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when I kiss you hard, hop in my car, and board a plane
sleep spottily in 13E, then hitchhike in the rain
I know what I’m gonna do

I’ll sneak in Daníel’s flat and fall asleep till half past three
meet Júlíus or Myrra and catch a ride to Stokkseyri
we’ll play each other songs through the night

the sun may rise at noon and disappear again by three
I don’t mind, it’s nice sometimes, I sleep like I’m fifteen
what a joy to wake to the sound
of the wind’s lonely arctic howl

why oh why can’t I make a home far away?
why oh why can’t I see my friends everyday?
why oh why can’t I find
a loophole giving poor foreign musicians free apartments here so
I could come in, drop my things, and stay?

I walk the streets of Reykjavik to see how things have changed
the locals still wear stylish shoes no matter how it rains
I buy some shoes and step outside
they’re drenched, but damn do I look fly

and there’s a new hotel with stunning views of new hotels
built where my favorite venue stood, but I’m sure it’s just as well
a music scene’s like the trees in town
we show them off as we cut them down

but I won’t get nostalgic, I still love it without all the things I miss
the post-rock bands, the downtown, too many friends
why oh why can’t I make a home far away?
why oh why can’t I see my friends everyday?
why oh why can’t I find
a lesbian anarchist punk-rock Icelander to marry me so
I can become a citizen and stay?

I’ll do what it takes, I will do what it takes

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from Glorious Leader & The Analog Cabin Mystery, released March 31, 2021

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Glorious Leader Glover, Vermont

Glorious Leader is the solo project of American musician, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Kyle Woolard. Written and recorded in his home in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, the music is an attempt at uncompromising honesty. It is a quest for simplicity. It is a celebration of humanity, of the far north, of the infinite shades between joy and sorrow, of wood stoves and whiteouts. ... more

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