Light Later Lately
from Light Later Lately / Mountain Kids by maxwell stern
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not quite t-shirt weather, early April still
teases a warmth and then swaps it for a fickle chill
while the passengers on overcrowded subway cars confer
I count my steps from Catharine to Christian to Carpenter
there’s a string of backyard Christmas lights zip-tied to a chain-link fence
that serves as a stand-in for tonight’s new audience
so we cleaned up what we could and burnt the rest that night
completing the circle, turning trash into new light
it's staying light later lately
i was wondering if you'd come meet me
a thousand tire treads as tick marks read
as minor misjudgments, failing exit strategies
that combine with dust and dirt and worn-out rubber, paint and tar
to burn a path between my bedroom and the bar
and we soak in our solutions, bitter brown and clear
mapping an outline of the undulating every-year
and I shudder to think what I’ve missed when I’ve been buried in a screen
wondering who my eyes were supposed to meet
teases a warmth and then swaps it for a fickle chill
while the passengers on overcrowded subway cars confer
I count my steps from Catharine to Christian to Carpenter
there’s a string of backyard Christmas lights zip-tied to a chain-link fence
that serves as a stand-in for tonight’s new audience
so we cleaned up what we could and burnt the rest that night
completing the circle, turning trash into new light
it's staying light later lately
i was wondering if you'd come meet me
a thousand tire treads as tick marks read
as minor misjudgments, failing exit strategies
that combine with dust and dirt and worn-out rubber, paint and tar
to burn a path between my bedroom and the bar
and we soak in our solutions, bitter brown and clear
mapping an outline of the undulating every-year
and I shudder to think what I’ve missed when I’ve been buried in a screen
wondering who my eyes were supposed to meet
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from Light Later Lately / Mountain Kids,
released August 23, 2017
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maxwell stern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hailing from the post-industrial shores of Cleveland, OH, Maxwell Stern has been writing music and touring since the early 2000s. He has released a slew of LPs and 7"s, and has played shows pretty much everywhere including an abandoned restaurant in Wyoming, a mall in China, several squats in Germany and a pretty nice bookstore in Australia. He is definitely not the person writing this. ... more
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