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Erik Fatemi

@erikfatemi.bsky.social

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Song Lyric of the Day, politics and fiction. “Obviously,” replied Don Quixote, “you are not used to this business of adventures. Those are giants.”

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Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

. @identitytheory.bsky.social published my very first short story a few years ago, and gave me the confidence to keep writing. So grateful that they found a place for my latest one, “A Good Cause.”

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Exciting to be part of this tomorrow at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social!

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social! Incredibly thrilled to be on this list. And here's the story: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fatemi/th...

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The Algorithm (A Love Story) | matchbook

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

So honored by this. Thank you!

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I'm taking a short detox from social media, so this’ll be the last lyric for a bit. Back soon! But until then, take it easy. Song Lyric of the Day #1,510: “We may lose and we may win / Though we will never be here again” www.youtube.com/watch?v=5igD...

Eagles - Take it Easy (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Eagles

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Song Lyric of the Day #1,509: “Oh, when darkness comes / And pain is all around / Like a bridge over troubled water / I will lay me down” www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G-Y...

Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Audio)

YouTube video by SimonGarfunkelVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Look, I work in DC so I’m not one to talk. But still. Get it together. Song Lyric of the Day #1,508: “New York, I love you but you’re bringing me down” www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5kM...

New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

YouTube video by LCD Soundsystem - Topic

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Every month is Black History Month here at SLOTD HQ, but especially in February. Let’s go way back with Song Lyric of the Day #1,507: “Born under a bad sign / Been down since I began to crawl / If it wasn't for bad luck / You know I wouldn't have no luck at all” www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Py3...

Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign

YouTube video by englishnbloodyproudo

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

85 candles today for the one and only Smokey Robinson. Song Lyric of the Day #1,506: “Now if there’s a smile on my face / It’s only there trying to fool the public / But when it comes down to fooling you / Now honey that’s quite a different subject” www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcd9...

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (1967)

YouTube video by moondoggy

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

All hope is not lost. Spring training has begun and my Washington Nationals are still undefeated. Song Lyric of the Day #1,505: “Put me in, coach / I’m ready to play today / Look at me, I can be centerfield” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq3h...

John Fogerty - Centerfield

YouTube video by JohnFogertyVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Happy Presidents of the United States of America Day to all who celebrate! Song Lyric of the Day #1,504: “If I had my little way, I’d eat peaches every day” www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GCr...

The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches (Official HD Music Video)

YouTube video by The Presidents of the United States of America

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

In more ways than one, sadly. Song Lyric of the Day #1,503: “The sandy beaches drift in time / And the changing tide I know / Won’t bring me back to yesterday / And the Gulf of Mexico” www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9tt...

The Gulf Of Mexico

YouTube video by Clint Black - Topic

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

HBD to Conor Oberst, your favorite songwriter’s favorite songwriter. Song Lyric of the Day #1,502: “Yours is the first face that I saw / I think I was blind before I met you / And I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been / But I know where I want to go” www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUBY...

Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Saddle Creek

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day! Song Lyric of the Day #1,501: “Cupid, draw back your bow / And let your arrow go / Straight to my lover’s heart for me, for me” www.youtube.com/watch?v=S28t...

Sam Cooke - Cupid (Original Version with lyrics)

YouTube video by GoLittleSlowly

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

1500!!! @rogan222.bsky.social has the perfect lyric to mark this historic occasion. Song Lyric of the Day #1,500: “1500 turned to a 15,000 / 1500 turned to a 30,000 / 1500 turned to a 50,000 / 1500 turned to a million dollas” genius.com/Rich-homie-q...

Rich Homie Quan (Ft. Boosie Badazz & Peewee Longway) – 1500

[Chorus: Rich Homie Quan] / Spend more than 1500 on the clothes / 1500 fo’ the short, 1500 fo’ the belt, nigga / 1500 fo’ the shirt, 1500 fo’ the app, nigga / 1500 fo’ the pants

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Let’s hear it for the big dogs! Congrats to Monty, the Giant Schnauzer who won Best in Show last night at the Westminster Dog Show. Song Lyric of the Day #1,499: “Move over little dog, ’cause the big dog’s moving in” www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lza...

Move it on Over - Hank Williams

YouTube video by gduwen

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Hamilton Leithauser’s “Knockin’ Heart” is my favorite new song of the year so far. Song Lyric of the Day #1,498: “From the courtship to the chapel / From the branches to the apple / To the elegy in the bone yard / You’ll be knockin’ in my heart” www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OqM...

