Every year fed up and dissolusioned salt lakers quit their jobs and take their addictions on the road in some sort of west coast pilgrimage. Portland is a song about how rugged individualism can lead to isolation; a reminder that wherever you go, there you are.
I will travel lightly
I see that your eyes are sore
There will be no witnesses
To speak or greet it anymore
I will marry badly
I will sell my fortune there
I won’t need it where I’m going
Babe, I’ll get on out of your hair
I don’t need your pity
I don’t need a ride
I have found my edges
Tracking down that line
I’ll go down to Portland
I hear they’ve got bridges there
I’ve got water to send flowing under our affair
I have been vagrant
I’ve been on the road for days
I forgot my name
Just to forget your face
I don’t need your pity
I don’t need a ride
I have found my edges
Tracking down that line
City skyline
Where the late sun shines
So I don’t mind the rain
If it’ll wash me clean again
I don’t need your pity
I don’t need a ride
I have found my edges
Tracking down that line
I’ll go down to Portland
I hear they’ve got bridges there
I’ve got water to send flowing under our affair
Portland was written by Sergio Marticorena & Michael Collins & Jessica McCombs & DAve Crespo.
Portland was produced by Will Holland.
Spirit Machines released Portland on Thu Apr 02 2020.