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Chasing Echoes (Call Me When I​’​m Gone)

from The Sickness by Sidetrack Walker

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15 December 2020 – 04 January 2021

I step outside with half a heart
and let the back door stand ajar
so the wind can carry back to you
my ghostly echoes from afar
I left my coat and keys behind
and my left heart for you to find
a piece of art rather than a piece of mine
I clean the slate to find some peace of mind

a mind in a failed state
that mocks every concept of fate
a constant state of paralysis
stalemate
that defies all analysis
fallacies revealed leave no sense of reality
so I’m leaving every stone unturned
and tomes unopened storing loads of lessons learnt
connections I once yearned to make
are breaking as all bridges burn

the sickness took me in
a constant almost like home
so call me when I’m gone
chasing echoes to find out where I went wrong

delirious
my ramblings droning on
a wrecked train of thought rolling on
so call me when I’m gone
stop me in my tracks
the sidetracks I walk with no turning back
there’s no such place as home
so long
and not much point in holding on
unborn is how I find quietus
devolving to a crumpled fetus
of what I might have become

I broke the rules of engagement
stoked the flames, fuelled ‘em with depleted patience
soul-shaking self-annihilation
the scorched earth of this heart-breaking conflagration
I’ve taken to the road of ghosts and wayward souls
paved with the cold coals of vain goals
the faint glow of spent hopes beneath my soles
I look back and find the back door closed

the sickness took me in
no snake oil left to draw on
so call me when I’m gone
painting shadows to find out where I belong

oblivion took me in
no concept remains of home
so call me when I’m gone
chasing echoes to remember where I’m from

painting shadows to find out where I belong
we enjoy each other’s song but we’re alone
chasing echoes to remember where I’m from
…and the ghost of me will tell you to move on

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from The Sickness, released August 19, 2022

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Sidetrack Walker Kiel, Germany

Sidetrack Walker is an independent music project focusing on atmosphere and honest, emotional songwriting. Headed by German artist Dominik Sonders, it draws on genres such as Art Rock, Trip-Hop, Drum’n’Bass, Dark Folk and Modern Classical.

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