Don't Slam the Door

from Crooked Heart by Gemma Laurence

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

"Don't Slam the Door is a song about closure. It's about mourning the end of relationship by celebrating the moments (both joyful and challenging) that you've shared. And it's about not being ready to leave those moments behind quite yet." – Gemma


We got so good at goodbyes
Train station platforms and telephone lines
Reciting our lines every night
I was afraid but I couldn’t say why
Oh I was afraid but I couldn’t say why

We rehearsed unbeknownst for the curtains to fall
I hung up your dead roses up on my wall
There’s always a farewell to follow hello
Oh we didn’t know, we didn’t know

You said we’d always have memories
You and me, green-painted hallways
But I can’t think like that
I love you too much to hold you in the past

So don’t slam the door
When you go darling, don’t slam the door
When you go darling, don’t slam the door
When you go darling, don’t slam the door
When you go darling, don't slam the door

Three times you almost flew up and away
All but the last I convinced you to stay
Walked back from the party, you gave me your coat
Don’t you recall, we were good at hellos
Don’t you recall, we were good at hellos

Was it my fault for moving away
Left you in the hills when I got on my plane?
I’ll always remember you waving goodbye
In my rearview mirror I started to cry
In my rearview mirror I started to cry
In my rearview mirror I started to cry

You said we’d always have memories
You and me, green-painted hallway
But I can’t think like that
I love you too much to hold you in the past

So don’t slam the door
When you go darling, don’t slam the door
When you go darling, don’t slam the door
When you go darling, don’t slam the door
When you go darling, don’t slam the door

credits

from Crooked Heart, released August 16, 2020
Written and Performed by Gemma Laurence
Cello by April Reed-Cox
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jud Caswell

© All rights reserved

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Gemma Laurence image

Gemma Laurence Brunswick, Maine

Gemma Laurence is a queer indie folk artist from the coast of Maine, now based in Brooklyn. Her debut LP Crooked Heart came out in 2019, and her latest single "Adrienne" is out now.

shows

contact / help

Contact Gemma Laurence

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Gemma Laurence, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now