"Lately" genre: Guitar Rock
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	A haunting ballad, featuring organ and fat guitar, about the loneliness of empty bedrooms and phones that don't ring anymore.
	CD: Reduction   Label: Smokehouse Credits: Words and Music by Adam Phillips, Drew Phillips, Shawn Scott c2000HighwayBoundMusic/ASCAP Produced by Gary King and Kevin Gwin Recorded at Refraze Studio Dayton, Ohio
	Story Behind the Song Adam:"I remember sitting on my bed on one of those gray Ohio mornings with an acoustic guitar. I was thinking about an old friend of the band who was going through a divorce. The guy basically fell off of the face of the Earth, and when we did hear from him, he was not good at all. I tried to imagine what life was like for him and started writing. Eventually, the verse and pre-chorus was written but I had nothing else. Drew and I wrote down the changes and lyrics and I remember laying them outside of Shawn's bedroom door one night for him to go over. He eventually finished the song and it has become one of my favorites." Shawn:"This is the true story of a couple that we knew in Athens that got divorced shortly after we graduated. Adam and Drew had started with the verse, lyrics and pre-chorus chords. They played the song for me, (I think Drew was singing, and they recorded what little they had of it.I took the tape and finished the song that night around midnight.My roommates were asleep, so I went next door to an empty house and recorded the demo. I left it for Drew and Adam to listen to on their way to work the next day." Lyrics Lately I've been hard to hold The bedroom left empty The air is so cold The phone wont ring And I dont know who to blame So dont bother with the mailman Seems he forgot my name I dont think shes coming back Why I just dont know She said something about an aeroplane Or railroad tracks... Take the time to hold Pictures of the ones I love And I wonder will I ever see them To kiss their hearts or feel their touch God its got me crazy Got me thinking where Ive been And feeling Im my only friend Stop my lonesome evenings Stop me from believing That its over Lately I ve been thinking 'bout an aeroplane To take me cross the river Or far beyond the pain Lately I ve been drifting Through the pouring rain of my life And I dont know if Im ever coming home No, I dont think shes coming back Oh, why I just dont know Stop these lonesome evenings Stop me from believing That its over, it's over Lately I ve been thinking 'bout an aeroplane To take me cross the river Or far beyond the pain Lately I ve been drifting Through the pouring rain of my life And I dont know if Im ever I dont know if Im ever coming home

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