Getaway Car

Getaway Car

Ash Koley

Who let the cat out? Who's in charge here?

What's the latest? Am I supposed to be here?

Have you met him? Have you met her?

He's the greatest but she thinks she's better

Who let the minutes hold you hostage?

Who said their better when they haven't started?

I meant to tell you but you looked too tired

I meant to tell you but the race had started

Who shooting this pilot?

It'll never get made

Who wrote this song?

It will never get played

I've been here for so long I might as well stay

It looks as though things are never gonna change

And if the moment's hard to find

Or the perfect place to hide

I'm building me my very own getaway car

So introduce me while I'm floating

My smile feels tired and I think it's showing

Please excuse me, the water's shallow

I hear what you're saying though it's hard to swallow

I'll fight the currents, treading water

Why sink or swim here when nobody bothers?

They never tell you if you look too tired

They never tell you 'til the race has started

Who's shooting this pilot?

It'll never get made

Who wrote this song?

It will never get played

I've been here for so long I might as well stay

It looks as though things are never gonna change

And if the moment's hard to find

Or the perfect place to hide

I'm building me my very own getaway car

It feels like a play on and overcrowded stage

Every face in the crowd whispered words getting loud

Let the song set the stage, let the voices change

Cue the choir, let the violin sustain

Who's shooting this pilot?

It'll never get made

Who wrote this song?

It will never get played

I've been here for so long I might as well stay

It looks as though things are never gonna change

And if the moment's hard to find

Or the perfect place to hide

I'm building me my very own getaway car

Ash Koley is one of my latest musical discoveries. Plus they are Canadian (and you already know that I love me some good Canadian music). This song is off of their Blue EP and I have been listening to it on repeat for several hours now. Itunes describes Ash Koley's music as "spirit-lifting pop music that's occasionally festooned with moody fringes" and although this particular tune leans more towards the moody side of that equation, it is generally a pretty summary. This song kind of captures a certain mixture of desperation and concession that often infects my heart and mind.The music video does a perfect job of capturing that mood. I love the homemade quality of it. This is the exact kind of song I would want to sing while walking down the snow-filled, dead-of-winter streets. Something depressing or frustrating would have just happened and I would be determinedly facing the freezing cold in order to walk out my frustrations. Yeah. This song just makes a lot of sense to me right now.