Elijah Johnston

"Downtown Living" (Official Video)

Stream Elijah Johnston's new single, "Downtown Living" (@StrollingBonesRecords): Apple Music: https://lnk.to/Downtown-LivingID/applemusic Spotify: https://lnk.to/Downtown-LivingID/spotify Tidal: https://lnk.to/Downtown-LivingID/tidal Deezer: https://lnk.to/Downtown-LivingID/deezer Amazon Music: https://lnk.to/Downtown-LivingID/amazonmusic Pandora: https://lnk.to/Downtown-LivingID/pandora VIDEO CREDITS Produced by Doodlebug Productions Directed, shot & edited by Cash Robinson Featuring TJ Silva & Alison Canaras Lead vocals & guitar: Elijah Johnston Bass and vocals: Tommy Trautwein Drums: Gideon Johnston LYRICS Downtown living End of the night Shouting orders under glycerin lights Throw the TV out the window if it feels right Downtown living Nothing to see There is a chasm between you and me Throw the TV out the window if it feels right Downtown living Elvis is on Singing that one old confederate song Throw the CD out the window if it feels right Downtown living Nowhere to go Coming down with a broken bone Throw my passport out the window if it feels right Downtown living Walls coming down But I’ve lived in worse places all over town And nothing scares me more than when it feels right Downtown living Hop in the back We got a bunch more cases to crack We got somewhere we can hide until it feels right BEHIND THE LYRICS: "Written in a spell of COVID induced boredom/delirium, 'Downtown Living' is based on films just as much as any music, specifically Michael Mann’s Thief and the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense. Staying in an eerily empty apartment building hanging over downtown party bars, I was driven mad by the noise and the debauchery while feeling like a caged animal. This is an attempt to live in the mindset of any downtown zone, where things can go wrong so fast."