Pictures Outlive People

My wife and I went on for years
Traveled the world, became parents
For every occasion or event
She always had a camera
From Reykavik to Jakarta
She captured every moment
She left me stranded with the pictures
The night she took the baby and went

Pictures Outlive People
Photos survive when people are gone
After the loved ones have departed
Their images go on and on
Pictures Outlive People
Likenesses remain after they're dead
Weird snapshots outlast reality
Ghostly icons stuck in our heads

My mother died not long ago
She was an avid photographer
Kept her photo albums in a drawer
Now they're stored in my computer
Those pictures are not really us
Just depictions on a screen
Our time together as a family
Is now a lifeless memory

Pictures Outlive People
Photos survive when people are gone
After the loved ones have departed
Their images go on and on
Pictures Outlive People
Likenesses remain after they're dead
Weird snapshots outlast reality
Ghostly icons stuck in our heads

Now I wonder if
I remember people
Or just pictures
Of people

Pictures Outlive People
Photos survive when people are gone
After the loved ones have departed
Their images go on and on
Pictures Outlive People
Likenesses remain after they're dead
Weird snapshots outlast reality
Ghostly icons stuck in our heads

Jim Colyer ascap

Jim

ive read through your song several times...this is my 1st lyric only review..its quite a but different than a review with music in a genere..but im gonna give it a shot and hope i can get some of mine reviewed here as well.

V1..honestly the only things that really threw me off was from Reykavik to Jakarta. i think you were trying to drive home a point but think you may have missed the mark slightly by using cities most people would be unfamiliar with...or maybe you just wrote the song for you and dont plan on pitching it..in that case i would say its fine..

chrs. i like the rhyme scheme and meter in the chorus..but think "photos are here even while we're gone" would work better...just my 2 cents again...

kinda went deep in V2 and the bridge.. its different.. i like it..

all in all. i think its solid and im sure sounds good with a guitar or piano..

keep writting

Jeff