Mourning Sun

by Mike Brunacini

	/

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
Full Digital Discography

18

releases

Get all 18 Mike Brunacini releases available on Bandcamp and save 20%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Four Way Stop Signs, Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming, Blankets of Snow, Dreams of Snow, Don't Wake the Dreamer Pt. I, Midnight Groove (Single), Wonderful Day EP, You Can't Go Back (Single), and 10 more. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

$38.40 USD or more (20% OFF)

about

I wrote this song as the emotional climax of a musical that doesn't actually exist. That is to say, I have a larger story floating around in my head, but this works very well as a standalone song. The narrator is a guy trying to hold a failing relationship together with duct tape and dental floss, but his efforts end up pushing his lover further away. He, thinking she's cold, collects wood to build her a fire; unaware of the fact that she enjoys the cold. In his haste to build the fire, he didn't notice that she'd walked out the door leaving behind only footprints in the new fallen snow.

lyrics

Your eyes like the bright autumn moon,
but winter will come to you soon.
Don’t stay out there in the cold.

I’ve been outside splitting wood
to build you a fire. You should
come gather round by the gold glow.

The morning sun already knows,
revealed in its glow:
footprints in the new fallen snow.

I thought you were cold, but I had no idea
as I went to build you a fire.
I nearly froze, but in hindsight I see
I was building my own pyre
and it was cold that you desired.

The morning sun already knows,
revealed in its glow:
footprints in the new fallen snow

credits

released April 14, 2023
Written and performed by Michael A. Brunacini
Rand Bellavia: Backing Vocals
Doug White: Guitar solo, mixing, and mastering.

license

about

Mike Brunacini Jamestown, New York

Mike Brunacini is an American songwriter hell-bent on crafting wistful melodic pop with retro sensibilities. His melancholic lyrics disarm with their quiet introspection while his lush, cinematic string and horn arrangements transport the listener to sepia toned landscapes. ... more

contact / help

Contact Mike Brunacini

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Mike Brunacini, you may also like:

tiny injuries
by Tamar Berk

Tamar Berk's effortlessly hooky power-pop arrives with as much bright polish as it does effervescent energy. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 22, 2023
go to album
start at the end
by Tamar Berk

Tamar Berk pairs trenchant autobiographical lyrics with brittle guitars for songs that will win over fans of early Liz Phair. Bandcamp New & Notable May 8, 2022
go to album
Love Letters
by Janelane

Sophie Negrini's longrunning Janelane project reaches new heights of dreamy power pop perfection on an upcoming full-length. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 19, 2024
go to album
Okay with Dancing Alone
by Janelane

Wistful power pop plays like a peppier Dear Nora. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 17, 2022
go to album
Outsider/Unusual
by Alicia Clara

Breezy, sunny, strummy indie pop from Montreal's Alicia Clara provides an escape from the winter doldrums. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 23, 2021
go to album
Circular Doorway
by LAKE

Exclusive top-drawer album that sways from funky beat driven folk to spaced out and dreamy pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 16, 2013
go to album
No Wonder I (single)
by LAKE

featured on Bandcamp Radio May 21, 2013
go to album