Rothko
Van Gogh's Grandsons
Love and Loss · Character Study · Poignant Indie Pop
#VERSE
Margaret Rothko
No relation to the artist
Expects love to find her
Exactly where her heart sits
Sunday, it sat in her chest
In a wide-open field
Where winds whistled by
And red-tailed hawks squealed
#PRE-CHORUS
With the tall grasses waving
And no one in sight
She took off her shirt
In warm afternoon sunlight
#CHORUS
Margaret Rothko
Don’t you know
That love’s not looking
In the places you go
Your beauty unmeasured
Your brilliance unchecked
Do you really want love
Or just want to forget?
#VERSE
She had no belief
In divine intervention
Laughed when her friend Sondra
Cited Cupid’s intentions
Monday, at an art show
She stood before a canvas
Closest thing to a Rothko
On a small college campus
#PRE-CHORUS
The top stripe was green
Like her emerald eyes
Pink and blue matched her necklace
But her heart had capsized
#CHORUS
Margaret Rothko
Don’t you know
That love’s not looking
In the places you go
You keep feeling sorry
No one’s reached out yet
Do you really want love
Or just want to forget?
#BRIDGE
Down at Shakespeare’s Pizza
Eight P.M. Tuesday night
Sondra sat down with Margaret
And said, “Girl, you’re not right
You’ve faced devastation
You’ve handled it well
But another like Brandon?
There’s no chance in hell”
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
Wednesday afternoon
Once again in the sun
Margaret Rothko’s clothes came off
Her waiting was done
But not in a field
Far from where people lived
It was in full view of cars
On the Boonville Bridge
#PRE-CHORUS
From down on the rocks
Fifty feet below
A cross with the name Brandon
Kissed Margaret Rothko
#CHORUS
Margaret Rothko
Don’t you know
That love’s not looking
In the places you go
Your body in sunshine
Where his sun has set
Do you really want love
Or just want to forget?
#OUTRO
Do you really want love
Or just want to forget?
Your body in sunshine
Where his sun has set
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