When Cardboard Bloomed Into a Room That Saw Them

THE STORY A Medford, Oregon exhibit called Art of Belonging shows mixed-media work by 17 unhoused artists, translating grief, isolation, wonder, joy, and creative expression into a demand to be seen as whole people rather than needs or weather. Source: https://kobi5.com/news/top-stories/ga... Full story + lyrics breakdown: https://galaxytransmissions.com/songs... EMOTIONAL CORE dignity | wonder | isolation THE SOUND tight indie art rock, warm baritone vocal, brushed snare groove, woody bass, tremolo guitar, handclaps, small-room gang vocals, comic swagger, lead guitar solo, intimate analog tape, bright chorus lift, bittersweet resolve LYRICS Rain in my sleeve, sun in my hand I made a flag for a one-chair land Not every kingdom has a lock Some get born from a bottle cap clock Ask me what I need, I'll tell you true Then ask what I dream, I dare you to Bright things in the cardboard Little rebel seeds I am more than weather I am more than need Hang my wild little weather Where the whole town sees Bright things in the cardboard Still belong to me Medford window, July wall Seventeen names refusing small Grief got glitter, wonder got nerve Joy took the corner it deserved Let them bring the coffee Let them bring the key Let them bring a bigger wall For all this heat in me Bright things in the cardboard Little rebel seeds I am more than weather I am more than need Hang my wild little weather Where the whole town sees Bright things in the cardboard Still belong to me --- Subscribe for daily news set to music: @TheGalaxyTransmissions #news #trending #currentevents #newsmusic #topicalsongs #GalaxyTransmissions #ArtOfBelonging #MedfordOregon #UnhousedArtists #IndieArtRock #CommunityArt