The dark came with morning
Great cracks across the sky
With cerulean leaking
And clouds running dry
The sun started humming
It flickered then it died
The gathered crowd
They stood around
And waited
The day we all remember
The day we can't explain
The day the sky went out
And things would never be the same
The seasons keep on turning
And night and day still reign
But the heavens are forsaken
Broken landscape in a frame
The birds adapted soonest
They'd done it once before
The weather forecasts empty
No sunshine and no storms
Our leaders blamed each other
Trading empty threats of war
We've heard nothing from the astronauts
At all
The day the sky went out
The day the sky went out
The day we all remember
The day we can't explain
The day the sky went out
And things would never be the same
The seasons keep on turning
And night and day still reign
But the heavens are forsaken
Broken landscape in a frame
credits
from Signal To Noise,
released March 1, 2018
Ben Below: Drums, Bass, Backing vocals
Michael Kearns: Keyboard, Backing vocals
Tim Ledsam: Guitar, Lead Vocals
Lyrics by Tim Ledsam, Michael Kearns, and Ben Below
Produced by Tim Ledsam
Now an experienced hand at timed songwriting challenges, Ben took on the February Album Writing Challenge on his own (well, with a little help) in 2019. This is the result. Softwire
supported by 29 fans who also own “The Day The Sky Went Out”
This is a great adaptation of Arthuriana and a brilliant narrative album. I love how the queerness of the characters is handled as an integral part of the narrative and plot development without it being the end all be all of the characters themselves. my boy Gawain deserved better though maritarvaniti
Pretty avant-pop with simple instrumentation and gentle bite from New York's Garcon No.1 cleverly subverts the torch song. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 13, 2020