Pa Sheehy – Roisin
Each man kills the thing he loves.
Former Walking On Cars frontman Pa Sheehy (top) delivers one from the heart on this new single from his EP The Art Of Disappearing, out next month.
Pa writes:
“When I went to college I had it all: captain of the local soccer team, I had a little car and a beautiful girlfriend… Róisín. Fast forward 18 months. I didn’t play sport, dropped out of college and I had made it impossible for Róisín to stay. Why? Alcohol. I loved what it gave me and I put it before everything and everyone.
“I never labelled myself an alcoholic, but after going to a bunch of counsellors it became obvious that I was. A reluctant me did everything I could to keep tabs on it but after spending my rent money on a piss-up and couch-surfing around Cork I finally asked for help. Everything I had was gone.
“I spent a month in a Rehabilitation centre. The first one to visit me was Róisín. I stayed sober for a while but in the end we had decided to call it quits, not because of a lack of love but I couldn’t put her through this again. I was lost; so was she. This song is a gift to her. Some people deserve to have their name sung from a stage.”
Pa plays Tuesday September 28, Cyprus Avenue, Cork; Wed 29 Sept, Whelan’s, Dublin: Fri 1st October, Roisin Dubh, Galway; Sat 2nd Oct, St James’ Church, Dingle, Kerry.
Nick says: It’s alright, Pa, I’m only bleeding.
