Abandoned

"Abandoned" is a song by The Gliding Faces from the album Veritas. "We wanted to do something that changed time signature, as I recall," Dan says. "Max had the idea of going from triplets to four-on-the-floor and, yeah, it just gelled really nicely." Max says, "Abandoned is a song about, well, abandonment! Exploring how it feels and how claustrophobic the loneliness can feel post-being-abandoned."

Lyrics

An empty chair
An empty bed
Everything empty
Except my head
An empty chair
An empty bed
Everything empty
Except my head

You, yourself alone
And how you left
It's me, myself and I 
Bereft
It's me, myself and I
You abandoned

I was unaware
Were you even there
I was in my head
Abandoned
Left for dead

An empty chair
An empty bed
Everything empty
Except my head
An empty soul
An empty heart
Everything empty
Now we're apart

An empty chair
An empty bed
Everything empty
Except my head
An empty soul
An empty heart
Everything empty
Now we're apart

You, yourself alone
And how you left
The choices, random
I pay the debt
It's me, myself and I
You abandoned

I was unaware
Were you even there
I was in my head
Abandoned
Left for dead

An empty chair
An empty bed
Everything empty
Except my head
An empty soul
An empty heart
Everything empty
Now we're apart

An empty chair
An empty bed
Everything empty
Except my head
An empty soul
An empty heart
Everything empty
Now we're apart

Versions

"Abandoned" art.

• Album version appears on Veritas.
• Single mix, extended mixes and remixes by LorD and Master and Xxäm appear on "Abandoned" maxi-single (q.v.).

Maxi-single release

1. "Abandoned" (single mix) - 3.17
2. "Sweet relief" - 3.32
3. "I dream of dystopia" - 4.00
4. "Abandoned" (extended mix) - 5.45
5. "Abandoned" (LorD and Master remix) - 7.28

Personnel

• Written, produced and performed by Max Herring and Daniel Graham.
• Additional production and remix on tracks 1, 4 and 5 by Daniel Graham.