Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine
Lizzy McAlpine opened up in an interview that she wrote this song about her dad. He passed away on March 13th, 2020. The day known in history for when the world truly shut down from Covid-19. In this song, she describes how isolating dealing with her father’s death during a global pandemic was. To b...
[Verse 1]
Headstones and landmines
Flowers and red wines
They buy you nice things
And they sing pretty songs
But it doesn't help
Oak trees and dirt piles
Funerals and mistrials
They say pretty words
And they hug from six feet
But it doesn't help
And nothing works but time
And it all hurts, but it's fine
[Chorus]
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mhmm, hmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mhmm, hmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, hmm
[Verse 2]
Chaos and carpet
A study in scarlet
The room doesn't talk
And the furniture nods as I pass
Heights marked in pencil
Kitchen utensils
The books don't say sorry
They don't crowd and touch
They're just observers collecting their dust
They know that nothing they say is enough
So they don't say a thing
[Chorus]
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mhmm, hmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mhmm, hmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, hmm
Headstones & Land Mines was written by Lizzy McAlpine.
Headstones & Land Mines was produced by Philip Etherington.
Lizzy McAlpine released Headstones & Land Mines on Thu Aug 13 2020.