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Matchbox
Day 905- June 24, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
The Ballad of Phil and Phyllis (FULL) (Lyric Video)
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Joy Woods, Grant Steller
PHIL:
You can have the fame, Phyllis
I’d give up all the fame
You can have the overbearing stares
The noisy crowds
The holy shadow
And the shame, Phyllis!
But don’t pretend you want this
Don’t be so naïve
I’ll say these words again and again
But by then you’re bound to leave
They always leave
Why must you leave?
PHYLLIS:
Well, I guess I’m just like the rest
PHIL:
Why must you leave?
PHYLLIS:
We can’t all live forever
I sure was never as blessed
PHIL:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
The burrows we made will eventually fade
And I’ll be left to sing the same old song
But if nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Why am I the one who’s cursed to see
The sprout begin to spawn
Till the things I know are gone
Till everyone moves on but…
Hold me, Phyllis
Hold me like an apricot
Hold me like the world is not about to wave goodbye
PHYLLIS:
You watched my fur turn grey
PHIL:
I don’t like “goodbye”
PHYLLIS:
How many times have you had to say….
PHIL:
Please don’t say…
BOTH:
Goodbye
PHYLLIS:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
That’s what they say, Phil
It all goes away, Phil
But something deep inside me knows they’re wrong
If nothing’s supposed to live forever
I’ll give you a part of me I guarantee you’ll find
In the winters and the springs
In the song your shadow sings
Forever is the things I leave behind
PHIL:
Behind?
PHYLLIS:
You’ll see me in their smile
And their claws
Will make you take pause
And maybe the burrows we made
PHIL: The burrows we made
PHYLLIS: Will come back to your mind
PHIL: The burrows we made will eventually fade
PHYLLIS: Back when we weren’t afraid the sun
PHIL: And I can’t persuade the sun
To let us rewind
PHYLLIS: Would set and let
PHIL: Let us start over
PHYLLIS: us leave our last duet…
PHIL: Before you leave me…
BOTH: Behind
PHYLLIS: Are the ones who go ever truly gone
When you’re…
BOTH: Holding on to who you leave behind
PHYLLIS: Who you leave…
PHIL: Hold me, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: Behind
PHIL: Why can’t you stay forever?
PHYLLIS:
I can see forever
Just by looking in your eyes
PHIL: Dry your eyes
PHYLLIS:
That’s the thing with love…
It multiplies and multiplies and
Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: But the tighter you hold me
PHIL: The deeper you look in my eyes
BOTH: The more that can’t be true
PHYLLIS: And the sprout begins to spawn
PHIL: In the winters and the springs
PHYLLIS: And the things I know are gone
PHIL: In the song shadow sings
BOTH: Till everyone moves on but us two
Cause…
PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: How can I live forever
PHYLLIS: Without you
PHIL: Without you?
Longest Day of the Year
Day 903 - June 21, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Running Out of Time Again
Day. 902 - June 20, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Flowers
Day 901 - June 19, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
900
Day 900 - June 18, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
The Way It Used to Be
Day 899 - June 17, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Little Tasks
Day 898 - June 15, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Other Mothers (Punch's Soliloquy)
Day 783 - February 21, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Punch:
Other mothers jump and play
Seem to have a lot to say
Mine doesn’t really make a sound
Other mothers eat bamboo
Always have a lot to do
Mine doesn’t seem to move around
When all the others run away
I’m lucky my mom seems to stay
But other mothers stand and fight
Always hold their children tight
And never let the world attack
So why, oh why, does my mom
Never seem to hug me back?
