Silent Planet | In Absence | Track-By-Track Analysis

Garrett talks with us about the meaning behind "In Absence"

Find me in the silence, tell me where I've been. The air is growing colder, the clouds are caving in. I lost the sound of your voice in the winter sun. I dreamed that dawn would wake us, but morning never comes.

I watched you go away. I watched the colors fade. I can't bear the pain of losing yesterday to a world of grey.

I found you in the shadows following a ghost. I thought you felt my presence, but we were still alone. Where do you turn when the corners of the room run from you? And how it burns to be a memory lost in a mind you never knew.

I watched you go away. I watched the colors fade. I can't bear the pain of losing yesterday to a world of grey.

My fading sunset, swaying precarious in the sand. Every grain a lingering moment, slipping through the cracks in my hand. Disintegrating in the predawn light: A memory eroded by time. I’ll turn with your reversing clock and describe the color when you can’t see the sunrise.

I watched you go away. I watched the colors fade. I can't bear the pain of losing yesterday to a world of grey. (1)
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1. Dedicated to those suffering from memory disorders, including their loved ones.