Hamilton Leithauser - Knockin’ Heart (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Hamilton Leithauser

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

3 more days until SLOTD #1,500!!! Who's got one that worthy for this historic occasion? Message me *privately* and you could win a fabulous prize!

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

No more new pennies??? That wouldn’t be a problem for CCR. Song Lyric of the Day #1,497: “You don’t need a penny just to hang around / But if you’ve got a nickel, won’t you lay your money down?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=clJb...

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Down On The Corner

YouTube video by masterofacdcsuckaS

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Eagles vs. Chiefs? I’m rooting for the halftime show. Song Lyric of the Day #1,496: “Sit down / Be humble” www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvTR...

Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.

YouTube video by KendrickLamarVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Minnewaska State Park! I hike here every summer. Still haven’t spotted my innie. #severance

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Until further notice, this is the lyric to beat for Slotty of the Year. Song Lyric of the Day #1,495: “I love you all the way to hell and back / I love you tied up on the train tracks / I love you clear as day and in the dark / I love you sleeping on my dead left arm” www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq3b...

Julien Baker & TORRES - "Sugar in the Tank" (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Julien Baker

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Unlike at your grocery store, the price of song lyrics about eggs will never go up. And that’s my promise to you. Song Lyric of the Day #1,494: “I am the eggman” www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuCe...

The Beatles- 06- I Am The Walrus (2009 Mono Remaster)

YouTube video by Mike Macchione

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I’m not crying, you’re crying. From Gillian Welch & David Rawlings’ Grammy-winning folk album, SLOTD #1,493: “I used to dream of something unseen / It was something that I thought I wanted so bad / Now I only want / What we had, what we had, what we had” www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPx1...

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - What We Had (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Acony Records

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I’d like to thank my family, my producer and all my incredible fans for awarding the Grammy for best rock song to St. Vincent’s “Broken Man,” one of my faves of 2024. Song Lyric of the Day #1,492: “And what are you looking at? / Like you’ve never seen a broken man” www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYJx...

St. Vincent - Broken Man (Official)

YouTube video by StVincentVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Let’s spotlight some of the other Grammy winners—not named Chappell, Kendrick or Beyoncé—starting with Sierra, who won FOUR. Song Lyric of the Day #1,491: “I’m American dreamin’ / But I never seem to get no rest” www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8e9...

Sierra Ferrell - American Dreaming (Official Video)

YouTube video by SierraFerrellVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The honors keep coming for Beyoncé. Last night, she finally gets her Grammy for album of the year. Today, Song Lyric of the Day #1,490: “Said I wouldn’t saddle up, but / If that ain’t country, tell me what is?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=m62T...

AMERIICAN REQUIEM (Audio) - Beyoncé

YouTube video by Obsidian Music

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

We'll close out Restaurant Week vegan style, with Song Lyric of the Day #1,489: “So what do you do? / Oh yeah, I wait tables, too / No, I haven’t heard your band / 'Cause you guys are pretty new” www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU3m...

The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

YouTube video by TheDandyWarholsVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

As we continue our lyrical feast during Restaurant Week, @rogan222.bsky.social wins a Michelin star for requesting Song Lyric of the Day #1,488: “You do dinners at French Laundry in Napa Valley / Scallops and glasses of Dolce, that shit’s right up your alley” www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPUU...

YouTube video by Drake - Topic

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Halfway through Restaurant Week and we’re not even close to full. @annietward.bsky.social wins, well, anything she wants for requesting Song Lyric of the Day #1,487: “You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant / Excepting Alice” www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57g...

Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording

YouTube video by Stiletto

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Even werewolves gotta eat during Restaurant Week. @seakurtn.bsky.social knows just the place. Song Lyric of the Day #1,486: “He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook’s / Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein” www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6M8...

Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London (Official Audio)

YouTube video by RHINO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This was a first for me—reading a short story in public where an audience had no choice but to listen! Thanks to Little Patuxent Review for including “Path of Totality” in its Winter 2025 issue, and then hosting a launch party to showcase some of the stories & poems. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9tA...

YouTube video by LittlePatuxentVideo

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

It’s Restaurant Week, so place your order! @a-to-the-k.bsky.social wins a free slider for requesting Song Lyric of the Day #1,485: “We got determination, bass and highs / White Castle fries only come in one size” www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFES...

YouTube video by Beastie Boys - Topic

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

What’s your favorite lyric about restaurants? Message me privately, and you could win 50% off your next SLOTD!

