There is no shortage of amazing original music being made by artists Born & Bred here in the mountain state. Every week we continue to be amazed by the quality and quantity of artistry created by the talented storytellers of our home.
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Matt Deal has released the single Snakes from his upcoming debut album. If this song is an indication of how the album is going to go, we can’t wait to hear more. This alt rock guitar driven track is one that is sure to have you rocking along in your car. The song feels like Matt Deal and company are about to hit the road to open for Queens Of The Stone Age or The Black Keys.
Deal’s gravely vocal captivates the ear and drives the narrative of this song about the struggles we face in our minds. It likens those thoughts, that keep us down, to snakes trying to consume our lives and make it hard to function. The production and overall quality of the song are just another great example of music coming out of the southern part of West Virginia.
Of the song, Matt said “When I wrote it, my teenager was an infant. I was still delivering pizza full time, but was trying to get a better job and I had no idea I’d stumble into a career in radio. I was having that kind of night where you know you need to sleep, but your own stupid brain won’t let you. I remember thinking it’s like having a bunch of snakes in my head instead of a functioning brain. Then, the line “the snakes that are crawling inside my head are keeping me up and out of bed” came to me. It always starts like that with one line or one riff, one idea that I just can’t let go of. After that it just became a fairly documentary kind of song, but I hoped it would connect with anyone and everyone whose brain gives them anxiety instead of melatonin.”
“There’s a certain kind desperation that takes hold of a person in the middle of the night, when you’re all alone. In this day and age where we’re more connected than ever, it’s stranger than ever that we could reach out to people in that time of need, but choose not to. It somehow makes the loneliness lonelier. I don’t know if that came through in the song, but that’s the frantic thing underneath it all.”
Get out of bed
And grab a drink
And sit down on the couch and think
Turn on the tube
Nothing else to do
except the dishes in the sink
But it’s too late for that
Very noisy task
Because the baby is asleep
So I’ll bide my time
Drowning in my mind
Because the water is too deepThe snakes that are crawling
inside my head
Are keeping me up
And out of bed
And I’m just one man
wondering what I should do
The reptilian nature of my dark thoughts
Like drunken, belligerent forget-me-nots
I hope that you don’t think
I’m blaming youBut on TV, nothing for me
So I look through the firewall
And They Might Be Giants you see
Cause right now I feel oh so small
Because I can’t smoke
My mind is choked
Dependence is a hateful thing
I really hate
That it’s so late
I wanna play guitar and singWhat do I honestly expect
To find inside the internet
To help me close my eyes
And get some rest
I watch a film about Purple Toupees
And finally I’m feeling sleepy
Perhaps, I can forget all my regrets
But I wouldn’t bet causeThe snakes that are crawling
inside my head
Are keeping me up
And out of bed
And I’m just one man
wondering what I should do
The reptilian nature of my dark thoughts
Like drunken, belligerent forget-me-nots
I hope that you don’t think
I’m blaming youThe snakes that are crawling
inside my head
Well they’ll be there ‘til I’m
The snakes that are crawling
inside my head
Well they’ll be there ‘til I’m dead
‘Til I’m dead
‘Til I’m dead
‘Til I’m dead
The snakes that are crawling
inside my head
Are keeping me up
and out of bed
And I’m just one man
Wondering what I should do
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