
Absence
OPTIMYSTICISM · Released 10 July 2023
Lyrics
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it can make the mind forget… …it can sweeten sour memories with sugar drops of retrospect. Hindsight is a penthouse with panoramic views high above the detour signs where people pay their dues. We are our own medicine, we’re poison to ourselves We stop and go, sway to and fro, charmed under our own spells.
We fly so high, so low we go For what, to where, we’re not to know. We are weak and we are strong and we’re not always right or wrong.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it can make the mind forget… …it can sweeten sour memories with sugar drops of retrospect. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, feeling feelings getting stronger. Don’t let your mind forget our song Keep that feeling feeling strong.
We fly so high, so low we go for what, to where, we’re not to know. We are weak and we are strong and we’re not always right or wrong.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, feeling feelings getting stronger. Don’t let your mind forget our song Keep that feeling feeling strong.

About the song
Time apart can be a good thing if it’s just long enough to appreciate what we’re missing, but it can be a bad thing if it’s so long that the memory fades and we forget each other.
Words & Music by Michael Larkings
Players
Michael Larkings Main vocals, backing vocals, guitars, bass
Michael Carpenter Drums, percussion, keyboards
Recorded
The House Studio, Haberfield, NSW Australia, 30th November 2022
Engineered by Michael Carpenter
Produced by Michael Carpenter
© Michael Larkings