Bridge to Nowhere

by At Mos

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1.	Home is Behind 01:38		buy track
2.	Open Scene 04:17	lyrics	buy track
Open scene, it’s morning, cast away the dreams The light of the day brings means of seizing green ambitions But my foremost need is of a special solution A cup of fresh ground beans and some noise pollution I head to the balcony holding a rollie in my teeth Clear my mind of the day before only to rebuild it piece by piece And I sense intensity, insensitive worries stressing my peace Got a world ahead of me Only got two eyes and two feet, one life and no sleep That’s a poor position, my feelings a prison, I seek a prism A change of pace, a vision, to pave the way I make a move and head for the door Grab my coat cause you never know How the weather’s gonna be Will I find the sunny side of the street? I make for the park, a safe haven, oasis A place to embrace nature, respite from the dangers of city life Damn it, I just now realized, I forgot my pipe I guess a spliff will suffice This is poetry in motion This is that funk elation This is for all of you Bringing you medication This is poetry in motion This is that funk elation This is for all of you Bringing you medication This is poetry This is poetry Sitting on a park bench, finna quench my thirst for peace I’m at my worst, thoughts and convictions are bleak I hoping to get nursed by nature’s grandeur In the morning hour, a flame sparks my reefer I await my mind’s liberation Engage in my contemplative disposition I sit back, relax, engage my mind Erase my lines, embrace the haze, the rage fades to black When suddenly a dog’s bark pulls me out of my stupor The sound of birds gets louder and louder I raise my eyes, take a gander at the people around me There’s few, no one talks, it feels like a silent movie I break into soliloquy but none can hear me, Settle down in this newfound reality When from the heaven comes a drop that nests itself At the top of my head and the light fades, cue the refrain This is poetry in motion This is that funk elation This is for all of you Bringing you medication This is poetry in motion This is that funk elation This is for all of you Bringing you medication This is poetry This is that funk elation This is poetry Obscurity starts to creep up on the city As the sky weeps, I diverge from the street Seek refuge, from the cloak of an oak tree Safe from the deluge, I pull out a smoke treat Bout to light the fucker when I realize No more gas in my lighter, let out a little sigh Take a look around in search of a savior Spot a peculiar man with a stoner’s behavior Hey, excuse me sir, but do you have a light? Cause I got a doobie here I just can’t do without Pulls out of his pocket a Bic, hear the sound As I turn back around to thank him, not a soul to be seen Was it all a dream? I lean back on the bark Hear a crack, leave a mark, Need a snack, munchies spark And I think to myself Dangflabbit we need some cookies up in this bitch Poetry in motion This is that funk elation This is for all of you Bringing you medication Poetry in motion This is that funk elation This is for all of you Bringing you medication
3.	Kush Grove 03:33	lyrics	buy track
Keep your head down low Keep your head down low Keep your head down low (been cooped up in my den) Keep your head down low (lately, lately) Let me tell you Lately been cooped up in my den Blank page and a pen as a best friend Fill the space with the words I lend you ‘Till the world end, never to forget, never to forget them Time to wake up and take a walk On the mild side, I’m a mile high, call me Tony Stark Pretending to defend the weak That’s the job of the knight not police in the streets y’all The world turning into a brawl Super smash but you only got one life, it’s your own Be careful if you want the cheat codes Game in easy mode when you pay the big loads Don’t blink or you might miss your chance Ignorance ain’t no bliss, take a quick glance (gotta take a quick glance) Fates and fortunes are fragile The future no more than a fool’s gamble Keep your head down low (different boxes) Keep your head down low (people write checks, write checks) Keep your head down low (people write checks, different boxes) Keep your head down low (people still write, people write checks) Let me tell you You know people write checks but they live in different boxes and When we hit the decks, witness the masses Flocking as sheep to the herd Paying their taxes, feeding the foxes, earning their toxins That’s a lot to unwrap Some bars I should rather take back But like a present, I give em with a bow and When I pass the mic, I exit with a bow Lo and behold, these know-it-alls Scolding folks, and hoping to stall Progressive protests Prone to stress the importance of the process Like “man just go out and vote, Pray for a candidate addressing your woes, Meanwhile let me dive in my pool of