I wrote Summer Sleep in 2016. I was staying with someone who I loved very much, but knew that they didn’t feel the same about me. The last time I stayed at their house, I had this elaborate dream that their ex-girlfriend was in hospital and that we’d gone to visit her. In that moment, seeing her in the hospital bed, it was as if I no longer existed in their life. I had disappeared. Once they had left together, I wandered around a strange town that probably doesn’t exist either. I found myself lying on the ground of a small white building with a beautiful blue glass window, staring at the ceiling. When I woke up from the dream, I left my love in their bed and said goodbye. It was the last time I saw them for a very long time, and the dream is still as clear as any other real memory in my head. - Faye Rogers
lyrics
I dreamt that we saw her together.
She lay in a hospital bed.
Your eyes were so full of love and upset.
I woke up to your face and it looked so soft and I wanted to cry. You moan in your sleep
And I’ll always know it’s for her and not for me.
I dreamt that you left together. I lay on some dirty floor.
My eyes were still full of love, But mostly upset.
I said goodbye to your face, it looked so soft and I wanted to cry. You moaned a goodbye.
It’s the goodbyes that will always be mine.
Goodbye.
credits
from Fine EP,
released December 9, 2020
Written by Faye Rogers
Produced by Thomas Rees
Mixed by Josh Dickins
Mastered by Eddie Al-Shakarchi
Rosehip Teahouse is Faye Rogers, Tony Williams, Josh Dickins, Will Dickins and Alice Low
Super sweet indie pop compilation with new tracks from Trust Fund, Boosegumps, etc. benefits the St. Louis Legal Fund. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 4, 2017