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No Kingdom

by Sam Moss

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1.
Ocean 05:07
When I went away I felt a blooming Inside my ribs An ocean moving The salt was there In every breath Through every hour That I had slept But all alone In an empty room I watched the lightning Under the silvery moon Each skinny line Jagged but right The sky is split All through the night In the breeze Breath is big I see a lion I am aligned
2.
Hammer 04:08
Find me a hammer I am ready to swing Find me a nail I want to hear that metal sing Let it sing, let it sing, let it sing Find me a knife I want to carve my name In the handle of the hammer So sharpen up the blade Oh the blade, oh the blade Find me an oak I will chop it down Slice it into boards Build a house up from the ground From the ground Write me a letter Leave it at the door Tell me something You never have before Though the outside is all broken I will make for you a room Lay you down a pallet And hope you come back soon
3.
Television 03:02
Last night I had a dream, you were stranded on the water And I was not the one who could retrieve you I was trying to be some hybrid of my father And the heroes that I've known from the TV Will you sit right here on the bench while you are dripping Every molecule that grabbed you in the lake Will I whisper softly or just gently disappear I'll try to be the sponge though slowly I am slipping Yes I am the one who will try to hold you tightly Even though I haven't found a place to land I will try to be mighty in my faded skin Though my bones can almost breathe the air If I was the shark and you were sitting with me now What would you do?
4.
Fog 03:46
I still don't think It was a waste of time But to find you gone Feels like the right thing And I used to see you As a golden god But I figured out the truth Yeah, it wasn't so hard Everyone was talking I finally heard through the fog I might have even travelled Through the shadows of my mind And laid inside a darkness For awhile But clarity soon Replaced the emptiness And darkness gave in Like it sometimes will
5.
Son 02:21
Are you troubled my son? Are you troubled my son? Are you troubled my son? Winter is cold when it comes Winter is cold when it comes Winter is cold when it comes Do you see the end of the road? Do you see the end of the road? I've seen the end of the road before, my son Keep your lantern burning low Keep your lantern burning low Even when the moon grows full, my son
6.
Clearing 03:17
Meet me tonight in the clearing I will be there all alone Hear the old owl speaking Light whisper from the moon Meet me tonight in the clearing It is my favorite place to be Cast spirits out, I don't need Shed them away like leaves Meet me tonight in the clearing I won't see you on the other side Bird sings a melody that wanders You will sing a melody that dies Meet me tonight in the clearing Branches have all fenced you in When my hair begins to raise on my arm I'll cast you out, never let you win
7.
Neighbors 03:13
Well you've come, to look at your neighbors A quiet bunch, who don't leave home Sitting, in your bedroom Rocking the chair to pieces, moving on I see a few ghosts, when you are smiling When you are sad, they cannot move Breathing, in a four leaf clover Spitting out a hollow tomb All wrapped up, in a blanket Say are you warm, are you warm tonight? I am whispering, breathing Cradled by that shiny pale moonlight Fill me up you won't exist Get me out of this old twist My bones hurt I need to move Your wind blows my breath is through All wrapped up, in a blanket Say are you warm, are you warm tonight? I am whispering, breathing Fighting off that devils appetite
8.
Kingdom 05:18
Singing on the sacred harp Led me through the cold and, dark What am I, a godless child I know no shining kingdom Yet I keep chasing, the golden land The clearing sky, and the angel band Though my lantern lights, my ribcage bright I am a man, I'll turn to sand

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Upright bass by Michael Roberts.
All else by Sam Moss.

All tracks recorded at home in Brattleboro, VT, except 7 and 8, which were recorded at The MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH.

Mixed and mastered at Nada Sound Studio by Eric Carbonara.

Thank you Mom, Dad, Brother, Anna, and The MacDowell Colony.

Photos and design © 2013 Anna Coe
(with assistance from Don Moss).

All songs © 2013 Sam Moss.

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released October 15, 2013

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