'Afterwards' (Live) - Sarah Irvine

From her Creative Scotland supported album 'Painted Light' (October 2026), ‘Afterwards’ is a song that searches for answers to the ephemeral nature of our feelings, in particular, love. “Where does love reside, where does it go when it dies?” How do we find solace in a time of grief when we are stuck trying to understand how the intensity of a love that has deeply changed us can seemingly, and sometimes suddenly disappear. Recorded Live at Meow Studios, Edinburgh. Video, Recording and Edited by Graham Coe Written and performed by Sarah Irvine Lyrics Afterwards, the autumn shows, we trade the light for scarves and coats After as, the leaves they part, to lie as still as my beating heart I cannot stay, but I will not go Where it goes Where does love reside? Where does it go when it dies? Afterwards, the books, the boats, the bending boughs of city smoke I leave to lie, but I cannot cry, for you, for you Where it goes Where does love reside? Where does it go when it dies? Afterwards, we’re never the same I may as well shoulder the blame Afterwards, for it to leave That which had so changed in me Oh, to love what you must leave alone I realise it’s the only kind of love, I’ve ever known Released 2 October, 2026 Notice: This recording and its composition are the intellectual property of Sarah Irvine. Unauthorised use for generative AI training or synthesis is strictly prohibited.