Holy Ground
Echoes of Optimism: Hana Bryanne's Holy Ground Tale
Lyrics
Keep it in your bedroom museum
Keeping memories in a personal space, preserving them like artifacts
We’ll trash the place to keep it clean
Creating a controlled chaos to maintain order
I’ll bury it with my dog in the yard
Symbolically burying memories with a loyal companion
Paste it up on four little walls
Displaying memories on confined surfaces
Your attic and the hallowed halls
Recalling memories in significant places
Echo with whatever we’ll discard
Indifference towards things discarded, echoing in memory
They took our tree to the burning yard
Loss and destruction of a meaningful connection
We took our chances with counting cards
Taking risks and facing consequences, perhaps in a relationship
I dial and dial but you don’t hear a thing
Communication attempts without response
These aren’t just words to toss around,
Words are not to be taken lightly
But we’ll build a house to burn it down,
Building something valuable only to intentionally destroy it
We’ll carve it in your bedpost like it’s scripture
Immortalizing experiences in memory
Cause it’s only gonna kill you if you let it,
Challenges can harm only if allowed
But you’re only gonna win if you’re betting
Success depends on taking risks
Facedown on your bedroom floor
Confronting challenges on a personal level
How sweet the sound, how clean and pure
Appreciating purity and beauty in difficult situations
Save it for a teenaged mausoleum
Preserving youthful energy and enthusiasm
Hungrier than ever before
Desire and hunger for more
But i don’t dare to ask for more
Reluctance to express desires
The years go by; dilute it with a scream
Passage of time and dilution of experiences
Scattered on the holy ground
Memories scattered in a sacred place
We’ll build a house and burn it down,
Creating and destroying meaningful connections intentionally
We’ll carve it in your bedpost like it’s scripture
Permanently marking experiences in memory
Blink, you’ll miss her
Short-lived moments that can be easily missed
On your wedding day, won’t you save me a card?
Requesting a lasting memory on a significant day
One day, we’ll be
Anticipation of a shared future
Living in the same old city
Shared living space and experiences
And i’ll say “lets start a band”
Expressing a genuine desire to collaborate creatively
And mean it really
Commitment to the idea of starting a band
You can kick a girl while she’s down
Being unkind when someone is already down
I’m sure that i’ll see you around
Expecting future encounters
Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten
Reminding someone of shared memories
How it feels to be an optimist,
Recalling the positive mindset of an optimist
Come here, won’t you give me a kiss goodbye?
Seeking a farewell kiss
It never won’t make my father cry
The emotional impact of certain actions on a father
But it’s only gonna kill you if you let it,
Challenges can harm only if allowed (repeated)
You’re always gonna win what you’re betting
Success depends on taking risks (repeated)
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