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Recorded and engineered by Nich Wilbur
Mixed by Scott Solter
Produced by John Davis and Lake

lyrics

To be used as, to be used for
That's why I knock upon your door
For love or wealth or martyrdom
In your trap kit, I'm the kick drum

Your foot swings I make a sound
I'm nice and big, empty and round
Your foot swings in perfect time
A backbeat rings inside my mind
A backbeat rings inside my mind

Deep down where my true heart hid
I bang on pots and pans, but you keep on the lid
It's always about me, but not what I want
A trap set by your snare, a hi-hat that you flaunt
A hi hat that you flaunt

Your foot swings, I make a sound
I'm nice and big to have around
Your foot swings in perfect time
A backbeat rings, stuck in my mind, oh
A backbeat rings, stuck in my mind, oh

Go get yourself an 808
Or sample an old jazz drum break
It's not that I don't like to play
But just not in a programmed way, yay
But just not in a programmed way

Like a picture in a locket
A high chair for a kid
A picture in a frame
A pot beneath a lid
You hold the drum key
You tune me to a note
I match up with a bass
Just to float your boat

I was used as
And often for
When once I knocked
On the wrong door
Do you want my love
Or just my martyrdom?
Go get your trap kit...

A brand new kick drum
A brand new kick drum
A brand new kick drum

credits

from Love in the Time of Capital, released October 27, 2023
Electric guitars, vocals: John Davis
Bass, acoustic guitar, distant electric guitar, claps: Eli Moore
Drums, tape delay organ, claps: Andrew Dorsett

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John Davis & The Cicadas Durham, North Carolina

John Davis is a musician who works solo, with Folk Implosion, with a backing band called the Cicadas, and with Dennis Callaci. He also works on defending and transforming public education as a teacher - organizer with the Durham Association of Educators. ... more

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