now

It’s a whole lot quieter now

Oh, you keep both hands on the wheel as you stare straight ahead

Gone is the stale smoke of fresh cigarettes

Now there’s just kids toys and air fresheners

Gone are the remnants of Jessica

Well, I know I’m wasted, but sweetheart, I miss you

I wish you didn’t have to see me like this well

Here’s to the ghost of something to remember

Your dad’s Fiat Punto in sweet fading silver

Remember when the car lost a wheel in the snow

The three of us huddled together for warmth

Between the East Midlands Parkway and near Nottingham

But the car, it survived then and keeps rolling on

As we pull up in silence outside of my house

The car stalls and shudders, but the engine still growls

You hide your tattoos, I know this is the end

I know everything changes, but can’t we pretend?

I know I’m wasted, but sweetheart, I miss you

I wish you didn’t have to see me like this well

Here’s to the ghost of something to remember

You call it aging, I call it surrender

Hold on to the past 'cause the future’ll haunt you

Your dad’s Fiat Punto in sweet fading silver

Drunk in the back of your car again

Drunk in the back of your car again