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Old Songs

from Forgotten Portraits by NadNavillus

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This song was composed around the words of Tim Casarez, as sourced from Poetry Magazine February 2021 issue, "The Practice of Freedom" Volume 217, Number 5.

Magazine cover art by Damon Locks; guest edited by Joshua Bennett, Tara Betts, and Sarah Ross.

lyrics

Old songs carry suitcases.
And decades.
Visit from a time
Where life
Didn’t matter much.
A time with no foresight
Or appreciation for the little things.
I was there
On the underside
Of an overcast
Gray sky
Walking Nowhere
Hands in pockets
My eyes
In the dirt.
A younger guy
And it hurt.
Because I never saw this far
Ahead.
Never saw myself
So behind.
Was I closing my eyes
Or just stupid?
I was there
In my ex-girlfriend’s room
The sound of clothes
Going into a duffle bag
Playing through the speakers.
I was headed Nowhere
And those bags found me here.
Too bad songs can’t
Change the past.
Change direction.
If they could I would
Point my feet toward
Resurrection.
I wouldn’t be typing this today.
At least not in this way.
I wouldn’t have forgotten
what it’s like to get up
And walk
Wherever I want.
Be able to eat
With nobody
Watching me.
Did I notice it then:
The freedom I had
To be
Or do anything?
I just hope
The next suitcase
Will find me Somewhere.
We’ll see—in ten years.

credits

from Forgotten Portraits, released June 9, 2023
Words by Tim Casarez
Dan Sullivan: guitar, vocals; Keith Hanlon: drums
Recorded by Dan Sullivan and Keith Hanlon
Mixed by Brok Mende with Keith Hanlon and Dan Sullivan
Mastered by Brok Mende

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NadNavillus Chicago, Illinois

Equal parts guitar and vocal driven, sonically and structurally diverse, Nad Navillus is the music of Dan Sullivan.

Two releases on Jagjaguwar "Show Your Face" (JAG037) and "Iron Night" (051) proceed the latest album "Forgotten Portraits". ... more

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