Shield From Bedlam
Track 5
I wrote this song about someone i went to school with and sat next to in a few subjects, tragically they died in a motorbike incident a few years ago.
Her family lived close to my house & after it happened I’d always see her parents or her brother seemingly every time I’d leave the house.
Selfishly the whole thing made me feel the weight of mortality, they were too young to leave this world. It felt good to write something and honor her in someway.
Mike in Munich 2022
Lyrics
Parting ways always feels so strange
When finality is confirmed
But I will paint you as a dove
Carrying a gem
Blocking the sun
Then my cup
It overflow with Venus in my veins
Your making me choke
Loving you still
You were too close
You’re making us choke up
Making us choke
Hide at night then hide in heaven
Shield from bedlam you seasoned veteran
Hide at night then hide in heaven
Shield from bedlam you seasoned veteran
Sentimental displacer
Super reporter
No more war in the suburbs
Just a sadness that fills my garden
Fills my garden
Everybody knows you
You live by the bridge
All the things you said
I don’t remember
A single damn thing
I was just a kid
We were just kids
But you might remember me, you might remember me
Hide at night then hide in heaven
Shield from bedlam you seasoned veteran
Hide at night then hide in heaven
Shield from bedlam you seasoned veteran
Sentimental displacer
Super reporter
No more war in the suburbs
Just a sadness that fills my garden
Sentimental displacer
Super reporter
No more war in the suburbs
Just a sadness that fills my garden
Hide at night then hide in heaven
Shield from bedlam you seasoned veteran
Hide at night then hide in heaven
Shield from bedlam you seasoned veteran