we set out for upstate on valentine’s day
i bought you pretty flowers you had to hold the whole way
the lovebirds up in front were flapping on about their love
as i DJ’d from the back seat wishing somebody would turn the volume up
we arrived well after midnight to the chateau in the trees
her folks were set to sell the place so she spent the four nights torn between her privilege and grief
i did okay the first day but i only got more fragile
you tried including me with jokes and cutting digs that i would always then mishandle
i would always then mishandle
come on baby let’s unite the front
let’s batten down the hatches
though the only time we have alone is sleeping in the basement on a busted blow up mattress
let’s sing out all our favorite songs
let’s go and make it all about us
let’s ruin all the goodbyes and show them at the wrong times how we look in the good light
let’s move into the good light
let’s take up all the good light
The gentle lo-fi songs on the latest phoneswithchords LP develop their granular sketches of childhood and coming of age into full portraits. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 25, 2023