/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

I saw a public green this afternoon
and while it didn’t linger long in my view
the sky turned to a womb
and a vague feeling bloomed
but one that reason could not subsume

it made me wonder

has the sight or sound of a river
ever cleansed my soul and had peace delivered
is it just a poetic image that’s been traded
and trickled down throughout the ages
and now leans across my pages
as empty as the wages of a monk?

has it ever been that able
to really be as transcendental
as I wanted my listeners to believe?
I suppose the effects are yet to be seen
is that perhaps what I should glean
from the sight of the public green?

There was ample room under the lofty words I used to spout
Now I’m scraping my scalp on the roof of my mouth
cramped atop the pulpit i erected from platitudes to lend credit to my sermon of doubt


it’s never been the mountain top, the river’s flow
or the ripple’s gleam
it’s the spaces in between
it’s the
table, clean, it’s the linoleum’s scream,
it’s the public green the public green the public

credits

from Low Temperature Civics, released July 24, 2015
All songs written and performed by Low Temperature Civics.

Mixed, mastered and recorded by Tom Glover.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Low Temperature Civics image

Low Temperature Civics Melbourne, Australia

contact / help

Contact Low Temperature Civics

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Low Temperature Civics, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now