gold” Every Scrooge has a Donald under his control Keep your head down low Keep your head down low (listen to him, gotta feel the vibe in it) Keep your head down low (can you hear me?) Keep your head down low Let me tell you Keep your head down low We can groove in the Kush Grove As I walk through the great gates My problems like a gangrene Got a lot on my plate as of late Dissipated by the great greens My mind suffocates, I can’t breathe Love, doubt, fear and hate I can feel, but I really can’t think straight Bystander to my own fate Can anyone relate? What to do? Should I tolerate until it all detonates in my face? My word resonates on the page, but the pace Of my thought slows down, as I go through the haze Dreaming isn’t the end game (it slows down) You gotta get that record in a frame Keep your head down low Keep your head down Keep your head down low Keep your head down Keep your head down low Keep your head down low
4.	Kush Grove (Reprise) 02:04	lyrics	buy track
Keep your head down low Take a tug on the bowl Lungs overflow (lungs overflow) Keep your head clear When you see yourself in the mirror Fear disappears (fear disappears) Keep your goals in sight Control of your life Eyes on the prize (eyes on the prize) Keep your enemies marked Your friends in your heart That’s the hard part (that’s the hard part) Keep your head down low Take a tug on the bowl Lungs overflow (lungs overflow) Keep your head clear When you see yourself in the mirror Fear disappears (fear disappears) Keep your goals in sight Control of your life Eyes on the prize (eyes on the prize) Keep your enemies marked Your friends in your heart That’s the hard part (that’s the hard part)
5.	The Sea Calls Her Home 03:47	lyrics	buy track
In days now spent In phase we swore In days now spent we moved as one, united In phase we swore to remain, nearsighted Oh so misguided We gave credence to a promise, deep beneath the surface Ash is any fire’s fate Illusion of solace, forever is dishonest Why must all things decay? Gotta burn some trees down Gotta burn some trees down for a forest to grow Don’t let them see you cry Don’t let them see you cry, I’m learning to cope Gotta burn some trees down Gotta burn some trees down for a forest to grow Don’t let them see you cry Don’t let them see you cry, I’m learning to cope Gotta burn some trees down for a forest to grow Don’t let them see you cry, I’m learning to cope Better save yourself, it’s not so bad being alone You know, blaze a trail and walk down your own road We’re like a candle I’m afraid to blow out So scared of the fallout, no hope now Gotta pull the plug before it blows up And it throws us overboard Two lost souls, stuck in a storm with nowhere to go A ship lost at sea, never to find a way home Gotta burn some trees down Gotta burn some trees down for a forest to grow Don’t let them see you cry Don’t let them see you cry, I’m learning to cope Gotta burn some trees down Gotta burn some trees down for a forest to grow Don’t let them see you cry Don’t let them see you cry, I’m learning to cope Gotta burn some trees down Gotta burn some trees down for a forest to grow Don’t let them see you cry Don’t let them see you cry, I’m learning to cope Gotta burn some trees down Gotta burn some trees down for a forest to grow Don’t let them see you cry Don’t let them see you cry, I’m learning to cope
6.	Blindfold 05:37	lyrics	buy track
With ease, I put the blindfold on And I squeeze the breaks and tell myself hold on Withdrawing from the path meant In the past tense, I was bent On excelling and perfecting my pen Time lapse, fast forward, four or five years passed Struggle to revive my drive, and I refuse To look at my life right in her eyes I'm a mile high prior to the sunrise At night I get scared of the dark and so I stay in my cave And I stare at the stark illusions made of shade Being drawn then erased Fuelled by a raging fear of facing my fate But still I'm aging Truly I'm aware it's a farce I swear I'm aware, not that you'd care But when dared to embark and meet the world head on I just sit back, and put my blindfold on Gonna roll myself a j Kick it back for a while Desires burning bright In my eyes, I dim the lights Gonna roll myself a j Kick it back for a while Desires burning bright In my eyes, I dim the lights Time flies, but I forgot my wings I hear God only gives them to angels and kings I've walked in the dark, led by the string of my heart Played my part, but here's the thing I've been blind behind the mask Time to face the task, drop the flask Free myself from this prison of the mind Say goodbye to the past, now the present to unwrap Had enough of the dark no longer scared of the light Desire to thrive, reach for glory, driver of my own story Peak out of the cavern, forget the allegory My shadows to govern, so shallow my fears, so stubborn Tomorrow is near, take a turn and steer clear of the burn I know the path seems