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No More Frontiers

by Govier

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1.
my parents overall did a good job raising me there were a few thrown punches between and my dad but he gave the endeavor all that he had he took me to falcons games at the dome and braves games when they were playing at home my favorite player was andrew jones (chorus) this was back when michael vick was still electrifying fans in a falcons jersey and i bit into a foot long ballpark frank and lost some of my first teeth and dominique wilkins can you hear the boos as josh smith throws up another brick we would pirate better seats than we could afford and make eye contact with the usher when we scored my dad always called this calculated act a jedi mind trick heading to turner field on a tuesday night cause the nosebleed tickets were a two for one deal on tuesday nights we would park the four runner and slam a few beers with an acquaintance or two and we would slowly meander to the stadium one night within earshot a group of four were discussing robbing us i was twelve and oblivious but my dad turned around and pugnaciously threatened to beat them up. his physical presence was threatening enough but who knows what could have happened
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buscemi is the best doggy man runs around the house and pees on whatever he can think i saw him catch that moth he’s afraid of that mouse maybe if he gets better reflexes he can catch flies in his mouth (chorus) buscemi you’re the greatest ever dog buscemi you’re the greatest dog i’ve seen it’s not even that close you’re the greatest dog i’ve seen runs around the house and leaves little dust tracks licks up the grease and puts his nose in his ass licks his pooper once he’s done taking a deuce maybe I should do the same and save a buck or two on toilet paper (chorus) and i promise i won’t forget to shut that door and don’t run away anymore cause you’re the greatest dog i’ve seen little man
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Mother's Day 03:23
the first time i used a weed whacker was when i moved to oregon and a lawn mower too lived in the suburbs in my youth and my mom would’ve rather had hired a kid that was my age than have her baby cut his leg on a one and a half foot blade never got my hands dirty moved to the city with my girl when i was twenty and the country with her a few years later now i use a weed whacker every week when the seasons ask it of me and i even know exactly what a two by four is hands sprinkled with callouses and my mom sends me pictures of her garden cause she knows i’ll appreciate the fact that she’s got the same interests as me since our worlds have begun to drift and no i’m not bitter it’s just what it is it’s mother’s day next week my card should be there a little early i hope she gets a good laugh when she cracks open the card cause it makes light of the way she’s a relatively recent divorcee but she’s working hard on her nine to five making sure everyone’s staying alive they’re coming here later this year we can go to the river crack open some beers while she holds her new grandkid what a birthday present that’ll be for both of us
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i’ve reached the pinnacle of loneliness in my thoughts gonna put em on a shelf till the expiration’s passed and they rot the move across the country’s one i’m glad that i did but there’s still family and friends that i miss i’ve forged new ones here and i’ve been with my wife for five years but i miss my mother and sisters’ touch our limited time on earth is what makes this shit exciting strip all that away and the thrill’s much less enticing it’s going, going, going away faster than you can say hey wait let’s slow down this train cause i like the scenery we’re flying by right now i don’t wanna be on one of them bullet trains in london it’s going, going gone every time i figure out what i want the moment’s gone
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Shoe Strings 02:55
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i got fungus on my shoulder from not washing myself enough and i got tendonitis in the same arm from playing guitar too much cause cooking in is more satisfying than going out so pull up a chair and give us something interesting to talk about cause i got stories to share and you can tell me about who you talk to over coffee when your local acquaintance is outta town and we can realize yeah we can realize that there ain’t no more frontiers to run away to cause we can settle down eventually but for now we're floating leaves and we ain’t got no more frontiers to run away to and you can explain to me the existential questions i had after reading animal farm and the world without us cause you indulge me in conversations sometimes that you might prefer to not participate in so pull up a chair give us something interesting to talk about till we’ve got no more frontiers to run away to cause i got stories to share and you can tell me about your latest healthy changes to hopefully extend your life and we can realize yeah we can realize that there ain't no more frontiers to run away to cause we can settle down eventually but for now we’re drifting wood in the pacific and we’ve got no more frontiers to run away to
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when i first arrived to the siskiyou mountains from the familiar tug of scranton pennsylvania i was hedged behind the confines of industrial blue collar work so i put on a different shirt the one i put on wasn’t blue but brown fit in with my friends in town and i got nitrile gloves and scissors so i could go to work and i let a profound experience wash over me. and in an instant my entire future changed drastically. i let a profound experience wash over me when i first got here from the corn fields of iowa i used to put on my makeup and do my hair before i went to work i was a loquacious bar-tender didn’t know how to change a tire or cook met my boyfriend out here at a music festival lived on my friends land in a quaint cabin and i had never knew that this would eventually be my dream now i’m glad i took the road that i travelled i let a profound experience wash over me and for an instant i could see things a little more clearly i let a profound experience wash over me. on my travels out here i happened across a couple from atlanta the guy said he was on a homeostasis expedition i said what exactly do you mean by that the reply was something that I can’t quite remember today so i’ll paraphrase it was about being able to find joy in the small things and opening up your soul to little slivers of clarity and letting profound experiences wash over you
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and it feels like we’re falling apart i should have known better. (i’m drifting)
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when the curtains close and the music’s faded will you be satisfied with what you’ve created will you leave a lasting impression on those eager faces waiting in attendance cause every time i feel my heartbeat it’s my body’s brazen way of telling me that life’s more fickle than a quarter-inch thick icicle dangling in forty degree sunshine facing south
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i’m still looking down at the top of the dirt barely but it’s still there that’s how this older guy responded to me when i asked him how he was doing earlier this year cause he had recently had a massive heart attack and he didn’t know if he was gonna come back and i’m pretty sure his major artery was like ninety percent blocked he had a pacemaker and it was hard for him to stand up but he still decided to come out and even lend us tools when we needed help yeah he still decided to come out and lend us tools when we needed help put down that pressure washer man you don’t need it in your hand take a seat on the bed of my truck i can bring you water and stuff i wanna make sure you’re ok and i’ll meet you at your house in your driveway and give you back your tools and pressure washer that you lent me for the day yeah i’ll give you back your tools and pressure washer that you lent me for the day

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released September 27, 2019

Written, performed, recorded, produced, & mastered by Govier at Dead Fly Studio in Cave Junction, Oregon during the latter half of 2018 and the earlier half of 2019.

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