Beneath the Clay, by Muriah Rose

Beneath the Clay

by Muriah Rose

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Pamela Blunt I was captivated by the richness of Muriah's voice and her soulful lyrics. Looking forward to the whole album.

Susan Resendiz On pins and needles!

Tim Stovall Muriah's voice and her vision while tethered to the earth floats among the stars and dances with the angels.

Craigory Bacon Muriah Rose hits the ground running with this gorgeous debut, comprising folk, country, Americana, and singer-songwriter forms recalling The Carter Family, Julie Miller, and The Byrds. Beneath The Clay is Appalachian music through and through, not only musically but thematically and emotionally. Her husband, Bill Mallonee, holds down the rhythm section and adds textured guitar, but Muriah’s voice and lyrics stand front and center in the spotlight, where they belong. Favorite track: Second Sight.

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1.	Lonely Road 04:11	lyrics
LONELY ROAD Music and lyrics by Muriah Rose (Admin BMI 2016) I had a dream, I couldn't put my finger on Find someone to love and a place to belong But the days and years kept turning and I had nothing to show Saw my dreams all burning So I headed for the road The woman I am is not the girl I used to be Didn't know a thing about not knowing anything And the savior was coming but he missed that out-bound train He got waylaid in Austin and now he plays for tips and drinks It's a lonely road you get to know When you're looking for your soul Chase the next horizon and the promises it holds On the lonely road I had a dream it's still calling me on Haven't found it yet, but I can hear it's distant song The savior was coming but he went and lost his heart Got himself a straight job but he can never look the part It's a lonely road you get to know When you're searching for your soul Chase the next horizon and the promises it holds On the lonely road
2.	Second Sight 03:50	lyrics
SECOND SIGHT Lyrics and music by Muriah Rose (Admin BMI 2016) Do you lie at night on a bed of fire With your eyes closed tight against the flame Do you shut your ears to the music of the spheres and the bright moonlight that knows your name 'Cause the words go down like honey But they burn your heart like a flame You can't run away from what the Spirit has to say close your eyes and see the way Can't help but see these colors I see They come over me And flood my soul The sky a pyre with white horses on fire And the Green Ghost spilling through the trees And the words go down like honey But they burn my heart like a flame I can't run away from what the Spirit has to say close my eyes and see the way I stand alone A million stars are my bones I will not be moved from my place No one hears what I say Come the day they'll remember me and be dismayed 'Cause the words go down like honey But they burn your heart like a flame Don't run away from what the Spirit has to say Or the bright moonlight that knows your name And the bright moonlight that knows your name And the bright moonlight that knows your name
3.	Kentucky 04:58	lyrics
KENTUCKY Lyrics and music by Muriah Rose (Admin BMI 2016) It's not in the clean life, and I know it's not in fear The blessing came somewhere between the cigarettes and beer Somewhere in the moment you take a long look inside the full moon over Kentucky or the train passing by Never seen so many rainbows as I have this year Not afraid of these storms anymore What do I care? 'Cause rainbows shot through with sunlight is the best that it can get There's thunder in the distance now and I cannot forget you, your body is a song I'll sing it everyday sing it my whole life long And here we walk a narrow way between the sacred and profane and I am not ashamed I am not ashamed Rolling down the highway in my beat up car Gillian's on the radio now, she's singing a gospel song about how there's purpose even in this mess And long before I walked out that door he'd already left And you, your body is a song I'll sing it everyday Sing it my whole life long And here we walk a narrow way between the sacred and profane And I am not ashamed I am not ashamed I am not ashamed It's not in the clean life and I know it's not in fear You strung yourself up for love washed away the tears
4.	Shine 05:01	lyrics
SHINE Music and lyrics by Muriah Rose (Admin BMI 2016) Born on the mountain Raised in the woods Momma and Daddy did the best they could. I married a man, had a few children of our own He up and left me, had to make it alone I did what I could, I did what I must When you got nobody, you got nobody to trust I did what I could yeah, I did what I must When you got nobody, you got nobody to trust Feed the workers coming up out of the mine Got me a car so I run a little shine Clothes my children wear are made by my hands The prayers they hear me say help them understand I do what I can, I do what I must When you got nobody, you got nobody to trust I do what I can, yeah, I do what I must When you got nobody, you got nobody to trust My girl Frankie, she's just 15 Married a devil, handsome and mean He hurt their baby, he hurt my Frankie too With a hand full of iron I taught him what he should not do I did what I could, I did what I must When you got nobody, you got nobody to trust I did what I could yeah, I did what I must When you got nobody you got nobody to trust Cynthia, oh Cynthia, huntress of the Moon Jealous man coming to take my life too soon Let my soul fly to heaven, 'cause I'm ready to go tell the Good Lord up above what He already knows I did what I could, I did what I must When you got nobody, you got nobody to trust I did what I could yeah, I did what I must When you got nobody, you got nobody to trust
5.	Nothing 04:43	lyrics
NOTHING Lyrics and music by Muriah Rose (Admin BMI 2016) When I recall how I knew it all I am ashamed of my own pride 'Cause I did no good doing what I should These wasted days are lost for life And what you've got I don't want it anymore Life's too rich and it's way too short What you've got I don't want it anymore 'Cause it's nothing I was hoping for So much to regret even when you've done your best to live a life of worth Days etched in your skin When you're gone the rain and wind wear 'em all away And what you've got I don't want it anymore Life's too rich and it's way too short What you've got I don't want it anymore 'Cause it's nothing I was waiting for We go driving through the night past those lonely porch lights People all asleep Feel their dreams slipping by hear their voices as they sigh secrets that they keep secrets that they keep And what you've got They don't want it anymore Life's too rich and it's way too short What you've got They don't want it anymore 'Cause it's nothing they were wishing for No, it's nothing
6.	Cumberland Blue 04:48	lyrics
CUMBERLAND BLUE Music and lyrics by Muriah Rose (Admin BMI 2016) For William Moscow Rose 1920-2010 Blue smoke rising over the wildwood mountains and fields You came a long way from the mines to driving those 18 wheels And we miss you since you've been gone, remember all your songs Will the Circle Be Unbroken and the Wabash Cannonball I hear them all So comb your hair one more time and tie on your shoes And take that leaving train for home in the Cumberland Blue I didn't know the trials you came through That's the price of being young You moved away from your mountain roots to make a better life for those you loved And as I drive these far highways I remember all your songs The high and lonesome sound of the people I come from and their love So comb your hair one more time and tie on your shoes And take that leaving train for home take that leaving train for home take that leaving train for home in the Cumberland Blue
7.	Little Lights 05:15	lyrics
LITTLE LIGHTS Lyrics and music by Muriah Rose (Admin BMI 2016) Can't see the forest for the trees can't see the trees for the fire Light turns to rolling darkness kills the thing that it inspires Heard that you had gone for good Let me know you're home safe through the wire And if you can't, a flock of doves will do Let me know you made it to the other side Cause all we see are little lights arrange and rearrange And even when we hold on tight everything will change and change again and change and change and change Pantomime of life goes on Shadows duck and flicker on the screen and even when that final curtain falls we're left wondering what it means Cause all we see are little lights arrange and rearrange And even when we hold on tight everything will change and change again and change and change Turn and turn again the things that you can touch are the things that will end That love unseen will never part Doesn't make sense to your head means everything to your heart All we see are little lights arrange and rearrange And even when we hold on tight everything must change and change again and change and change Everything is a little light arrange and rearrange And even when we hold on tight everything will change and change again and change and change All we see are little lights arrange and rearrange And even when we hold on tight everything will change and change again and change and change All we see are little lights arrange and rearrange And even when we hold on tight everything will change and change again and change and change
8.	Grace Notes 04:12	lyrics
GRACE NOTES (Admin BMI 2016) Music and lyrics by Muriah Rose On the road, fourth of July Fireworks blossom against that Wyoming sky We all cheered, but the babies all cried I’m just taking grace notes tonight Stepped in a bar, neon lights Band played Poncho and Lefty brought tears to my eyes The rodeo riders all danced with their wives I’m just taking grace notes tonight We’ve got bodies made of the stuff of stars but they’re clumsy and easily scarred Tender heartbeat beneath the clay We always mean more than we ever say Go to bed, kiss goodnight Laugh at ourselves as we turn out the light Hold your hand in the darkness, it’ll be alright I’m just taking grace notes tonight We’ve got bodies made of the stuff of stars but they’re clumsy and easily scarred Tender heartbeat beneath the clay We always mean more than we ever say Forgive me sweetheart when I don’t get it right I’m just taking grace notes tonight
9.	Return 04:28	lyrics
RETURN Words and music by Muriah Rose (Admin BMI 2016) We know that it's a cruel world We're all fighting a battle of the heart Every hello means a goodbye will come someday And it seems like a mean trick like it comes to nothing at all But there wasn't a moment wasted that was spent loving you What can we hold on to except for love? What can we hold on to except for love? When this aching trend is reversed and spring comes to the universe Hear your laughter in the next room run to see you again And feel my spirit rise in the consolation of your eyes And remember nothing is lost that can't be found if sought again Here we're walking helpless Here we're all fools to hope But courageous hearts will love despite the cost And if I could I would do it all over again Only wish I could tell you I love you just one more time What can we hold on to except for love? There's nothing to hold on to except for love? When this aching trend is reversed And spring comes to the universe Hear your laughter in the next room run to see you again And feel my spirit rise in the consolation of your eyes And remember nothing is lost that can't be found if sought again

