It started with a question you
kept locked between your lips,
and ended with strange fireworks
burning down a bridge.
They reached under your old sweater
and pulled on the loose ends.
Lightbulbs flickered as you fell
in and out of bed
the night you started kissing all your friends.
Kiss kiss.
Kiss kiss.
You read aloud the diaries
dancing in your head,
and gerry-rigged a ferris wheel
where you once played pretend
the night you started kissing all your friends.
Kiss kiss.
Kiss kiss.
Kiss kiss kiss.
Spinning bottles followed you since middle school.
Nobody’s an idiot when everyone’s a fool
for you.
Yesterday’s dumb thing to do
and tomorrow’s common sense
finally hooked up the night
you started kissing all of your friends.
Kiss kiss.
Kiss kiss.
Kiss kiss.
Kiss kiss kiss.
It ended with strange fireworks
burning down a bridge,
and started with a question you
kept locked between your lips.
credits
from Senior Portrait,
released November 24, 2017
vocals by Dan Ramström, Marisa Brown, and Zoe Berg
electric guitars, acoustic guitars, slide guitar, bass, and drums by Zach Calluori
written by Dan Ramström
produced, mixed, mastered by Zach Calluori
photography by Yuping Zhang
The debut LP from Allen Epley (Shiner, The Life and Times) blends '70s-style folk/pop songwriting with dreamy, swirling alt-rock. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 10, 2023