“Crisis” by Elizabeth M. Drummond - A Song Feature

 

     After success with the band Little May, Elizabeth M. Drummond has moved to a solo project. Fittingly, her debut single references moving on. “Crisis” features energizing guitar drive and appealing percussion put to lyrics that are far less upbeat. As noted in the press materials for the song, getting lost in a window into somebody’s existential crisis shouldn’t feel so joyful.
 
     Drummond explains:
   “I wrote ‘Crisis’ when I had moved cities after leaving Little May and a long relationship. I felt like everything I ever identified with had just exploded in front of me. I also realised I had been living on auto-pilot for as long as I could remember, and that I had been ignoring what I actually wanted for my life. At this point, I had started to feel a huge amount of relief and humour in surrendering to the idea that things couldn’t get any worse. In many ways I felt like I had become ‘no one,’ and this started to become liberating. This song marks that time and those feelings for me.”
 
     “Crisis” was recorded in Melbourne, Australia, the city that Drummond now calls home. The single was released via Young Poet Records. The credits include:
  Co-produced by me and James Seymour
  Drums by Liam Gough (of The Teskey Brothers)
  Strings by Isaac Barter
  Mixed by Burke Reid
  Mastered by Kevin Tuffy
 
     “Crisis” by Elizabeth M. Drummond

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Lyrics of “Crisis” by Elizabeth M. Drummond
Every morning there’s an ache
It’s no big deal
Just seems my heart just wants to break
I can’t find the words to let you go
I just wanna be the girl I always thought I’d know
 
All the things that ever kept me standing up have gone
And everything I know’s been proven wrong
I’m a firecracker going off in some strange guy’s backyard
And everyone I know is different now
 
There’s a hurricane
It’s in your eyes
I don’t want to be a part of this thing anymore
I’d rather run into a fire
And leave all my clothes and all our bullshit on your floor
 
All the things that ever kept me standing up have gone
And everyone I know is moving on
I’m a firecracker going off in some strange guy’s backyard
And everyone I know is different now
 
The pills won’t change my mind
Just validate the crisis
My love for you faded away that night
 
I’m gonna trade it all for something new
Get a shitty job,
Might even sell my body, too
I don’t want to be here
I don’t want to wait
I don’t want to hate you
But I can try
 
All the things that ever kept you standing up have gone
And everyone you know is moving on
Be a funny guy who hides behind a mask and still gets high
And I will walk myself into a fire
 
The pills won’t change my mind
Just validate the crisis
My love for you faded away that night
 
The pills won’t change my mind
Just validate the crisis
My love for you faded away that night