Line In The Dirt

from This Must Be A Place by Jed Davis

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Originally written in two-thousand-zero-zero after I was offered a very suspect record deal. I recorded this song with Collider that year; Daniel Rey produced it. This recording incorporates some elements from that version - the guitars, synth and most of the vocal - but includes a new bass take by Pablo Arruda and new drums from Chris DeRosa. I also re-recorded the piano (the original piano track had a ton of click bleed in it). Martin Merenyi mixed this new version.

lyrics

There's a bottle on the ocean
There's a pattern in the sand
There's a clock striking twelve and
There's a letter in my hand
There's a line in the dirt
And we all get hurt
In the end

There is gold in the sunset
There is fire in the dawn
There's a hasty ultimatum
And then one of us is gone
There's a queen on my right
Will I prove a knight
Or a pawn?

Don't hold it back
'Cause I won't hold it back
The time is right

Sign
Go on, take my pen and sign
It's all you wanted all your life

Don't hold it back
'Cause I won't hold it back
The time is right

Cry
'Cause I want to hear you cry
In the middle of the night

There's a bottle on the ocean
There's a pattern in the sand
There's a clock striking twelve and
There's a contract in my hand
There's a line in the dirt
And we all get hurt
In the end

credits

from This Must Be A Place, released September 29, 2023
Produced by Jed Davis and Daniel Rey
Music and lyrics by Jed Davis, published by Eschatonality/ASCAP

Jed Davis: keyboards, vocals
Sean Gould: guitars
Pablo Arruda: bass
Chris DeRosa: drums

Recorded by Merle Chornuk at Pilot Recording Studios, New York, NY
Additional recording by Jed Davis at Pile of Sound
Mixed by Martin Merenyi
Mastered by Chris Hanzsek