Fear in the Backseat

by Max Davies

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1.	Emissary For A Future Self 03:21	lyrics	buy track
I'm an emissary For my future self And won't you take me baby To where your spirits dwell And I don't know why And I don't know how It's all moving lately It's beyond my power And you won't know everything Perhaps you're feeling Like the kitchen sink It's an evocation Through your lobes Into nothing We all must go This dictionary Rot's my mind And where's this moment going All tangled up in rhyme And she don't know when And she don't know where But half the pleasure You'll see Is in getting there And you won't know everything Perhaps you're feeling Like the kitchen sink It's an evocation Through your lobes Into nothing We all must go And it don't make Too much sense In between all of this Circumstance Reflect this Reflect that now Moments fade Whatever happens You'll see It won't stay the same Yeah
2.	Phantom Tears 05:00	lyrics	buy track
Well uh time will tell About the magick of this spell But I can't shake The phantom tears on your face So uh looking for a season Or a change of reason But your your mind won't stop And your your heart does drop Drop A beat A beat Well there's no rhyme or reason With the twist of treason And bitter thoughts roll on Through the purple dawn I see you at the station With a A nervous reservation Hanging on a haunt And this heart does flaunt Flaunt A beat A beat Electric hairs On your arms A darkened and stark Spark this song Spark this song In the celluloid light And there's no right And there's no wrong By the puerile night We revolve We revolve Hey babe you look of a lake And you're dragging your fate Through a maze mislead On a golden thread I see your green reflection Or zealous misdirection And like a myth I flip And your Your heart will skip Skip A beat A beat A beat A beat
3.	Enter Shadowplay 04:40	lyrics	buy track
You're just a shy child In the green great unknown Or just a mystical mind Shining All alone They don't linger Night into the day Scattered vision Enter shadowplay You're just uh running wild Nightshade and flashing light Scent of a ceiling style Cause what is wrong What is right Licorice lovely Crystal eyed refrain Silver ugly ducking Violet egg of pain Screaming at the future For the time moves so fast Screaming at the future For the time moves so fast Screaming at the future For the time moves so fast Screaming at the future For the time moves so fast You're just a shy child In the green great unknown Or just a mystical mind Shining All alone
4.	Fear in the Backseat 04:02	lyrics	buy track
And there's your scent On the back of my mind And then your eyes Engage with mine If it's easy Who's to say not to try Presence lingers Emotionally untied And the muse Disintegrates And the tune Reanimates There's no pain In writing for you And fear's in the Backseat It's true Chaos is constant Trust is a spark Truth is backwards Like a smile in the dark And the muse Disintegrates And the tune Reanimates And there's your scent In the back of my mind And then your eyes Engage with mine Chaos is constant Trust is a spark Truth is backwards Like a smile in the dark And the muse Disintegrates And the tune Reanimates
5.	John's Song 04:32	lyrics	buy track
Well it's be a long time Since you died and um The stars shift and shudder Eccentric celluloid suns On waking one morning You brought a tear to my eye But the world is turning And money's burning And something smells awry Observing the past Through the looking glass Watching in the mirror What do our dreams fear Ardent thighs reveal What the past can't feel Waiting on a word Or a A major third Shots ring out at night Siren screams alarm Frozen lights flicker Indifferent to harm Fear is contamination Can you hear me John Just imagine no fear Imagine no fear Why should it be done Observing the past Through the looking glass Watching in the mirror What do our dreams fear Ardent thighs reveal What the past can't feel Waiting on a word Or a A major third I dreamt I was you I mean you were me We both knew what was coming At least I thought you could see Last night I was thinking Of you and your songs And I guess this mirror's broken And I'm sorry you're gone
6.	Have A Clue 05:45	info	buy track
7.	The Floor 04:50	lyrics	buy track
Don't tell me That you want to save the world When you couldn't even Call me back Yes, I know I'm lonely But I've really got nothing to say Another smile Another memory It's a river Hey hey There's a feeling on the dashboard And a thought upon the shore Alien and reeling Lay your skin upon this floor You seem a little remiss Still you're sexy Nonetheless And looking at this crazy world One could wonder if they've been blessed There's a feeling on the dashboard And a thought upon the shore Alien and reeling Lay your skin upon this floor No is the time Don't hesitate Could you make me feel alive I don't understand But your lips they move Speechless in your thighs Illusion like a desert What is fear Lick its sides And strumming with the past It's a pleasure My my There's a feeling on the dashboard And a thought upon the shore Alien and reeling Lay your skin upon this floor There's a feeling on the dashboard And a thought upon the shore Alien and reeling Lay your skin upon this floor
8.	Expectations 04:15	lyrics	buy track
Expectation Makes fools of us all It's a shame So let it fall where it falls Mind is roaring Reeling like a silent sphere Color's really Where you find it my dear Caustic worries Filling up your throat Glowing mirror Of words You never wrote Flesh is breathing Vibration fills a sphere Gazing into Future untold and unclear No one told you there's no recipe And reason Pales against energy For mistakes A clear thought will arise This feeling Wordless I surmise Liberation I'll say it again Cavernous Echoes from within Tender fingers Mornings caress draws near Scented moment Flickers everything is here No one told you there's no recipe And reason Pales against energy For mistakes A clear thought will arise This feeling Wordless I surmise
9.	Doors 03:13	lyrics	buy track
Come on These words are only floating Of guilt The fans are always turning Doors they open Doors they close And with or without them Mostly no one knows My son Morality's just an illusion We've made Exacting specifications Doors they open Doors they close And with or without them Mostly no one knows No one knows
10.	Schiele (As in Egon) 05:45	lyrics	buy track
As I draw your face tonight I can see your eyes losing their light These lines will be my last The colors leave my body in three days And now it's Halloween Her womb into a coffin It's a crazy scene This dream it slips away I'll just step behind this golden veil So spread your legs and fly These lines will transcribe Me to you in ardent future days With colors for my tongue Language overcome Canvas of time and rearrange your mind Drawing your thighs child Caught in a greying social wave Just a moral power play Twenty three nights for showing What I've seen And I'll draw myself again Rearrange my sex another way Symbols and lines they speak I'm a texture forged in paint and ink So spread your legs and fly These lines will transcribe Me to you in ardent future days With colors for my tongue Language overcome Canvas of time and rearrange your mind So spread your legs and fly These lines will transcribe Me to you in ardent future days With colors for my tongue Language overcome Canvas of time and rearrange your mind

