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Nurikabe

by Cameron Smith

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1.
Nurikabe 04:52
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I'd like to fall into the wind And be where it lays me down again With this blood in my sweat With this sweat in my hands You know I can't tell you where I've been Oh my troubles are like leaves in the Fall And most of them are my own fault Some days it feels like I'm being worked to death Some days I hardly work at all Looking into a glass for help I found I cannot help myself To the hopes and ambitions That I had working in the kitchen Now I'm living on a dying dream Watching water that's pouring in the sink I'm always thirsty for another drink But if I get one all I'll think of is where to find the next one How much is enough? It's always more for me I wish I could pick a theme Something common and unique Something modern and classic Maybe some kinda mask is exactly what I need Forgive me, oh forgive me please Cause I don't know why I speak Oh I guess all I meant was-- No, I'll shut up Cause I've had too much again it seems
2.
Terra Damnata 01:57
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Dragonfly Way up high Dancing on Summer nights Nights that end In a sigh Another breath Another try Go on fly Pass me by I'm just some dirt Under the sky
3.
Grass As It Grows 02:02
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"Run it out, run it out, run it out!"

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‘Nurikabe’ has been a song that has grown with me through the years and I have a special fondness for it. I play it at almost every performance, solo and with my backing band The Slings, typically as the first song of the set. I wanted to release a version that’s easier to find for listeners of my solo work than the single previously released with Sur Duda on the Total Distortion album; and a version which better reflects the way the song sounds now when I play it out live under my own name.

I tracked these songs live at home on guitar and vocals and overdubbed some light accompaniment like singing saw, slide guitar and vocal stacks. Backing up this solo version of ‘Nurikabe’ are demo quality versions of a short summer waltz called ‘Terra Damnata’ and an instrumental, open tuned postlude called ‘Grass As it Grows’. The two extra tracks acting as a sort of digital B side.

I hope you enjoy this impulsive and modest offering. It’s an admittedly more raw, lo-fi sound than what is coming with the summer singles, but these songs are something I’ve been wanting to share in their current form before the season passes. And this is the best I could make them sound all by myself at this particular moment in time.

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released June 16, 2023

All songs written and performed by Cameron Smith
Recorded and mixed by Cameron Smith

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Cameron Smith Fort Worth, Texas

Cameron Smith is a folk singer and songwriter from Fort Worth, TX

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