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Rusty Mountain
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Rusty Mountain was released on September 26, 2025 by Anti/Epitaph as a part of the album Neon Grey Midnight Green
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Release DateSeptember 26, 2025
LabelAnti/Epitaph
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM91

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Neko Case
Neko Case
Vocals
Paul Rigby
Paul Rigby
Guitar
Rachel Flotard
Rachel Flotard
Background Vocals
Sebastian Steinberg
Sebastian Steinberg
Bass
Adam Schatz
Adam Schatz
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Neko Case
Neko Case
Composer
Paul Rigby
Paul Rigby
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Neko Case
Neko Case
Producer
Tucker Martine
Tucker Martine
Mixing Engineer
Jeff Galegher
Jeff Galegher
Recording Engineer
Heba Kadry
Heba Kadry
Mastering Engineer
Darryl Neudorf
Darryl Neudorf
Recording Engineer
John Hagler
John Hagler
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Love songs mostly, sound the same
An exercise in futility, for me
But there's a few who get away with it
They've some divergent insight I can't find
And they deride me
No one forced you to fall in love like you did
No one tricked you
And you weren't faking it
But they got cold feet or changed their minds
'Cause they got scared or they got bored
Now we're in this boring story
That feels unjustly spoiled
Its shelf-life insult to injury
[Chorus]
Did you tell him you're not going to build his house?
Left the nails in a pile
To form a rusty mountain?
Some people need to hurt somebody, anyone
You may as well have been a stranger
You may as well have been one
[Verse 2]
So I round on this chorus with most unholy gorge
Take your radio and shove it
All your "he's" and "she's" and rhyming "love"
No, I'm not special and I never was
No, cruelty made a muse of me, see?
Just a two fisted son-of-a-bitch
With no sickening nostalgia for this
The same old cloying story
The same flypaper tongues
We all deserve better
Than some love song
[Chorus]
So tell him you're not going to build his house!
Leave the nails in a pile
To form a rusty mountain
Some people need to have somebody, anyone
You may as well have been a stranger
You may as well have been one
[Outro]
And now that someone really loves me
Hey, hey
I can see that I'm not easy to love
It took some divergent insight long in finding
But now you're here and you kindly remind me
That I am not a stranger
If I ever was
Gonna build this rusty mountain
Till we smoke cigarettes on the sun
We all deserve better
Than a love song
Written by: Neko Case, Paul Rigby
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