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Moonth

by Merce Lemon

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dorko79 Chili Packet. I miss my friend so much. This brought memories rushing back. Favorite track: Chili Packet.
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Denver Stahl Honestly top ten album for me. Merce Lemon is incredible. Favorite track: Golden Lady Sauerkraut.
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Luana Very grateful to have found this album. Splendid and very beautiful music. The voice has a great atmosphere of tranquility and freshness that I love. Merce Lemon deserves to be heard, away from everything and in total austerity, so you can feel each song put into this work. Very nice. Favorite track: Those Eyes.
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nofatclips 1st listen: passionately sincere tunes with a sweet and smooth sound. Favorite track: Those Eyes.
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1.
When I was ten Wrote a song of a land Burning castles Dragon friends I love the minds Of little kids What a world they live in Won’t they take me back in Wanna feel those things again Won’t they take me back in I wanna go Follow them slow Into the trees Under the seas Up in the sky They will lead When I was ten Hated school so much then Wrote a song of burning them I love the minds Of little kids What a world they live in Won’t they take me back in Wanna feel those things again What a world they live in I wanna go Follow them slow Into the trees Under the seas Up in the sky They will lead When I was ten Hated school so much then Wrote a song of burning them Wrote a song of burning them Wrote a song of burning them
2.
Chili Packet 03:20
I wish I was laughing Making stupid bets that I could never win Like who can eat this chili packet Without crying? Wipe away your tears I'm not trying to save you I just want you near Plus I can feel it Seeping through your skin I wish I was laughing Making stupid bets that I could never win Like can you bring a person Back to life again? Wipe away the years Time is a construct If I want you here I just gotta think about you Long enough (I fell to life for a little while) Maybe you’ll visit My brain in a dream Lead with a joke and then vanish again I don’t want your sorry's They’re not gonna do I am the one that is sorry To you
3.
Sardines 03:21
The sea holds you softly and then turns you around Put my trust in something salty but it has let me down Sardines Packed in so tightly I peek They’re looking right at me The creatures in the distance grow indifferent to my cries Cause the ocean in its glory it has swallowed me alive Cut feet The mouth of some fishies Suck the Blood from my body Dark green seaweed Wraps me like a mummy Dark green seaweed Wraps me like a mummy
4.
Moon Shots 02:31
Do you think this is love Well I don't wanna tell you what is what In a dream I mistook Your kindness for romance You said the moon is giving you powers It's calling the shots now It's cutting me off Do you think this is love Well I don't wanna tell you what is what In a dream i mistook Your sadness for something I could fix You said the moon is giving you powers I'm calling the shots now I'm cutting me off Romance is dead Gather all of your friends I'll call it love when you mean what you said
5.
Right down the middle Straight down the center I'm looking like Bobby from Twin Peaks It smells like vinegar I'm eating sauerkraut with beans Confusing flavors Is it my food or my feet? Snake tat Show the girls I'm tough Wear my leather jacket Even when it’s hot Turn up that reverb Go melt that butter I’ve never been to To the Red Lobster I think I’m nicer When I am winning I’ll race you to the To the beginning Snake tat Show the girls I'm tough Wear my leather jacket Even when it’s hot It smells like vinegar I'm eating sauerkraut with beans Confusing flavors Is it my food or my feet?
6.
Baby 01:16 video
Loving your someone is not hard to do And baby if you loved me You'd show me you do Mutual giving is what i expect And vulnerable feelings Is part of the trek Baby I love you I think we are through Feeling unwanted is all that I knew Baby I love you I think we are through I'm gonna try to love someone new
7.
Those Eyes 02:29
Those eyes Those eyes Falling Quick to their depths Not a word in me left For those eyes Those eyes Those eyes Pulled me right up in the nick of time Powerful stare with a drop of despair For those eyes, for those eyes Those eyes Those eyes Falling hard for their glare Not a breath in the air for those eyes Those eyes Those eyes Pulled me right up in the nick of time Powerful stare with a drop of despair For those eyes, for those eyes For those eyes, for those eyes For those eyes, for those eyes
8.
Tangled hair answers my prayers Climax to a higher realm Indebted to a lonely friend Am i talking to myself? Sun sets and darkness Reaches all around All my bones are brittle They all heal themselves All my bones are brittle They all heal themselves Black cats are swarming fast A bike light warns it’s glow The clavicle has seven lives (I have six to go) The clavicle has seven lives (I have six to go) She does not consider Why I might have quit her Country rhyming just to fit it Lots of nonsense fills my sentence The clavicle has seven lives The cat who sings he tends to lie She does not consider I am far from such a quitter I am far from such a quitter I am far from such a winner
9.
Everything that happens Happens on my dick No other fruit exists Everything that happens Begins with a lick No other tongue exists
10.
Called you up at midnight as I ordered all my mugs in a line Wondered what would happen What’s my body Where’s it goin when I die? Saw an open casket of my friend couldn’t look her in the eyes Jumped into the water felt the cold sending needles through my spine Sea shore I'm waterlogged again You’re raining down your purpose On the top of my head Thinking maybe you could use this feeling For something positive You could use this feeling Or just bottle up it Sea shore I'm waterlogged again You’re raining down your purpose On the top of my head Thinking maybe I could use this feeling For something positive I could use this feeling Or just bottle up it
11.
Disco Ball 03:36
The disco balls falls and you catch it Avoiding disaster When the lights have been dimmed and you know that You probably won’t last here Tickle my mind with a little joke inside Inside jokes I strive to know Let me know how to kick it (Real slow) When the lights have been dimmed and you know that You probably won’t last here Observing the laughter Into the masses Observing the laughter Into the masses I go The patterns that projected were just visions on the wall That slid across my face and slithered down the hall When the disco ball came loose it was a close call But the hips kept their rhythm never noticing at all As a rabbit would hop I escaped without a thought As a rabbit would hop I escaped And never stopped
12.
The leaves are jumping to their death
 Have you thought of doing that?
 And I haven’t got the slightest clue As to what I'm gonna do