about

"Beneath the Clay" was 12 years in the making, from 2004 in Kentucky, to 2016 in the high mountains of New Mexico. The album chronicles a journey between those two points and the many miles and changes along the way. There are songs about personal experience and revolutions, as well as stories about my family who have inspired me with their courage and resilience. Mother Nature and life circumstance slowed the recording of this album: a project I thought would take a matter of months took two years. But, as Lao Tzu said "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." And so it goes.

Thank you to my husband and musical collaborator, Bill Mallonee, for all the hours devoted to playing on, recording, mixing, and producing this album. You took my project as seriously as I did, and that means everything.

Thank you fans for your patience and encouragement.

And thank you, my sweet family, for making music such an integral part of life; my brothers and sister for being my very first fans; and Mama and Dad for buying me a guitar for my 21st birthday.

I finally did something with it.

Muriah Rose

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released June 10, 2016

Muriah Rose: vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, mellotron, accordion, string arrangements

Bill Mallonee: acoustic & electric guitars, baritone guitar, resonator guitar, lap steel, bass, drums, percussion

Produced by Bill Mallonee
Engineered & Mixed by Bill Mallonee
Mastered by Chris Bethea at Noiseblock Studios/Florence, AL

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Muriah Rose

Born in the South, offspring of a marriage between the Appalachian mountains and the Georgia coast, from a family of musicians (my last name really is Rose) married the songwriter and musician Bill Mallonee, toured the lower 48 for nearly a decade as his piano/harmony gal, before finally deciding to record my own album in our small home studio out here where we've migrated in the great Southwest. ... more

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