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Canvas Kid

from We Can't Be Wrong by Minor Characters

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An ironic autograph for my bully from middle school
At a suburban bar where I tend to keep clandestine faith

Bully: “Hey, bro, remember when you’d sing Nirvana songs all day?
You were a superstar. That’s why I screwed your sister, dude.”

Me: “Well, now I teach children’s songs to kids full of future first class cash.
I have a therapist and a Roth IRA, my God.”

Swipe me some sympathy, the internet really messed me up
As did the Great Recession, still have to beg for steady work

Me: “I have a girlfriend now. She’s like a patient patron saint.
She lives in Silver Lake, but moving here ‘cause I’m afraid
Of southern California and actin’ too cool
In retrospect I shoulda made some grand gesture
Like drive out there and declare my clinical ulcer
Dissolved with the absolve of my cynical nature but some don’t’ change
How Midwest of me.”


Now we live modestly and she cooks my vegan food from scratch
Right off the boulevard, but like a good Catholic, still hung up


Bully: “I’m seriously sorry, man, for beating you senseless at the pool.
I was a jealous boy, and you had so much to give the world.”

Me: “Well I got, like, nothin’ now if you wanna take another swing.
Remember in middle school? You guys would call me Canvas Kid?

I was always wipin’ out on those wrestling mats
On second thought I wish I still was that resilient
I’ve tried to say things my band said I had an answer
Now threats to sue, I hope I get throat cancer
Then I could quit- nobody can blame you for cancer-
Well, look at me now.
I’m drunk as hell.”

If some kind of fantasy makes its home
I’m a middle class tragedy rabid with foam
If anything shadowy make its home
I’m drinking class majesty please drive me home
If anything shadowy makes its home
I’ll survive.

credits

from We Can't Be Wrong, track released April 6, 2018
Andrew Pelletier: vocals, guitar
Shelby Pollard: guitar
Thomas Benko: drums
Joe Meland: piano
Billie Howard: violin, viola
Nora Barton: cello*
Stephen Shirk: ambience and noise

*String arrangements by Andrew Pelletier and Joe Meland

Recorded and Mixed by Stephen Shirk at Shirk Studios

Mastered by Anthony Gravino

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Minor Characters is an indie act from Chicago whose music is a mixture of well-crafted songwriting, pop sensibility, and a rare earnestness that’s difficult to overlook. The resulting combination is a carefully composed sound with classic pop leanings that ends up sounding both familiar and fresh. ... more

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