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Marigold

by Marigold

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1.
Departure 03:16
Born into incarceration gave you smaller feet Small town USA without much money made it hard to leave Family store is going under, Ma’s got no degree Feels like we’re just waiting for the day that we can’t eat Sunday’s getting heavier each week Some days find it harder to believe Don’t take it personally Years have passed through the stained glass And carried on just fine Seems to me that I don’t need to give him all my time So I devised a plan to free my own A couple of hundreds, a pack of Marlboros, It’s all I need to know I want to see in color So I stepped away Shoes are tied, my head held high, I finally closed the door
2.
The Oracle 04:24
I want to make a name And put some placement to a few things on my plate Read a book that flipped the weight And sparked some curiosity in that term fate I wanna make a map of all the places that I came Seeking love, inanimate A glass half empty, or a bottle half full What’s the difference to you now, what’ll make you feel whole A needle prick, or a rosary It all sums up to attention seek I feel a pull to change The way we see ourselves, the emptiness caverning I’m not convinced of pain It’s something made up in our heads when face to face It’s all just smaller parts of a bigger game that’s played And I don’t relate I saw those pearly gates, they were covered in rust Sign that said “heaven can wait” covered in dust Turned around and to surprise, Saw my heart placed in some chemicals alive, no pain Held it in my hand and felt the pulse of my
3.
January 1st was the first time I felt love In 21 years, guess I waited long enough Grey as the sky, I swam in your blue sea Ivy played as you laid there next to me If only you’dve known, how alone I’ve been It’s hard for me to show the scars I’m hiding So, please don’t go I know that we just met tonight, but I feel like I’ve known you my whole life Where were you in 2016 When it all fell apart, came crumbling Down the mountain range, I had built on my name I needed you back then but I guess now is okay Sleep, next to me Tell me of the life you live, the pain you felt, the love you give I know I need you more than you need me.
4.
Girls 01:00
I love the girls, I love the girls who pretend to be so free I love the boys, Who then in turn pretend that’s who they need Like they deserve her, She’s not some bust you hang for the world to see She is a girl, And I’m a boy, which means she’s better than me.
5.
Alone, again This Fall will end And the snow will bury me Don’t know what’s best, So I made a list of what I’m owed It’s all I know “The snow will melt away, eventually I’ll dry” No solutions to the problems kept inside Can’t build on top of a lie One more season trapped inside my mind Home is a place that holds the weight of your soul, lets it unfold It can be a cage Restrict you from the next page, and you won’t grow, nothing to show For this life, you claim to live free as a bird In a cage, just like the rest of us, I heard That you built your own world High up safe from discern Locked inside, do not disturb
6.
Gap Filler 04:54
Waiting for a sign, or waiting for you to come home Leave it all behind, you’re leasing what you thought you would own Black Silver, Blue looker, fell in love with being alone Gap filler, too familiar, you’re too soft to just let it go Pictured you in grey blue sunshine from tales that you told Stash it all away man, before you get hurt even more Snow kissed, dark lips, I wanna dig a hole in your soul Make a list you narcissist, it’s all you’re gonna get don’t you know I know I need you, more than you need me But I won’t desert you, I won’t leave suddenly Not much you have to say to keep me company Carve out both my eyes, so you can see
7.
Sedentary 04:28
Buried underneath the snow, 20 miles from home I realized all I had to say was so much less than whole And though I didn’t have to leave, I couldn’t leave her alone My conscience would’ve burned with the thought of her cold I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for a year of nothing moving at all My face in a frame, a plaque with my name, but it’s just not hung on the wall A rook and a bishop caught in division, with a pawn stuck in between You called it a tie, left me with my mind, and said, “go back to sleep” God forbid you let me feel whole again Tell me it’s just words inside my head So open with the line you planned to close it with, to spare the shit So someone else can bleed all over it. No matter how much noise you make, Or how loud you try to scream It’s someone else’s choice whether or not you will be seen And though I try to have faith in the plan, Cuz the lord knows I deserve it It’s falling apart, and taking my heart to a dark place, was it worth it? I don’t know. I know I’m not anyone’s savior, But it has to mean something to someone Just a shred of sentiment to justify the time i’ve spent And I’ll hold out for years, if that’s what’s best.
8.
Mama bought me a brand new pair of jeans Without a hole in the knee I break them out once a week, If I have to dress professionally Otherwise they stay in the back of my drawer Just like the notes I wrote you, so many nights before You’ll never read a single one, I swear That’s okay, they won’t be going nowhere Now I know why you’re leaving me so soon I’ve got a plan I must see through I’m sorry it wasn’t right, Wasn’t made for love in the lights No candles by my bedside, No kisses send me goodnight And I know now it’s not my fault No one wants to love me at all But I don’t need a bottle or a cross To get me through the night, with fingers crossed Every night I leave might be the last time How many more 3 am bike rides? I’ve been contemplating where the rock in me is staying Now that I know how I’m supposed to fly Flying back from SFO so soon Lord knows I can’t help thinking of you And what we could’ve been If I didn’t have these hearts to mend, A mouth to feed at the table A feeling so unfaithful, A future ten years down the line, All triviality behind I know that it’s impossible to pair With having someone to blind me with their care
9.
Studio nook in New York City It’s all I can manage, but it sure ain’t as pretty As the grey blue sunshine I met last year Who gave me a sword and helped the smoke clear But I wasn’t made for love in the lights Got bigger questions that I can’t deny On how to save mankind from decree By removing consuming from under lock and key We weren’t put here to revolt or resist Or claim that our way was the key to exist You say, “we’ll find peace once man just gets better” Then look to the sky and ask to stay forever A man in the back of the pizza shop Punches out for his break, to pray on a cardboard box Says pray with me and spare me some green And set up faith on DVD Well if you know what you’ve got, then you ain’t got much So just take and take, it’ll never be enough There’s a vital flaw in man’s design, We feel such a need to claim things as “mine” If a man won’t abide by my cause, he will be Cast forth as a branch, small and withering And all the branches will be thrown in the fire And all that remains will be pure from desire Man, how the fuck is that compassionate? “Love thy neighbor” took backseat to this? Well I don’t buy your hierarchy We’ll govern ourselves with love and peace Daily trip down the bar strip Where you still work, & where I still live And I’ll look for your car so I know you exist Didn’t make you up, like the rest of it Man, looking back, it went by quick What lacked in time, made up in substance But then you had to go and bail Cuz god forbid you let me feel whole again Lately I’ve been questioning My place inside this submarine I’m getting older, I should probably invest In a house, or a car to establish success With every blink the dream flys by “Wait one more week, now’s not the time” “Sorry kid, just not good enough” What you mean to say is “I don’t fit the glove”.

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released April 6, 2018

"Marigold" 2018
Recorded at GCR Audio in Buffalo, NY
Engineered by Jay Zubricky
Mixed and Mastered by Brett Romnes
All songs written and performed by Benjamin Lieber

Trumpet performed by Anna Herman
Additional vocals by Sadie Mathers
Cello performed by Emily Finlan
Lead Guitar on "A Shift In Focus" performed by Charlie Rumfola
Organ on "Grey As The Sky" performed by Phillip McGarry
Lead Guitar on "Gap Filler" performed by George PDP

Front cover originally by Metrocraft Postcard Co.
Back cover photo, videos and promos by Brett Ballachino

This album is dedicated to Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

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