Claim to Flame

from Simple Music for Simple Times by Circular Reasoning

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lyrics

Livin’ on the western block of seventh
Right across from the last corner store in town
The lot behind sold for a fortune
Another boxy high-rise just broke ground
There lies a landscape in our pockets
I called my agent to tell me the news
She put a number on a pile of lumber
It was an offer I couldn’t refuse

And the neighborhood glows under coy, darkened skies
This house is burning down tonight
Crackling echoes and rafters carbonize
A pile of boards and nails alight
It’s hard to endure but soon it’ll pass
A fleeting, searing flame bouquet
Sweltering tar, a chimney outclassed
This street’s a landfill anyway

Those crimson bricks have lost their color
This part of town ain’t what it used to be
The parks are now for parking and the taxis are embarking
The cityscape’s reshaping and it don’t need me
Soon enough I’ll ride into the sunset
To lands unplanned, vacation where carnations grow
Got half a cigarette but it don’t get finished
Just got a claim to flame before I go

And the neighborhood glows under coy, darkened skies
This house is burning down tonight
Crackling echoes and rafters carbonize
A pile of boards and nails alight
It’s hard to endure but soon it’ll pass
A fleeting, searing flame bouquet
Sweltering tar, a chimney outclassed
This street’s a landfill anyway

credits

from Simple Music for Simple Times, released February 29, 2024
Written by: Mikko Nynäs

Vocals/Keyboards/Alto Sax: Mikko Nynäs
Tenor Sax: Charlie Phillips
Trombone: Christian Read
Bari Sax: Noah Baseleon-Abbott
Guitars: James Vincent Sloan
Bass: David Murray
Drums: Tai Taitano

Mixing: Mikko Nynäs
Mastering: Rachel Field at Resonant Mastering

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Circular Reasoning Seattle, Washington

Circular Reasoning is an unconventional retrofitting of R&B and funk from the fertile grounds of the Seattle music scene, overlaying psychedelic, jazzy abstractions over old-school stone grooves. Materialized in the U-District by arranger/keyboardist Mikko Nynäs, CR has been romping around the Seattle area since 2011, spewing novel sounds and unorthodox lyricism. ... more