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.

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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

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Lyrics:
Let your hair down and put on your party dress,
Let’s live our favorite story with no second guess.
Told me it’s all easier when you do what you’re told,
Borrow my leg to stand on, let’s get out of control.

Give me my daily dose of your coquetry,
I’ve put some thought into poetry.
A summer’s eve shall I compare to thee?
Or is it not to be?

Oh, it smells like summer,
It smells like summer,
It feels like letting go.
Oh, it smells like summer,
Your smile’s like summer,
I think we ought to let 'em know...

We won’t be waiting for the weekend,
We’re waiting on the sun.
We don’t need anyone’s permission,
To have a little bit of fun.

Good stories always come from bad ideas,
And yesterday was boring so let’s end in tears.
Time waits for no man,
So we won’t wait for time.
This isn’t going to end well but it started out fine.

Here’s an idea: you'll sleep when you’re dead.
Come over here, sleep with me instead.
Let’s get it started, it is getting late.
This won’t end well, but the middle is great.

[Chorus]

Oh, it smells like summer,
It smells like summer,
It feels like letting go.
Oh, it smells like summer,
Your smile’s like summer,
I think we ought to let 'em know...

We won’t be waiting for the weekend,
We’re waiting on the sun.
We don’t need anyone’s permission,
To have a little bit of fun.

Written by:
Jake Bennett & Adam Rothschild
Recorded At: Heritage Sound.
Engineered By: Brendyn "Rusti" Rossouw.
Mixed By: Jean-Paul Fung [Last Dinosaurs]
Mastered By: Joe Laporta [The Killers; Imagine Dragons]

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