Mete Out the Mercy

by New South Bear

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1.
03:12
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2.
03:58
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3.
02:01
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4.
04:11
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5.
02:49
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6.
05:14
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7.
04:09
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released 13 June 2010
These songs were made in Tennessee and Minnesota.
Mike Rowe sang on tracks 2 & 3.
Austin Grant drummed on household objects on tracks 4 & 6.

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tags: acoustic country folk lo-fi minimalist rock slowcore Minneapolis

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Track Name: I Built This House
I built this house to call
Something my own
Laid blocks and bricks I
Cut wood and stone
Drove nails and carved my name
Into all the walls
Sealed off the front door
Wired the lights
And I watched the shadows crawl
Across the floor

I built chairs and tables
And I set up the shelves
Cut a hole in the floor for a bathtub
That I made myself
Filled cracks and plugged all the leaks
And I put tiles on the walls
Turned on the faucet
Held my breath
And I watched the water crawl
Across the floor
I'm not building anymore
I built this house to fall and decay
Built it to burn away

So I toweled off the floor
And I shred a pile of paper
Found an old box of matches
That I'd held onto for later
Poured gasoline from the can
I left in the hall
Then I struck the match
And walked outside
And I watched the fire crawl
Across the floor

I built this house
Track Name: Palace
I came to this place
To gather my mind
In the time I have spent
It has dented, declined
I have sat in this shack
With my head to the wall
And the crown this has bred
It is blackened and beaten and bald

And you say I have my shelter
I have my shelter and I have the time

And my house is warm and friendly
In the summer
My palace is cold and gray
In the fall
By winter I'll have frozen
And by spring I'll have thawed
By next year I won't feel anything at all

After all the nail biting
And lighting the wood
for my fires
I have tired of this rail and this wire
After all it is cheap
And the wood is so thin
It will bend and begin to go
back in the earth again

And you say I have my shelter
I have my shelter and I have the time

And my house is warm and friendly
In the summer
My palace is cold and gray
In the fall
By winter I'll have frozen
And by spring I'll have thawed
By next year I won't feel anything at al
Track Name: Traditional Murder Ballad
With your head knocked back
And you eyes cast down
My hand on the wheel
I'll drive us around
With your mouth hanging open
And your shirt stained with blood
Has our time together
Ever been so quiet and good

And I will drive us around tonight
I will drive us around tonight
You won't swear and we won't fight
Everything's gonna be alright
And we'll drive around tonight

Oh I know as we go
Jealous folks will stare
At your ghost white skin
And blood-matted hair
But we won't let them stop us
From having our fun
When you slump against my shoulder
I know you're my only one

And I will drive us around tonight
I will drive us around tonight
You won't swear and we won't fight
Everything's gonna be alright
And we'll drive around tonight
Track Name: Wicked One
Do you see that wicked one
Riding on beside us
See his fire burn the sun
He wants just to guide us
Look away, oh look away
His eyes are red and glowing
Do not hear the words he'll say
Or see that shadow growing

I have ridden many years
Alone along these trails
And I have hollowed out my fear
Since I saw that rider pale
He wants to make my soul a place
He's been talking to me
To give his voice a different face
He wants to speak it through me

Do you too feel that awful pull
Does smoke cloud your seeing
Do you smell a burning coal
Or know that hollow feeling
I have seen a fire fall
I've felt electric humming
I have heard the black crow call
And a sound like thunder coming

Do you see that wicked one
Riding on beside you
I am here, he is gone
And I want just to guide you
Track Name: Today I Feel Okay
Some days I get mad
And I throw things and stomp around
Until you're feeling bad
And some days I scream and shout
And I cause such a scene
That you ought to throw me out
But today
Today I feel okay

Some days I get blue
And I gather all the rain from me
And pour it over you
Some days I make a fuss
And I try to divide
Either me or you from us
But today
Today I feel okay

I might struggle with the world
And I might let you down
But days like that it's good to know
You'll still be around

Some days you might cry
And I might take your hand in mine
And you might wonder why
And I'll say
Soon we'll be okay
Track Name: My Name Is Jacob
The cold fever left my brow
And I bow out, out here where now
Summer sleeps, and sleeping I keep
My old habits as a means of relief (defeat)

Take me this far and leave me be
Thus far I'm in between

And when I leave your floor
I pour down, down here for
To rest on laurels and morally bound by the waist
I waste my longest days

I've come this far and I must rest
I've come this far not to wrestle with myself

I'll hold you tight in my frame
Until you bless me and my name
To wrestle all night against flesh and blood
The morning to find it was not mine, but God

It touched my youth and I took a name
This deceitful one that I wear today
Track Name: Family Line
My mother has got so much light
Her shadow on the street is pure and white

My sister has learned to shine
Though she has a face, a face like mine

My father has gotten old
His bones were cold so long ago
And his son doesn't know what he's done
With all the good he's been given
But he will lay a claim on whatever is ahead
And crawl from his bed

He will tie himself to the family line