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Notes from Nowhere

by Mortimer's Method

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1.
The Beginning is Near 04:26
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We’ve gotta start dreaming backwards We’ve gotta start falling awake There’s no other way For this to begin or for that to end No flowers come from dead weeds We’ve gotta start planting new seeds Small little drops, the autumn rain The rise and fall comes around again Now that it’s falling together Now that we’re falling apart It looks like the beginning is near It looks like the beginning is near Future searching, it’s all uncertain Truth lurking behind the curtain It looks like the beginning is near The crystal ball full of blood and tears We’re on the way, on the way, on the way down And we’re in the waves, in the waves and we might drown We’re on the way, on the way, on the way down And we’re in the waves and we might drown, we might drown (I, I don’t feel alone, I don’t feel alone, I don’t feel alone) We’ve gotta start dreaming backwards We’ve gotta start falling awake There’s no other way For this to begin or for that to end Now that it’s falling together Now that we’re falling apart It looks like the beginning is near It looks like the beginning is near We’re on the way, on the way, on the way down And we’re in the waves, in the waves and we might drown We’re on the way, on the way, on the way down And we’re in the waves and we might drown, we might drown, we might drown
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It's Gonna Blow 03:23
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The space in between, the sentences I’ve seen Is a story no one wants to hear The way ahead, when all the birds are dead There’ll be time to think in the silent spring At times it feels like nothing here is real Listen, tick tock, it’s gonna blow I can feel it in the air I can see it in your stare But we speak of it only underground We speak of it only underground The steam below, it’s building real slow Like a volcano it’s gonna blow It was a bomb along, the wire we cut was wrong Listen, tick tock, it’s gonna blow I can feel it in the air I can see it in your stare There’s a rumbling coming from below At times, it feels like nothing here is real Listen, tick tock, it’s gonna blow Tick tock it’s gonna blow There’s a feeling I can’t explain Beneath the soul in a place with no name Something darker than the shadows at night Deny the truth while reality bites I’m falling, so slowly I don’t remember falling out of the plane I’m falling, not breathing We need a fire but we ain’t got a flame The space in between, the sentences I’ve seen Is a story no one wants to hear The way ahead, when all the birds are dead There’ll be time to think in the silent spring At times it feels like nothing here is real Listen, tick tock, it’s gonna blow I can feel it in the air I can see it in your stare But we speak of it only underground Listen, tick tock it’s gonna blow There’s a rumbling coming from below There’s a rumbling coming from below
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Glass Bead Lane 04:33
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Imagine the calculator Coming undone For the value not just for the sum I cry, it’s easy Don’t know if you feel the same We’ve seen worlds Just follow Glass Bead Lane Play the imagineers game Walk the uncivilised and wild plains Follow the Glass Bead Lane How not to be governed I’ll pay the cost Not all who wander the streets Are lost Like Henry David March to the drum you hear We’ve seen worlds Just march to the drum that you hear Dance as if nobody’s here March to the drum that you hear Dance as if nobody’s here Don’t go straight ahead The path twists and turns Make sure the fire in your eyes Forever burns It’s all in your head That’s what they said It’s all in your head And now those thoughts are dead Try to understand it Coming undone Under the beautiful sinking sun Like time, it’s over Don’t know if you feel the same We’ve seen worlds Just follow the Glass Bead Lane March to the drum that you play Walk the uncivilised and wild plains Follow the Glass Bead Lane Don’t go straight ahead The path twists and turns Make sure the fire in your eyes Forever burns It’s all in your head That’s what they said It’s all in your head And now those thoughts are dead
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We're F#*ked 07:05
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You know, you know, you know, We’re out of luck When even polite scientists Write paper’s called we are f#*ked And though, and though, and though We should have known It seems appropriate that we reap Where we have sown So deafening now That nobody hears a sound We’re falling down Tripped up by clowns On Earth, on Earth, On Earth We can’t pay rent So soon we’ll be navigating Descent In the papers It always goes unsaid But we all know deep down She’ll soon be dead So deafening now That nobody hears a sound We’re falling down Tripped up by clowns On Earth, on Earth, On Earth We can’t pay rent So soon we’ll be navigating Descent What if I died, What if you died tonight Would we be satisfied with the fight? You know, you know, you know, We’re out of luck When even youthful optimists Are heard saying we are f#*ked And though, and though, and though We should have known It seems appropriate that we reap Where we have sown In the papers It always goes unsaid But we all know deep down She’ll soon be dead So deafening now That nobody hears a sound We’re falling down Tripped up by clowns On Earth, on Earth, On Earth We can’t pay rent So soon we’ll be navigating Descent What if I died, what if you died tonight Would we be satisfied with the fight? What if I died, what if you died tonight Would we be satisfied with the fight?
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In the Pot 04:40
