'Here Then We're Gone' By Ella Langley - Lyrics & Meaning

Ella Langley's 'Here Then We're Gone' is a painfully beautiful song about grieving a loss and moving on. It speaks of unity and kindness and appreciation for the small, simple, joyful things in life because nothing lasts forever. We are simply here, then we are gone. And those are the only two things in life that are a given. To live and to die, so do the living well.

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Formulated around Leroy Powell on the harmonica, 'Here Then We're Gone' is a beautifully fragile song. Opening with the loneliness of a reedy harmonica, Langley's voice lilts on the pain of a breakup. But as she builds to the chorus, talking of moving on and climbing the hill, the sound builds withe keys and guitars, with a gentle drum beat capping off the end of the chorus.

The harmonica? Ever present. The heartache? Palpable.

Three quarters of the way through, Langley breaks into her spoken voice, her southern drawl carrying a clear relatability.

'Here Then We're Gone' is a song about moving on. It's about finding the strength to take one more step because nothing lasts forever. For such a delicate sound, the song packs a powerful message - there are only two things in life that are certain, you're here and then you're gone.

Things, they don't always work out the way that I'd like
Like how I wish he was still here to hold me tonight
But I'm movin' on, I'm climbin' that hill
Can't slow down time, but could I make time stand still?

Langley lilts on the pain of loss. One that perhaps she wasn't in the drivers seat for. She's paying acknowledgement to it, but focussing on her need to move forward. Desperate to pause time, she knows that the only option is to keep moving forwa

Here then we're gone, gone like the wind
Ain't no yesterday's ever come back again
We're all on our way till the end of a song
All we can say is we're here then we're gone

Gotta stop and smell the roses 'cause a good rosе, it don't last forever
So we might as wеll just go on and get along while we're all here together

Langley is explaining that life is so fleeting and in the grand scheme of things, our conscious time is so small. She's reminding us that nothing lasts forever but the past will always remain there. Stop to appreciate the good things, the beautiful things, because they, too, don't last forever. Set aside grievances and live fully and harmoniously with those around you.

"Things, they don't always work out the way that I'd like
Like how I wish he was still here to hold me tonight
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But I'm movin' on, I'm climbin' that hill
Can't slow down time, but could I make time stand still?
-
Here then we're gone, gone like the wind
Ain't no yesterday's ever come back again
We're all on our way till the end of a song
All we can say is we're here then we're gone
-
Gotta stop and smell the roses 'cause a good rosе, it don't last forever
So we might as wеll just go on and get along while we're all here together
-
We're all movin' on, we're all climbin' that hill
We can't slow down time, but could we make time stand still?
-
Here then we're gone, gone like the wind
Ain't no yesterday's ever come back again
We're all on our way till the end of a song
And all we can say is we're here then we're gone
-
Woah-woah, oh
Yeah
(Ooh)
Ooh-ooh
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Here then we're gone, hm, gone like the wind
No, there ain't no yesterdays that are ever come back again
'Cause we're all on our way till the end of a song
All we can say is we're here then we're gone
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You-hoo, you-hoo
Ooh
You-hoo, you-hoo"

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