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My Family is an Empty House

from The Obituary by kelpi

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A song about the grief following an unexpected death in the family.

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My family wept for thirteen hours
And we couldn’t sleep, or run, run away
When it is spring they bring you flowers
But they’ll never bloom ever again

My family wept for thirteen hours
And some of us still cry every day
My aunt sleeps alone.
And we haven’t breathed since the day that we wept

Lock the door, draw the blinds
Hide yourself amongst the memories left behind
Shut the attic hatch, dust the halls
When the rain is leaking out the fissures in the walls

My family wept for thirteen days
The first day of June we hated
My father said it was his worst day
When they gutted the house

And the neighbours; they’re asking what’s the matter
And they bring us cheap bouquets and deep dish platters
And we sit on couches made of leather
And we rot inside this empty house together

My family wept for thirteen hours
Your son started crying over the phone
And we couldn’t leave the ivory tower
That separates us from the family home

Lock the door, draw the blinds
Hide yourself amongst the memories left behind
Shut the attic hatch, dust the halls
When the rain is leaking out the fissures in the walls

And my cousins are sleeping in the cellar
To escape the howling winds of stormy weather
And the garden is feeling pretty lonely
Like my family

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from The Obituary, released February 9, 2020

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kelpi Vancouver, British Columbia

Hailing straight from the faerie realm, kelpi is still trying to figure out how human life works. She's doing her very best to tell her story through song~~~

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