Patterns of Your Mind

from Salt River Bed by Biddy Healey

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Lyrics:

Grey cold, ground floor,
basement lights too bright.
Concrete walls and iron bones
fed by steel tubes.
No place like home.

Same old mix tape
switched on for you to shoo the gloom.
Smells like death and disinfectant.
No floral spray could make it go away.

No wonder you don't come here anymore.
Been a while since you tore up the floor
or wove the patterns of your mind.

I go inside with Danny Boy.
You cling to him and I reel you in.
As I haul you to the life raft's edge
I reach for you and your face swims into view,

And for a brief burst you know my face.
You strain your eyes to the cracks in the dark,
and there's the woman with the cackling laugh
and the clever hands and the eyes that spark.

You hardly come here anymore.
Been a while since you tore up the floor
or wove the patterns of your mind.

I was too late that day,
but you were long gone anyway.
You left waxy skin and a mischievous smile.
We stood around not talking for a while,

Then we went inside with Danny Boy.
We clung to him and you reeled us in.
As you hauled us to the life raft's edge
we reached for you and your face swam into view

But you don't come here anymore
or break into song, you held on for so long.
Never one to let things go to waste or miss a chance to sing.

And I miss your clever hands and the eyes that sparked
and that cackle of a laugh
but you don't come here anymore, no
you don't come here anymore...

You don't come here anymore
or break into song, you held on for so long.
Never one to let things go to waste or miss a chance to sing.

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from Salt River Bed, track released September 30, 2020
Biddy Healey (voice)
Sara Caswell (violin)
Alexis Cuadrado (bass)
Martha Kato (piano)
Susan Mandel (cello)
Benni von Gutzeit (viola)

Music and lyrics by Biddy Healey
Produced by Biddy Healey
Recorded and mixed by Chris Benham at Big Orange Sheep
Mastered by Dave Darlington
Photo by Bethany Brown

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Biddy Healey Australia

Biddy Healey is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and composer/arranger. Based in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia.

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