Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white. And in between the moon and you, the angels get a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.
Round Here was released as a single in September of 1994 from the band’s debut album, August and Everything After. The song was written by lead singer Adam Duritz and his old band, The Himalayans.
During a performance on VH1′s Storytellers, Duritz discusses the lyrics. “The song begins with a guy walking out the front door of his house, and leaving behind this woman . But the more he begins to leave people behind in his life, the more he feels like he’s leaving himself behind as well. The less and less substantial he feels like he’s becoming to himself. And that’s sorta what the song’s about because he feels that even as he disappears from the lives of people, he’s disappearing more and more from his own life…”
The single placed at #7 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks and #9 on the Top 40 Mainstream. It also charted in Canada at #6.
Above is the official video.