narrow, but the end could be near So don't get fooled by the shadows in the rear-view mirror I see clearer, finally peace of mind So I leave the cave and the blindfold behind Gonna roll myself a j Kick it back for a while Desires burning bright In my eyes I dim the lights Gonna roll myself a j Kick it back for a while Desires burning bright In my eyes, I dim the light Always in a hurry so we call it the human race Always running to reach the fleeting feelings we chase A lifelong dream, a relentless pursuit to reap the ripe fruit But no one ever sees the roots that made them destitute Deeper into the earth they sank Often felt like they were soaking in a septic tank But I'm skeptical. Is there a ladder out of this shit hole? Cause down in the cesspool, a flower will never be able to bloom It needs water, but all I got is pouring pain Left in the dark too long, it's forgetting the sun's rays It needs to get away, wishes it could stand up and start to pace Sometimes thoughts are tied to a certain place But it can't, cause it's like a tree, stuck in its ways So it stands in a bland field with its blinding fears Cause through the blindfold no one can see the tears it sheds Waiting for better days Gonna roll myself a j Kick it back for a while Desires burning bright In my eyes I dim the lights Gonna roll myself a j Kick it back for a while Desires burning bright In my eyes, I dim the lights Gonna roll myself a j Kick it back for a while Desires burning bright In my eyes, I dim the lights Gonna roll myself a j Kick it back for a while Desires burning bright In my eyes, I dim the lights Gonna roll myself a j Kick it back for a while Desires burning bright In my eyes, I dim the lights
7.	Entracte 01:43	lyrics	buy track
As the four travelers sat around the campfire They peered into the darkness ahead It was their last rest before the final stretch “Can’t we stay here any longer?” said the first “I fear we may never leave,” replied the second And with synchronized motion they turned to the third companion As if it were his turn to talk But silently standing up he signaled it was time to move on Without any more consideration they followed, for they knew Their halt was neither result nor conclusion But merely the catching of a breath before another dive
8.	Soliloquy 05:01	lyrics	buy track
Music is my medicine, isolation my nemesis Seeking help a pain, anxiety surge menaces The clarity of my perspective, I scan the crowd like a detective Cynicism, my new directive Bout how many seconds has it been since you last smoked? Ask my lungs, motherfuckers blacker than burned toast Hate to see the fire burn low, if I tire before My turn’s over retire my microphone In my Shakespearian ways, I’ve stopped fearing the grave I drop beneath the waves to drown, least I won’t go insane Damn shame the human heart’s so temperamental Emotions like a Screwtape, tempering with your mental Only way I can share, is on the instrumental Or the pen and the pad, guitar jamming with the pedals I paid my dues, sang my blues Now the devil awaits me down under Assist in my soliloquy, solitude and hennessy Wish I could improve, attenuate the heresy Kinda lost hope, but who knows? Life’s a long road, tides turn and waves roll Been searching for ways, to contain my pain Feel the blood through my vein Smoking every morning to reach another plain Of existence, for instance, appearance to maintain Feel like a drop of champagne who got lost in the rain The ocean of emotions in my heart must remain You know it’s a crime to go against the grain So I find peace every night with my princess Mary Jane My thoughts to remain unchained in my brain No problem is my emblem, I’m not one to complain It just all seems so vain, I hear them shouting in refrain “Order to maintain, swamps to drain” Starting to wonder, how will I explain To my child, the wonders that used to fill the plains When did humane become linked with disdain? Too much beauty has been slain, I’m starting to go insane Assist in my soliloquy, solitude and hennessy Wish I could improve, attenuate the heresy Kinda lost hope, but who knows? Life’s a long road, tides turn and waves roll Assist in my soliloquy, solitude and hennessy Wish I could improve, attenuate the heresy Kinda lost hope, but who knows? Life’s a long road, just watch the dice roll The haze of the days that I spend doing nothing The rays of the sun barely grazing my coffin Let me rephrase, I’m addicted to endorphins Amazed at the quantities I smoke to forget my sins So I take another toke of the jive Like an octopus I shed ink to survive Pour my heart on the paper, take a dive deep down Let the meaning choose the words not the other way around Assist in my soliloquy, solitude and hennessy Wish I could improve, attenuate the heresy Kinda lost hope, but who knows? Life’s a long road, tides turn and waves roll Assist in my soliloquy, solitude and hennessy Wish I could improve, attenuate the heresy Kinda lost hope, but who knows? Life’s a long road, just watch the dice roll
