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Never That Good

from Uphill by Scott Stein

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The sun’s coming up over my hometown.
The news ain’t good, I hope you’re sitting down.
The whole world’s about to come crashing through.

There’s a freight train about to come barreling past us.
I’m still trying to catch up to the last one;
On a good day I know there’s not more I can do.

A stronger man would pick himself up
And do the things that he should
But maybe I was never that good.

I can’t find the words to tell him it’s alright.
It’s all a blur when the daytime bleeds into the night.
I can’t put it in a pop song, that don’t work no more.

I used to tell myself I was different from all of the others.
Just got to push myself up from under the covers
On the day when the wind comes in waves and my feet won’t grip the floor.

A smarter man would talk himself down,
At least I think that he would,
But maybe I was never that good.

Up in my old bedroom listening to Third,
Warm in an old worn out sweater.
The darker it gets, the more that it makes me feel better.

I was never that good.

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from Uphill, released August 19, 2022
Music and lyrics by Scott Stein
(C) 2022 November Green Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Mark Marshall
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Mark Marshall
Recorded at JB's Juke Joint (Queens, NY) and The Haive (Brooklyn, NY)

Scott Stein - vocals, piano, organ, synthesizers
Mark Marshall - guitars, percussion
Seth Ondracek - bass
Sean Dixon - drums

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Scott Stein Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn pianist/songwriter Scott Stein takes a moodier turn on his newest EP Uphill; synthesizers swirl and backwards guitars fade in and out like ghosts as Stein's plainspoken vocals take on grief, anxiety, loss and their aftermath. There's some joy too, even if it is hard-earned. Melodies and sly musicianship still form the songs' backbone. Think Ben Folds and Sting channeling Big Star's Third. ... more

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