Listen to violet by Ethan Bortnick

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Ethan Bortnick

Guitar

Dylan Edmunds

Electric Bass Guitar

Jeremy Schaffer

Jeremy Schaffer

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ethan Bortnick

Songwriter

Dylan Edmunds

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Ethan Bortnick

Producer

Dylan Edmunds

Producer

Rob Kinelski at the Fortress of Amplitude

Rob Kinelski at the Fortress of Amplitude

Mixing Engineer

Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound Edgewater NJ

Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound Edgewater NJ

Mastering Engineer

Andrew Masters - Drum Recording

Andrew Masters - Drum Recording

Engineer

Lyrics

Pretty Violet, where've you been?

I found you hurling in the bin

You know, we used to be friends

I fell in love with you one day

The sweat was dripping down your face

Your hair was longer back then

And I hadn't seen you since

And I wondered where you've been

Some things are better left unsaid

An overwhelming sense of guilt

I saw you crying in the pit

And now you're laying on me

The band was loud, you spilled your drink

We'd talk for hours 'bout your shit

Patching all the loose ends

Ooh, how much longer 'till we're done?

Smoking cigs in my backyard

On the pillin' sofa

But we both know how this ends

I'll starve myself until you open up

I'm keeping my mouth shut

Sweeping it all underneath the rug

Until it's full of bugs

Scaled the train tracks in the dark

I can hear you're deep in thought

You left a trail of matches

A few years later, I have not

Heard from you or anyone

There was so much I could've said to you

There was so much I could've said to you

There was so much I could've said to you

There was so much I could've said to you

Some things are better left unsaid

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh

Written by: Dylan Edmunds, Ethan Bortnick

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