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Austin Brown speaking to NPR:
Well, it’s no stretch to say that it is a love song, with [the] status “it’s complicated.” The love in “Mardi Gras Beads” is a resignation to commitment — the idea that meaning and love is where you find it. It’s about a love that has been stalking the protagonist throu...
[Verse 1]
Your glance sings of lyrics 'cite from memory
It's sad our goodbyes sound nostalgic
Your chords swung me from an ol' holler tree
I'm living like a vagabond that just can't decide when to leave
[Verse 2]
With roots are in the rhythm to my mood, it swings
I found, even is impossible to keep
Everyday starting up a balance beam
Still, you're steady with me always carrying the melody
Smiling all the while the paint chips off of my mala prayer beads
[Verse 3]
It's the images, contained, not the lens or frames
Recalled to my mind before I fall asleep
A list of regrets is no place to be
I'm coming in late but I'll never modulate us to the minor key
Smiling all the while the paint chips off of my Mardi Gras beads
[Guitar Solo]
Mardi Gras Beads was written by Max Savage & AUSTN & Sean Yeaton & A. Savage.
Mardi Gras Beads was produced by Danger Mouse.
Parquet Courts released Mardi Gras Beads on Mon Apr 30 2018.