9.	Noise Complaint 04:38	lyrics	buy track
Leaving so soon? Feeling caged by the walls of the room? Don’t worry let go You know to get high first you gotta get low Your paranoia, all so normal Self-medicate, it’ll solve your mental Hesitation is a sin that’s gospel Need more reasons I provide you with several Wake up, wake up, mental hold up Don’t listen to the voice telling you to suck it up Drink more water, get home sober Before you drown yourself at the bottom of your cup Start over like another chapter Better things worth running after Money, fame, success and glamor All excesses of working harder Alright Don’t listen to that half-brained I’m your best friend, your guardian angel Betray me once, and I’ll forgive you Betray me twice, and I’ll fucking kill you I’m short-tempered cause I live with blinders on A career is a hill to die upon, for real Don’t conceal your needs and die a pawn Name’s temptation, I’m never wrong Easy to be drawn, don’t you see That life’s a marathon, you got a world to beat Just keep calm and focus on the peak In the meantime, gimme your soul to keep Blessed with power is the path that I preach Grapes turn sour when they’re left in the heat Put your faith in me, the name’s ambition Man, just be patient What do you want from me? What do you want from me? What do you want from me? The fuck you want These goddamn voices in my head all day long What do you want? I said what you want from me? Yeah well time flies and faith is a lie, So live in the now don’t you dare bow to this dumbass Quiet you child, your manners are wild At the end of your ride is just a pile of regret don’t forget what’s best You talk of manners bitch, wait for your turn Make him earn the cash and I’ll watch it burn You’re a fool, he was told not to play with fire He needs to work, grow old and retire Motherfucker, you’d have him be a cog in the machine No I don’t make pawns I make kings and queens Your delusions of grandeur will get the best of him His fate is mine, I control his dreams But do you know him, really? You can run but you can’t hide You can run but you can’t hide You can run but you can’t hide What do you want from me? You can run but you can’t hide What do you want from me? I said what you want from me? What do you want from me? What the fuck do you want from me? This noise in my head it’s too loud Get the fuck out what do you want from me I can run if I want to, enough of this shit These voices in my head, goddamn voices in my head all day long What do you want? What do you want? What you want Tell me what you want, oh tell me yeah What you want, Tell me what you want, oh tell me What you want Tell me what you want What you want Tell me what you want, oh tell me You can run but you can’t hide What you want You can run but you can’t hide What you want You can run but you can’t hide What you want You can run but you can’t hide Motherfucker you can run but you can’t hide so run What you want Tell me what you want What you want Tell me what you want
10.	Time Must Have a Stop (Prelude) 01:22	lyrics	buy track
We’re carrying candles One a piece be careful The wick is humid and fickle We’re carrying candles One a piece be careful The flame is weak and unstable We’re carrying candles One a piece be careful The wick is humid and fickle We’re carrying candles One a piece be careful The flame is weak and unstable Time must have a stop Time must have a stop
11.	Time Must Have a Stop 03:58	lyrics	buy track
Tock tick tock goes the clock, it’s time to wake up Fantasies are fallacies and i’m all out of luck Like a sitting goose with a noose around my neck It won’t get any looser soon I’ll hit the decks Just waiting to get struck down, fuck a crown King of monologues like puck, the marrow out of life I suck I’m a dead poet in disguise, I don’t do it for the dimes O captain, my captain, won’t live my life as a captive I promise to seize every second sail the seas Let the seasons set the pace of the race of a never-ending chase Cause you never know when you’re gonna go Just try to grow go with the flow Row your boat on the stream of life As a grain of sand in the hourglass Time an illusion so sublime in conclusion all are blind To their own design and condition Life’s an endless exploration, don’t be careless one iteration I’ll keep asking questions till my name on the grave You better run You better run, just run Time must have a stop You better run Last page of a dream on my fingers You better run, just run Tick tock here goes the clock Sprint sprint never walk Better keep up with the pace Better push hard from the block We surface when the countdown starts Just ask my heart Only got a limited amount of beats Until it all falls apart It’s difficult to follow now Might be tricky to follow now We’re carrying candles, one a piece be careful The wick is humid and fickle We’re carrying candles, one a piece be careful The flame is weak and unstable You better run You better run, just run Time must have a stop You better run Last page of a dream on my fingers You better run, just run You better run Time must have a stop You better run
