Cigarette Ash on a Clean Rug
lo-fi psych-folk, slacker rock, sampler-built indie rock, intimate breathy male vocals, close-mic double-tracked Shauf vocals, tight-jawed nonchalant Canadian diction, triphop-folk fusion, Madlib-style chopped loops, MF Doom pitch-shifted samples, bossa nova ghost chords, krautrock motorik pulse, dream-pop shimmer, dub reggae tape delay, chamber pop flute and strings, Afrobeat hi-hat filigree, shoegaze wall of fuzz, country-rock twang, mangled electronics and static organ, warm analog synth bass, honeyed country-rock harmonies, groovy buoyancy, cassette tape warmth, 127 bpm
Cigarette Ash on a Clean Rug
lo-fi psych-folk, slacker rock, sampler-built indie rock, intimate breathy male vocals, close-mic double-tracked Shauf vocals, tight-jawed nonchalant Canadian diction, triphop-folk fusion, Madlib-style chopped loops, MF Doom pitch-shifted samples, bossa nova ghost chords, krautrock motorik pulse, dream-pop shimmer, dub reggae tape delay, chamber pop flute and strings, Afrobeat hi-hat filigree, shoegaze wall of fuzz, country-rock twang, mangled electronics and static organ, warm analog synth bass, honeyed country-rock harmonies, groovy buoyancy, cassette tape warmth, 127 bpm
Lyrics
Lo-Fi Psych-Folk Collage], [Slacker Rock Sampler-Built], [Triphop-Folk Fusion], [Madlib-Style Chopped Loops], [MF Doom Pitch-Shifted Samples], [Bossa Nova Ghost Chords], [Krautrock Motorik Pulse], [Dream-Pop Shimmer Wash], [Dub Reggae Tape Delay Echoes], [Chamber Pop Flute Bursts], [Afrobeat Hi-Hat Filigree], [Shoegaze Wall of Fuzz], [Country-Rock Twang Licks], [Mangled Electronics Static], [Warm Analog Synth Bass Groove], [Honeyed Country-Rock Harmonies], [Groovy Buoyancy Swing], [Cassette Tape Warmth Hiss], [Close-Mic Breathy Shauf Vocals], [Nonchalant Tight-Jawed Diction
Intro] [MF Doom-style pitch-shifted vocal fragment glitch into snappy funk riff loop, warm analog bass enters with groovy buoyancy, cassette hiss bed, subtle bossa nova ghost chords underneath
Ah left the tap running...
Verse 1] [intimate breathy close-mic double-tracked Shauf vocals, nonchalant tight-jawed Canadian diction, krautrock motorik pulse underneath, dream-pop shimmer on guitars, dub tape delay on edges, mangled electronics flickering faintly
Ah left the tap running in the ba-th
Trying to wash away the af-toh-math
You were standing in the hallway looking thin
Ah was wondering where the hell you'd bee-n
Pre-Chorus] [breathless jaw-tightened conversational delivery, chamber pop flute accents darting in, Afrobeat hi-hat filigree adding swing, shoegaze fuzz wall creeping, country-rock twang ghost notes
And ah doan re-ly mind
If we're running out of ti-me
Ah'm just staring at the pat-toh-n
On the wood-en flo-oh
Chorus] [full band groovy buoyancy kicks, steady bass groove + snappy funk pocket, darting flute bursts, honeyed country-rock harmonies swelling wide, triphop chopped loop feel, Madlib-style rhythmic fragments, warm tape saturation, reverb-drenched lushness
Ah'm just cigarette ash on a clean ru-g
Wait-in' for a hand to give a tu-g
Burning through the fibers of the mohn-ing
Without a single word or any wah-ning
Just a grey little speck on the flo-oh
Not worth look-in' at no mo-oh
Verse 2] [shambolic lazy rhythm with slacker looseness, warm tape-warped guitars + country-rock twang, bossa nova ghost chords drifting, krautrock pulse locked underneath, mangled electronics static pops, cassette warmth crackle
Ah found a nickel in the sofa sea-t
Thought about buying something sweet to ea-t
But the corner store is closed on Tues-days
And ah'm stuck in all these old-fashioned wa-ys
Pre-Chorus] [mumbled conversational close-mic intimacy, flute accents rising, dub reggae tape delay thickening echoes, dream-pop shimmer haze, shoegaze fuzz subtly building
And ah doan re-ly mind
If we're running out of ti-me
Ah'm just staring at the pat-toh-n
On the wood-en flo-oh
Chorus] [wide lush vocals double-tracked, distorted bass groove pulsing, flute bursts sharper, honeyed harmonies stacking higher, triphop-folk fusion peak, Madlib chopped elements colliding, groovy buoyancy at full swing, static organ undertow
Ah'm just cigarette ash on a clean ru-g
Wait-in' for a hand to give a tu-g
Burning through the fibers of the mohn-ing
Without a single word or any wah-ning
Just a grey little speck on the flo-oh
Not worth look-in' at no mo-oh
Bridge] [mangled electronics takeover, static-filled pulsing synth, dry clavinette solo fragments, musique concrète collage bursts, krautrock motorik locked in, chamber pop strings ghosting, tape delay trails, shoegaze wall thickening
(Instrumental chaos — no lyrics, just warped samples, flute darts, fuzz crashes, and motorik drive)
Outro] [vocals quieter lazier almost spoken, fading into heat-warped slowdown, mangled electronics + static organ decay, cassette hiss rising, dub delay tails, single warm analog bass note lingering with gentle reverb shimmer
Just a speck...
On the flo-oh...
Doan look at me no mo-oh...
Ah'm just wait-in'...
For the sweep-oh...
I'm just...
Cigarette ash...
Yeah...
End