Baggage Claim
Escape the Baggage: Heartworms' Journey of Departure and Discovery
Lyrics
arrive or depart?
Uncertainty about arriving or departing.
as i pull up i try to tell them apart
Difficulty distinguishing between arrivals and departures.
who else is leaving to find another place to run away?
Others leaving in search of a new place to escape to.
goodbyes and warm remarks cut short
Parting words and warmth cut short by the rush to leave.
by the rush to embark
Hurried departure interferes with goodbyes and warm remarks.
it seems you're always called to leave
Feeling the need to leave even after choosing to stay.
after you choose to stay
Departure follows a decision to remain.
eight hours til a dreaded or hopeful start
Eight hours until a dreaded or hopeful new beginning.
eight days til a broken or mended heart
Eight days until a heart is either broken or mended.
but time and date only matter until you're at the gate
Time and date only relevant until reaching the departure gate.
new surroundings won't change your insides
New surroundings won't change internal struggles.
only finding trouble when you're looking for joyrides
Finding trouble when seeking excitement.
miles in the air, but still staring at your shoes
Physically distant but mentally preoccupied.
cause taking off takes your baggage with you
Baggage persists even when taking off.
you owe it to yourself to decompress
Obligation to decompress and accept pain as part of the process.
realize the pain is part of the process
Recognizing pain as an integral part of personal growth.
enjoy the dream before you're woken up by the alarm
Enjoying dreams before reality sets in with an alarm.
sure, you've got a place to rest
Having a place to rest.
sure, you've got a place to get undressed
Having a place to undress.
but i don't think this escape
Doubtful that the escape did more good than harm.
did as much good as it did you harm
The escape may have harmed more than benefited.
eight days didn't clear your head
Eight days did not bring clarity.
eight hours til you're back in bed
Eight hours until returning to bed.
the escape is a temporary great
The escape, once great, has lost its charm.
that sure has lost its charm
new surroundings won't change your insides
Finding trouble in the pursuit of excitement.
only finding trouble when you're looking for joyrides
Mentally preoccupied despite physical distance.
miles in the air, but still staring at your shoes
Baggage persists during takeoff.
cause taking off takes your baggage with you
all the words we left unsaid
Unspoken words linger as emotional weight.
still keep collecting lint inside our jacket pockets
Unsaid words accumulate like lint in jacket pockets.
trying to think of things to say i won't regret
Struggling to find regret-free words.
but i'll still see them again
Anticipation of encountering those words again.
all my problems, all my friends
Personal problems and friendships intertwined.
can't seem to think of all the ways to write the end
Difficulty finding ways to conclude or resolve.
i'll just repeat myself again
Repeating oneself without clear resolution.
i think i need to drop the pen
Feeling the need to stop expressing.
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