My photograph doesn't mean anything to you
your heart's a drum hollow the rain can't get through
use to tell me you loved while polishing your shoes
till they shined with your relfection to throw your words back at you
while i worked overtime you paid me my due
paid the rent for my residence in a hotel room
painted indigo blue
Days go by and I find
that i don't really mind
that all the passion and pain are only
photographs in frames on the walls painted
indigo blue
This diamond right didn't do anything for me
enslaves my hand makes it ached to be free
use to tell me you needed while combing your hair
watching your reflection i wonder what i ever saw there
while i watched our children grow you treated me fair
made the payment for our residence a suburban house
painted indigo blue
years go by and it seems
nightmares lurk inside of deams
and wishes and prayers turn to scratches and tears
on a heart
painted indigo blue
Introspective, homespun folk tunes from John Donne that feel informed by the sugary bleakness of '80s and '90s indie pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 1, 2023