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Killing The Past

from The Only Constant by Gavin Burgess

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I wrote this at the time I was leaving Sasquatch Studio to move permanently to Wellington. It was a parting from friends and from the musical colleagues I had loved working with. It was also a final parting from past relationships and in this sense the lyrics apply equally to my long dissolved marriage and the end of my first post marriage romance. Despite this it is not an expression of despair but rather a proclamation of hope for the future.

lyrics

Killing the past scars the soul
Saying goodbye makes the spirit old
Opening a new door is done in fear
Turning from your past is done with tears
And I am doing this now
I am doing this now

When you were my lover I owned the world
When you asked me to let go then I learned to love
If this is the last song I ever sing
Then here's to the future and all it brings
I am doing this now
I am doing this now
I am doing this now
I am doing this

credits

from The Only Constant, released September 9, 2014
Gavin Burgess: Vocals, piano, acoustic, electric & bass guitars.
Neville Messent: Drums

Mixed by Mike Gibson at Munki
Produced by Gavin Burgess

lyrics & music copyright Gavin Burgess 2013
The phrase 'Killing the past scars the soul' was taken from the Novel Thai Horse by William Diehl.

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Gavin Burgess New Zealand

Gavin Burgess is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, studio engineer and producer who divides his time between his home in Thailand and his native New Zealand. He has performed and released music with bands including ‘Top Secret’, ‘The Gavin Burgess Band’, and as a solo artist. He records and releases through his own independent ‘Gavland’ label. ... more

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