Artwork for Bumpy Road — Burst of LifeTrack 13

Burst of Life · VIRTUAL ARTIST

The Backwards Museum

Bumpy Road · 4:07 · Pop rock

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The departure does not have to be perfect.

In the fiction of Burst of Life, Bumpy Road is the map unfolded on the dashboard. From childhood memories to the desire to leave, the titles trace a road traveled with hesitation. Plastic Dinosaurs and Paper Airplane Dreams place small things beside big dreams.

The journey then opens onto Wildflower Road, Mountain Song, and Passport Dreams. This editorial route connects the stages without imposing a plot on the lyrics: listeners can find their own departures, detours, and places they would like to return to.

Begin with the first track to follow the album’s order; Paper Airplane Dreams also offers an immediate way into its world.

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Original lyrics

Text supplied in the project files. The original language is preserved.

I found a door behind the grocery store
That leads to exhibitions of regret
Where every choice i didn't make
Is hanging in a frame of "not yet"
The tour guide speaks in yesterday's language
While walking us through halls of might-have-been
She points to glass cases full of unsent letters
And roads that i never walked down

Welcome to the backwards museum
Where effect comes before the cause
And every ending has a beginning
That breaks all natural laws

In the backwards museum
Time flows like honey up the walls
You can visit your future
And watch your past evolve
At the backwards museum
Every tear falls up to the sky
And the words you never spoke
Are the ones that made you cry

There's a room full of broken promises
That repair themselves each hour
And a garden where the flowers
Grow back into their seeds of power
The gift shop sells erasers made of hope
And pencils that write only truth
You can buy a jar of second chances
Or a bottle of eternal youth

Welcome to the backwards museum
Where the exit is the entrance door
And every question has an answer
That you've been searching for

In the backwards museum
Time flows like honey up the walls
You can visit your future
And watch your past evolve
At the backwards museum
Every tear falls up to the sky
And the words you never spoke
Are the ones that made you cry

The curator tells me with a backwards smile
That i've been here before but i haven't arrived
She stamps my hand with disappearing ink
That says "Remember to forget to remember"
In the hall of un-invented things
There's a machine that runs on sighs
A telephone that calls the past
And wings for humans who forgot to fly
But the strangest exhibition of them all
Is the mirror that shows who you're going to be

In the backwards museum
Time flows like honey up the walls
You can visit your future
And watch your past evolve
At the backwards museum
Every tear falls up to the sky
And the words you never spoke
Are the ones that made you cry
In the backwards museum
In the backwards museum
Where everything is possible
And nothing is as it seems

I found a door behind the grocery store
That leads to exhibitions of regret
But when i tried to find it the next day
It was gone, or maybe it hasn't happened yet

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