12.	One More Bar 04:11	lyrics	buy track
Somewhere between a life foretold and a life predestined Paper burning, smoke rising in the air (one more bar) Paper burning, smoke rising in the air (one more bar) Paper burning, smoke rising in the air (one more bar) Paper burning (one more bar) Paper burning (one more bar) Paper burning, smoke rising in the air, never-ending Mind-freeing thoughts churning in my head, daydreaming Ink dripping from the pen dancing on the page in familiar ways Poured my heart out in these lines Not so hard to see through the lies now A life full of contradictions, an asthmatic condition A chronic addiction now fanatic musician I reminisce about the past Do we all feel like outcasts to our own kind A lone mind won’t mind to be alone, right Feel the edge closing, waves crashing, slowly sinking Drowning in my own fears and failures Regret my lone passive behaviors The fallacies of my fantasies are sweet melodies Like remedies to my sorrows and anxieties Tomorrow no sobrieties Wanna borrow new memories, never show my insecurities Leave em down below in the obscurity, close the cellar door for eternity Bestow upon society a mere shadow of my identity Finally fit the mold, never felt so cold Why seek to conform if we’re all unique Yeah one more bar and it’s a homicide Too far gone I done picked a side One more bar and I’ll be comatose Tipsy on the liquor in the mood to boast One more bar and it’s a suicide Too far gone I done picked a side One more bar and I’ll raise a toast Confined, in a bind out on the coast Yeah only 22 but I’m already tired I hit a line or two so I’m already wired Puddle into a pool, dive in like a fool Follow me if you choose but the water ain’t fine Head under surface to hide from prying eyes Demons larger than life, terrify in size Dwelling at the bottom, prophecies of autumn Aging alcohol turns to cyanide I fucked up a lot of things Do it over, change just about everything, but nope Only get one shot and one chance to jot it all before the bell rings Never knowing what tomorrow brings We march forth forgotten kings With burnt wings and broken homes My pen sings in broken hopes That our curse may be lifted, Atlas gifted a pause A mystic once told me it’s all scripted And since then, well I believed it Deterministic perspectives, lack of interests and objectives No incentive to invest myself if it’s all predestined My cynicism is immense, a sinister sinner’s fate In a sense I evade my self-hatred hiding behind nihilistic intents I know my sentiments are dense, a mess of loose ends It’s just a fucking mess of loose ends You know when you get to that state where like, People take care of you You’re so far gone that you can’t even take care of yourself Sort of the definition of dependency Paper burning smoke rising in the air (one more bar) Paper burning smoke rising in the air (one more bar) Paper burning smoke rising in the air (one more bar) Paper burning (one more bar) Paper burning (please one more bar) Yeah one more bar and it’s a homicide Too far gone I done picked a side One more bar and I’ll be comatose Tipsy on the liquor in the mood to boast One more bar and it’s a suicide Too far gone I done picked a side One more bar and I’ll raise a toast Confined, in a bind out on the coast Yeah one more bar and it’s a homicide Too far gone I done picked a side One more bar and I’ll be comatose Tipsy on the liquor in the mood to boast One more bar and it’s a suicide One more bar and it’s a suicide One more bar (one more bar) Yeah one more bar (one more bar)
13.	The World is Ahead 02:59		buy track

credits

released February 9, 2024

All music written, composed, and produced by At Mos.
All tracks mixed and mastered by So$$VYDE.

Nikita Guedj - vocals, flute, violin, cello
Frantz Dervis - vocals, keys & synths, bass
Simon Solaro - vocals, guitar, bass
Samuel Solaro - vocals, guitar, bass, keys

Charlotte Lescar - additional backing vocals (tracks 5, 6, 9, 12)
Esteban Ferré - additional backing vocals (track 6)

Erwan Abbas - mixing & mastering

Véronique Durruty - cover art photography
Elsa Chereau - cover art graphic design

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At Mos Paris, France

Often contemplative, sometimes wild, always cinematic, At Mos unveils a musical journey taking hip hop to distant alternative lands. Rap, vocals and instruments come together around a shared passion for groove and soaring horizons.

Formed in 2021, At Mos is an alternative hip-hop band with pop, rock and psychedelic overtones. Their inaugural album, Bridge to Nowhere, was released on February 9th. ... more