 But I know That the woods make me miss you 
And I hear The wolves howling too

 And I thought that the sun was the moon
 And you laughed and you called me a fool

 The leaves are jumping to their death 
Have you thought of doing that?
 And I haven’t got the slightest clue
 As to what I’m gonna do
 And the dogs don’t bark but they beg for food 
Will you feed them at high noon? 

The water’s tinted orange cause the sky’s a fiery hue 
And my body carries more than I imagined it could do 

The leaves are jumping to their death
 Have you thought of doing that?
 Have you thought of doing that? 
Have you thought...
13.
Tiny Man 03:07
Tiny man With a big plan Tiny thorn Hurts for days on end Take your chance On romantics Listen closely To the antics Willpower has been exhausted Jaws have yet to stop their chomping Willpower has been exhausted Jaws have yet to stop their chomping Tiny tiny tiny man With a big plan Tiny tiny tiny thorn Hurts for days on end Take your chance On romantics Listen close To the antics Willpower has been exhausted Jaws have yet to stop their chomping Willpower has been exhausted Jaws have yet to stop their chomping Tiny tiny tiny plan With a big scam Tiny tiny tiny thorn Hurts for days on end
14.
Puddles 04:58
My words are puddles Scattered ‘cross the floor You tried to weave your Way around them But I just kept making more I got the best of me I drew a perfect circle But no one was looking I got the best of me I tried to fly But nothing was working Turn up the time again This room hasn’t changed There I am sneaking Stretching chords Just to hear what the grownups say I got the best of me I dreamt the child I was Into being I got the best of me Awkward silence is all I'm hearing My words are puddles Scattered ‘cross the floor You tried to weave your way around them But I just kept making more You tried to weave your way around them But I just kept making more This room feels like a time warp
15.
Horses 00:19
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... What the fuck are they They’re eating all the hay What the fuck are they They’re eating all the hay They’re horses they’re horses They have to eat all day! They’re horses they’re horses They have to eat all day! Hey!

about

Merce Lemon is a songwriter born, raised, and currently living in Pittsburgh, PA. She grew up immersed in the city’s DIY scene, writing songs and playing in bands, including a punk band called Two Dragons Black and Red, until around the age of 12.

She then took a hiatus from performing through her teen years, not finding her voice again until moving to Seattle for her last year of high school. There she met Dylan Hanwright of the band Great Grandpa, who produced two releases with her: ‘Ideal For a Light Flow With Your Body’ and ‘Girls Who Jump In’. These songs were re-released in 2020 by Pittsburgh record label Crafted Sounds.

After moving back to Pittsburgh in the fall of 2017, Merce recruited a new band—including her father Greg Pierce on guitar. On her new album ‘Moonth’ Lemon and her band craft an intimate and starkly confessional sonic world of songs that grapple with large-scale ideas.

The nature of identity, the body, memory, and relationships are all explored through the lens of fluidity, with water as a recurring motif in her songwriting, and a fitting complement to lyrics and arrangements that draw you in like a gentle tide.

100% of all profit from this release in 2020 and 2021 was donated to the Pittsburgh-based Black Unicorn Library and Archives Project. Black Unicorn centers the literary and artistic contributions of Black women, Black queer, trans people and gender nonconforming people, and honors the far reaching influence our courageous storytelling has had on the lives of generations worldwide.

credits

released August 14, 2020

All songs written by Merce Lemon
Recorded at Mr. Smalls Recording Studio by Nate Campisi (Audio Engineer) and Ben Corwin (Assistant Audio Engineer)
Produced by Merce Lemon and Nate Campisi
Mixed by Nate Campisi and Merce Lemon and The Band
Mastered by Larry Luther

Merce Lemon: vox (all tracks) guitar (all tracks except 15)
Greg Pierce (Dad): guitar (all tracks except 9, 11, 14) vox (5, 15) miscellaneous percussion (14)
Jim Lingo: bass (all tracks except 9, 11, 14) vox (5, 15) miscellaneous percussion (14)
Alec Ebeling: percussion (all tracks except 9, 11,14) piano (4, 7, 10) organ (1, 10, 14)
moog (14) vox (5)
Noa Lipsky: vox (all tracks)
Eric Lipsky: cello (2, 10) fiddle (5, 7)
Jessica Leigh: flute (14)
Michael Johnsen: live electronics (14)
Alisa Dix (Mom): vox (15)

Album Art by Merce Lemon

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