Gordie
@wordsofgord.bsky.social
These are the words of Gord Downie.
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Gordie
@wordsofgord.bsky.social
· Jan 18
Hello and welcome.
“Because up here in this northern bedroom, there’s four seasons: grieve and grow, and, brood and bloom.”
September 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“Because up here in this northern bedroom, there’s four seasons: grieve and grow, and, brood and bloom.”
“It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place”
This new-found malaise
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place”
June 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place”
This new-found malaise
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place”
“She says springtime's coming, wait ‘til you see, its poking through with them shoots of beauty, it’s the end of rent-a-movie weather, it’s time to end this siege together”
March 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“She says springtime's coming, wait ‘til you see, its poking through with them shoots of beauty, it’s the end of rent-a-movie weather, it’s time to end this siege together”
“I'm not afraid of convincingness, I'm just uncertain for sure. I'm in awe of no one, I'm made for this, teach me what to want
And though I'm not yet earnest enough, not unblinkingly sincere,
I'm over here”
And though I'm not yet earnest enough, not unblinkingly sincere,
I'm over here”
March 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“I'm not afraid of convincingness, I'm just uncertain for sure. I'm in awe of no one, I'm made for this, teach me what to want
And though I'm not yet earnest enough, not unblinkingly sincere,
I'm over here”
And though I'm not yet earnest enough, not unblinkingly sincere,
I'm over here”
“He said, 'Fuck this' and 'Fuck that' And this guy's the diplomat”
March 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
“He said, 'Fuck this' and 'Fuck that' And this guy's the diplomat”
"When it's raining, you can either reflect, or you can ramble . . . I say you choose the latter.”
February 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"When it's raining, you can either reflect, or you can ramble . . . I say you choose the latter.”
“It’s a good life if you don’t weaken . . . and it’s a good life if you do.”
February 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“It’s a good life if you don’t weaken . . . and it’s a good life if you do.”
“No sloganeering under the Big Top!!!”
February 19, 2025 at 5:08 AM
“No sloganeering under the Big Top!!!”
“I say, bring on the brand new renaissance, ‘cause I think I'm ready. I’ve been shaking all night long, but my hands are steady.”
February 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“I say, bring on the brand new renaissance, ‘cause I think I'm ready. I’ve been shaking all night long, but my hands are steady.”
“Love is the only virtue there is.”
February 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Love is the only virtue there is.”
“Instructions from the manual, could not have been much more plain. The blues are still required, the blues are still required again. Past territorial piss-posts. Past whispers in the closets. Past screamin' from the rooftops.
We live to survive our paradoxes”
We live to survive our paradoxes”
February 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
“Instructions from the manual, could not have been much more plain. The blues are still required, the blues are still required again. Past territorial piss-posts. Past whispers in the closets. Past screamin' from the rooftops.
We live to survive our paradoxes”
We live to survive our paradoxes”
“Bigger lights, bigger shadows. Bigger lights, bigger shadows.”
February 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Bigger lights, bigger shadows. Bigger lights, bigger shadows.”
“United states of riccohet, I’m a little tired of being blown away. In the dead of night or the light of day. I’d practically kill not be aftaid,
And I’m starting to sense its not okay.
So, I’m putting down, I’m puttin’ down, I’m puttin’ down”
And I’m starting to sense its not okay.
So, I’m putting down, I’m puttin’ down, I’m puttin’ down”
February 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“United states of riccohet, I’m a little tired of being blown away. In the dead of night or the light of day. I’d practically kill not be aftaid,
And I’m starting to sense its not okay.
So, I’m putting down, I’m puttin’ down, I’m puttin’ down”
And I’m starting to sense its not okay.
So, I’m putting down, I’m puttin’ down, I’m puttin’ down”
“His berating heart, grown thorny with sin and oh the silences, he don't listen to them. Whether he's just mean or wilfully dense
He says, "From life nothing; to death nothing"
He says, "From life nothing; to death nothing"
February 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“His berating heart, grown thorny with sin and oh the silences, he don't listen to them. Whether he's just mean or wilfully dense
He says, "From life nothing; to death nothing"
He says, "From life nothing; to death nothing"
“Keep your cigarettes, keep your toques. You’re gonna need ‘em.”
February 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Keep your cigarettes, keep your toques. You’re gonna need ‘em.”
“See when it starts, to fall apart
man, it really falls apart. Like boots or hearts, when they start, they really fall apart.”
man, it really falls apart. Like boots or hearts, when they start, they really fall apart.”
February 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“See when it starts, to fall apart
man, it really falls apart. Like boots or hearts, when they start, they really fall apart.”
man, it really falls apart. Like boots or hearts, when they start, they really fall apart.”
The Tragically Hip x Terry Fox - Courage
YouTube video by The Tragically Hip
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“What's troubling Gus? Overhearing conversations, but it's because you're too either them or me. Well, it's either them or it's us, anything that moves and everything you see is something to kill and eat”
February 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“What's troubling Gus? Overhearing conversations, but it's because you're too either them or me. Well, it's either them or it's us, anything that moves and everything you see is something to kill and eat”
“Turn your buckets over.”
“But there's a power beyond control
There's a fire in the hole
Ah, the nights are getting cold
All your secrets will be told
Turn your lanterns low”
📸 Clemens Rikken
There's a fire in the hole
Ah, the nights are getting cold
All your secrets will be told
Turn your lanterns low”
📸 Clemens Rikken
February 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
“Turn your buckets over.”
“What I want to know is . . . Whose initiation rites don’t require you to eat your own vomit!!”
February 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“What I want to know is . . . Whose initiation rites don’t require you to eat your own vomit!!”
“The secret rules of engagement are hard to endorse. When the appearance of conflict meets the appearance of force, but I can guarantee, there'll be no knock on the door, I'm total pro here, that's what I'm here for. “
February 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
“The secret rules of engagement are hard to endorse. When the appearance of conflict meets the appearance of force, but I can guarantee, there'll be no knock on the door, I'm total pro here, that's what I'm here for. “
“There's no simple explanation
for anything important any of us do. And, yeah, the human tragedy, consists in the necessity of living with consequences, under pressure.
Under pressure.”
for anything important any of us do. And, yeah, the human tragedy, consists in the necessity of living with consequences, under pressure.
Under pressure.”
January 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“There's no simple explanation
for anything important any of us do. And, yeah, the human tragedy, consists in the necessity of living with consequences, under pressure.
Under pressure.”
for anything important any of us do. And, yeah, the human tragedy, consists in the necessity of living with consequences, under pressure.
Under pressure.”
“Your fervent nationalism is making me nervous.”
January 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
“Your fervent nationalism is making me nervous.”
"This is a little ditty about Jack and Diane. Of course, they have their Canadian counterpart, Barb and Doug. A little ditty about Barb and Doug."
January 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"This is a little ditty about Jack and Diane. Of course, they have their Canadian counterpart, Barb and Doug. A little ditty about Barb and Doug."