TBIM Essentials

Sample used: Coast to Coast AM radio broadcast (1997)

Heavily inspired by Lemon Demon and Talking Heads, this satire song follows a man caught in an alien abduction while the "frantic caller" from Art Bell's radio show warns of an apocalypse.

Written in collaboration with @Grilled Cheese

Coast To Coast AM

Tomorrow (Letter to Jo)

Based on Entry #80 of the webseries Marble Hornets.

Alex

The Moon Is Out - Demo

A lonely guy in a dead-end job decides to branch out for once and is subsequently devoured by the Kraken.

Lyrics:

I’m tired standing sentry, each day the same
I am tied like a dog to my post
Yeah, there’s logbooks and entries and shit to maintain
So I stare at the fog, never leave the coast, so

Where could I row to? What could I do
To set sail with someone by my side?
I wish that I had that, but it’s no use
Trapped at shore before the sea that I light

It’s lonely by the ocean, bound to the shore
So I dream of the docks, fantasize
I could abandon my station, take up some oars
If I crash on the rocks, well at least I tried, oh

Where do you row to? What do you do
To wind up with your love by your side?
I wish I could find that, but it’s no use
Trapped at shore before the sea that I guide

I’m the lighthouse keeper
I’m the lighthouse keeper

It’s been ages since I felt the waves
I can’t stand one more hour in the haze
That old lantern’s got oil for days
I top it off, dust off that rowboat at the dock
And head to sea

I begin rowing, finally free
And I hope for a ship to float past
But something is wrong here, stirring beneath
And the boat starts a-rockin’ too fast

Where did I row to? What did I do
To look leviathans right in the eye?
I struggle to fight it, but it’s no use
At the bottom of the sea where I lie

I’m the lighthouse keeper
Lonely lighthouse keeper

Lighthouse Keeper

“The Band Is Me” is the musical project of Ches, a Chicago-based indie singer-songwriter-ukuleleer-FL-Studio-goof-arounder who has yet to do anything impressive.