Bells Larsen - Suitcases By The Door (Live Video)

Listen to "If I Was, I Am" - https://ffm.to/ifiwasiam Website - https://bellslarsen.com Instagram -   / bellslarsen   Facebook -   / bellslarsen   TikTok -   / bellslarsen   --------- Video by Bea Scharf-Pierzchala Audio by Andrew Woods Featuring Bells Larsen, Thanya Iyer, Leighton Harrell, Aidan McConnelll, and Dylan Keating. Thanks to Basia Bulat, Em Grisdale, and Pizza Bouquet Music written and composed by Bells Larsen We acknowledge that this music was written and recorded on ancestral and unceded territory of the Anishinabewaki, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Kanien’kehà:ka, Mi’kmaq, and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. ---------- LYRICS: Basking in early April sun Shedding your skin in more ways than one You turn to me briefly then ask me discreetly How can I live for my past self When they're in a box up on my shelf Beleaguered by rust, covered in dust Teach me the melody Of the songs you used to sing When you were seventeen Are you still seventeen Do you remember in the fall Two hours north of Montreal We talked about losing and why it's confusing Leaving suitcases by the door And I wonder who it is you wait for The death or the living, the selves you're forgiving Teach me the melody Of the songs you used to sing When you were twenty-three Are you still twenty-three Porcelaine portraits From your childhood fortress Hung up on the walls of your heart You paint and you polish A person that you promised Your brushstrokes betray a new start Teach me the melody Of the songs you're gonna sing When you are free Are you free Basking in early April sun Shedding your skin in more ways than one