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FLOAT

This track began as a simple jam session between recordings at Rabben Studios in Nesodden. The lyrics came alterwards, and were inspired by personal, transformative events which transpired during the Covid pandemic lockdown of 2021.

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FLOAT
lyrics by Mark Steiner

A broken fountain in the park
Driving lessons in the rain
Drinking instant coffee
We try to kill the pain
The dogs like children are running, running free
Wilted flowers stashed in the pantry
Yet somehow we’re both still breathing
Keeping ourselves sane

We were drifting
From a shipwreck lost at sea
But you said something
Which kept us laughing
And almost set us free

Skipping stones on water
As we danced into the morning light
Thought that I was drowning
When the day turned into night
The bridge of glass was shattered
The elevator plummeted down
A cloister void of spirits
As the blue lights scream and howl

We were floating
Above the waves lost at sea
But you said something
Which got me weeping
You tried to set me free

We’re still drifting
On some raft lost somewhere out at sea
So I said something
To keep you laughing
To try to set you free
Now we’re floating
Beneath the waves somewhere out at sea
But you said something
Which kept me laughing
And finally set us free

©2022 Mark Steiner / Stagger Home Music

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from Black Hole, released January 26, 2024
FLOAT
Music performed by Mark Steiner & His Problems

Mark Steiner • vocals, baritone guitar
Leon Muraglia • bass
Romek Paluch-Edwards • guitar
Ted Parsons • drums

Music Composition by Steiner / Muraglia / Paluch-Edwards / Parsons
Lyrics by Mark Steiner
Lyric Arrangement by Mark Steiner

Music produced by Leon Muraglia & Mark Steiner
Recorded by Leon Muraglia at Rabben Studios
Overdubs recorded by Leon Muraglia at Stagger Home Studios, Oslo
Mixed by Leon Muraglia at Wibbly Wobbly Workshop, Oslo
Mastered by Nick Terry at Black Valley Studios, Oslo
Released through Rabben Records • RABB11
©2023 Stagger Home Music / Mark Steiner

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Mark Steiner & His Problems Oslo, Norway

Mark Steiner is a well-known figure in Oslo’s music underworld, and he’s been around in Norway for so long that many assume that he is Norwegian. He is not. This ex-New Yorker is a wandering scoundrel who one might find hanging out in the shadowy corners of a pub at closing time. A international musical vagrant who might walk the streets with Stuart Staples, Nick Cave, and Rowland S. Howard... ... more

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