Where Can I Take A Poop
Day 872 - May 21, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Where can I take a poop in NYC
I don’t have time to make it home right now
I’ve looked high and I’ve looked looked low
Guess I’ll have to hold it in somehow
Guess I’ll have to hold it in somehow
Renovations (long time coming)
Day 871 - May 20, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Renovations at my Trader Joe’s
Don’t make it easy for his doors to close
But every shopper on the west side knows
It’s a long time coming
I went to pioneer pretending it’s fine
I kinda miss doin’ my shopping in line
I guess I never learned to read the sign
Of a long time coming
So shut your doors
Lock me out
I’ll keep waiting
Let me know
When your aisles
Are finished renovating
Over
Day 870 - May 19, 2026
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Where is the day
That I thought that I had
Is it over
Why does our time
Always seem to go bad
Is it over
How many days do I let slip on by
The same way they did way back then
How times will I fail to ask
Why is it over
And over again?
Now Trending
The Ballad of Phil and Phyllis (FULL)
12,146 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Grant Steller, Joy Woods
PHIL:
You can have the fame, Phyllis
I’d give up all the fame
You can have the overbearing stares
The noisy crowds
The holy shadow
And the shame, Phyllis!
But don’t pretend you want this
Don’t be so naïve
I’ll say these words again and again
But by then you’re bound to leave
They always leave
Why must you leave?
PHYLLIS:
Well, I guess I’m just like the rest
PHIL:
Why must you leave?
PHYLLIS:
We can’t all live forever
I sure was never as blessed
PHIL:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
The burrows we made will eventually fade
And I’ll be left to sing the same old song
But if nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
Why am I the one who’s cursed to see
The sprout begin to spawn
Till the things I know are gone
Till everyone moves on but…
Hold me, Phyllis
Hold me like an apricot
Hold me like the world is not about to wave goodbye
PHYLLIS:
You watched my fur turn grey
PHIL:
I don’t like “goodbye”
PHYLLIS:
How many times have you had to say….
PHIL:
Please don’t say…
BOTH:
Goodbye
PHYLLIS:
Nothing’s supposed to live forever
Nothing’s supposed to last that long
That’s what they say, Phil
It all goes away, Phil
But something deep inside me knows they’re wrong
If nothing’s supposed to live forever
I’ll give you a part of me I guarantee you’ll find
In the winters and the springs
In the song your shadow sings
Forever is the things I leave behind
PHIL:
Behind?
PHYLLIS:
You’ll see me in their smile
And their claws
Will make you take pause
And maybe the burrows we made
PHIL: The burrows we made
PHYLLIS: Will come back to your mind
PHIL: The burrows we made will eventually fade
PHYLLIS: Back when we weren’t afraid the sun
PHIL: And I can’t persuade the sun
To let us rewind
PHYLLIS: Would set and let
PHIL: Let us start over
PHYLLIS: us leave our last duet…
PHIL: Before you leave me…
BOTH: Behind
PHYLLIS: Are the ones who go ever truly gone
When you’re…
BOTH: Holding on to who you leave behind
PHYLLIS: Who you leave…
PHIL: Hold me, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: Behind
PHIL: Why can’t you stay forever?
PHYLLIS:
I can see forever
Just by looking in your eyes
PHIL: Dry your eyes
PHYLLIS:
That’s the thing with love…
It multiplies and multiplies and
Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever, Phyllis
PHYLLIS: But the tighter you hold me
PHIL: The deeper you look in my eyes
BOTH: The more that can’t be true
PHYLLIS: And the sprout begins to spawn
PHIL: In the winters and the springs
PHYLLIS: And the things I know are gone
PHIL: In the song shadow sings
BOTH: Till everyone moves on but us two
Cause…
PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHYLLIS: Nothing’s supposed to live forever
PHIL: How can I live forever
PHYLLIS: Without you
PHIL: Without you?
Bunnies (FINAL)
August 28, 2025
8,991 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
There were bunnies that were jumping on a trampoline
And I just learned that they weren’t real
If a bot can inhabit
An unknowing rabbit
It might manufacture the way you made me feel
How do I know that the sky’s really sunny?
Sometimes it feels like your love is as real
As an unknowing bunny
There’s a woman who was talking on my TV screen
And I just learned she doesn’t exist
Her heart was created
Her voice generated
Her soul hasn’t lived
And her lips have not been kissed
How do I know that the sky’s really sunny?
