Derek Bishop "Baggage"
From the album BICYCLING IN QUICKSAND. Out 4/7/15.
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words and music by Derek Bishop
video directed by William Murray
song produced and mixed by Jay Braun & Derek Bishop
LYRICS:
I’ve had it up to here
But you’ll never know
I smile and let it go
On my face it disappears
But the remnants still remain
Clogging up my veins
Building year to year
Can you read between my lines
The ones now ingrained in the corners of my eyes?
You know I always play aloof
But if you’re tired of playing sleuth
Tear beneath the tissues, the tears, the tendons for the truth
Pack up your baggage from my brain
The only place where we remain
I thought that time would lobotomize what I held dear
Now I realize it’s all the same
The pieces left are yours to claim
Pack up your baggage from my brain
And it’s always playing back
But jumping parts like some still-working
yet discarded, old 8-track:
The casing barely holds it in, and the tape is wearing thin
Time has made it tragic to end
It’s not that I want it erased
But must my memories share this space?
Some silence can bring piece of mind
I know it haunts you too
A melody that’s never through
Always playing our lives in a loop
Pack up your baggage from my brain
The only place where we remain
I thought that time would lobotomize what I held dear
Now I realize it’s all the same
The pieces left are yours to claim
Pack up your baggage from my brain