“… you can be buried in a place that is so inviting to the living , and be part of the world in a way after you ’ re gone .”
sweet auburn | 2023 volume i
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Everything was green at Mount Auburn Cemetery It looked like a scene before jumping cold out of a long dream Built like a labyrinth Guilt at the center of it Once you walk inside , the hills and stone stretch on for miles And who wouldn ’ t wanna be buried under marble in a sanctuary ? Said if we got lost , we ’ d climb the tower and look from the top Just like how I still feel myself at twenty climbing through me I don ’ t think she ’ s ever leaving You saw her then and she was beaming Nowhere here so far even comes close to that graveyard If I shut my eyes real hard all the memories restart And I still see it I still see it I still see it I still see it
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“… you can be buried in a place that is so inviting to the living , and be part of the world in a way after you ’ re gone .”
— Addy Harris
Do you have a letter , a poem or lyrics to a song inspired by Mount Auburn to share with us ? For our inaugural “ Letters to Mount Auburn ” feature , we reached out to singer-songwriters Suzanne McDermott and Addy Harris who performs under the name Rat Tally . Suzanne and Addy were both inspired to write songs about the Cemetery in 1996 and 2022 respectively . Visit our website for longer interviews with both artists . Email us at friends @ mountauburn . org today !
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