Sunday Driver (USA 1995-2010): Alex Martinez (guitar, and vocals) and Arnold Nese (bass) formed the Miami Florida quartet, Sunday Driver in 1995. Sunday Driver began playing the local Miami scene with bands like New Found Glory, The Vacant Andys, Strongarm, Shai Hulud, and other Miami emo and hardcore bands. In 1997 Sunday Driver added second guitarist Charlie Suarez, and in 1999 they met drummer Paul Trust, thus completing the line up know today as Sunday Driver. The band soon began work on a 5 song EP for Doghouse Records. Sunday Driver’s debut release, Third Place Prize, came out in October of 2001. Sunday Driver's debut LP, "A Letter to Bryson City" was released on March 25, 2003 on Doghouse Records, boasting the single and video for "Forever Again".
Sunday Driver (UK): Sunday Driver were formed in the summer of 2000, though lead singer Chandrika "Chandy" Nath had earlier composed some of the songs whilst monitoring ice floes near the South Pole, during a field trip in Antarctica, collecting data for the British Antarctic Survey.
An Arts Council grant back in 2004 paid for training workshops with renowned sitarist Baluji Shrivastav.
In 2009, Sunday Driver were the opening band at the first UK Steampunk Festival, held at The Lawn Asylum, Lincoln, the same year they opened the Cambridge Folk Festival.
They are named after a gene (SYD) commonly found in mice.
Official site: http://www.sundaydriver.co.uk/
Down By The Den
Sunday Driver Lyrics
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where we work
to escape from ourselves
There is a door
door in a wall
Where it goes I won't tell ?to?
the people that led me here
Secret deeds
berry be leaf?/bury believe?
ripples deep in the poison well
Someday soon
they may show
we make heaven we make hell
every this/days?
you can take it or leave it
Ahahahaa... out of our lives
we make heaven
Fly into the night
Float on the clouds
Can you soar like Russian winds
Twisted world
Standing proud
Each one lost in their own abyss
the people that led me here
Wider than sky
lighter than air
stretching out to infinity
That's were we go
wait for me there
could be rainbows in store for me
there it is
you could take it or leave it
Ahahaa... out of our lives
we make heaven
*Hindi???*
Oh yeah ahahahahahadadadadam
we make heaven
out of our lives
out of our lives
The lyrics of Sunday Driver's "Down By The Den" speak of a place where people go to escape from themselves. This place is shrouded in secrecy, as depicted by the door in the wall whose destination is hidden from all except those who have been led there. The den is a place where "secret deeds" occur and "ripples" run deep, hinting at the unsavory nature of the activities that take place there. Despite this, the lyrics suggest that those who come to the den have the ability to create their own heaven or hell, and that it is up to them to decide which path to take.
The second half of the song features vivid imagery of flying and floating, with the lyrics painting a picture of a twisted world where everyone is lost in their own abyss. Despite this, there is a sense of hope as the singer imagines a place "wider than sky" and "lighter than air" stretching out to infinity. The song ends with a repetition of the phrase "we make heaven", emphasizing that it is up to individuals to create their own happiness and fulfillment in life.
Overall, the lyrics of "Down By The Den" suggest themes of escapism, secrecy, individual agency, and the power of imagination.
Line by Line Meaning
Down, down by the den
We go down to the den to avoid ourselves.
where we work
We work in the den.
to escape from ourselves
The den allows us an escape from our own thoughts and emotions.
There is a door
There is a door within the den.
door in a wall
The door is in the wall of the den.
Where it goes I won't tell ?to? the people that led me here
I won't reveal the destination of the door to those who directed me to the den.
Secret deeds
Unknown activities occur in the den.
berry be leaf?/bury believe?
The deeds may be hidden or hard to believe.
ripples deep in the poison well
Deeper secrets lie in the den, harmful to those who know them.
Someday soon
At some point in the near future.
they may show
The undisclosed activities may be revealed to us.
we make heaven we make hell every this/days?
We have control over how we perceive our experiences, and can influence our own happiness or suffering.
you can take it or leave it
It's up to you to decide whether to believe this or not.
Fly into the night
Take off into the darkness
Float on the clouds
Drift across the sky.
Can you soar like Russian winds
Can you fly freely like the winds in Russia?
Twisted world
The world is perplexing.
Standing proud
We feel confident and bold in our confusion.
Each one lost in their own abyss
Everyone is enveloped in their own troubled thoughts and emotions.
Wider than sky
The magnitude of the experience is beyond the realm of what we can see in the sky.
lighter than air
It is a light and freeing experience.
stretching out to infinity
This experience is infinite and all-encompassing.
That's were we go
This is where we are headed.
wait for me there
Please wait for me at our destination.
could be rainbows in store for me
The possible rewards of this journey could be great and colorful.
there it is
We have found our destination.
Oh yeah ahahahahahadadadadam
Just a fun exclamation.
we make heaven out of our lives
We have the power to create happiness in our lives.
out of our lives
We create our own meaning of life and what makes us happy.
Contributed by Penelope D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.