Down (To Love)

A devotional song about a circle of peonies which emerged in the field near our house this spring.

Guitar, KAOSillator, Vocals, Casio Sk-5, Aux Percussion

"Circle Of Flowers"

Within them
Another world
The circle of flower buds
Growing up 
From the ground

When springtime
Comes rushing back
The circle
Makes itself known
Now we see them 
They burst in bloom

Kevin Knight

Circle of Flowers - 5:22:21, 6.17 PM

Right Now

They find it funny
when I'm bein' real
And I find it tragic
Their refusin' to feel

The weight of our actions
Becomes the weight of our pain
And we're both left standin'
All alone in the rain
We're both left broken 
With nothin' to gain

Outside it's springtime
And the world is ablaze
The insects are screaming
And the birds are all crazed
The wildflowers I planted
are bursting in bloom
And I've found a new way 
To defeat my doom
Yeah I've found a new way 
To defeat my doom

Right now I'm grateful
to have loved and then lost
Someday we'll look back and smile
At the rivers we crossed
And do I respect you 
words can't say enough
I'll be here for you 
When you're through actin' tough

And lastly I thank you
for callin' my bluff
Am I in love now?
Words can't say enough

Demos 2022

Doom Defeater (Demo 7:24:22)

(Apocalyptic healing dark folk ballad written and performed on the family piano and voice by Kevin Knight feb 11 2014

	
It's hard to know which way to go 
When you're coming apart at the seams 
The winter sun came pouring through 
The window sill by my bed 
I cast it off more than once

I'd rather hide 
I'd rather die underneath the quilt 

Oh N0o0o0No0oo0oN0o0o0o 

The winter 
The winter sun came pouring through the open window sill
By my bed 
The winter sun it saved my soul 
And now I'm born again 
The winter sun it saved my soul 
And I am born again 

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((Featuring the sound of my mom Janice typing on her computer and saying at the end: "Oooh that needs to be tuned"))

Winter Sun

a slow burning meditative synth track. 
about associating with many water signs.

Your Pools

My good friend and collaborative producer Miles Washington (Peat Bogs) has sent me a remix of my track Your Pools. He has transformed it into a completely different vibe. Enjoy!

Your Pools (Remix 1 by Peat Bogs)

A slowed down version of an already slow song about doing what you can and need and want to do with your time. 

They will want to know
What you do with your time
But you do not owe
Them a word or line

Feed them truth or lies
It's still your time
They can bluff and blind
It's still your time

Your time
Your time
Your time
Your time

They will want to know
What you've done with your time
But you do not owe
Them a word or line

Your time
Your time
Your time
Your time






Written and performed by: Kevin Knight
Recorded by: Miles Washington aka Peat Bogs
2014

Your Time (Slow Mix)

This is my cover of "Junk" by Paul McCartney off of his solo debut. 
Recorded in February of 2014

Junk (Paul McCartney Cover)

This is a track written way back in 2012 when I lived in a wonderful house of friends, food, and music called FARN HOUSE.

This version was recorded in the empty living room of the house during the week we were moving out. 


Lyrics:

I'm up in the trees and in the wires
Looking down on the desires
Of the people on the grass
Let's hold on to laughs

The ways I do not lack
The means i do not lack

Oh, accumulation
The things they pile on

I'm in the grass
Staring at the clouds
Looking to them
Look in to them
And the shapes that we've made up
Let's hold on to love

The ways i do not lack
The means i do not lack

Oh, accumulation
The things they pile on and on and on.

ACCUMULATION

When you feel like crying but all you can do is laugh
When you feel like crying but all you can do is laugh
Sitting by a fire drinking whiskey with your dad
Staring at the stars being crushed by the void
An all to familiar feeling you know you can’t avoid
An all to familiar feeling being crushed by the void

Go on be crushed
And try to laugh it off
You’ll be around 
To breathe
Another Day

When it get’s tough and you wanna turn your back
When it’s all to much and you wanna turn your back
When the only thought in your head is to leave
Take a bit of time to relax and smell the leaves
Nothing you say will amount to a hill of beans
Don’t waste your time being mean

Being Crushed By the Void - 4 5 16, 8.26 PM

Wrote and recorded this song back in 2014

"Affirmations"

I went outside
heard a strange sound
I looked all around
Found nothing new
I went back to my room and stared at the ground

I need affirmations to get me through the days
So i don't fall to far and too deep in the dark ways

I won't die on you
I won't die today

I went to the trees where we used to lay
They still speak to me
I still know what they say
And I look to the pond 
Watch the ducks play

I need affirmations to get me through the days
So i don't fall to far and too deep in the dark ways

I won't die on you
I won't die today

Today is just a day
And tomorrow is just a day

I won't die on you
I won't die today

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Kevin Knight- Guitar, Bass, Rhodes Piano, Echoplex, Vocals, Cello, Drums + Percussion
Jessika Blanks- Violin
Matt Jewell- Viola

Engineered by John Morand at Sound of Music Studios in Richmond, VA May 2014

Affirmations

Here's a cover i did of one of my favorite Elliott Smith Songs 
"Pitseleh"

Recorded on a very old cassette tape so it sounds extra dusty. 