Now you can change how it looks with a wave of your hand
And a fuck ton of money
Am I just an unknowing bunny?
Am I just an unknowing bunny?
Hopping along
Bouncing away
While the clouds are crying
But we cover their tears with a bright sunny day
And forget we’re lying
So, forget about pain
Forget how to try
Forget how the rain used to dance with the sky
Till you no long care how the hair of a hare used to feel
Cause your mind’s made of lead
And your heart’s made of steel
There were bunnies that were jumping on a trampoline
And I just learned that they weren’t real
Reorganize
Day 753 - January 22, 2026
6,397 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I thought I would reorganize my drawer
Cause the mess was getting harder to ignore
So I emptied all the trash
And it started looking better
But I couldn’t find a place for this old and distant letter
So I might as well reorganize my bins
Cause my stickers should be separate from my pins
And my cords should have a home
And my tools should have a case—Fork!
My letter still doesn’t have a place
So I might as well reorganize my room
Cause I didn’t even know I had perfume
I guess it comes as no surprise
It’s hard to use your old supplies
Until you can reorganize your strife
So it’s time that I reorganize my life
I Don't Remember Birthdays (FINAL)
6,297 plays
Lyrics: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I don’t remember birthdays
It’s not that I don’t try
I check Facebook every morning
For a whisper of a warning
To decide if I should open my heart
Or simply cry
That I remember every day you walk away
From who we used to be
‘Cause you remember birthdays
You remember mine
But you don’t remember me
I don’t remember movies
Or how the story ends
If you ask me to explain another plot,
You’ll find my brain begin to rot with—
Were they lovers?
Were they strangers?
Were they friends?
Still I remember how damn real
You made me feel
What scene can I have missed?
So watch another movie
Write another ending
And forget that I exist
Forget about all the times
We were scared together
Forget about all the dreams
That we dared together
If all the love that we shared together
Was just a charade
Then I’m still afraid that
I don’t remember birthdays
Or the song we used to sing
But it’s hard to find the comfort
In the pain as I refrain
From our refrain
To let it play, let it end, let it sting
If I could make these words rewind
I’d try to find
Some hook, some line, some clue
That you remember birthdays
You remember mine
‘Cause I remember…
You
Happy Birthday to you
How many years I thought I knew you…
How many candles on the cake?
How many wishes could I make for you
To take my hand and stay?
But now it’s just another day
Just another movie
Just another song that rings
With all the things you’re not
So I forget
How you forgot
I don’t remember birthdays
I’ve looked for many cures
But no matter how much empathy I spend
It seems my heartstrings never mend
‘Til I pretend that I don’t remember yours
So close the door and walk away
From yesterday and who we used to be
Till you remember birthdays
You remember mine
And you remember me
Me in a Year
Day 1 - January 01, 2024
5,093 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
He doesn’t second guess the clothes he wears
He doesn’t base his words
On faded dreams and jaded stares
He writes a new verse
With no one to please
He looks in the mirror and likes what he sees
He doesn’t seem far but he’s not near
Oh
And his eyes look just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can’t see?
Oh
Maybe it’s a little more love
Maybe it’s a little less fear
Maybe that’s me in a year
Maybe that’s me in a year
He turns all his losses into wins
'Cause he doesn’t live his life in should've dones and could’ve beens
He goes for the gold
He lands on his face
He takes the next step and gets back in the race
But that doesn’t make him disappear
Oh
And his eyes are just like mine
And he smiles just like me
What can he see that I can’t see?
Maybe it’s a little more love
Maybe it’s a little less fear
Maybe that’s me in a year
Song a Day 568
Day 568 - July 21, 2025
4,244 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Yesterday was one of the most special days I’ve ever had.
I’m such a lucky guy. My only complaint is that I had so
much fomo because there were people from so many aspects
of my life that I desperately wanted to hang with and
introduce to each other so if you were there or watching the
livestream holy moly thank you literally please hang out
with me I love you. Thanks for having me @Joe’s Pub
Song a Day 568
At Joe’s Pub
July 21, 2025
(Yesterday)
I like beginnings
More than ends
That doesn’t mean I like to start
No
I’m never certain how to start
(Good Art sign) Close? (sigh)
Is it worth beginning?
