Running

I've been writing music most of my life. Songs have always been the place where I've sorted out the events of day. If you trace these songs back far enough they tell a story of where I've been and what I've seen along the way. That said, most people don't have the time to sort through the hundreds of songs that have collected in the wake of my 20 plus years behind a piano, and that's why I love "Cecilia and the Satellite". As a song it encapsulate so much living against the back drop of a new life. Cecilia was written with the knowledge that my wife and I would soon meet our first child. With the hope of avoiding territory this type of song often treads, I tried to create a road map of the life I had lived leading up to that moment. One my daughter might look back on some day. A strange life of constant motion, spent traveling in the pursuit of music. A life I’ve nearly lost on more than one occasion and one which I am thankful for, now more than ever. Deep down this song is about more than me and where I’ve been, it’s about more than my daughter and what I want for her. It’s about being proud of where you come from and wanting the most for the people you share your world with.

Keep an eye out for tour dates on Monday!

LYRICS
I’ve locked myself in a hotel room
Then waited all night for the walls to move
I've loved some girls that I barely knew
I’ve made some friends, and I’ve lost some too
 
Crashed my car, I was seventeen
My mother in the seat riding next to me
The things I’ve learned from a broken mirror
How a face can change when a heart knows fear
 
For all the things my eyes have seen, the best by far is you
 
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I’d keep you safe, I’d keep you dry
Don’t be afraid, Cecilia, I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
 
Oh, Oh
 
I've café crawled through Amsterdam
Been around the world with a punk rock band
And I’ve seen London, and I’ve played Japan
I’ve been knocked down, I got up again
 
For all the places I have been, I’m no place without you
 
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I’d keep you safe, I’d keep you dry
Don’t be afraid, Cecilia, I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
 
Oh, Oh
I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
 
For all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you
 
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I’d keep you safe, I’d keep you dry
Don’t be afraid, Cecilia, I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
And you’re the sky
I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
And you’re the sky


Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness

Cecilia And The Satellite

"High Dive" from the self-titled Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness album out now on Vanguard Records.

Get the album on iTunes http://smarturl.it/AMITWAlbum Amazon http://smarturl.it/AMITWamazon or physical preorders http://bit.ly/1vIBbdl

http://andrewmcmahon.com
https://www.facebook.com/andrewmcmahonmusic
http://twitter.com/andrewmcmahon
http://instagram.com/amnthewilderness
http://soundcloud.com/andrewmcmahon


High Dive

This song was written towards the end of my time in Topanga Canyon. I wanted to have something on the album with a real California flavor that spoke to the throwback qualities of living in the canyon. I remember going into the session with Kevin and Sam with California Dreamin as a reference track. Canyon moon is a story about a girl who loses herself in this idyllic, west coast fantasy world and has to get out. The theme of escape is one I've always enjoyed writing about and there is something haunting about this track and it's lack of resolution that I find really charming. 

LYRICS
The sun ran out on a cold October
Somewhere under the canyon moon
Camera jammed in a slow exposure
California in her rear view

She couldn’t handle another season
Another ocean of fiction blue
Said a prayer to a dashboard Jesus,
Death Valley and worn out shoes

Then the road turned into desert everywhere
The sun ran out on a cold October
She disappeared, she disappeared

Take all your troubles, put them to bed
Burn down the mission, the maps in your head
Shot like a bullet, don’t know the way
The ricochet, kind of got away from you

The leaves are falling, the church bells ringing
Marching band in a high school dream
Little town and a faded beauty
They still remember when she was queen

Then the road turned into desert everywhere
The leaves are falling, the church bells ringing
She disappeared, she disappeared

Get the album on iTunes http://smarturl.it/AMITWAlbum and Amazon http://smarturl.it/AMITWamazon and get instant downloads of the single "Cecilia and the Satellite", "High Dive", and "Canyon Moon"

http://andrewmcmahon.com
https://www.facebook.com/andrewmcmahonmusic
http://twitter.com/andrewmcmahon
http://instagram.com/amnthewilderness
http://soundcloud.com/andrewmcmahon
http://spoti.fi/1Ba1x8c



Canyon Moon

"See Her On The Weekend" off the self-titled Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness album out now on Vanguard Records.