Skins/ Kins

Pitseleh (Elliott Smith Cover)

Here's a song from the upcoming Mini L.P
 It is about the communication and understanding shared with my best friend Hubbell the dog.

Special thanks to 
Caleb Flood- Drums
Patrick F.M. Turner- Bass
Tom- Production

Nevin Kight with HAT

Come Back (I'll Wait)

Written on piano at the beginning of August 2017 and recorded with guitar/bass/piano/vocals at the beginning of sept 2017 in the mountains of Virginia.

Here in yr Bones - 9:6:17, 2.21 PM (Mix 2)

Pick the strings 
and brush the skins clean 
Holding of kin 
will make you grin 

Skewing of sound 
you scratch the ground 
Milk the earth 
for all it's worth 

Mostly the meek 
shattered and chic 
Holding candles 
in the dark sink 

Make us meet 
Make us meet 
Make us meet 
The humans who swallow suns 

When she sings 
It awakens kings 
Fucking and sin 
will make you spin 
make you spin 
begin again... 

Pick the strings 
and brush the skins clean 
Holding of kin 
will make you grin 

Skewing of sound 
you scratch the ground 
Milk the earth 
for all it's worth 

Mostly the meek 
shattered and chic 
Holding candles 
in the dark sink 

Make us meet 
Make us meet 
Make us meet 
The humans who swallow suns 

When she sings 
It awakens kings 
Fucking and sin 
will make you spin 
begin again 
make you spinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn! 
begin again...
credits


Humans Who Swallow Suns

2019 Demos

Sun Comes Back (super lo-fi demo) - 2:9:19, 5.08 PM

This is a song about accepting where you are in the present 
and re-assesing what it means to be "successful" at doing what you love.
It is also a reminder to not waste your time staring at your phone and comparing yourself with others. <3

No Need

Where did you put your dream?
Do you still believe?
What did you think it would look like by now?
You've seen how cleanly they live
Like kings and queens
In your face everyday
On your screen

I don't need this anymore

How did you spend your time
When you were a child, everything fine.
Outside
Outside
Outside all time 
I still try to find a way
And how that felt like

I know what i need 
NOW!

No Need - 2:11:19, 4.34 PM

Back in 2011 there was a Sparklehorse tribute being put together
Unfortunately it never saw the light of day
Here was my contribution
A cover of my favorite Sparklehorse track "Spirit Ditch"

Elec guitar, bass, sk-5, and drums

Covers

Spirit Ditch -Sparklehorse (2011)

Here is a track recorded back in 2011 around the time of my album COYO EYE
It never made it onto the album due to some slight tonality issues.
It Features John Curry on the Viola
I play cello and everything else
recorded on a shitty tape machine
It's a little rough around the edges... but an interesting gem from the past.


Smoke in Sunlight

Smoke in sunlight
at my window
Fixed on the sight
Watch it billow

Smoke in sunlight
I see through your hair
I'll say a prayer
For those who aren't there

Smoke in sunlight
I spoke in fright
You held my tongue
In your small hand

Smoke in sunlight
Pillow of straw
We make our bed
In the new dawn

Coyo Eye Outtakes (2011)

Smoke In Sunlight (2011)

An old song recorded in a bedroom in Durham, NC winter 2011 during a bout of insomnia and mania. Recorded on an electric bass unplugged to computer.
About manic depression and times of light and illumination becoming too intense to handle. Also about over-perscription of pharmaceuticals.

When The Light Becomes Heavy

Recorded in the back of a cold ass van in the middle of cold ass Europe whilst on tour in November of 2012. 

Strongs

Laughing Soul (Bare Mix)

Song about impermanence, and how we belong to the earth.

Lyrics:

**"Phase Out"****

You're not what you say
   You're not what you claim
The breeze blows you away
    The rain douses your flame
The birds don't sing your name
    The world goes on spinning

Just lay in the grass
   And let things come to pass
Release your grasp
   Until peace you find at last

The earth will phase you out

        and take you 

Underground

2020 Demos

Phase Out

Songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist based in Virginia
Writing and Recording since 2006

NEW ALBUM "WELCOME IN" now available at nevinkight.bandcamp

Full album on TAPE
 "Kevin Knight with HAT" available via 
furioushooves.bandcamp.com
and nevinkight.bandcamp.com




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