Flowers & Monks, by DM Stith

Flowers & Monks

by DM Stith

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ruskus Oh, this is a lovely surprise!
These Fata Morgana extras are a must have. To me they’re sounding more like a cross between the more beautiful moments from the classic Heavy Ghost album and something from The Revival Hour material (say, Winterarms?). i.e. they’re brilliant.
In Flowers and Fiery Burning Monks especially stand out.
If there’s more to come like this David then I’m all for it. Favorite track: Fiery Burning Monks.

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1.	The Oracle (string version) 04:17	lyrics	buy track
Time is not an arrow Time is a grenade and You’re holding it the wrong way Feels like moving backwards Even as you stand in place Oh, ask the oracle anything How will I know How will I know How will I know How will I know A fair fight is a fair fight Almost, but not quite So what do I do What do I do What do I do What do I do now You become a superstition A symbol of regret A stone we kiss to make a wish Permission to forget And you click your heels together Have you even tried that yet You had lightning in a bottle and A promise to collect At least that’s what you thought it meant In a circuit-guided vessel Retracing your mistakes Every day is the same day On a merry go round merry go round merry go round merry go round Just holding it down Holding it down Holding it down Holding it down You become a superstition A symbol of regret A stone we kiss to make a wish Permission to forget And you click your heels together Have you even tried that yet You had lightning in a bottle and A promise to collect At least that’s what you thought it meant Time is not an arrow Time is a grenade and You’re holding it the wrong way
2.	In Flowers 03:39	lyrics	buy track
Words don’t drop me know I am wrapped up in cross words and telephone wires And I have shut myself up in The smallest apartment I could find in upstate New York Boy, where have I been Up to my knees in Up to my knees in Up to my knees In Flowers Turn me inside out Inside out Old man failed the draft Peerless and powerless Just stay still Just stay still Just stay still Fell too far to laugh Stuck in the briar patch Just stay still Just stay still Just stay still Out of my hair you built your nest How do I ask you for forgiveness As sudden as summer ends Flushed with the lilacs and Just stay still Just stay still Just stay still And i’ll never understand I’m a-flop on dry land Just stay still Just stay still Just stay still Gathering up my pile of sand How do I ask you for forgiveness Words don’t drop me know I am wrapped up in cross words and telephone wires And I have shut myself up in The smallest apartment I could find in upstate New York Boy, where have I been Up to my knees in Up to my knees in Up to my knees In Flowers
3.	Inchworm 04:39	lyrics	buy track
Something’s in the air Trying to peddle down All that beauty Falling down on you Reaching my toes Nothing below Purple bruise is looking good today Can you feel it change Reaching my toes Nothing below Reaching my toes Nothing below
4.	Fiery Burning Monks 04:00	lyrics	buy track
The vents are humming like monks Wreathing incense over Two statues in a stone sedan AC coming on I put you there You’re a vision in my blood To keep you there You’re a vision in my blood After the fireworks fell And we set off home My hand smoothed your hair Just to say hello Heaven waves Sighing through the night Hello

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Happy Birthday, Fata Morgana!

To celebrate a year of good listening, I'm sharing three unreleased songs from the Fata Morgana sessions as well as a different version of The Oracle all collected together as an EP I've named "Flowers & Monks". Kind of a supplement to "Fata Morgana," but also kind of it's own little thing.

I made "Fata Morgana" after a prompt from a film maker who asked me to write a song for her short film about suicide. Oof. How does one approach that subject? How does one create something that speaks to the most difficult parts of being human: isolation, shame, exhaustion. I'm no stranger to these feelings. I decided to create a sort of sacred space for reflection and acceptance. It struck me that the decision to end a life is a request to relinquish, somehow, time itself. For me, that meant digging out the first guitar I'd owned, rummaging around in my old CD collection for early seeds of song writing, and to let a less polished, less intellectual, younger version of myself speak. As soon as I'd set up these parameters, the songs just flowed out, one after the next. Three songs that didn't make the final tracklist, "In Flowers," "Inchworm," and "Fiery Burning Monks" were part of that outflowing. "The Oracle (String Version)" is a wholly different version from the one on the album, with strings by Marla Hansen, and featured in Grace Alwyn Ashworth's short film "GRIM," currently doing the rounds at film festivals across the US and the UK.

"Fata Morgana" is about generosity. It's fitting, then, that this little collection would keep on giving. Stay tuned for more.

Thanks for listening.
David

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released May 3, 2024

Written & perfomred by DM Stith & Thomas Bartlett

Viola on The Oracle (String Version) by Marla Hansen

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DM Stith Rochester, New York

A singer-songwriter and visual artist currently living in New York.

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