‘My Chasm’ refers to the event of his wife’s death. This song is very much about Phil going out into public and dealing with the public’s image of his wife’s death, especially whether or not they want to hear or feel awkward hearing it.
When he goes through grocery stores, he brings a depressing mo...
I am a container of stories about you
And I bring you up repeatedly, uninvited too
Do the people around me want to keep hearing about my dead wife?
Or does the room go silent when I mention you, shining alive?
I live with your absence and it's been two months since you died
I'll speak to your absence and carry our stories around my whole life
But when I'm in public I don't know what's that look in their eyes
I now wield the power to transform a grocery store aisle into a canyon of pity and confusion, and mutual aching to leave
The loss in my life is a chasm I take into town, and I don't wanna close it
Look at me, death is real!
My Chasm was written by Phil Elverum.
My Chasm was produced by Phil Elverum.
Mount Eerie released My Chasm on Fri Mar 24 2017.