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A Poem

from Silhouettes by Erik Withak

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Here's a song about when I tried to write a poem
in someone else's home
I had no paper and no pen so I wrote

On the mirror with a tube of tooth soap
about a seed searchin' for a place to grow
he found a garden but her grass was too cold it was too cold

I broke that mirror and I got a cut
so I wrote another poem with my blood
on the floor of linoleum
about a boy who used to sleep beneath the sun

This boy grew up and went on to do great things
he even bought some girl a ring
and they grew old like waiting for ... spring
Then I cleaned up and crawled back to her bed
as I laid there a poem swam to my head
about a captain on a ship filled with lead filled with lead

When this captain tried to leave he
got anchored down by the weight on his sleeve
he said farewell to the waving trees
then settled down off the shore beneath the sea

I stumbled outside and fell upon the lawn
with nothing to write on
she stormed out and she asked what was wrong

I proclaimed that I's trying to write a poem
she shook her head and she said "It's time to go"
so I got up and went to find my way back home my way back home

Then I found along the way
a broken pen and a paper mache
of a cat that somebody made
it was out on the street was it lost or thrown away?

I sat down and I tried to write a poem
but nothing seemed to rhyme
so there I was searchin' for a place to grow a place to grow.

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from Silhouettes, released April 14, 2018
Written by: Erik Aanestad
Produced by: Erik Withak
Recorded at: My bedroom - Portland, OR

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Erik Withak Portland, Oregon

Erik Withak is a Portland, Oregon-based singer/songwriter with a knack for crafting strong, simple yet complex songs with a somber narrative that invokes names like Conor Oberst, Sufjan Stevens, and Grandaddy.

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