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I’m feeling warm but I’m cold inside I should stand up but I want to hide From all the things I understand But which don’t understand me Little by little, step by step We all walked over the cliff’s edge I don’t know what to do today Let’s do what we did yesterday day We stayed in the pot too long We all knew there was something wrong It’s been too long And now we’re cooked We stayed in the pot too long It’s gonna get hot before long Something’s wrong Cause now we’re cooked I’m feeling down as it’s heating up This is a death of thousand cuts A single blade in many ways Announcing the End of Days Little by little, inch by inch The water’s rising, the boat will sink I don’t know what to do today Let’s sing a song called yesterday When these troubles were so far away We stayed in the pot too long We all knew there was something wrong It’s been too long And now we’re cooked We stayed in the pot too long It’s gonna get hot before long Something’s wrong Cause now we’re cooked We’re uncomfortably warm Do do do do do do do We’re uncomfortably warm Do do do do do do do I’m feeling warm but I’m cold inside I should stand up but I want to hide From all the things I understand But which don’t understand me Little by little, step by step We all walked over the cliff’s edge I don’t know what to do today Let’s do what we did yesterday day We stayed in the pot too long We all knew there was something wrong It’s been too long And now we’re cooked We stayed in the pot too long It’s gonna get hot before long Something’s wrong Cause now we’re cooked
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Love and Rage 04:25
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I want to be forgiven For all the things I knew too well I want to be forgiven For all the things I tried to sell Nobody wants to live forever Still nobody wants to die We want to live in the in-between At dusk, with those fiery skies With love and rage With love and rage With love and rage Let us turn the page I want to be forgiven I was governed by my fears I want to be forgiven For all times I held back tears Nobody wants to live forever Still nobody wants to die We want to live in the in-between At dusk, with those fiery skies With love and rage With love and rage With love and rage Let us turn the page Let us turn the page With love and rage
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Year Zero 04:44
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The myths that we live by They’re beginning to fray It’s not a history It’s a future decay Pale fire in your eyes We’re all learning to die In the Anthropocene In this mad, sad, Anthropocene The truth is concrete But it’s a groundless belief Story telling animals Pessimistic relief Shades of sublime Shades of beautiful It’s a long road to be free It’s a long road to be free It’s Year Zero It’s Year Zero It’s Year Zero And these are notes from nowhere Hell and high water Drowning is free Falling is easy In this dark ecology Accumulating liberty In these markets that aren’t free I don’t know how to die And I certainly don’t know how to live It’s Year Zero It’s Year Zero It’s Year Zero And these are notes from nowhere The myths that we live by They’re beginning to fray Story telling animals Who’ve lost their way The future is not What it used to be It’s a long road to be free It’s a long, hard, road to be free It’s Year Zero It’s Year Zero It’s Year Zero And these are notes from nowhere It’s Year Zero It’s Year Zero It’s Year Zero And these are notes from nowhere
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Mr Godot 04:52
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With vacant eyes and no energy but knowing that we‘re full of life stumbling and slurring and wasting away indeterminate creatures in the most fundamental ways I close my vacant eyes and put them to sleep then start dreaming of invisible doors stumbling and searching then stumbling some more We’re all tragically poetic life forms Vladimir and Estragon sat down because they didn't understand when the messenger boy said: "Mr Godot will make it if he can." Vladimir and estragon burst out: "Well, what are we to do?" then the messenger boy said: "sir, Mr Godot has hope in all things new." Godot has hope in all things new Mr Godot has hope in all things new Godot has hope in all things new I opened my eyes and dared to make a leap life started tapping on my forehead again doubting the doubting, inaction is an act this time has meaning like time’s never had before so scratch upon the mirror: "do not live in vain" its tapping on your forehead again anticipating - the acid in the battery waiting get the knife cut the rope and fall Vladimir and Estragon sat down because they didn't understand when the messenger boy said: "Mr Godot will make it if he can." Vladimir and estragon burst out: "Well, what are we to do?" then the messenger boy said: "sir, Mr Godot has hope in all things new." Godot has hope in all things new Mr Godot has hope in all things new Godot has hope in all things new In fear and trembling, as I go, as I go Will I be, In fear and trembling, no no no no
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Feed Your Soul 05:40
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We were here, we were here We were here some time ago We were here, we were here We were here some time ago We were here, we were here We were here some time ago We were here, we were here I thought we were here some time ago ho ho I don’t need nobody else Your mistakes, don’t try to help I’m gonna fall my own way There’s a path laid out ahead And soon enough we all be dead I’m gonna fall my own way It’s been so long That its turned into a song I’m gonna fall my own way You say that it’s wrong But I felt it all along I’m gonna fall my own way Feed my soul, feed my soul, feed my soul my own way We were here, we were here We were here some time ago We were here, we were here We were here some time ago We were here, we were here We were here some time ago We were here, we were here I thought we were here some time ago ho ho I don’t need nobody else Your mistakes, don’t try to help I’m gonna fall my own way There’s a path laid out ahead And soon enough we all be dead I’m gonna fall my own way It’s been so long That its turned into a song I’m gonna fall my own way You say that it’s wrong But I felt it all along I’m gonna fall my own way Feed my soul, feed my soul, feed my soul my own way Feed your soul, feed your soul, feed your soul your own way

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released January 1, 2021

Music and lyrics by Mortimer's Method

Vox, piano, keyboard, and gat by Mortimer's Method
Backing vox by Andy Gibson
Bass, gat, and drums by Gav Henderson

Produced by Mortimer's Method and Gav Henderson
Mixed by Gav Henderson
Mastered by Rohan Hancock

Cover design by Andrew Doodson

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