ODESSA

BIRU

24” x 24”, oil on canvas, 2025

LYRICS BY CARIBOU

taking it slow

saving up, she

before she knows it,

all i ask before she goes home

she’s tired of crying

and sick of his lies

she’s suffered him for far too many years of her life

feeling low and scared that he’ll say

do you know, how over time, you drove her away?

saving up for the day when she goes

the day that she stands up for everything that she chose

she can say, she can say

who knows what she’s gonna say?

she can say

saving up for the day when she goes

the day that she stands up for everything she chose

taking the kids and driving away

turn around the life she let him siphon away

and i’ve been with you

for all of these years

tell you what i’ve got to show for all of my tears

the times you hurt me

and treated me wrong

something had to give to stop this thing from going on

she can say, she can say

who knows what shes's gonna say?

she can say