08 A LOFTING SONG

https://flatmaryroad.bandcamp.com/

MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoNPIvP0uug

LYRICS:

This summer is placed right after
last summer in terms of time
from now on, for me, this is the structure
everlasting breeze
unreachable grime

someone’s mowed grass on my tires
a stranger’s work in sight
summer reading of some author’s devastation
the strange work of the night

I’ve taken flight
brief, solitary flight
flying away

Listen now
the way I say it, and not what I say
Listen now
to what I say, and not the way I say it
oh not the way
oh not what I say

Next summer is noisy and visual
you’re a busy bee, but I take you afar
next summer is mental and spatial
you’ve never met me, but I know your memoir

Someone’s debt landed on my doorstep
life was circular
all this noted and reviewed in my notebook
life as seminar

I’ve taken flight
brief, solitary flight
flying away

This Summer

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LYRICS:

The grift is the purest form
the purest form I know
brand new networks, wonderful strangers
they carry my dough
I arrived in a big way, on a Wednesday
and I’ll leave town once I’ve found I’ve abused my stay

In a confidence man’s market
the trade goes one way
I love studying the unmasked
and my mask is opaque
I used to walk like everyone else
to watch the sun set
now I carry my own sunset with me

The young, performing lad
it’s a pitiful sight, I know
I have him going every which way
thinks he’s playing a role
missed opportunity
has him pleading to the community
don’t put any of this on me
it ain’t me

In a confidence man’s market
the trade goes one way
I love studying the unmasked
and my mask is opaque
I used to walk like everyone else
to watch the sun set
now I carry my own sunset with me

The grift is the purest form
it’s the purest form I know
the only true price
grifter’s paradise
I know I know
high the price is high
The grift is the purest form
the purest form I know
the advertisement louder than the content
I know I know
high the price is high
The grift is the purest form
it’s the purest form I know
the only true price
grifter’s paradise
I know I know
high the price is high

The Grifter

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LYRICS:

An announcement
I’m announcing that I’m in town
what’s to do here?
Try to meet while I’m around
But what to do here?
‘cept to make a space for when I return
you’ll know when it’s me
I’ll be the one with the announcement

An appointment 
I’m appointed to my day
a commitment 
I’m committed to my way
I guess you missed me
guess you missed the whole point of my trip
I’ll be back, friend
I’ll be the one with the commitment

The Announcement

Black Crow

From "Driving With The Numen" - out January 13th, 2016. 
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LYRICS:
Bringing home the numen
There’s nowhere to put it
Tumbles off the mantlepiece
Blinds me in the morning
Can’t focus in its presence

It’s time to get to work
Polishing the Numen
Time to take in a meal
In two rooms over
Can’t eat next to the Numen

Time to get to work

Time to go for a drive
Driving with the Numen
Hearing a ringing
From morning to morning
Suppose I’m a survivor

Double windsor tie 
Dressing up for the Numen
The world spins and I’m staring
From morning to morning
Suppose I’m a liar sometimes
Lying with the Numen

Time to get to work

Flat Mary Road:
Steve Teare - vocals, guitar 
Dan Papa - bass, piano, backing vocals 
Alex Irwin - drums, backing vocals 
Pete Clark - violin 
Alex Lewis - guitar, lap steel, backing vocals

Recorded by Kyle Pulley & Shane Woods at The Headroom Philadelphia 
Mixed by Tim Shrout in Portland, Oregon 
Mastered by Gus Elg at Sky Onion

Numen

From "Driving With The Numen" - out January 13th, 2016. 
flatmaryroad.bandcamp.com

Flat Mary Road:
Steve Teare - vocals, guitar 
Dan Papa - bass, piano, backing vocals 
Alex Irwin - drums, backing vocals 
Pete Clark - violin 
Alex Lewis - guitar, lap steel, backing vocals

Recorded by Kyle Pulley & Shane Woods at The Headroom Philadelphia 
Mixed by Tim Shrout in Portland, Oregon 
Mastered by Gus Elg at Sky Onion

Lean On Me

Water Wheel

From "Driving With The Numen" - out January 13th, 2016. 
flatmaryroad.bandcamp.com

LYRICS:
The story begins again
With some lightning and some wind
My brother fighting traffic
Until there’s nothing to fight
Hoping to beat the projection
And so we race into the night
And that’s right

There it is
That’s right

The glory
Of the crackling in the sky
Texas plains
Texas rain chasing the car
Gripping seats just to grip seats
Breathing quickly just to breath quick
It seems as if the world’s behind us
The CD in the stereo skips 
And that’s right

There it is
That’s right

We skidded out on a turn
We flipped around on a turn
We screamed about the turn
The engine started to burn
The wind fanned the burn
We screamed about the burn
My brother wasn’t concerned
We watched the car burn
We bled
And it burned

That’s right
There it is

Flat Mary Road:
Steve Teare - vocals, guitar 
Dan Papa - bass, piano, backing vocals 
Alex Irwin - drums, backing vocals 
Pete Clark - violin 
Alex Lewis - guitar, lap steel, backing vocals

Recorded by Kyle Pulley & Shane Woods at The Headroom Philadelphia 
Mixed by Tim Shrout in Portland, Oregon 
Mastered by Gus Elg at Sky Onion

There It Is

Hayfire

From "The Score & The Heartbeat" (2019). Buy the album here: https://flatmaryroad.bandcamp.com/album/the-score-and-the-heartbeat

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The Mandate

Formed in 2007, Flat Mary Road is a band whose instrumentation is informed by the indie rock recordings of the late 1980s, whose vocals borrow from Appalachian folk and radio announcers, and whose lyrics seek to narrate American life both pastoral and urban.

A new full-length album "Driving with the Numen" will be self-released on January 13th, 2017. 

Steve Teare - Vocals/Guitar
Dan Papa - Bass/Vocals
Alex Irwin - Drums/Vocals
Alex Lewis - Guitar/Vocals

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