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Say Less

by Scott Test

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You'd be proud that through it all, I've been careful not to call you up In the middle of the night, To tell you that I miss you. And it's early to call it love, But it's you I'm thinking of, And so I thought you should know How much you're on my mind. And it's a long walk home Through the falling leaves in late October And you run through my veins tonight Like sweet Ambrosia Wine The day the summer died I watched you come alive The sky, on fire, Reflected in your eyes See the falling leaves collide And you tell me that it's cold outside tonight Why don't you come inside? And it's a long walk home Through the falling leaves in late October And you run through my veins tonight Like sweet Ambrosia Wine
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Let It Go 03:58
And despite the men we’ve grown into, We were boys just yesterday. We arose this morning robbed of youth, Wondering how we got this way; And the morning sunlight stings our eyes As it burns the mist away. Now we see each other as we are - We’re defined by our mistakes. Can you let it go? Forgive me my transgressions; Can you let ‘em go away? Can you let it go? Oh, don’t leave me here, A prisoner of the things I couldn’t say. Can you let it go? When I look into your face, my friend, I see anger; I see pain. And I wish I felt that time alone Could erase these wounds I’ve made… Tell me, brother - could we both move on If the blood were washed away? Are we damned to live our lives out Bound to a past we cannot change? Can you let it go? Forgive me my transgressions; Can you let ‘em go away? Can you let it go? Oh, don’t leave me here, A prisoner of the things I couldn’t say. Can you let it go? And after all is said and done, I’m not the only guilty one, And if you’re being honest, you Will find you need forgiveness too. Can you let it go? Forgive me my transgressions; Can you let ‘em go away? Can you let it go? Oh, don’t leave me here, A prisoner of the things I couldn’t say. Can you let it go?
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Well, it was the deepest cold I had ever known Riding the length of 15 all alone And the wind was high; I could feel it in my bones As I motored on to Mansfield And so on I go, with the highway icing over, And Jamie Cullum singing on the radio "What a difference a day makes..." and well should I know As I push my luck over deeper drifts of snow Toward your apartment, Which will be colder than it is outside... You're always poor in something, and we are Rich in other things tonight Singing, Ooo, I love you Let the weather do what it will do Ooo, I love you And nothings gonna keep me far away from you. So, late that night, I will shake my head 'Cause you stole all the blankets and it's freezing in your bed But baby, I don't mind, 'cause it's like I said I want to be with you forever - a little cold won't make me forget That's I've been waiting for you Such a long, cold, lonely time And I'll brave any weather For the chance to call you mine Singing, Ooo, I love you Let the weather do what it will do Ooo, I love you And nothings gonna keep me far away from you. Ooo, I love you Let the weather do what it will do Ooo, I love you And nothings gonna keep me Nothing's gonna keep me far away from you.
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For sixth months after moving here I spent hours every day Picking up the pieces of another man’s life That he left behind when he moved away Broken bottles, busted plates, Rusted metal on an old bed frame, Pottery and crockery and other much the same Abandoned in the garden - weathered by the rain. So, in the middle of planting season, We salt the ground with garbage for no good reason. Come the harvest, what will I find? A garden growing garbage to blow my mind. Modern Nature. How does your garden grow? Modern Nature - we will surely reap just what we sow. For six months every single day, Out in that garden picking glass. Filled a bushel barrel with these vicious little shards That seemed to grow out of the ground like grass Every night they’d grow like weeds; Every morning, I’d wake up and see The sun on sharpened edges grinning brightly up at me, Covering the flower beds - blossoms make you bleed. The spring rolls up, and it goes on; Pick a peck of painful slivers out of your palms… What does it say about the modern man That nothing natural grows here, and nothing can? Modern Nature. How does your garden grow? Modern Nature - we will surely reap just what we sow. For six years I’ve been living here, End every summer I think I’m clear - This will be the season that I get it cleared away, And I’ll be ready to plant next year. But some things just don’t go as planned; Some jobs are too big for just one man. I look out of my window at the winter closing in, And I know what’s waiting for me when the weather breaks again: Deep in the frozen ground, the roots run deep. They’ll be growing underneath the snow where no one sees. Come the springtime, what will I find? A garden growing garage reaching upwards towards the sky… Modern Nature. How does your garden grow? Modern Nature - we will surely reap just what we sow.
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His clothes were as black as the soul of December; She asked him, half joking, “Love, why do you mourn?” He answered, “My darling, I mourn for the roses That die on this day in spite of their thorns, “When they’re pulled from the bushes and packaged in plastic To stand at the heart of some lover’s bouquet. Shipped ‘round the world in cold February To weaken, and wither, and die on display.” And the roses are rootless, and too far from home. Yeah, surrounded by strangers, they’re dying alone; And year after year, and rose after rose, The cycle continues, and that’s how it goes - And all they learn about love is how quickly it goes.
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Last night, I was feeling lost and lonely at the end of a down dark day. Last night, I was thinking of you only, but I couldn’t find the words to say. Then I saw you standing in the corner, and you hit me with those baby blues; Pulled me close, and whispered, “Listen to me, honey - do you feel just like I do?” Baby, Put your arms around me honey, hold me tight. Don’t you worry none, it’s gonna be all right. Oh, baby - you know what to do. This morning, when the sun was coming over the horizon, I was holding you tight. This morning, when I woke up with my arms around you, baby, I was feeling all right. Never thought I’d ever be so lucky as to hold a girl like you. Never dreamed I’d ever find somebody who could love me like you do. Baby, Put your arms around me honey hold me tight. Lay me down and just love me with all your might. Oh, baby - you know what to do.
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Ashes, Ashes 02:32
When I met her, we were children playing Ring Around the Rose… The brightest eyes and fairest hair had my little Josie. And I knew I loved her even then, the sweetest girl in town - Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. Years later, we were sweethearts - Lord, I loved her heart and soul. So I asked her if she’d marry me - a ring for little Josie. When she said she loved another, in my rage I shot her down… Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. Now I’m waiting here in prison for the fire of the rising sun, And I know there’s no denying this awful thing I’ve done… And when they come to hang me, Lord, I know right where I’m bound. Ashes, ashes, we all fall down.
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Rebound Girl 02:36
I’m offering a two week celebration Of my romantic isolation, Which is new and strange and cuts me like a knife. We’re gonna keep things nice and easy. We’re gonna date for two weeks, free and breezy, Then pack your shit and get out of my life. (He’s got to move on!) Do you wanna be my rebound girl? All is fair, my dear, in love and war. Do you wanna be my rebound girl? If you like, I’ll help you find the door. There’s nothing you can say to make me turn around and stay. You’re only temporary! Cab fare’s on the table by the bed. There’s nothing you can do to make me fall in love with you - The flavor of the week don’t own me - get it in your head, now baby. Do you wanna be my rebound girl? I’ll say it now, so you will understand. Do you wanna be my rebound girl? I’m only using you, I’m not your man. And if your feelings linger on, I’ll just refer you to this song: You knew what this was. Do you wanna be my rebound girl? Baby, say anything, but don’t call it love! Do you wanna be my rebound girl? ‘Cause it ain’t your heart I’m thinking of!
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She read a copy of the Kama Sutra over fresh Sumatra: Hot coffee in late July. As the cup cooled down, the reading got hotter - She stole a glance from the corner of her eye At the tall iced mocha standing in the corner - She creamed and sugared; he was hypnotized. He said, “Let me buy you one, baby - what’s your drink?” She looked at him and sighed… The devil’s mocha. Nothing else will do, She wants the devil’s mocha. A cup of black coffee to cure your low-down blues. Pretty soon, they were carrying a sleep debt - no time to waste. She was jonesing for a jolt from the temperature and taste Of the macchiato Americano That only he could provide. And he was burning deep down for a caffeinated kiss That she could only get from those cappuccino lips. They were percolating full time: Couldn’t pass a coffee shop without The devil’s mocha. Nothing else will do, She wants the devil’s mocha. A cup of black coffee to cure your low-down blues. Well, I’m sure they thought that they were doing just fine - Coffee cooking, keep the grinder going all the time. But you know you gotta put on the brakes When you wake up every morning with a headache and the shakes. Coffee and love, so the story goes, With the passage of time, they grow bitter and cold. They say he found a new barista, They say she switched to tea so, I guess that is the end of the rhyme. In a Starbucks in the Village, he is wearing a frown; He sits alone at a table choking decaf down And in a tearoom uptown, she learns that Earl Grey don’t drown The dream of Kama Sutra Sumatra: The devil’s mocha. Decaf just won’t do, He wants the devil’s mocha. She needs more than simply tea for two: She wants a double shot with cream and sugar too, The devil’s mocha: A cup of black coffee to cure your low-down blues.