Well, that depends
Is it real or is it “smart”?
No
Is it something from my heart?
Gross
I know my words never come out perfect
I know my notes still have room to grow
But too long I’ve let the fear of saying “goodbye”
Keep me from saying “hello”
So hello!
That fear is hard to part with
But tonight I’ll try to start with what I know:
(“The Ballad of Phil and Phyllis” music)
It’s my first solo show
It’s the opening song
I started it yesterday
So it’s not that strong
But you’re really here
I know it’s very late
So thanks for coming down on
Day 568
Time comes time goes
And you never think you’re ready
I don’t know if I’m ready
New dreams new clothes
Though the path may feel unsteady
Just look at where it led eventually!
Cause it’s hard to see
What lies beyond the highs and lows
If it means something tomorrow…
No one really knows
Cause one day you have no clue
How to write any words worth saying
And then the next day
You’re playing it at Joe’s
At Joe’s!
It’s my first solo show
It’s the opening song
And my voice may crack
But I’ll sing it strong
Cause you’re really here
So let’s celebrate
When my skies were looking grey
With you I found a ray
Of love and hope and joy
On Day 568
Bunnies (Instrumental)
August 02, 2025
3,337 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Instrumental of Part 1
There were bunnies that were jumping on a trampoline
And I just learned that they weren’t real
If a bot can inhabit
An unknowing rabbit
It might manufacture the way you made me feel
How do I know that the sky’s really sunny?
Sometimes it feels like your love is as real
As an unknowing bunny
My Dream Last Night
Day 676 - November 06, 2025
2,497 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
I wrote a really good song
In my dream last night
But I forgot the way it goes
And as much as I try to remember it
Only the ghost of my dream knows
Oh, there was a melody I found
Oh, felt like that best one I had written
The best one I would write
Perhaps I’ll hear the song again
When I go to bed tonight
Ayame
Day 146 - May 25, 2024
1,757 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
If the Ayamé-Yuval-Oliver love triangle was a musical…
Yuval:
Grosvenor house
London
Too easy
Firmdale
Soho
Sixth floor
It was the drink that gave you away
Love can be cruel
Love can be ignorant and cheesy
But love is a game I like to play
You leave me a clue in the lamp
In the bed…
In the pixelated picture frame behind you
Even the color of your walls would be enough to find you
Ayame
I hardly say “I love you”
But wherever the road may be winding
Nothing will keep me from finding
Ayame
There’s no one else above you
Through all the fears that surround me
Somehow you found me
You Are Glass
Day 745 - January 14, 2026
1,566 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman, Kaden MacKay
Performed By: Oliver Richman, Kaden MacKay
You are glass
Cold and brittle
So I never push too hard
Cause you break
From so little
And I cut myself on every shard
I wish that you were clearer
And could see my point of view
You are glass
Thick and blurry
So you see the worst parts first
You’re a pane
And I worry
That your temper’s always primed to burst
You wish that I was clearer
And could see your point of view
But if I’m glass then I’m a mirror
So you’re seeing only you
Spam
Day 658 - October 19, 2025
1,456 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
Made a song from the iPhone default ringtone
Inspired by Apple’s "Reflection"
Spam
Just a ringtone and a memory
Spam
Just whatever’s left of you and me
Spam
When I call it never used to be spam
Spam is my only chance of getting through
Damn
If only you remembered who I am
Maybe then I could stop leaving you spam
September
Day 610 - September 01, 2025
1,402 plays
Lyrics | Music: Oliver Richman
Performed By: Oliver Richman
September
Can’t believe you’re finally here again
It’s my favorite time of year again
Waiting for the day that you return
Wondering if you remember
How the leaves looked not too long ago
I can still hear how your song would go
Leaving me a lesson I don’t learn
Well maybe next September
Maybe next September
