Close your eyes and tell
There’s something more, it’s meant to be
And I was wrong, I looked away
You know the truth, is it too late
A love slipping through trembling hands, a heart caught between longing and regret. The past lingers like a ghost, whispering of promises once made, now broken. A kiss that could mend or shatter, a night that begs to stretch beyond dawn. Hope flickers, but doubt looms…what if it was never meant to last? What if it was all a dream, and waking means losing it forever?
Philadelphia’s Forest Circles steps into the quiet ache of loss with the tender, bittersweet Embers, a song that lingers like breath on a cold windowpane, fading but never gone. Led by multi-instrumentalist Angel Ocana, the band drifts between dream-pop, post-punk, and shoegaze, shaping sound into something both ethereal and unrelenting.
Ocana’s voice, tender yet edged with sorrow, moves through the track like a memory slipping just out of reach. The guitars swell and shimmer, their echoes stretching across time, carrying the weight of words left unsaid. The song feels like sifting through old photographs, fingers tracing the faces of those who have drifted away. The weight of inevitable separation hangs heavy, yet a quiet longing remains…a plea for truth amid the wreckage of love and deception.
Embers calls to those who have known the sting of goodbye, those who have stood at the edge of something ending. Fans of Slowdive, The Sundays, and My Bloody Valentine will recognize the ache, the beauty, the yearning.
Listen to Embers below and order the song here.
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