Pinegrove - "Orange" (Acoustic) 

"Orange" is a song by Pinegrove.
orange, a waltz about the climate crisis, was written on the day in 2020 that the photos of oregon's eery, bloodshot sky circulated the internet. the song tries to balance outrage at those preventing progress-politicians elected in good faith to protect us who instead believe themselves celebrities-with the etherial, almost dissociative feeling of being alive at the end of history. the mirage on offer by today's political theater does nothing to assuage our concerns as we watch where the money actually goes: the american military, one of the single greatest global sources of fossil fuel emissions. so for all who have on one hand heard the desperate scientific prognosis, & on the other seen the already-weak promises on the campaign trail traded in for endless wars-it's tough not to lose heart. this isn't a song trying to convince anyone that climate change is real. it's for people horrified at the government's inaction to what we can all see with our own eyes. as this summer progresses, breaking all sorts of records across the northern hemisphere, & the conclusion sinks further into our collective gut, it's essential for people with a microphone to start shouting, & in whatever way we can to affirm community, to step in & help one another cope in the absence of our government, & take seriously the need to organize for a better world.
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Lyrics:
i try to wrap my
head around
an eye for an eye
full of iodine
i try to remember
the history of time
i try to laugh
or sleep it off
that awful feeling
something's off
by eye i measure
the narrow length across
today the sky is orange
& you & i know why
i try to warn
my senator
he said that he
invented it
& that i should feel happy
he talked to me at all
i try to down
the bluest pill
the author of
the fucking bill
bragging on youtube
the criminals he'll kill
they’re trying ignore it
we always knew they’d try
today the sky is orange
& you & i know why
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Video credits:
Director: Marisa Gesualdi
Rower: Ryan Naideau
Audio Mix: Sam Skinner
Performed live at Levon Helm Studios' pond
levonhelm.com/
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