Like the fire of my words
Could burn a hole up to heaven
I don't write all night burning holes
Up to heaven no more
I stood out in the rain
Like the rain might come
And wash my eyes clean
I don't stand out in the rain
To have my eyes washed clean no more
C'est la vie she says
But I don't know what she means
I say "Love, easy, hey come to me"
C'est la vie she says
But I don't know what that means
I say alright, well
C'est la vie
I stood out in the night
In an empty field and I called your name
I don't stand out all night in empty fields
And call your name no more
I waited for days
For your voice to answer to me
I don't wait up for days
For your voice to answer to me no more
C'est la vie they say
But I don't know what they mean
I say love's easy if you let it be
C'est la vie they say
But I don't know what that means
I say alright, well
C'est la vie
I say alright, honey
C'est la vie
Ain't that just how it goes, honey
C'est la vie
Phosphorescent is the stage name of American singer-songwriter Matthew Houck. Originally from Huntsville, Alabama, Houck began recording and performing under this nickname in 2001 in Athens, Georgia. He is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Before recording under the name Phosphorescent, Matthew Houck traveled the world playing under the name Fillup Shack and self-released a limited pressing of the album Hipolit in 2000. Houck later changed his recording name to Phosphorescent and released the full-length LP A Hundred Times or More in 2003. The following year, he released the EP The Weight of Flight.
Phosphorescent rose to wider critical acclaim after releasing Aw Come Aw Wry in August 2005 and Pride in October 2007. The latter was named the 12th best album of 2007 by Stylus Magazine and received an 8.0 rating from the online indie magazine Pitchfork. In 2009, inspired by Willie Nelson's tribute album to Lefty Frizzell To Lefty from Willie, Houck crafted a tribute album to Nelson himself entitled To Willie, which was released through Dead Oceans. Phosphorescent released Here's to Taking It Easy in 2010.
Muchacho, Phosphorescent's sixth studio album, was released in 2013 to critical acclaim. The full studio album C'est La Vie followed in 2018.
In January 2024, Phosphorescent announced their new album Revelator, to be released in April on Verve Records. For the first time, it features a song written by someone other than Houck - his partner and collaborator, Jo Schornikow.
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