Ribbon Lyrics

I almost died at twenty-one In January, driving northbound on Abbott Rdthe car in front of us slammed their brakes down hardand slid off onto the right-hand shoulderWe were probabl...Read Full Lyrics

In the infancy of our relationship,when we were almost exclusively hanging outtogether with friends,Cathy and I went to St. John's ApplefestIt was held every fall in the parking lo...Read Full Lyrics

When I was eight or nine,I took a trip up north with my brother, my fatherand my uncleWe woke up early and packed bagged lunchesand cans of pop into a cooler,and drove to a canoe r...Read Full Lyrics

I spent one week every summer at Camp Tapicofor every year I was a Boy ScoutThe camp felt like an entire separate country,or as if the rest of the world had disappearedand we were ...Read Full Lyrics

My brother graduated college in spring,and we were both living back home in the town we were raised infor the summerOne afternoon, we went swimming on the lake across the streetwit...Read Full Lyrics

I became an atheist the Junior year of my spring semester in collegeMy friend from back home moved into our already crowded two-bedroom apartmentthat now housed four(and five when ...Read Full Lyrics

After graduating from college,I moved back home to my parents’ house in Fenton(It would be the first of three more separate stints)My brother helped get me a part-time jobpeddlin...Read Full Lyrics

My three best friends and I planned a weeklong tripfor our spring break during our senior year of high schoolWe were untethered and free and grownWe left before the sun rose and be...Read Full Lyrics

I was ten years old when my grandparents on my father's sidecelebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriageOur family piled into our tan '85 Aerostar(the same one that famously d...Read Full Lyrics

On New Year's Eve last December,I was out on tour playing a show at the Fire in Philadelphiawhile you were all alone at home(the only body occupying our lonely apartment)I watched ...Read Full Lyrics