BASE Jumper
I can still see you stood in the sunlight
Tending that garden your pride and joy
Soft to the touch hard to forget about
The day when I left you for good
Dazzled and dusted I climbed till I touched it
the Reach and the summit the world at my feet
I pulled on the guide rope jumped way beyond hope
The day when I left you for good
CHORUS
Buildings are tall but sway in the crosswind
Antennae they call they signal to me
Span the ravine from this to the next world
Earth grounds us all but don’t tether us down
Thoughts from the past love from the afterlife
I know this is cruel what I left behind
So hard to explain much less to justify
The day when I left you for good
I hope you don’t judge this is not about choices
No fatalist journey no angel rejoices
It was all that I am in this great big creation
The day when I left you for good
CHORUS
B.A.S.E. Jumper - Video
“Inspired by an Australian BASE Jumper who tragically lost his life to the sport in 2010, this is his imagined letter from the grave. An acknowledgement of the loneliness of those left behind but ultimately a reassurance that this was a calling, a way of life, rather than a death wish. Despite the dark subject matter, the soundtrack is all kinds of music - Country AND Western - and sparkles with beautiful round acoustic bass tones under Beatles-esque guitar and obligatory pedal steel.”