Dorado · album · Jan 2026
Way of the World
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Tracks
- 1All the Way the World4:21
Lyrics
electro salvation over my head my facebook frustration leaving me read don’t watch it on the telephone don’t do what it said downloading in a marathon but no room in your head all the way the world, all the way the world’s coming down on you all the way the world all the way the world’s coming down on you more information then fits in your head upload your vibration after you’re dead don’t watch it on the telephone don’t do what it said downloading like a marathon no room in your head all the way the world, all the way the world’s coming down on you all the way the world all the way the world’s coming down on you so what you thinking when the weight of the world steady streaming hash-tagging, trolling tinder while you’re google tweeting always finding the time to chime in everyday like people trying to be liking the things you gotta say now take a second now to lift your head and look around see what you’re missing when your sitting just looking down at your netflix or a song pick, all the politics with the pp pics that shit is gonna make you sick
Modern living with the phone in your face: the whole world coming down on you, one download at a time.
- 2Easy3:09
Lyrics
we went to dinner and the drinks drove us into overtime you poked around my past mistakes so you could dig up a crime but who knows what you mean, you know i heard what you said i’ll suffer through the storm i sensed when the whole truth went unsaid this ain’t the summer season ending of a hollywood dream just slipping quickly through a credit rolling cigarette scene IT AINT EASY, WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM IT AINT EASY, i GOT NOTHING TO DO IT AINT EASY, WHEN I’M LYING IN BED IT AINT EASY, YOU did WHAT YOU SAID Now you’re going going gone you could have been the soul i celebrate the most that ive met cant hold me closer when you celebrate the tides of regret i listened true to you, you know you never made any sense you could be cooler with the calm that you present evidence I said that maybe i’d never need to see you again you said a lover from the past can make the worst kind of friend … going going gone
A dinner that turns into a trial, and a chorus that admits none of it is easy. Modern dating.
Lyrics
moving in, ‘cross the street glamping in the driveway call a friend, rest your feet living life your way i aint convinced my stuff still safe on the porch your string of friends been getting bad to worse i don’t know, if you’re bad but don’t want you round anyway And your zombie rv zombie, you’re settling down In your RV, leaving trash all around i wish you could see that you’ve stayed too long we want you going going going gone Zombie, hey leave me alone in my RV, my traveling home i wish i could find a place of my own instead of moving around coming in, from the east i found an empty driveway parked my van, signed a lease shelter for some sidepay i sometimes wonder when will i get to eat the local summertime is high on the heat i don’t know what comes next but at least i know i can stay in my zombie rv Zombie, hey leave me alone in my RV, my traveling home i wish i could find a place of my own instead of moving around Zombie, you’re settling down In your RV, leaving trash all around i wish you could see that you’ve stayed too long we want you going going going gone Zombie, still camping in the neighborhood Zombie, still camping in the neighborhood Zombie, still camping in the neighborhood Zombie, still camping in the neighborhood
The RV across the street that never leaves: Portland's drug and homeless crisis, seen from both sides of the window.
- 4Run Up Your Hill3:10
Lyrics
shadows help your seeking their fire makes you move losing is your beacon kill what you pursue kill what you pursue when your courage kind of weakened let that decision through something keeps you moving resistance keeps you true resistance keeps you true run up your hill chasing your tail falling you fail filling your sail shadows help your seeking their fire makes you move losing is your beacon kill what you pursue kill what you pursue run up your hill chasing your tail falling you fail filling your sail
Losing is your beacon: failure as the thing that keeps you moving.
- 5Spring Break4:36
Lyrics
rolling out your towel like your spreading a feast Kicking off your shoes, feet facing the beach It’s spring break Sleeping in the breeze with the sand in your hair Smelling like the sunshine kissing the air It’s spring break Night comes to swing and the fire is on Drinking in the smoke while waiting for dawn It’s spring break Lying in the sun and you won’t go home Looking like a dog caught hiding a bone It’s spring break Second only to the summer (Grab a friend, gonna have a lot of fun on a getaway today) It’s spring break
Towel, sand, a fire on the beach. Dreaming your way out of the Portland winter rain.
- 6Met A Girl2:36
Lyrics
In the summertime I caught my first kiss I left it in the air and really hurt a friend Then by halloween I gave my love again I must of aimed to miss she broke my heart and made it rain I met a girl distressed, she really liked to fight We made up every night, my heart went dry and I got dressed When I met a girl I tried Gave her all I had inside You always want to make her smile And see the light behind her eyes Throw your caution to the wind Hide your love you never win Keep all the good times ‘till you mend and let your heart reach out again I found another smile, She left me for my friend Felt sorry for a while, but things looked different in the end When I loved again I thought it could have last But it was like the past; we broke apart and couldn’t mend RAP Hey it’s ok, there’s always something to say about the lovely little ladies keep us changing our ways picking us up when we’re down, throwing us down when we up cleaning out our bank account but leave us feel like a million bucks when i met a girl i tried when i met a girl i tried just a little..
First kiss to heartbreak and back: give it all, lose, mend, reach out again.
- 7Don't Mean Nothing2:52
The second half of the record starts here: shorter songs, quicker turns.
- 8running1:44
A minute and three-quarters, in and out.
- 9can't hold me closer1:37
A short one; the title is the hook.
- 10night of the living basshead1:53
Title of the year, and under two minutes.
- 11steady streaming2:24
A phrase from the opener's verse ("the weight of the world steady streaming") gets a track of its own.
- 12broke apart and couldn't mend1:19
The shortest piece on the record, and the saddest title.
- 13holiday3:37
The closer: the long exhale after Spring Break's daydream.
About this record
The album Way of the World is about modern living with technology (All the way the World), modern dating (Easy, Met a Girl), the drug and homeless crisis (Zombie RV), using your failures to motivate you to overcome your challenges (Run Up Your Hill), and dreaming of getting away from that Portland winter rain (Spring Break).
Release credits
- Sky Cooper guitar, vocals
- John Gobel bass, taurus, raps, vocals
- James Ford drums, samples, vocals
- Dorado production
- Sky Cooper mixing
- Adam Gonsalves mastering, tracks 1–6 · Telegraph Mastering
- David Pollock mastering, tracks 7–13
- Tom Rodgers artwork
- Joshua James (Mexican Billy) photography
Released 2026-01-26
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