We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Doug Davis - Bitter Weeds

from Round 21, Week 7 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

A complete Hail Mary. I took the lyrics from two of my auto-writing exercises from this week, and I wrote a Josh Ritter/Leonard Cohen mashup tune, and put the whole thing together in all of about 37 minutes. Strangely, though, it's still far from the worst thing I've ever turned in.

lyrics

I tell you the story but you won’t believe
the tracks and the trestles, the voyage conceived
we’re miles down the road from the place where you thought you belong
the dust on the floor, the arena all dark
the virtuous whore in the shade of the park
the fount overflowed in her majesty’s death scene, prolonged

the friendliest faces don’t carry the load
and the gambler's good graces won’t play what he showed
the mother of sorrows don’t base her intentions on love
the cannibal nightmares of somebody’s fears
the old woman’s white hairs all mixed in her tears
the days that all follow from each step remaindered above

don’t say, no, there’s no one inside
raise your flag in fields where we died
pray for ransomed fears to subside
bitter weeds
bitter weeds

we celebrate ends but we desecrate means
the sins of our brothers, such wicked machines
and when it all caves, nobody gets a way out
the lighthouse reversed, all the ships on the shoals
the parallel planes where the ghostly patrols
they say Jesus saves but he seems like a desperate guy

I’ve tried all the exits, I’ve checked all the locks
I’ve paid off my snitches, all working the docks
I know who to trust, but I swear I don’t trust any more
so when you come round and you’re waving a flag
the flyaway boys and their overnight bags
You’re starting to rust and you can't even see the trap door

don’t say, no, there’s no one inside
raise your flag in fields where we died
pray for ransomed fears to subside
bitter weeds
bitter weeds

credits

from Round 21, Week 7, released January 14, 2019

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Monday Morning 3AM Music Club Winston Salem, North Carolina

contact / help

Contact Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Bitter Weeds, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring interviews with LA music scene pillar Kamasi Washington, and new London-based duo Mrcy.

listen now