SEE,
I COME FROM A LAND
THAT CHURCH CAN'T TOUCH
I MEAN,
MAMA'S UNITARIAN
POP DON'T GIVE A FUCK!
BROUGHT UP WITH ENOUGH
RESPECT OF LOVE AND QUESTIONS
SUSPECT GOD'S MISPROJECTED-
BUT WHAT DO I KNOW
SEEMS TO ME
IT'S LIKE SOME FEELING YOU HOLD
BUT LET'S STAY OUT OF DEEP WATERS
WE GOT THIS TOGETHER
JUST ASK MY DAUGHTER
I MEAN, LOOK AT ME NOW!
I'M A FATHER OF ONE
MAYBE OVERLY PROUD- BARELY
SOCIALLY TOTALLY OUT
USUALLY DODGING THE CROWD
TRYIN TO GET THE FUCK OUT
ON MY BIKE!
ON MY FELT 29ER
LEAST TWICE A DAY
OR MORE IF I WANNA
SO FAST LEAVE TRACKS OF HOT LAVA
IF I HIT THE BREAKS
I'D SKID FROM HERE TO FLORIDA
-
& IF I DID,
I'D GET TO NORTH PORT
SAY WUT UP TO FISK
I JUST GOT TO TOWN TO BURN DOWN THE SHIT
PROBABLY SIT BACK &
REMINISCE ABOUT...
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I GOT ALOTA STUPID PROBLEMS
NOBODY CARES, MAN-
I'LL SHUT UP ABOUT 'EM
JUST TRYING TO CREATE SOME REAL SHIT
NOT OUT HERE COVERING THE LATEST HIT
LIKE, WE'VE HEARD IT
STILL BULLSHIT
OKAY, THAT'S HARSH-
BUT COME ON! HEARD IT!
WANNA BE FALLIN APART
BUT FUCKIN SOLID AS STONE
AS I FLOW FROM THE HEART
YEAH, LOOSE THAT CONTROL
AS WORDS FORM AN ARC-
NO FUCK THAT- AN AUDI
A3 HATCH- CLOUDY
YEAH- WITH A RACK ON THE BACK FOR MY BIKES
OOOBBBVVVVIIIIIIIIIII
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I REMEMBER BACK WHEN,
BLACK WAS THE NEW BLACK
ORANGE WAS RED + YELLOW
BACK WHEN ME & ZACK
WOULD BIKE TO CONGDON & BACK HOME
LIKE, EVERYDAY
FOR NO OTHER REASON
THAN TO FUCK SHIT UP-
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE DOIN &
I MEAN CRUUUZIN
DOWN SUPERIOR-
BEFORE THE LAKE WALK, ON SIDEWALKS
& HOPIN CURBS
NO BIG DEALS
KINGS ON TWO WHEELS
STREETS BENEATH BOWIN
MAKIN YARDS KNEEL,
LATELY EVERYONE'S BUSY
LATELY EVERYONE'S FOCUSED ON MAKING A LIVING
LATELY EVERYONE'S VAPIN
I'VE BEEN SMOKIN LETTUCE HAND PICKED BY SATAN
LATELY BEEN FRAGRANT
GOT GOD ADJACENT
CHILLIN IN MY BASEMENT
OF ALL FUCKING PLACES...
IT'S BEEN NICE!
Hauntingly beautiful “ambient-folk mini-epics” from Portland singer-songwriter/multimedia artist Dao Strom reflect on memory and identity. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 8, 2022