Slint - Don, Aman

The song Don, Aman by Slint

Lyrics:

Don stepped outside.
It felt good to be alone.
He wished he was drunk,
Thought about something he said,
And how stupid it had sounded
He knew he should forget about it
And decided to piss, but he couldn't...
(A plane passed silently overhead, the streetlights, and the buds on the trees and the night, were still.)

It finally came, he took a deep breath.
It made him feel strong, and determined,
To go back inside.

The light.
Their backs.
The conversation.
The couples, romancing, so natural.
His friends stare,
With eyes, like the heads of nails.
The others.
Glances.
With amusement,
With evasion,
With contempt.
So distant,
With malice,
For being a sty
In their engagement,
Like swimming underwater in the darkness,
Like walking through an empty house,
Speaking to an imaginary audience,
Being watched from outside, by no-one
(A song without a key)
He could not dance to anything.

Don left,
And drove,
And howled,
And laughed,
At himself.
He felt he knew what that was.

Don woke up,
And looked at the night before.
He knew what he had to do.
He was responsible.
In the mirror,
He saw his friend.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Slint
• Spiderland
• Don
• Aman

[GrungeRock1991]

This song speaks to me on so many levels. Partly because I seem to be exactly like Don in most social situations. Either way, Slint/Brian McMahan, yet another gem on this infinitely perfect album.

[gbl603]

god dammit i wanna piss but i cant!

[thatssomething1]

Don Draper's new theme song

[MrAldodandrea]

I want this song played at my 100th birthday party. 

[gogolplex74]

4:23 jizz button

[LucidDream]

@GrungeRock1991 I feel like 'Don' too in many social situations.

[ForgottenMusicSongs]

Strong lyrics.

[ChaosTitties]

perfect..

[halfcabdisaster7]

Don stepped outside.

[krewgarr]

THE most evocative and transcendent Slint song, IMO...

[TheSeph1984]

Damn proud to be from Louisville because of these guys?!? Indie Kings they are?!

[br00talKidHxC]

reminds me of donnie darko for some reason, not just because he says "don stepped outside" lol