The Sampson Flat bushfires of 2015 in South Australia became the impetus for this song. The verses, for the most part, dwell on metaphors of damage with the choruses providing a lift culminating in an optimistic ‘yeah’. While the moody musical influence of now-defunct Melbourne band Sandro is apparent, the song concludes the first half of the record in a hopeful way.
lyrics
Catastrophic
They cannot stop it
Burning wild
Sometimes there are
Fires for us
Burning us
After the fires
We’ll start again
After the fires
Yeah
Many things are
Devastated
All seems lost
We are damaged
But we can manage
And move on
After the fires
We’ll start again
After the fires
Yeah
credits
from Bedouin of the Fitzroy Evening,
released February 5, 2019
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Matt Reiner: vocals, guitar
Matt Hills: bass guitar, backing vocals, some guitars
Brett Walter: Casio keyboard
Max Tulysewski: drums
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