Highlights from songs written and/or produced by Brother Toadstool and recorded in the Odd by Midnight Studio

From OBM Studios

Odd by Midnight

Lyrics:

"How did this start?
Now it's falling apart.
Everything we built was just weak from the start.
It washed away...

Lost in a day...

I don't know why,
It's got to fall.

You can help everyone,
but you can't help yourself,
year after year,
You keep spinning your wheels,

Is this your fate?

The hour's late...

Another day passes and I hear you complain,
Nothings as you like,
But you're too tired to change,

It's getting old...
What were you sold?

Oh I don't know why, it's got to fall.

You're looking right at me,
But you never quite see,
That all these everyday assumptions
Make you lie through your teeth

No way to be...
What do you see?

Oh I don't know why - it's got to fall.
It's got to fall."

Fall (Demo)

"I've been 2000 miles just to be nowhere
I've seen people big and small inside of their heads,
And all I've learned is just one thing,
It's that...

Everything is everything,
Or at least it can be (with the right eyes)
Everything is everything,
Or at least it can be (with the right eyes)

You can break it down,
And turn it around,
Painting your perception,
Like a piano paints a sound,

But be mindful should you choose to be free,
Because...

Everything is everything,
Or at least it can be (with the right eyes)
Everything is everything,
Or at least it can be (with the right eyes)

Everything is everything,
Or at least it can be...

I hope I make it out alive,
I hope I make it out alive,
I hope I make it out alive,
I hope I make it out alive!!

When I came to you,
You were so confused,
Did not know what to do,

Was I looking for,
An open door,
A place to hide?
I slipped inside...

...these morning sounds..."

Everything is Everything + Morning Sounds Reprise (October 2024 Demo)

Lyrics:

"Back at home ain’t much changed, 
you still ain’t got a thing for me
Maybe I’m the one to blame
All these years and it’s still the same, 
aches and pains nearly every day
Lord I oughta be ashamed

But have I got news for you
I’m getting outta here soon
Am gonna try and never look back

Come Monday, I’ll be on the road, 
losing my load, scratching x’s and o’s
a traveling band, living out a melody
come Tuesday, I’ll be down in Louisiana 
bangin’ on the keys of this ole dusty piano
Living my life through a song that’s in a dream
Aw that’s the only way it’s gonna be

Running hard, dark through light, 
never slow down, day or night
Someday maybe I’ll draw the line
But as long as you’re on my mind, 
peace and ease’ll be hard to find
The miles between us ain’t much of a divide

But they say down in Mexico
Where the ladies and cowboys go
La cantina donde la cerveza fuje,

Come Friday, I’ll be south of the border, 
mind outta order and memory getting shorter
El diablo verde et   tequila driving me
And come Saturday, I’ll be at a bar, strumming away on my ole guitar
Burning your memory down like kerosene
Oh that’s the only way it’s gonna be

Come Monday, I’ll be on the road, losing my load, scratching x’s and o’s
In a traveling band living out a melody
And come Friday, I’ll be at a bar, strumming away on my ole guitar
Burning your memory down like kerosene

Oh that’s the only way
That’s the only way
That’s the only way it’s gonna be
It’s gonna be"

Written by John David Harrison
Produced by Brother Toadstool
Recorded at the humble Odd by Midnight Studio

Performed by the Odd by Midnight band featuring:
Jason Wilson (Brother Toadstool) - Vocals, Guitar, Organ
John David Harrison - Keys, Vocals
Mitchell Phillips - Drums

Vocals Updated and Outro Added on 11/3/2024

The Only Way (Demo)

Re-edit of previously released "Kaleidoscope Window" from Johnny and the Appleseeds' "In The Beginning" EP

Remixed with added vocals and sound effects.

This song is part of a concept album that tells a story about a scientist confronted by a stranger and taken on a journey through the "kaleidoscope window" into a world that challenges his logical pre-conceived notions and beliefs about the world.


Jason Wilson - Guitar, Vocals
John David Harrison - Keys
Josh Gallaspy - Guitar
Mitchell Phillips - Drums
Noel Guess - Bass Guitar
Zac Clarke - Vocals

Written by Jason Wilson
Redux produced by Brother Toadstool at Odd by Midnight studio

Kaleidoscope Window Redux

Lessons forgotten on the return back home.