Emergency & Me from Rabbit Rabbit by Speedy Ortiz

Exit on 90, an ear upon my mindfulness audiobook rallies me after hours. Conflict, even when parenthetic, makes hiding out my favorite use for cars. I’m so defenseless. I worship infographics. Now the year’s up, lessons were left unspent. With regrets, I barricade the exits, fix my oxygen last in emergency. Emergency, that’s you and me.

Freeze the frozen. (Emergency.) Kick the sun out into the mountains. (You and me.) Striking first like that’s victimhood. (Emergency.) Freeze the frozen and play possum—for how long?

Underneath my desk, prayers and thoughts are pointless. Borealis whispers, but the lights burn. You see it? One aspect of a silhouette keeps your vision blurred past a safe return.

Freeze the frozen. (Emergency.) Kick the sun out into the mountains. (You and me.) Striking first like that’s victimhood. (Emergency.) Freeze the frozen and play possum—for how long?

Emergency, you and me.

I’m so embarrassed, I danced around my ethics. Now my cardiac’s blowing up my spot. The message you garner from a legend is never wow. Leave me now, hot shot.

• Alternative
• indie rock
• rock
• Philadelphia