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Naked Where The Sugar Grows

by Sham

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1.
Everything's all the same it's always changing Thinking singularly is getting pretty old A loop, a pleasure zone Movement standing Riding all alone Eternal lips swallowing Everything's all the same it's always changing Waking up beside you continuously feels brand new Lush rocky wall passed in green metal A castle on a hill, death joy in the windowsill Blue fills the sky today, new clouds are forming Birds sing that song today and Green fills your eyes Blue fills the sky today, new clouds are forming Birds sing that song today and Tears fill my eyes Everything's all the same it's always changing Your palms in mine, Arizona sunrise Loose sand in my shoe, the car seats count to (two) an August skyline fear of passing time Everything's all the same it's always changing
2.
hands on our turquoise steering wheel glove, you lay suspended above foreign stone you are the feeling of the earth you are lost in that turquoise sense of being return to the patterns that hum a melody I already sung gone is the feeling of the dirt couples morph into family portraits, fluid fills the ice tray to the shapes it suggests the friend holds out his hand to agree upon a form of friendship invited by decorative lampshades crooked a hole-y plaid quilt hiding stains in the futon lost that turquoise sense of being nested in a carpeted minivan trunk to hike up meadow mountain alone and surely promised some suspected serendipitous sun descent where is the feeling of the earth where is the feeling of the dirt where is that feeling of the earth where is that feeling of the dirt where is that feeling lost for that turquoise sense of being
3.
The city's growing stale to me with light manifesting in my dreams pleasure depends on absent company I am clay in my fingertips Cruisin' on a flooding canoe breath on the field while staring at you the present tense is the only tense in your thoughts that'll become mine too The mountain air's callin me losing my lust for the rusting city out in the country the air is so easy to breathe Plans rot my head past goodness could make the present dead The fruit on the tree in the garden tastes sweet, only the moment it touches my teeth What's that that hooked my brain? search and search till I found something numb to the color of the sky and the breeze passing by
4.
Easy to See 02:51
It's easy to see you everywhere I go In the ripples of the river and the songs they play upon its stone bank In the shine of doorknobs dull metal engulfed in a sea of tree bodies meat In the way cedar hangs and the dance of its leaves In sound of a vast field in evening, air crimson, illuminated and disappearing In the shape of sky's clouds and the pace of reformation In the lapping of salt water on the sand, forever fleeting in its own decision When a fog blocks the moon and I wonder if it's returning In fabric pressed against cold flesh In the green of mountain slopes and the white of the snow In the grass blades morning dew It's easy to see you everywhere I go
5.
Honig Pt. 2 02:50
6.
"Everyone's living in a way I just don't understand letting months pass by to stale thoughts and sad mindsets" She asks if I ever watch the rain fall to the roof and sprinkle my face or feel my bare feet against a cool wooden surface I said "everyone's all acting in a way I just don't understand, fabricating distance when their skin is touching" She asks if I ever catch her breathe brush against my skin in the late afternoon or our bodies dissolving into one from two or my shadow in the night from the moon or a beam of sunlight in the living room She asks if I ever doubt the fact that we're merely just breathing in and if I truly try could I feel every moment slipping or every flavor that I'm tasting or every breathe that I'm taking or every moment of this life I'm living "Everyone's all living in a way I just don't understand waiting for the next thing to keep em waiting"
7.
I lift off my sheets A familiar 25 year old body, is that me? But what about that dream? Unaligned with physicality. The porcelain seeps the tea, fear of all the thoughts that could become me I can't seem to keep up with what I'm thinking Or the mood I'm making I want to be the plants outside, still, chaos free, alive The porcelain seeps the tea, fear of all the thoughts that could become me Are you my body? Is your body me? Am I my body? Is my body me?
8.
Naked where the sugar grows, I know the sweetness rots my teeth, I hope the sugar stick won't dry too thick Naked where the water springs, I felt your mood and forgot about my sharp feeling The air is thick but how much can I hold in? My lungs continue breathing I sing to you your favorite song as we lay dreaming doooo dooooo doooo doooo doooo dooooooooo

about

This album is a collection of songs written throughout 2019 during a very magical period of life. Written across the USA and Mexico while living in a mini van named 'Robert' (now named Vincent Van Robert). After the travels, I (Shane) moved to Philly, where the last few songs were written. Mikey and I got together while I was in Maryland for my first Thanksgiving in 3 years and during a few day period Mikey wrote guitar arrangements and vocal harmonies on all the songs. A week or two later we recorded them with my roommate Robby in a stretch of 5 days at his studio.

Recorded December 2019 in Philadelphia, PA, USA

Big thanks to:

Carla Schleiffer for being a true inspiration and the best van/exploring partner there is

Robby Grote for being a great friend, roommate, and *producer*

My parents for being super supportive and generous always

Eli Stevick for being a great inspiration in life and someone who enabled and encouraged me to move to Berlin, which has propelled me in so many different directions since

Erin, Scott Levitt, Fiona, Devin, Zoie, Anna, Alison, Gabe, Dylan, Calypso, Joon, Katya, Skylar, Helen, Nicky, Casper, Braden, Kai, Charlie, Franziska for being very supportive, encouraging, and inspiring!

Kory, Gabe, J, Max, Steve for all learning and performing these songs with us

Plants for their magic, trees for their beauty, birds for their songs, water for its clarity

Robby, Gabe, Keith, Katie, Bree for being great people to be around and live with the last 9 months

Steve Wright for his generous mastering capabilities

Sören Bill for the support, employment, and releasing this album thru Intrnt Explrr

Vic Walsch for photoshop assistance

Marie Machin for great photos

and everyone else in the world for existing!

The cover is a painting I made in New Mexico February 2019

credits

released August 21, 2020

Shane Justice McCord - Vocals, guitar, clarinet, bass, percussion, songwriting/lyrics, piano, samples

Mikey Powers - Guitar, vocals

Robby Grote - Drums, vocals, production/engineer/mixing

Emilia Richman - Vocals on 'Turquoise Sense of Being' and 'Out in the Country'

Steve Wright- Mastering

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Sham Asheville, North Carolina

songs of Shane Justice McCord expanded in collaboration with Mikey Powers, other friends & magnetic tape
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