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Recorded in the summer of 2005, Fear in the Backseat was the first solo record released by Max Davies. "The germ of this record is that I reached a certain point in my life where I tried to take everything and apply it towards creativity" Davies say's of the time he worked on Fear in the Backseat. "and ultimately, this is one the main filters I try and uphold when I am being creative; whether it is looking at a painting, or at the lights passing by while I'm on the train, it all should have a certain feeling, a certain head-space. This record was my way of trying to learn how to do that better."Musical contributions to "Fear in the Backseat" were made in-part by members of the group Hamster Theatre: Jon Stubbs and David Willey. Stubbs also engineered and helped mix the album. In addition, bass was contributed by Slow Rosa bassist Chris Mustain-Wood. Drums were contributed by Sean Merrell, drummer for Ian Cooke, Tin Tin, A Shoreline Dream and Eolian.

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released September 1, 2005

All songs written by Maximilian G. Davies
Guitar, vox and synthesizers: Max Davies
Chris Mustain-Wood: Bass
Sean Merrell: Drums
Jon Stubbs: Keyboards, bass, drum sequencing, percussion, guitar, etc.
David Willey: Bass, piano, hands, bells, percussion.
Engineered by Jon Stubbs
Mastered by Mark Fuller at Torsophonic
Mixed at Stubbsonic Studios by J. Stubbs and M. Davies
Cover photo: M. Davies
Produced by Max Davies

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Songwriter, guitarist and producer. Max Davies has been featured in: Artforum; Guitar World & Guitarist magazines; Centre Pompidou, the American College Dance Festival, Naropa University, and on numerous albums and films. He has worked with Thurston Moore, Anne Waldman, Lydia Lunch, CA Conrad, Toni Oswald, Clark Coolidge, Cecilia Vicuna, Eleni Sikelianos Gregory Alan Isakov, and more. ... more

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