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Was That Love

from World of Wonder by Ryan Power

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Was That Love

Was that love? That wasn’t love
Is this love? Yes, this is love
And the proof is in the pudding
Take a bite, right? It’s nice
Long ago when we both didn’t know
That the other had existed
And the feeling just didn’t sit right
I couldn’t bear to be told what to do
You couldn’t bear to face the grizzliest truth

Gypsy moth caterpillar outbreak in the year 1981
Bicycle motocross squishing guts in the sun
I know humankind isn’t a kind oxymoron
But life is good and death is post return to sender
The ghost collecting your letters

I love pee inside the tub
I love dance inside the club
Playing in the mud and thinking
Skeletons are alright
It’s the ego in the land of the eagle
It’s the greed, it’s the credo
It’s a train that’s gone run off it’s tracks
New age playground fell asleep at the roots
Homosapien who invented the blues

Why won’t the law permit you to collect your
full bod injury claim
When the wind falls
Uncle Sam sucks up what he gave
Public assistance helping us out when there’s a drought
But when the driver fails to yield the right of way
Hey, you know who’s gonna have to pay

Me, love to fall, could be weak, could be brave y’all
I go to great lengths to forget the past tense
Avoiding the humdrum, maybe I’m the dumdum

Hit it, you dirty old wasp you did it
The driver staring down at the phone
He didn’t see your fucking lights blinking
Hematoma, karma sign cutting my third eye

Someone lit the torch, handed it to me
Shadows on the soul that are projecting onto you
Projecting on to me, projecting onto you the image

Why pass on love? Brief portal divine
Time travel in bed, otherwise dead
Too many hassles, head to the rainbow castle
It’s not unreal, it’s how I feel

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from World of Wonder, released January 19, 2024
Lorraine Dinkel: backing vocals

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Ryan Power Queens, New York

It seems that Ryan Power is a highly sensitive, mid-life, jazz-influenced songwriter living in Queens, NY.

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