Small Quarantined Thoughts
“The Rules” is a perfect languid summer song from the Tragically Hip.
Salesman said this vaccum’s guaranteed.
It can suck an ancient virus from the sea.
It’ll put the dog out of a job.
To make traffic stop,
so little thoughts, can safetly get across.
It’s the Rules.
The whole second half of Phantom Power is a little quieter than the first half, but that’s okay. Not everything can be “Poets.”
This and “Escape Is At Hand for the Travellin’ Man” have that emotional, downtempo vibe that travels well.