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A Quest For Permanent Nothings

by Mammal is a Mountain

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1.
August nights into September; do I really love her? would I even be able to tell? right here in my own little hell, I don't want her to be here. i try to be a bigger man but I cant sleep until I try and find some relief, cant stop thinking of her, but I'm just her latest flirt, she can't remember my name. when i feel like the world could be revealed; all its secrets and political shields could be washed away, start a brand new fuckin day, we both know its impossible. its these little things we argue into our drinks. drink it fast let information sink, impaired judgement. at least i know I'm not a man, a bearded boy and pale white skin. who am i to be loved?
2.
Its safe to say i'm afraid. i'm twenty-two and i got no way to make it thru the next 3 days, but i got good friends and place to stay. I'm trying to get back, back to you and i know i've said but this time its true. I'm sober enough know but i need a drink and all these cigarettes in my mouth - like an instinct. finally put the pills down, down in my stomach to sink. i'm all fucked up so i won't back out in case that's what you think. Remember at midnight on May the third? you made your sister give us a ride and got real hurt. they say its not your fault, but we both know it is. i was in the back seat, sheets to the wind.
3.
Take off all the makeup, our drugs are here. We're gonna take handful of faders dear and drink from that bottle until i see clear. i just need you, little darling, for the atmosphere. Why are we lying on your floor? Who left the light on and opened the door? Well fuck you for talking, but i need to know more. my eyes don't recognize, they just ignore. Let us forgot our bodies on this tuesday night. cigarettes - the smoke is lies. I can't give you a second try, i just don't care enough to do things right. I never wanted to even know my name, so i wrote you this shitty song today, so i could speak what i never could say: "Honey, you know people change. But you can't change them, and you can't change that. You can't change them because then you'll never get them back." I act like a child, pulling my hair out and drinking blood to prove what i'm about. I always make best friends with the things I doubt. i just need you darling to keep me around.
4.
Shame Song 07:16
oh i think i know just what you need. for me to up and go, so you can leave. it all goes to show we're so incomplete. everything i know is the reason I don't even sleep. you can cut off all your hair, we don't care, because your eyes remain and oh the way that they stare, guarding your brain. i always try to put myself in front of your face. everything you know is the reason for your pain. well i wear you my dear in ink in a tattoo everyday. the fireworks that we share can never be replaced the love we now bare is nothing near what we first made. happiness i know is a risk we both gotta take. i think i know just what you need but i think i can finally show, i know absolutely nothing. when its dark we get dark we you know its easier without any shame; as far as friends go, you are strong, you are family, you're not pure, you are pristine. you are actually somebody.

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All songs written and performed by Dan Lynch*

Recorded with two SM57s.

*Additional Musicians:
Conor McCann - Bowed Guitar & Recorded Rain sample on Song #3.
Rob Wojcikiewicz - Cymbals on Song #1
Andy Patt - Trombone on Song #1
Steve Rosenzweig - Trumpet on Song #1


Recorded & Mixed in various hallways, bedrooms and one particular garage by Dan Lynch**

**Additional Engineering:
Jameson Dunham - Recorded Noise Sample on Song #1 at Central Presbyterian Church in Geneseo, NY


Cover Art possibly drawn by Albert Tissandier.
[Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith's long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875]


Special Thanks to: My Brother, The Whale & The Warbler Family, My Gamma Family, Jameson, Jamie, Vadala, Furg and every person who went to a house show. Also thanks to Jodi, Tom and Marni.


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released November 15, 2013

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Mammal is a Mountain New York

Indie basement ensemble from behind the eyelids. Seeks audible bliss in the albums of The Band and The Low Anthem. Prefers tone over tonality. Invigorated by frequency-eating.
Straight out of upstate NY bb

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