Words and Music: Glen Phillips (Umami Music / ASCAP)
lyrics
Maybe I was switched at birth
Or a doctor dropped me on my fontanel
It might explain a couple things
But probably not, or at least not very well
I'm doing fine now, good as ever
Never been better
Shut my mind down, pulled that lever
Make me forget
A bassinet with tiny blankets
Maybe I'd be set afloat
And a lovely barren princess
She would pluck me like a flower from my little boat
I'm doing fine now, good as ever
Never been better
Shut my mind down, pulled that lever
Make me forget
So I won't regret
The razor blades for tiny cuts
And the milk of kindness you bleed off
I feel too much and I'm sick of feeling
Help me hit bottom, not the ceiling
Maybe it's a kind of genius
Finding fault in everything
If I had a palace in utopia
I'd obsess on the cracks beneath the sink
I'm doing fine now, good as ever
Never been better
Shut my mind down, pull that lever
Make me forget
I'm doing fine now, good as ever
Never been better
Shut my mind down, pulled that lever
Make me forget
This album has many of my favorite tracks of Glen’s: Shorn (probably my favorite song, period), solo version of Enough, No Blue Sky (I LOVE Shawn Mullins’ version, but this is exquisite) and his version of American Tune is delightful. adriannecausey
the counter rhythms and syncopations on "So Far Away" are worth the price of admission...
plover is masterful on every level... listen and share this one far and wide, folks...
I love each of them separately, and found my way here via Glen Phillips' other solo work...but together?! WOW!
How about a follow-up? ❤️ Geoffrey Gamble
Cara Beth Satalino's delicately melodic yet resilient indie folk songs sparkle with lyrical wit and hard-won wisdom. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 10, 2024