Get the album on iTunes http://smarturl.it/AMITWAlbum and Amazon http://smarturl.it/AMITWamazon and get instant downloads of "Cecilia and the Satellite" and "High Dive"

http://andrewmcmahon.com
https://www.facebook.com/andrewmcmahonmusic
http://twitter.com/andrewmcmahon
http://instagram.com/amnthewilderness
http://soundcloud.com/andrewmcmahon
http://spoti.fi/1Ba1x8c

FALL HEADLINE TOUR
w/ Hunter Hunted and Junior Prom
10/14 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues - http://bit.ly/1yYqOkK
10/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre - http://bit.ly/WByOuq
10/17 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's - http://bit.ly/1rzkgIl
10/18 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent - http://ticketf.ly/1qt16Qb
10/20 - Vancouver, BC @ Rio Theatre - http://ticketf.ly/1lgq5mN
10/21 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre - http://bit.ly/1s7DkfH
10/22 - Seattle, WA @ The Neptune - http://bit.ly/1s7jv73
10/23 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory - http://tktwb.tw/1oRlf4z
10/25 - Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall -http://tktwb.tw/UObJ61
10/26 - Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater - http://bit.ly/1rEodLX
10/28 - St. Louis, MO @ The Ready Room - http://ticketf.ly/1jY8FQt
10/29 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue -http://bit.ly/1pfF6Jw
10/31 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre -http://bit.ly/1rA94tx
11/1 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's - http://bit.ly/1nsqWk6
11/2 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall - http://bit.ly/1o9OikB
11/4 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues - http://bit.ly/1p7q7Om
11/5 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House - http://bit.ly/1oesVZu
11/7 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live - http://ticketf.ly/1pj2WWv
11/8 - Hartford, CT @ The Webster - http://ticketf.ly/1oVX8Tt
11/9 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues - http://bit.ly/1qftlTX
11/11 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - SOLD OUT 
11/12 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza - http://bit.ly/1lfALrr
11/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory - http://bit.ly/1sSEDRu
11/15 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club - http://ticketf.ly/VH1xwK
11/16 - Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre - http://bit.ly/WZbYwZ
11/18 - St. Petersburg, FL @ The State Theatre - http://bit.ly/1zTZX9W
11/19 - Orlando, FL @ Beacham Theater - http://ticketf.ly/1ooSc39
11/21 - Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage - http://bit.ly/1qVyMe7
11/22 - Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley - http://tktwb.tw/1xFXe0Z
11/24 - Austin, TX @ Emo's - http://bit.ly/1nYy73G
11/25 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's - Upstairs - http://tktwb.tw/1s7Lh4s
11/26 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater - http://bit.ly/Ur88uE
11/28 - Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Live - http://tktwb.tw/1t0t9em
11/29 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory - http://tktwb.tw/1lgvpXt

LYRICS

Up around ten with a headache kicking
Guess I fell asleep with a cigarette
My girl’s back home with the morning sick
Got a baby on the way, not here yet
And I’m alright, I think we’re good
Yeah, I drink more than the doctors say I should
I’ve been a little hard to reach, but my girl is at the beach
And I’ll see her on the weekend

I’ll see her on the weekend
I’ll see her on the weekend
I’ll see her at the end of the week

Friday comes, lately I’m sleeping
Until the sun fills up my rented room
I pack my things, get my car started
Yeah I’ve been gone but I’ll be home real soon

Cell phone’s dead, and she’s calling
Message box is fulll

Friday comes, and she’s calling
Message box is full

Up around ten with a headache kicking
Guess I fell asleep with a cigarette
My girl’s back home with the morning sick
Got a baby on the way, not here yet
And I’m alright, I think we’re good
Yeah, I drink a little more than the doctors say I should
I’ve been a little hard to reach, but I know you’re at the beach
And I’ll see ya on the weekend
I’ll see ya on the weekend
I’ll see her on the weekend
I’ll see her at the end of the week

See Her On The Weekend

The Dear Jack EP

Dear Jack

People And Things

My Racing Thoughts

In Valleys

At Full Speed (EP Version)

The Glass Passenger

Orphans

Live From SoHo

The Resolution (Live from SoHo)

Casting Lines

The Glass Passenger [Deluxe Version]

Into the Airwaves (Live from Orlando)

Jack's Mannequin's new album "People and Things" available on iTunes with 4 bonus tracks- http://wbr.fm/jackspt

Release Me

Jack's Mannequin's new album "People and Things" available everywhere 10/4/11

At Full Speed (EP Version)

jacksmannequin

Recent comments

Rooney Tunes

Related tracks