I have to remind myself how lucky I am because this doesn’t happen for everyone. I feel like I’m trying to spin so many plates at the same time, and more stuff keeps coming in. MF: What’s it like playing to those sold out crowds?ĭL: It’s surreal. The shows have all sold out and we’ve been doing some pretty decent venues. Falling asleep on a bus and waking up in a new city. He knows that the relationship failed because he is only "half a man" who needs to find himself before searching for anything else.We caught up with the Sydney-based songwriter in the midst of a sold out tour of the United States - don’t worry, he’ll be back in May for an Australian tour - to talk A Place We Knew and how this success has affected his creative process.ĭean Lewis: It’s been great. It was because he " love who ," so he's just a shell of a man. Playing off of "For The Last Time," Lewis goes into depth on the reasons why he didn't know what he was searching for in the relationship. Self-love is the first type of love one must search for. "Half A Man" - You must love yourself before anyone else. He finally stopped toying with her emotions, and ended the relationship. " told to go left, then went right." He "told that loved ," but he was lying about it all along. If you don't know what you're looking for, how can you ever find happiness in a relationship? Lewis wasn't sure what he wanted out of the relationship, so he sent mixed signals. "For The Last Time" - Miscommunication never brings about a healthy relationship. "Picking up the ashtray that threw against the wall," he realizes how tolling this relationship is. This is the fight that Lewis struggles with as he packs up his stuff and prepares to walk away from his toxic relationship. One look from your partner can bring back every good memory and make you never want to leave their side. The decision to break up with someone is huge and requires a lot of courage to stick with. "Straight Back Down" - Sometimes it's better to walk away. Scrolling through old texts, obsessively checking their social media, and waiting for the phone to ring, Lewis finds himself doing all of this until his friend advised him to "put the phone away" and "let her go." This frees Lewis to find "the love born to find" and finally, after a night of sad drinking, move on. "Be Alright" - Accept the pain and move on.ĭwelling on the past is the best way to never move on. Their "memories are packed into boxes, stacked up against the door" and he feels his world crumbling around him. Lewis doesn't know how to deal with his lover walking out on him, told when he was at that "too drunk to even walk" state. Drink until you're "too drunk to even walk." Sometimes, a drunken haze can spill a truth that completely surprises you, such as the end of a relationship you were happy in. "Stay Awake" - Alcohol sets the truth free. He wants nothing more to run back to her, but knows he was the one who brought about the end. For Lewis, he "forgot to love " and that caused the relationship to fail. But then it hits you…why everything fell apart. Remembering all the good times together, why you fell in love in the first place, where your spot was, what your song was. "7 Minutes" after a break-up, wanting to run straight back into their arms. "7 Minutes" - The first moments of heartbreak are the hardest. Lewis finds a girl that has "a hold of ," but she is "pushing out" because she keeps thinking of her bad relationships in the past, with her ex and her father. From speaking about an ex to any other painful person from your past, your experiences can make you wary about trusting anyone. Sometimes the past can really hold you back. "Hold Of Me" - Past relationships can cause trust issues. Here are 7 stand-out lessons Lewis reflects on in A Place We Knew which will have you looking back on your own, sometimes rocky, relationships. The culmination of emotions explodes into A Place We Knew and we couldn't be more thankful for Lewis' great recollection of memories. "All the songs were written through relationships I'd been in and houses I used to live in and hotel rooms." Lewis channeled his whole life, every memory and every emotion, into the creation of these 12 songs. Lewis' well-crafted lyrics truly hit different, since so many can put their feet in his melancholic shoes. The Australian singer-songwriter has found his voice writing brutally honest songs of extremely relatable past experiences. It delivers Lewis' signature heartbroken ballads through 12 bittersweet tunes of his past memories. We have been waiting, seemingly forever, for the Australian singer-songwriter's heart-wrenching album, and it is finally here. You definitely won't "Be Alright" after listening to Dean Lewis' debut album, A Place We Knew.
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