Care from Animal Companionship by Advance Base

We woke to our neighbor’s cries
The sting of smoke in our sleepy eyes
& I said baby better get dressed
Get the dog we can leave the rest

By the time we got downstairs
the fire engines were already there
& you were shaking you were so scared
I held you & kissed your smoky hair

That’s when I knew
that I could take care of you

& when my best friend died
from the cancer that ate him inside
I got drunk & I stayed that way
for several nights into several days

For the times I was aware
what I remember is that you were there
You held my head & I cried & cried
You called our jobs & you lied & lied

That’s when I could see
the way you take care of me

• Alternative
• depressed
• drum machines
• lo-fi
• nostalgia-obsessed
• weirdly uplifting
• United States