Glen says this song is about that feeling whereby everything is wrong and the past “hunts you down like an insect”.
And you just want to burn everything (in the metaphorical sense of course – to burn is to destroy leaving no trace) that’s gone before, all of your memories, and mistakes, and all of...
Maybe it's all we can't take
Keeps us always returning
I'm keeping this as a keepsake
And everything else I'm burning
And maybe it's cause you can't wait
Keeps you always regretting
I'm keeping this as a keepsake
And everything else forgetting
When were down, down, down
All the way
Can we run away
And maybe it's cause I can't say
Keeps you always believing
And maybe it's cause you can't say
Keeps me always believing
I'll give you this as a keepsake
And right after that I'm leaving
And maybe its all we can't take
Keeps us always returning
I'll give you this as a keepsake
And everything else I'm burning...
I can't sleep...
They're hunting me down like an insect
Chasing me down like an insect
Crushing me down like an insect
Stamping me out like an insect
Running me down like an insect
Keepsake was written by Colm Mac Con Iomaire & Glen Hansard & Joseph Doyle & Rob Bochnik.
Keepsake was produced by Rob Bochnik.
The Frames released Keepsake on Sat Jan 01 2005.