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Least Concern

by Mandate of Heaven

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1.
Country boys got in my head When I was at an early age I wont tell you what they said But I had to dumb down my ways Now I’m always looking over my shoulder Laying in my little patch Of what this city might have been Watch the airplanes as they crash Resurrect, take off again But no one’s gonna hear the shots on the 4th of July No one hears the shots No one sees the light What was that joke you used to tell? Used to make me laugh for days Something about the road to hell And the way that it is paved And the way in which it’s paved, leaves nothing to be saved So boy you got to stay ahead Boy you got to get it right I can promise that you won’t see me in another life No one’s gonna see you In no other life
2.
As I was driving home from Iron Maiden cover band practice Had to stop at a red light about a mile from my home With the windows rolled down, I heard, from the streetlight shadows a voice Too scared to run the light, I had to listen, I had no choice And someone said: “You look like you got Jesus as your personal hairdresser With your long hair, your beard, and your kind blue eyes” “Hey headbanger, who are you?” She looked like she’d been dead about a week Skin starting to blister and peel in the summer heat Track marks and dried blood under The dirty blue dress she had on Skull smashed in by some high angry john And a rope with a noose swung back and forth between her thighs With one end held tight by the child she took with her when she died “Hey Headbanger, I came for you” “And I’m always right within arm’s reach I’ll take your hand and show you the way Hey Headbanger, faithful like you” And as the noose slipped around my neck The very last thought to go through my head Was what a stroke of genius the Iron Maiden cover band had been Bringing out hipsters in their 20’s, trying to get into that Ironic heavy metal sound And bringing out old dirtbags from Jack’s Reef Hair still long from the first time heavy metal came around
3.
Turned Table 03:35
Used to watch the David Geffen logo turn around the spindle While King’s Lead Hat faded up in my headphones And I was only 6, but I knew enough About what I could and could not touch But only please, could you let me see Inside the dream that’s spinning in front of me? And I caught Jessica Six in a lie, at the Sanctuary She said “you donate your body to science, or you get buried” And when they crack the chest, what will they see? A broken heart, a scratched EP So put the needle in the groove And fill the morgue with the sound of Little Girl in Bloom
4.
I was a disease when I was young I was on my knees when I was young Spiders and fleas they bit my tongue I was on my knees, but now I’m done And if you’ve seen me, you’ve unseen me Beautiful seeds grow into dry brown weeds And they turn to dust in the human ashtray Don’t you know I burned a hole right through Now hold still and let me do it to you My knife gets jealous of my gun Lays eggs in my eyes just for fun And paints all my enemies with a symbol of the sun I was on my knees, but now I’m done And if you’ve seen me, you’ve unseen me My beautiful seeds grew into dry brown weeds And they turn to dust in the human ashtray And it’s enough to make you sick, Enough to make you wake up floating in the creek And you’re just another human ashtray, dying on the north side Just another human ashtray Dying on the north side
5.
Shutdown Man 06:14
Shutdown Man saw a saw in your hand Tell me how you gonna dig out that splinter You see me grow and you cut me low You don’t stop until you cut down me Shutdown Man saw a shovel in your hand You know you’re gonna have to dig a bit deeper These bones the glow when you bury them low And you can’t dig it if you can’t dig me Oh, Shut Down Man You wait and see Gonna rewrite your program Gonna make you talk like me Black Jack Man with a spade in your hand You could have gotten everything that you wanted But 21 diamonds on a telephone wire Couldn’t tell you that your world was on fire Check Out Man, such a slip in your hand You could have gotten everything that you asked for But you had to steal what they were giving to you So what’s your fuckin’ plan now, dude? Oh Check Out Man You wait and see Gonna get inside your program Gonna make you talk like me
6.
I’m gonna kick that dog Make him learn my name Gonna buy a stake in the ground Then I’m gonna buy a chain And if he doesn’t thank me For what he’s got I’m gonna tie him up in my front yard And let him rot And when I seen the light I seen right down the sight My county seat I’m gonna kick that dog And I don’t even care If he’s already rolled over on his back With his paws in the air And if he don’t bite Just who I say I’m gonna take away his food Take away his water Make him so thin that he blows away And if I can’t settle down I’m gonna drive back into town And chase the whores around With all the other clowns And when I seen the light I seen right down the sight And then I know, the star of my own video The star of my own syndrome
7.
Who comes by at night to steal Who took off running through the fields Who jumped the fence in the back yard And how do you even know if he is real? Daddy Longlegs in the jewel-weed Daddy Longlegs rides so tall Daddy Longlegs makes the wind blow The silver and gold what’s stoled Will fall for us all So who comes by at night to steal? Well if you go north it’s all mountains And if you go west it’s all mud But I don’t know anybody to the south or the east That doesn’t have thievin’ and stealin’ in their blood So who comes by at night to steal?
8.
Nummenuff 05:42
Snow’s gonna change to rain and it’s just your luck And an itty bitty flame was the best bang for your buck And you’re waitin on a day where there ain’t gonna be no rain Well there ain’t no day comin’ where there ain’t gonna be no rain Yes your bones are getting sharper than your skin is getting tough You feel them wearing through on the nights that you’re sleeping rough And you’re waiting for the day that gonna be numb enough Well there ain’t no day comin that you’re gonna be numb enough So drop right where you stand if you can’t hack it Cause there’s no way of living that ain’t some kind of racket But I know you’ll come runnin’when fire calls your name And everything that’s made of you is runnin’ right on down the drain So someone comes a-knockin’ and it knocks you to your knees Sayin’ everything that you do to yourself you’re gonna do to me So someone comes a-knockin’ and you go down on your knees Sayin’ everything that I do to myself I’m gonna do to thee And you’re waitin’ on the day that you’re gonna see the sun again Well there aint’s no way of knowin’ when you’re gonna see the sun again And you’re waitin’ for the day that you’re gonna be numb enough Well there ain’t no day comin’ that you’re gonna be numb enough

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Recorded at MoreSound Studios and Neon Witch
Engineered by Greg Pier and Jason Randall
mixed and mastered by Jason Randall at MoreSound Studios

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released May 18, 2019

Greg Pier-guitars, bass, vocals
Bob Kane-drums
All lyrics by Greg Pier
All music by Greg Pier

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Mandate of Heaven Syracuse, New York

Mandate of Heaven is an all-original indie rock project from Syracuse, NY centered around music primarily written by multi- instrumentalist Greg Pier. It is also the title Greg has used for his solo performances and recordings. The first Mandate of Heaven record was released in 1999, and the most recent was released in fall of 2012. A new record, "Least Concern" will be released 5/18/19 ... more

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