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Exciting new theme! It’s Restaurant Week in DC, NYC and here at SLOTD HQ. Song Lyric of the Day #1,484: “A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I’ll meet you anytime you want / In our Italian restaurant” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx8...

Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Official Audio)

YouTube video by billyjoelVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

“Blood on the Tracks” turned 50 last week. Where to even start? Let’s go with Song Lyric of the Day #1,483: “She was born in spring / But I was born too late / Blame it on a simple twist of fate” www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGnh...

Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate (Official Audio)

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Not all the news is bad. For example, the pandas are back in DC! So there’s that. Song Lyric of the Day #1,482: “Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo / I do believe it / I do believe it’s true” www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDu7...

Simon & Garfunkel - At The Zoo (Audio)

YouTube video by SimonGarfunkelVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Welp, that was a really long week. Song Lyric of the Day #1,481: “I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me” www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7fB...

The Mountain Goats - This Year (Official Video)

YouTube video by the Mountain Goats

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Warren Zevon never got the recognition he deserved. On his birthday, here’s SLOTD #1,480: “Don’t the sun look angry through the trees? / Don’t the trees look like crucified thieves? / Don’t you feel like desperados under the eaves? / Heaven help the one who leaves” www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTHu...

Desperados Under the Eaves

YouTube video by Warren Zevon - Topic

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

My favorite band that hardly anyone else knows would be Porridge Radio. Looking forward to seeing them sing this one live tonight in DC. Song Lyric of the Day #1,479: “Been trying to forgive myself / For wishing I was somebody else” www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWsp...

Porridge Radio - God Of Everything Else (Official Video)

YouTube video by PorridgeRadioVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Jason Isbell’s latest is an instant classic. Song Lyric of the Day #1,478: “And there were bars of steel, boys / And there werе bars to sing / And there werе bars with swinging doors / For all the times between” www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMUT...

Jason Isbell - Bury Me

YouTube video by Jason Isbell

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Grigori (“Rah-rah”) Rasputin, Russia’s greatest love machine, was born on this day in 1869. His legend will never die, thanks to Song Lyric of the Day #1,477: “Most people look at him with terror and with fear / But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_E...

Boney M. - Rasputin (Official Audio)

YouTube video by BoneyMVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

“We shall always march ahead.” Or as Beyoncé would put it, Song Lyric of the Day #1,476: “I’m-a keep running ’cause a winner don’t quit on themselves” www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh91...

BEYONCÉ - FREEDOM [LYRIC VIDEO]

YouTube video by LYRIC VIDEO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Happy 79th birthday to one of our national treasures, Dolly Parton. Song Lyric of the Day #1,475: “He talks about you in his sleep / And there’s nothin’ I can do to keep / From cryin’ when he calls your name, Jolene” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixrj...

Dolly Parton - Jolene (Audio)

YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Even if TikTok goes dark tomorrow, we’ll still have Song Lyric of the Day #1,474: “Tick tock tick /Doo doo doo-doo” www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuXw...

Fly Like An Eagle

YouTube video by Steve Miller Band - Topic

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

From “Twin Peaks” to “Blue Velvet,” few directors used music as masterfully as David Lynch. Song Lyric of the Day #1,473: “She wore blue velvet / Bluer than velvet was the night / Softer than satin was the light / From the stars” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twuz...

Blue Velvet - Opening Sequence

YouTube video by A Film Channel

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

And if it stays this cold, they might stay up until February. Song Lyric of the Day #1,472: “We could leave the Christmas lights up ’til January / This is our place, we make the rules” www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BjZ...

Taylor Swift - Lover (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by TaylorSwiftVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

On this day in music history, the Who released their first single. It was 60 years ago … which I can’t explain. Song Lyric of the Day #1,471: “I’m getting’ funny dreams again and again / I know what it means, but / Can’t explain” www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3h-...

The Who - I Can't Explain

YouTube video by TheWhoVEVO

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Anna B Savage makes her SLOTD debut with one of my early faves of the year. Song Lyric of the Day #1,470: “And I know he’ll guide me home / And I see the lights are on / He’s my lighthouse, he is home / He’s my lighthouse for one” www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOBR...

Anna B Savage - Lighthouse (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Anna B Savage

Erik Fatemi @erikfatemi.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Last night Washington’s football team won its first playoff game since January 2006. How long ago was that? Maybe this will help. Song Lyric of the Day #1,469: “Whatcha gonna do with all that junk / All that junk inside your trunk?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe_...

The Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

YouTube video by BlackEyedPeasVEVO