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Melodies

from Desert Pavement by ISMAY

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lyrics

Melodies

I saw on your dresser,
A record, I’m lesser
It’s music, that you praise
Become that, I’ll amaze

Carving away I thought
Carving away each knot
Oh carving away at myself will end this

This feeling I’m no one
A drop in the ocean
My pathway to others
Is paved out in records

Carving away I thought
Carving away each knot
So I’ll have a friend and I will feel tended

In front of this mirror
A singer, a shearer
I muster, not fiction
Incomplete depiction

Carving away I thought
Carving away each knot
Oh my lonely ways will be gone and ended

Melodies are ringing in my ear and I can feel the pressure
Find a certain one and I’ll be in a record on your dresser

Carving away I thought
carving away each knot
Oh my lonely days will be left as a kid

I see now, in your eyes
Connection, you’ve surmised
It’s not what I wanted
I’m farther, and vaunted

Carving away I thought
Carving away each knot
A new lonely way is what I created

credits

from Desert Pavement, released January 26, 2024
Lyricist/Composer: Avery Hellman
Producer: Andrew Marlin
Engineer: Julian Dreyer
Assistant Engineer: Talia Service, Kenny Harrington

Avery Hellman: vox, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Andrew Allen-Fahlander: electric guitar
Andrew Marlin: mandolin, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, percussion, piano
Clint Mullican: bass, backing vocals, glockenspiel
Jamie Dick: drums/percussion

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ISMAY California

ISMAY is a Folk/Americana music project driven by California-based singer/songwriter Avery Hellman. Their debut album Songs Of Sonoma Mountain was released in 2020 and named one of the 10 best Albums in the Bay Area. Growing up backstage at their grandfather’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, ISMAY was inspired early on by artists such as Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, and Hazel Dickens. ... more

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