Basket Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mugsyd87 

Cover art for Basket lyrics by Dan Mangan

Such a beautiful song. I've heard him say this about it:

"It's a bit of an ode to my grandfather. After he passed away, I came up with this idea that your life is a basket and throughout your life you're putting letters and notes into this basket and every story, every experience you've ever shared gets fueled into this basket that becomes you and you are shaped by everything that's ever happened to you or around you. And what do you do when that basket starts falling apart and all those letters and stories kind of fall to the ground. So the song is about getting old but at the same time it's about redemption and holding onto those memories."