The Match I Didn’t Strike

The Match I Didn’t Strike is the title track of the mini-album. His phone holds names, facts, old roads, and words that could ruin lives but the screen goes black before his thumb sends anything. The match stays cold because his sons still need hands that come back the same. This is not a revenge song. It is a song about the cost of not striking back. Dark outlaw hick-hop with dry spoken-sung vocals, raw guitar, sparse stomp, and restraint at the center. © 2026 Mike Vibild Mortensen. All rights reserved. Written by Mike Vibild Mortensen.