Aimee Lefkowicz x Peter Donovan – Leave No Trace

Judul Leave No Trace sama dengan etika para pendaki, yaitu datang ke hutan lalu pulang tanpa meninggalkan apa-apa. Aimee Lefkowicz, penulis lagu yang mengaku terilhami pepohonan Pacific Northwest, memakainya untuk mengusir mantan yang ingin balikan.

Syaratnya ia taruh di reff. Kalau sungguh ingin mencintainya dengan benar, angkat koper, bawa sekalian gengsinya (jangan sampai ketinggalan), dan jangan sisakan apa pun. Jangan muncul di depan rumah membawa bunga tanpa kabar, jangan bersumpah sudah berubah kalau bunyinya masih sama.

Pendaki di sini hafal semboyan “jangan meninggalkan apa pun kecuali jejak”. Aimee Lefkowicz kiranya lebih galak. Jejak pun tak boleh.

Galaknya disampaikan pelan. Petikan gitar akustik yang lembut membuka single ini, vokalnya berdiri dekat sekali di telinga kita tanpa lapisan yang berdesakan, dan harmoni tipis-tipis baru dioleskan menjelang reff. Kolaborasi bersama Peter Donovan terasa semakin dalam bersama penghayatan yang terasa jujur dan bisa membawa kita masuk tanpa harus meratap.

Di ujungnya gitar itu melambat sampai senyap, dan kita ditinggal tanpa keributan. Leave No Trace tahu diri, ia pamit seperti pendaki yang baik.

Lirik Lagu Aimee Lefkowicz – Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace
Peter Donovan and Aimee Lefkowicz
Somewhere between then and now
The rope starts thinning out
Tangled in twine and in doubt
All the knots I’d rather forget abut
Correcting all the mishaps in my sentences
Addressing all my friends with condescending shit
It’s been weeks since I’ve been over it
If you really wanna love me right
Really make it up this time
Pack your bags, pack your pride
Leave no trace behind
Missing the markers in the red
Seeing scarlet and red instead
These thoughts, they get lost up in my head
With all the words I never said
Protecting all your bruises and your blemishes
You're a burden with no benefits
And I just need you off the premises
If you really wanna love me right
Really make it up this time
Pack your bags, pack your pride
Leave no trace behind
Don’t show up at my house
With flowers, unannounced
Don't swear to me you’ve changed
When it all sounds the same
Don’t ask me to pretend
Start over and forget
If you really wanna love me right
Really make it up this time
Pack your bags, pack your pride
Leave no trace behind
Somewhere between then and now
The rope starts thinning out
Tangled in twine and in doubt
All the knots I’d rather forget abut
Correcting all the mishaps in my sentences
Addressing all my friends with condescending shit
It’s been weeks since I’ve been over it
If you really wanna love me right
Really make it up this time
Pack your bags, pack your pride
Leave no trace behind
Missing the markers in the red
Seeing scarlet and red instead
These thoughts, they get lost up in my head
With all the words I never said
Protecting all your bruises and your blemishes
You're a burden with no benefits
And I just need you off the premises
If you really wanna love me right
Really make it up this time
Pack your bags, pack your pride
Leave no trace behind
Don’t show up at my house
With flowers, unannounced
Don't swear to me you’ve changed
When it all sounds the same
Don’t ask me to pretend
Start over and forget
If you really wanna love me right
Really make it up this time
Pack your bags, pack your pride
Leave no trace behind
Somewhere between then and now
The rope starts thinning out

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