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"Say Less” is a collection of pop, rock, and folk songs that doesn’t even try to present a unified front. It’s the Spotify playlist you don’t remember making last summer. It’s a mixtape from high school that you’re embarrassed about, but secretly blast at high volume on the highway at midnight. It’s the contents of that mp3 player you found under your bed, and you thought it was dead, but it still charges, and oh my god I remember that song, play it again.

These songs were written in parking lots, recorded in bedrooms, performed in bars, forgotten, remembered, forgotten again, abandoned, rediscovered, re-recorded in a different bedroom (except for the vocals, which we did in the bathroom because it somehow sounded better), and finally painstakingly laid down one track at a time by a single person in a tiny windowless studio for your enjoyment. Everything you hear on this album is me. The instruments, the vocals, the crappy art design on the cover - it’s all me. It’s a labor of love and I hope you like it as much as my mother does.

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released July 20, 2017

Guitar/Keys/Bass by Scott Test
Mixing by Matt Bracco
Mastering by Rogue Planet Mastering

Modern Nature and Rebound Girl - Drums/Guitar by Lucas Carillo; Tracking Engineering by Jared Waters

Engagement Song - Cello by Daniel Frankhuisen; Produced by Allyson Bellink

All songs (C) Scott R. Test (BMI)
Funded by Kickstarter - thanks for all my backers!

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Scott R. Test (BM in Music Ed, Mansfield U) is a pianist/guitarist, singer/songwriter, and educator in the NYC area.

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