Gravel and Glass

from A Fly on the Wall of Your Brain EP by The Fabulous 464s

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The best gambler in the world retires the minute he’s ahead
We lose when we forget what winning looks like
It’s tactical and practical and somehow still absurd
‘cause you don’t know when the love of losing might strike

And the guests keep on arriving to a firm slap on the ass
Where the waxy flowers are thriving in a bed of gravel and glass
In a bed of gravel and glass

You’re stricken blind, you sway from left to right and back again
Try to orient yourself based on what you’re hearing
But the smattering of chattering has grown into a roar
That caroms off the wall into which you’re steering

And the guests keep on arriving to a firm slap on the ass
Where the waxy flowers are thriving in a bed of gravel and glass
In a bed of gravel and glass

And each harsh word takes a day off of a life
One more day to mourn an absence
One more day to learn how sharply things can turn
One more day to live life in the past tense

The world is very loud this morning, eager and immense
With lots of white noise and lots of movement
I think I’ll wait it out ‘til it gets dark and quiets down
For some of us that counts as an improvement

And the guests keep on arriving to a firm slap on the ass
Where the waxy flowers are thriving in a bed of gravel and glass
And we don’t know where we’re driving, but we sure step on the gas
To where the waxy flowers are thriving in a bed of gravel and glass
In a bed of gravel and glass, yeah

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from A Fly on the Wall of Your Brain EP, released October 26, 2021

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The Fabulous 464s Portland, Oregon

The Fabulous Four Six Fours record on a four track cassette deck in Portland, OR.

They make melody- forward music with probably too many chords.

They sing tart little poems over those chords, and they put the vocal harmonies really high in the mix. And they call it quits after one or two takes.

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