Man O’ War

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Like a great short story, this one haunts. A freak accident leaves a 9 year old girl fatherless. I love how it begins like a warning — with those little bass thumps before the story begins. Dual vocals. Daughter and father singing together. 💔 Love the visual details — the jellyfish, fading tinsel. Oh Kim…

To never know what kind of man your father’d be.

Redwood Highway explored early, unfair death and the sprawling impact it can have on a family tree. Reminding myself this morning to have gratitude. My family’s alive and thriving right now. I think of the Adrian Borland lyric… Are these the days I will not forget? I think they are and so I recognize it this morning.

Waded out into the tide
Stung by jellyfish & died
Left a wife & child behind
Ages 36 & 9

Christmas morning pictures fading tinsel glare
Kim how long you gonna stare

Never sleep without a light
Hate aquariums alright
Older boyfriends all your life
& usually they have a wife

Blame yourself blame your mother blame the sea
Blame a lover blame psychiatry
To never know what kind of man your father'd be
How you'd wished he'd kept a diary