And Ever After (Simpler Time Remix)

Sadhouse Kiss – And Ever After (Simpler Time Remix)

A song celebrating the sheer joy, escapism, and release that can only come from you and your favorite person screaming along while your favorite artist tears up the stage.

Tracks:
1. And Ever After

Release Date: September 27, 2024

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Performed and Produced, and Remixed by Sadhouse Kiss
Recorded and Mixed by John Sadauskas
Mastered by Mike Indovina

Cover Art by John Sadauskas

The Story

The stale hiss of air blasted my face as I put my tray table in its full upright position. I was heading to Boston for a work trip and preparing myself for being confined to a chair for a five hour flight.

I don’t really like sitting down in general—I prefer to work at a standing desk and I pace chronically while I’m on the phone—so to counter the agony of being pinned to crusty fake leather for the foreseeable future, I looked to my phone for all the distractions I’d downloaded before takeoff.

I’d just finished writing “And Ever After” a few days prior and had ceremoniously presented a demo of it to my wife for Valentine’s Day to rave reviews. Still riding the high of completing my favorite song I’d written to date, I was already eager to get back home and record a legit version of it, so I figured I’d listen a few times and start planning all that out.

And it was a just a couple of minutes later when I got a flash of inspiration—one taking the song in a completely different sonic direction—and a few taps into exploring this new idea in my GarageBand app, I found myself head-bobbing more emphatically than my fellow passengers probably preferred.

But that’s when you know you’re onto something.

I spent the rest of the flight fleshing it out while vibing obnoxiously in my seat, and I’d like to take this opportunity to apologize for that.

When I finally reached the hotel it was almost midnight Boston time, and if someone had placed a hidden camera in that room, they are now sitting on the compelling footage of a grown man in headphones and gym shorts, dancing around an ironing board while alternating between pressing a shirt for a morning meeting and making tweaks to his latest banger.

That banger, my friends, is the Simpler Time Remix, the vast majority of which was made that fateful night on nothing but an iPhone, adrenaline, and the nostalgic longing of “remembering a simpler time.”

Official Lyrics

Sadhouse Kiss – And Ever After

A chill cuts through our coats
We’re standing close outside the show
The sun goes down behind a highrise
while we fumble for our phones

The lights go out
The spotlight shines
We hear a few familiar lines
We take another sip, the music swells
and carries us away

Your hand in mine
we’re more than fine
remembering a simpler time
We’re high above our problems
though our hair is turning gray
We’ll fall apart together slowly to the music
and I’ll always sing
along with you until the day we die
and ever after

The chorus of our favorite song kicks in
The sweaty crowd begins to fade
and it’s just you and I
The room is ours tonight

And for a moment I even forget about the kids at home
the sitter and the mess we left
the pile in the sink
of unwashed plates and bowls and pans
the overflowing garbage can
I meant to take it out I swear
but I ran out of time like everyday

And so it’s worth the time away
from everything that tries to weigh us down
We’re feeling lighter with each lyric that we scream

The debt we make
The jobs we hate
The smiles we fake
The risks we take
The days are long
The list goes on
For now those things are gone