A down-beat song written by Jonas a few years before the band was formed, it repeats the same chord progression throughout a soundscape of life pictures. Here’s how Jonas sees it:
“Playing my Telecaster in the studio, I looked at a drawing on the wall: My own rendition of my youngest daughter on her skateboard in a seaside town during one of our surfing holiday. I decided to try to capture the feeling of a summer night that doesn’t seem to end, but also a story of going through the ebb and flows of life. Of how staying on course and appreciating the moment will get you through. As the beat and chords came to me, the opening verse became a musical version of my drawing:
Little town hot night the boys are out
it’s alright she don’t care
riding her longboard just as loose
as the breeze on her jeans
Riding her longboard
just as loose
as the breeze
on her jeans
Out by the pier
in the dark
holding hands
and holding on
He lost his friend
late that week
left the house
hiding on a train
They take a box of wine
to the park
then she says
don’t look back
We’re here
in the dark
hold my hand
keep holding on
