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How Low The Daylight Come

by oh man, the mountain

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1.
Abednego 04:41
Salt in the wound of a black dog moon yes I beat my brow to the harvest tune oh so yes, I’m young and my spirit’s warm but i’ve got no choice but to sing my song So hello, how low the daylight come to warm me up like the breath of one yes, oh who is good and who is strong ‘cos I am not but there must be some In a lot too blind to see - the pitch and the groan of the rising sea - so hear it moan Abednego, I could not show into that furnace fiery, oh no I was down on my bended knees just a-begging him to please tell me, why do the flames grow, where does that smoke go? Because I do not know, oh no I do not know So they take-a that bush and they burn it burn it ‘til it talks God damn, says the man, for all he’s done wrong he says “I am not to blame, I am a product of my place” “Oh father!” - “Yes tell me son,what now is on your mind?” He said “Father, please just tell me, cos I cannot decide”
2.
Well this is David’s dance and we dance it all night long when the stars are all in line and the desert’s wind is blowing strong well they said you’re mad, my man so put your clothes back on you said the sun can’t shame me now and I’m not even close to done and to that midnight sun on the dark side of the earth but don’t shine your light too bright but come back round to us and should I fear and tremble at the sight of your dawn don’t judge me by the light of the bright, returning sun and to that cosmic hand, you know that nudges us along roll your dice just one more time, and tell us what’s going on cos if I could swap my blackened bones, yeah for the yellow dawn I walk back to that narrow track and see it’s barely been trodden on I read the paw of a stuffed bear all dead now in the eyes the marble glint gives the faintest hint that there was ever some kind of life oh so dance now David, to the beat of the heart the beat that was formed in you with knowing hands on a canvas, deep inside your mother’s womb so come now child to the meek and mild and you can open your arms out wide the hangman he says, “close your eyes”, but you don’t believe in none of his lies cos we can hold our breath through the long night, and run straight up the stairs we look back on that wicked track well who knows who we’ll see there the angels come to terrorise my mind with the medicine stacked so tall apothecary or the symmetry of the sacred shapes they own oh so dance now David in your desert skin so close now to the night the fire’s lit and the meat is spit and you’ve never looked so right so come now child to the morning light cos yes I want to know your name you put your feet like this and you feel the bliss and then we go round again so take your cloth, all distressed and worn, and you throw it to the flame and while the rest sleep sound by the ember mound I wanna show you the rules of the game
3.
Little Lamp 04:32
well I will pay my dues, and I will hold my tongue and I'll bind my wrists, until they come undone well I will light my lamp, oh in the form of the flame and I will throw my shapes, yeah to the back of the cave So tell me once and now not twice You know nothing comes from no sacrifice well I will pluck that light, right out of the sky I will clip her wings, and then beg her to shine I will build her cage, from the tortuous shapes I will hide it in the shadowy places, oh that call out my name So shine little lamp on the dust of the ground the dust of the ground Oh the child says to me, "why will I grow tall?" who will be the light for me, in the darkness of it all so carry me, oh carry me to bed just once more and when I wake the Earth will shake, and we will all go home You're bust and beat, in the sunny midday heat forget the oil looks like water in the night careful with it you've got those clumsy calloused hands you can spill the rest but please just light it first So shine little lamp on the dust of the ground the dust of the ground
4.
Ouroboros 03:48
Season change you put my mind at ease you’re like an old windmill just spinning in the breeze i see it turning, turning around again We’re all alone and every moment the earth stands still like it was frozen and we’re silent, silent for just a bit oh, are you the serpent? Just eating your own tail, waiting for it to come back round? Oh, are you the early wheel? Are you the late spring till? growing up so high, just to get cut down all of my fine intentions are just chasing the wind and all of those winds are just batting against themselves and oh my lord I find meaning in it all but the thicker the smoke, the harder you choke and that’s been on my mind oh, are you the serpent? Just eating your own tail, waiting for it to come back round? Oh, are you the early wheel? are you the late spring till? growing up so high, just to get cut down I’ll consume the heart of you if it makes me feel alright settle for the gaping jaw cos if it's all I know then it's all I know and if it’s all we hope then it’s all we hope and i’ll hug myself like an overcoat when we’re done
5.
Sinking Ship 04:15
We are more like the arrow than the archer’s straining wrist I am set off into the sky just a catalyst Cat gut string for my violin and a horse hair bow to play it with all my homes are catacombs to come so make mine a double, oh the rooster cries tonight he is a balanced soul when the shadows fall again So crop your hair tight to the skull so you can feel more of the sun as it bakes your mind into the summer shapes again We are made like the railways lines, we’re just sleepers and that ancient iron that was carried down from the mountains long ago So we sit under the everglow, of a city oh that hums yellow every night just to spite the dark again Oh, brace your body for the change when it comes and it’s just the same you’re loving nobody, love nobody but yourself Oh, set them up on the shouting hill when our mind’s are bloody but our bodies they still love nobody, love nobody but ourselves Said it before, i’ll say it again i’ve got nothing to lose, nothing to gain when i’m nothing more than a sinking ship Said it before and I’ll say it again climbing up my mast in the pouring rain is every image clear enough in your mind to be understood? said it before, i’ll say it again oh my mama loves me and i’ll do the same but that knowledge don’t come free, or even easily said it before, say it again i’ve got nothing to lose, nothing to gain

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the smoke is thick and the flame barely lit,
we are turned like soil and rise
as jack pines in morning.
- - -
o, break this serpent bind
and tell me
how low the daylight come!

Recorded and mixed by Joe Clayton of NØ STUDIO at HQ recording studio in Strangeways. (Except banjo and harmonica in Calum’s bedroom.)

www.nostudio.co.uk

Mastered by Ryan Schwabe, Philadelphia PA

Cover lino cut by Joanna Hope Bricher, Design by Aidan Donovan

All songs written by Aidan Donovan and Oh man, the mountain.

credits

released June 20, 2016

Aidan ‘Goob’ Donovan - electric/acoustic guitar & vox
Seth Lambert - bass
Amy Olive S - fiddle & vox
Mark Squire - electric guitar & slide
Adi Jaidev - drums
Zoe Dexter - vox
Susie Wedderburn - trumpet
Hannah Ashman - oboe & hammond
Calum Muir - hammond & banjo & harmonica
Chris Hillman - pedal steel

Thanks to everyone who has helped make this possible by coming to shows, buying merch and inspiring us.

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oh man, the mountain Manchester, UK

Oh man, the mountain are a large southern gothic / alt. folk band from Manchester. At their fullest, a group of 8 who try to tread the lines between harmony, discord, melancholy and joy - to create a big, if slightly broken sound.

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