@erikfatemi.bsky.social
Song Lyric of the Day, politics and fiction. “Obviously,” replied Don Quixote, “you are not used to this business of adventures. Those are giants.”
Exciting to be part of this tomorrow at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social!
20.09.2025 19:58 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0How long before Trump switches from "it's fake" to "many people are saying I'm the greatest artist of all time, better than Leonardo"?
09.09.2025 21:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social! Incredibly thrilled to be on this list.
And here's the story: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fatemi/th...
So honored by this. Thank you!
17.04.2025 22:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I'm taking a short detox from social media, so this’ll be the last lyric for a bit. Back soon! But until then, take it easy. Song Lyric of the Day #1,510: “We may lose and we may win / Though we will never be here again” www.youtube.com/watch?v=5igD...
23.02.2025 12:46 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Song Lyric of the Day #1,509: “Oh, when darkness comes / And pain is all around / Like a bridge over troubled water / I will lay me down” www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G-Y...
22.02.2025 12:33 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Look, I work in DC so I’m not one to talk. But still. Get it together. Song Lyric of the Day #1,508: “New York, I love you but you’re bringing me down” www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5kM...
21.02.2025 12:08 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Every month is Black History Month here at SLOTD HQ, but especially in February. Let’s go way back with Song Lyric of the Day #1,507: “Born under a bad sign / Been down since I began to crawl / If it wasn't for bad luck / You know I wouldn't have no luck at all” www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Py3...
20.02.2025 12:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
85 candles today for the one and only Smokey Robinson. Song Lyric of the Day #1,506: “Now if there’s a smile on my face / It’s only there trying to fool the public / But when it comes down to fooling you / Now honey that’s quite a different subject” www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcd9...
19.02.2025 11:54 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
All hope is not lost. Spring training has begun and my Washington Nationals are still undefeated. Song Lyric of the Day #1,505: “Put me in, coach / I’m ready to play today / Look at me, I can be centerfield” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq3h...
18.02.2025 12:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Presidents of the United States of America Day to all who celebrate! Song Lyric of the Day #1,504: “If I had my little way, I’d eat peaches every day” www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GCr...
17.02.2025 12:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In more ways than one, sadly. Song Lyric of the Day #1,503: “The sandy beaches drift in time / And the changing tide I know / Won’t bring me back to yesterday / And the Gulf of Mexico” www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9tt...
16.02.2025 12:10 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0![Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life [Official Music Video]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vr2quaajoazins7sifvlki3t/bafkreigj52lngcjfc6s7xvzgjghdu3neew4mqowgkuiou4o2gnhukex5vy@jpeg)
HBD to Conor Oberst, your favorite songwriter’s favorite songwriter. Song Lyric of the Day #1,502: “Yours is the first face that I saw / I think I was blind before I met you / And I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been / But I know where I want to go” www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUBY...
15.02.2025 12:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Valentine’s Day! Song Lyric of the Day #1,501: “Cupid, draw back your bow / And let your arrow go / Straight to my lover’s heart for me, for me” www.youtube.com/watch?v=S28t...
14.02.2025 12:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
1500!!! @rogan222.bsky.social has the perfect lyric to mark this historic occasion. Song Lyric of the Day #1,500: “1500 turned to a 15,000 / 1500 turned to a 30,000 / 1500 turned to a 50,000 / 1500 turned to a million dollas” genius.com/Rich-homie-q...
13.02.2025 13:27 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Let’s hear it for the big dogs! Congrats to Monty, the Giant Schnauzer who won Best in Show last night at the Westminster Dog Show. Song Lyric of the Day #1,499: “Move over little dog, ’cause the big dog’s moving in” www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lza...
12.02.2025 12:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hamilton Leithauser’s “Knockin’ Heart” is my favorite new song of the year so far. Song Lyric of the Day #1,498: “From the courtship to the chapel / From the branches to the apple / To the elegy in the bone yard / You’ll be knockin’ in my heart” www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OqM...
11.02.2025 12:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 03 more days until SLOTD #1,500!!! Who's got one that worthy for this historic occasion? Message me *privately* and you could win a fabulous prize!
10.02.2025 11:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
No more new pennies??? That wouldn’t be a problem for CCR. Song Lyric of the Day #1,497: “You don’t need a penny just to hang around / But if you’ve got a nickel, won’t you lay your money down?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=clJb...
10.02.2025 11:55 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Eagles vs. Chiefs? I’m rooting for the halftime show. Song Lyric of the Day #1,496: “Sit down / Be humble” www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvTR...
09.02.2025 12:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Minnewaska State Park! I hike here every summer. Still haven’t spotted my innie. #severance
08.02.2025 18:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Until further notice, this is the lyric to beat for Slotty of the Year. Song Lyric of the Day #1,495: “I love you all the way to hell and back / I love you tied up on the train tracks / I love you clear as day and in the dark / I love you sleeping on my dead left arm” www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq3b...
08.02.2025 12:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Unlike at your grocery store, the price of song lyrics about eggs will never go up. And that’s my promise to you. Song Lyric of the Day #1,494: “I am the eggman” www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuCe...
07.02.2025 12:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’m not crying, you’re crying. From Gillian Welch & David Rawlings’ Grammy-winning folk album, SLOTD #1,493: “I used to dream of something unseen / It was something that I thought I wanted so bad / Now I only want / What we had, what we had, what we had” www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPx1...
06.02.2025 12:09 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I’d like to thank my family, my producer and all my incredible fans for awarding the Grammy for best rock song to St. Vincent’s “Broken Man,” one of my faves of 2024. Song Lyric of the Day #1,492: “And what are you looking at? / Like you’ve never seen a broken man” www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYJx...
05.02.2025 11:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Let’s spotlight some of the other Grammy winners—not named Chappell, Kendrick or Beyoncé—starting with Sierra, who won FOUR. Song Lyric of the Day #1,491: “I’m American dreamin’ / But I never seem to get no rest” www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8e9...
04.02.2025 12:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The honors keep coming for Beyoncé. Last night, she finally gets her Grammy for album of the year. Today, Song Lyric of the Day #1,490: “Said I wouldn’t saddle up, but / If that ain’t country, tell me what is?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=m62T...
03.02.2025 12:10 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We'll close out Restaurant Week vegan style, with Song Lyric of the Day #1,489: “So what do you do? / Oh yeah, I wait tables, too / No, I haven’t heard your band / 'Cause you guys are pretty new” www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU3m...
02.02.2025 12:37 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
As we continue our lyrical feast during Restaurant Week, @rogan222.bsky.social wins a Michelin star for requesting Song Lyric of the Day #1,488: “You do dinners at French Laundry in Napa Valley / Scallops and glasses of Dolce, that shit’s right up your alley” www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPUU...
01.02.2025 12:33 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Halfway through Restaurant Week and we’re not even close to full. @annietward.bsky.social wins, well, anything she wants for requesting Song Lyric of the Day #1,487: “You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant / Excepting Alice” www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57g...
31.01.2025 12:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
