Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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"Little Gears" by @nekocaseofficial from the album 'Neon Grey Midnight Green', now
Order, stream & download at nekocase.ffm.to/neongreymidnightgreen
Produced & written by Neko Case
Additional production by Tucker Martine
Mixed by Tucker Martine & Neko Case
Engineered by Jeff Galegher
Additional engineering by Tucker Martine, Darryl Neudorf & John Hagler
Vocal arrangements and field recordings by Neko Case
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Neko Case: vocal, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Nora O’Connor: backing vocals
Paul Rigby: guitars
Anna Butterss: bass
Adam Schatz: keys, synth, bass clarinet
Kyle Crane: drums
Jon Rauhouse: pedal steel
The PlainsSong Chamber Orchestra
LYRICS
I watched a spider build her web
It’s something I’d never done before
I’d assumed it was a three day event
As intricate as they are
As fragile as they are
But she finished it in less than an hour
I felt cheated by how easy it was!
No mistakes
No missteps
Born yesterday with the gears of an atomic clock!
Is she nothing but a program?
Like love?
A smell on the air that tells us when to go?
Oh, why can’t she stay that miracle?
A story written out in stars...
And why isn’t that enough!?
Why do people need to feel so special all the time...
So above it all
This morning I went back to see her
To see if she’d caught some fidgety dinner
But her web was gone
Just a few threads hanging on
To where they’d begun
You see, a bird or a breeze can be a hurricane
To the little things
Why do people need to feel so important all the time?
So above it all…
We all crave some wildnes
We cannot know
We all crave some wildness
Some “hit and run”
To glimpse the side-eyed blurry hide
And thrill at the marks it leaves behind
The police report an I.O.U.
For a miracle which reads:
Please, stay here on earth with me
And I’ll try Not to explain everything away
Little spider
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Listen to the full album: antircrds.io/46bXEXd
"Little Gears" by @nekocaseofficial from the album 'Neon Grey Midnight Green', now
Order, stream & download at nekocase.ffm.to/neongreymidnightgreen
Produced & written by Neko Case
Additional production by Tucker Martine
Mixed by Tucker Martine & Neko Case
Engineered by Jeff Galegher
Additional engineering by Tucker Martine, Darryl Neudorf & John Hagler
Vocal arrangements and field recordings by Neko Case
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Neko Case: vocal, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Nora O’Connor: backing vocals
Paul Rigby: guitars
Anna Butterss: bass
Adam Schatz: keys, synth, bass clarinet
Kyle Crane: drums
Jon Rauhouse: pedal steel
The PlainsSong Chamber Orchestra
LYRICS
I watched a spider build her web
It’s something I’d never done before
I’d assumed it was a three day event
As intricate as they are
As fragile as they are
But she finished it in less than an hour
I felt cheated by how easy it was!
No mistakes
No missteps
Born yesterday with the gears of an atomic clock!
Is she nothing but a program?
Like love?
A smell on the air that tells us when to go?
Oh, why can’t she stay that miracle?
A story written out in stars...
And why isn’t that enough!?
Why do people need to feel so special all the time...
So above it all
This morning I went back to see her
To see if she’d caught some fidgety dinner
But her web was gone
Just a few threads hanging on
To where they’d begun
You see, a bird or a breeze can be a hurricane
To the little things
Why do people need to feel so important all the time?
So above it all…
We all crave some wildnes
We cannot know
We all crave some wildness
Some “hit and run”
To glimpse the side-eyed blurry hide
And thrill at the marks it leaves behind
The police report an I.O.U.
For a miracle which reads:
Please, stay here on earth with me
And I’ll try Not to explain everything away
Little spider
FOLLOW NEKO CASE
▶ Store: nekocase.ffm.to/store
▶ Website: nekocase.com
▶ Facebook: facebook.com/nekocase
▶ Instagram: instagram.com/NekoCaseOfficial
▶ Twitter: twitter.com/NekoCase
▶ Spotify: spoti.fi/354qSu4
▶ Apple: apple.co/3uUIh3a
▶ Amazon: amzn.to/3517E94
________________________
FOLLOW ANTI RECORDS
▶ Website: anti.com
▶ Instagram: instagram.com/antirecords
▶ Facebook: facebook.com/antirecords
▶ Twitter: twitter.com/antirecords
▶ TikTok: tiktok.com/@antirecords
▶ Spotify: spoti.fi/3F8wIHU
▶ Apple: apple.co/3mh6Wdc
▶ Store: anti.ffm.to/store
#nekocase #littlegears #neongreymidnightgreen #antirecords
