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Underneath the Water's Weight

by Shaggy Molasses

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1.
The Rose Garden 00:37
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Life in the rose garden is thorny but sweet All these things that I own They don’t belong to me The sun casts its glaze on the west hills at dawn Windows like mirrors reflect me Then I’m gone
2.
Blue Light 03:12
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I feel we’re living under blue light In this bomb shelter home I don’t speak, and you don’t dream The radio spills in the hall Now the light turns green Ranch hand heard me along I wonder off, out in the field Counting blades of grass as I walk on Red light fills the room like smoke My skin the color rose We shed some blood; I’ve had enough Of wondering why we are all alone Then it’s yellow in a flash Like some old Polaroid The kitty sleeps upon my knee Her warmth I always did enjoy Now I see your face so clear Staring back at mine The light turns blue; it's a soulful view Of all the lessons we already knew
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Duet 03:28
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Painted hills and gravel roads Pick and shovel and dead skin in tow I find my self just digging holes To bury things that have now grown cold Beverly, won't you sing with me This duet is lonely and I'm struggling to breathe I don't mind; I can bide my time With cigarettes and bourbon and a little LSD There's no soul in factories Goodhearted people replaced by machines I'm growing wary of my junk and greed Common confusion between want and need Beverly, won't you sit with me Listen to the water flowing in the stream This duet ain't as lonely as it seems Hear the trees are humming even crows knows how to sing The voices sing but I can't hear you anymore I'm all out of patience and I'm tired of keeping score And now Caroline stands in the door Simple substitution ain't so easy anymore Beverly, won't you sing with me This duet is lonely and I'm struggling to breathe I don't mind; I got all my time To sing the harmony and softly pull the stings
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Interstate 03:53
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Empty beds and butterflies We take the rain just like a sedative Our mood begins to change And all these faces that I’m feeling Cast a stronger gaze But I don’t mind, it’s just springtime Underneath the water’s weight the petals they do fall Cast upon the cold concrete, this sidewalk that I call My routine of up and down is no routine at all It don’t change; things ain’t the same Underneath the blood and sweat our skin is raw Still dig in every chance we get and we survived it all Through whiskey, beer and cigarettes And this thing we call law Its ok, we’re all insane So take me as I am or change me Shave me, cut my hair Dress me in a suit and tie or patchwork I don’t care This feeble fixation only causes me grey hair You see through if you choose to So now your desert bound and I’m still on the block A rainy day to mourn a love, what we gained and lost I missed my opportunity to sail out past the rocks So interstate is where I’ll stay I never meant to disappoint and I’m sorry if I have Life and love confuses me and failure it’s a drag But I still love you limb and soul With every ounce I have We will stay just not this way Again I’m walking down the street This sidewalk of my past This man he offers me some food I know that’s all he has Give me shelter when the clouds roll in But they will pass When spring makes way for sunny days
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The Living Room 00:39
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To live in the living room is public but neat All the lovers I’ve had They hide behind bed sheets A blanket of stars keeps you warm through the night But nothing can stop the dawn’s early light
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Drifting Away 02:52
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Drifting away to the song in my head And all of the thoughts that I never said Take me back home; now I sleep in your bed We were born by the firelight Survived all these years, gypsies of the night But no honeymoon and no ten-hour flight I can still feel you lying next to me Humming the tune that puts me to sleep All of this change, it takes me way too long So I'll just sing you a little love song I've come to know you as I knew you then The grace and the fire that you held within Comes flooding back, and again it begins These tickets and trinkets are strewn on the table A human touch to existential fables Memories and dreams of lost time that we cradle I can still feel you though your miles away Humming the tune that I knew yesterday All of this change, it takes me way too long So I’ll just sing you a little love song I'm thirstier now then I've ever been This taste of life with passion and a grin Takes me back home to sleep and dream again The key to my heart is in someone's hands
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Open Country 04:03
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Give me open country Give me high grass in the plains Fields of home, now well over grown Moving west bound through the mountains Narrow passes that we take Touch the sky, if only for a while We are born upon the wind Take me everywhere you blow So these things that I have forgotten Again I'll come to know All these things that I have forgotten Again I will come to know Breathe in the pacific Taste the salt that's in the air The water moves the blood that's in my veins All these faces, features, places Frame the landscape in my head I dream of days when we'll return again We are born upon the wind Take me everywhere you blow So these things that I have forgotten Again I'll come to know All these things that I have forgotten Again I will come to know We are brothers in this journey Won't you take me by the hand? Guide me home, wherever you may call And if I fall would you please catch me Before I hit then ground We are one or we are not at all We are born upon the wind Take me everywhere you blow So these things that I have forgotten Again I'll come to know All these things that I have forgotten Again I will come to know
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The Last Candle 00:43
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The last candle burns All our stories have been told Until we’re born again Then again we get old Tripping too much has warn my soul so thin But I just need a retread and I’ll walk again

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released October 8, 2015

All songs written by David Paulik (Shaggy Molasses)

David Paulik - Acoustic Guitar & Vocals
Bretagne Werner - Vocals

Recorded and Mixed by Jim Hage at Fidelity Unlimited
Mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Audio

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Shaggy Molasses Portland, Oregon

A little bit of sunshine, a little bit of rain, a little bit of sweet to right your brain. The delicate singer/songwriter stylings of Shaggy Molasses are reminiscent of classic James Taylor and Paul Simon with intricate folk arrangements coupled with lyrical content flowing from the journey of our lives. ... more

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