From the recording Camouflage: Stories by T.J. Gerlach
Music by Christopher Gleason / Mule-in-a-Swamp Music (ASCAP)
Lyrics by Christopher Gleason / Mule-in-a-Swamp Music (ASCAP) & Thomas J. Gerlach / Exile Incorporated (ASCAP)
©2024 Sado-Domestics
Based on the short story, "Everyone is from the Past" by T.J. Gerlach, from the book CAMOUFLAGE (Lithic Press, 2018)
Lucy Martinez: Vocals
Chris Gleason: Vocals, and All Instruments
Audio engineering, mixing, and production by Christopher Gleason at Noise Floor Delirium, Boston, MA.
Lyrics
Everyone
Is from the past
The blush of youth
It don’t last
Tickets booked
Bags all packed
Everyone is from the past
Taped to the wall
Glue and glitter
Cardboard letters
Spell “I miss her”
Time travel
Is always a bust
When you’re from the past
Time ticks you off
Murmur of a conversation
Ramble toward midnight
Some other conversation
Oyster-colored eyes
Everyone
Is from the past
The blush of youth
It don’t last
Tickets booked
Bags all packed
Everyone is from the past
I’ll do the driving
To be nice
You can sleep
No reply
In the mountains
or the city
I am
So weary
Everyone is from the past
Grown in memory
Everyone is from the past
Overwhelmingly
Everyone
Is from the past
The blush of youth
It don’t last
Tickets booked
Bags all packed
Everyone is from the past
Everyone is
From the past
Everyone is
From the past