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Ride the Gutter Down

from Pretty Songs About Death by Jeremy Mage

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Sometimes, thoughts of mortality can be crippling, and lead me into depression, denial, and avoidance. But really sitting with the understanding of my limited time here can also be a kick in the ass. This song is that ass kicking. L'chaim! To life! We are always on the edge of chaos.
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There's no repeat and no reverse
It's improvised it's unrehearsed
Can't tell the blessings from the curse
So ride the gutter down down down, the gutter down
Glorious glorious skipping stones
The surface of the green and glorious
Jumping stones the surface of
The sea, the sea, the sea
So ride the sea to me

I'm not afraid of you time
If I hesitate I will surely be late
Leave off the brake and just fly
We're closing on midnight

There's still a chance for sanity
Though margins are but narrowly
Correct, if accidentally,
So ride the gutter down down down, the gutter down
Pale, pale why so pale
You glimpsed the wings upon the walking
Witness to the crying sea
The sea the sea the sea the sea
So ride the sea to me

I'm not afraid of you time
If I hesitate I will surely be late
Leave off the brake and just fly
We're closing on midnight

Ride the sea, ride the sea, ride the sea the sea the sea
Ride the Sea to me
Ride the sea
Ride the sea to me
Ride ride ride the sea
Ride the sea to me

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from Pretty Songs About Death, released November 2, 2022

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Jeremy Mage & The Magi New York, New York

Mage is a New Yorker living in Switzerland. He played B-3 in church and broke his nose in a mosh pit, and then years later he broke it again on a Steinway. In between, he studied with Baba Olatunji, Alan Ginsberg, Fred Frith, Yusef Lateef; learned Raga in Varanasi and clave in Havana. He world-toured with Lizz Wright, Wunmi, and the Easy Star All Stars. His influences are a hopeless mix. ... more

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