After Dark

by Mortimer, Be Quiet.

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"After Dark" is the first single off my upcoming second album.

Written during the pandemic, and while confronted with enduring chronic leg pain, I mythologized myself as a wounded astronaut narrating a plea to not surrender to apocalyptic thinking amidst an uncertain future.

This song (and the album that will follow) marks the first time I've collaborated with other musicians.

In this instance, local flute wizard Anh Phung's duelling solos enliven the frantic samba breakdown before the final movement of the song.

This also marks the first time I’ve worked with a crew on a video, as prior, given my background as a video artist, I’ve done all my videos myself.

I will admit, I’m battling a lot of self doubt around this project I’ve spent so much time and heartache on, but the amazing work these collaborators have brought to my world is the small gleam of hope that I will continue to chase, just like this butterfly in space.

lyrics

LYRICS:

Spent your best years in bed
Tending to your head
But now your tendons rot
Lay open frayed and fraught

Oh humble astronaut
When'd you lose the plot
How you wish to cope
A daft appeal to hope

Brush off the dust and stand in your mark
We'll race off to mars when it's after dark
Don't look with regret on a wasted prime
What have you done by the end of times?

The ignition in wait, all is left to choose
If turbulence comes what you got to lose
Brush off the dust and stand in your mark
We'll race off to mars when it's after dark

Hold on
Hold on
The time has come
Hold on
All systems go
5 4 3 2 1

The sky falls
And with it, it takes all
And with it, it takes all

We'll race off to Mars when it's after dark…

You're wasting your time! Ha!

Will you be ...waiting around for the end of time?

The sky falls
And with it, it takes all
And with it, it takes all

The sky falls...

credits

released February 3, 2023
"After Dark" written, performed, and produced by James Knott
Flute - Anh Phung
Mix & Master - Wayne Knott and James Knott

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Mortimer, Be Quiet. Toronto, Ontario

Mortimer, Be Quiet. is the musical project of emerging Toronto based artist James Knott. Named after their creaky-voiced grump of a piano, Mortimer. looks to make deliriously off-kilter oddball pop music; with the masochistically wry confessional awareness of a singer-songwriter, but the absurdity of a mad scientist desperately seeking satisfaction (and never finding it). ... more

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