#The weakerthans

[narcissistcookbook]

my spotify algorithm-generated sex mix (like chex mix) features Virtute The Cat Explains Her Departure by The Weakerthans into You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen, and no one has ever had that kind of sex

[poppiesandpromises]

My somewhat awful cover of night windows by the weakerthans. Also, I am not playing an Actual recorder. Sorry for the disappointment.

[kyt-online]

i know you're strong.. the weakerthans - plea from a cat name virtue

[fuck-you-upmusicbracket]

Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure (The Weakerthans)

After scrapping with the ferals and the tabby/Let you brush my matted fur/How I'd knead into your chest while you were sleeping/Shallow breathing made me purr/But I can't remember the sound that you found for me/I can't remember the sound that you found for me/I can't remember the sound

And when the voices died/I emerged to watch abandoned machines/Waiting for their men to return/I remember the way I would wait for you/To arrive with kibble and a box full of beer/How I'd scratch the empties desperate to hear/You make the sound that you found for me

"This song is a sequel to plea from a cat named virtute, still from virtute's perspective. it's set after virtute runs away, not getting the attention or care she needs from her owner. she talks about her time on the streets; hearing her owner calling for her, "missing steps in the street" as he searches under cars, calling for her, his "anger pleading in an uncertain key." living through the winters, watching the abandoned construction lot and thinking of her time with her owner, how she'd knock over beer bottles to get his attention, how he'd take care of her after she fought the stray cats outside and she'd sleep on his chest. the part that KILLS me though, is the repeating line; "the sound that you found for me." this is how virtute refers to the name her owner gave her; it's the sound he found to call her by. and the ending chorus of the song says that she *can't remember it.* she forgot the name he gave her. she can't remember the sound that he found for her."

"The song is from the perspective of a cat who runs away because her owner has fallen deeper into alcoholism and depression and is no longer taking care of her. As time passes she laments on the past and misses the days when she was loved, when her owner would "sing the sound they found for her" (her name.) it ends with her stating that she can no longer remember that sound. i can't listen to this song without feeling the urge to cry. it's almost soothing, like a lullaby. easy to break down to."

"This song is from the perspective of a cat that runs away from her owner, after his depression and alcoholism cause him to neglect her. in particular, it's about her forgetting the name he used to call her. (the good news is, this song is part of a saga of four songs ‐ in the last two songs, losing his cat is the push for her owner to start healing and doing better <3)"

Ducky Momo Is My Friend (Phineas and Ferb)

When I was small, the world was such a strange place/And that was all until I saw his strange face/Quacking in slow-mo/Ducky Momo is my friend...The hidden girl who risked so much to be here/Showing my face is a no-no/But Ducky Momo's still my friend

"I relate to that last verse and it hurts in the best way. I've been getting better about it lately but particularly in my late teen years I felt like I had to hide how much I loved things people thought I was "too old" for. Basically Phineas and Ferb is to me what Ducky Momo is to Candace so this song hits me hard"

Virtute the Cat... submitted by @shadybug + others

[1000-silverfish-in-a-hoodie]

I’ve reached the point where I’m running off of coffee and early 2000’s Canadian alt. rock

[arsenicflame]

A transparent Virtute for you, scanned from the back of the Winter Wheat booklet <3

(As a bonus, here's the one from the Vivat Virtute website too, I love her so much.)

[their-we-go]

Lyrics from “This Is a Fire Door Never Leave Open” by The Weakerthans

[punkrockmixtapes]

The Weakerthans - Ringing of Revolution

[paintingsandrecords]

paul baribeau; ink and watercolor

last fifteen days listening:

allan sherman - more folk songs by allan sherman and friends

paul baribeau - pul baribeau

sparks -gratuitous sax and senseless violins

off! - free lsd

various - one great tribute: a love letter to the weakerthans

frank turner - no man’s land

boogie down productions - edutainment

various - dr. demento covered in punk

the pist - is risen

the glory stompers - abandoned youth

the pist - input equals output album one

[audart]

Sun in an empty room

[starstruck76]

Bowery Ballroom lineup, 2004

[helloitsbees]

hi there. you scrolling through tumblr. you look like you have a spare twelve minutes and seven seconds that you can use to change your entire life.

[ggenggar-draws]

based on Virtute The Cat Explains Her Departure by The Weakerthans (lyrics and beginner sketch under the cut)

It had something to do with the rain

Leaching loamy dirt

And the way the back lane came alive

Half moon whispered, "Go"

For a while I heard you

Missing steps in the street

And your anger pleading

In an uncertain key

Singing the sound that you found for me

When the winter took the tips of my ears

Found this noisy home

Full of pigeons and places to hide

And when the voices die

I emerged to watch abandoned machines

Waiting for their men to return

I remember the way

I would wait for you

To arrive with kibble

And a box full of beer

How I'd scratch the empties

Desperate to hear

You make the sound that you found for me

After scrapping with the ferals and the tabby

Let you brush my matted fur

How I'd knead into your chest while you were sleeping

Shallow breathing made me purr

But I can't remember the sound that you found for me

I can't remember the sound that you found for me

I can't remember the sound

[liesonthefloordramatically]

But you're not coming home again And I won't ever get to say Remember how… I'm sorry that… I miss the way it could be Remember how… I'm sorry that… I miss the way it could be

[crudely-drawn-ben]

Peachtober day 20: "Rest."

Content warning/credit: "Virtute at rest" by John K Sampson.