An acoustic cover of one of my favorite songs, by one of my favorite bands!

Radio (Rancid Cover)

(This is the first song I ever wrote. It carries a lot of meaning for me, and so I have only recently come back around to start playing it live and record it again. Enjoy.)

The storm clouds were visible from miles away. Drove right into them anyway.
Something exciting, strangely inviting and no time to think it through.
So I get out of my car, tilt my head to the sky, and close my eyes.

I was lifted, picked up, tossed around.
I am sick and enthralled at the same time.
Hit by debris, I can no longer see and my head is gonna explode.

Tornado... carried me away.

...and it went around and around and around and around...

I open my eyes again. As quick as it came, it's gone.
There's nothing left standing here, the path of destruction is oh so clear.
Search and rescue arrives, asks if I am okay, and treats my wounds.

I was lifted, picked up off the ground. I am hurt but thank god I'm alive.
Hit by a wave, I can finally see: that I shall overcome.

Tornado...
blew me away.

Tornado

Several weeks at sea, all alone
The ship went down when the captain went mad
The crazy look in his eyes when he mentioned that woman
even now I do not understand

La Sirena on the beach ahead
La Sirena on a rock
La Sirena, oh she sang to me
Oh she sang to me

Oh captain I see, I see
Not so crazy after all

La Sirena in the squall ahead
La Sirena on the starboard
La Sirena, oh she pulled me in
yeah she pulled me in

She sang me to sleep
She sang to me in my dreams

Con los cantos de sirena, no te vayas a marear.
Con los cantos de sirena, no te vayas a marear.

La Sirena

All I have to go on is a look
an awkward silence
or an odd thing she said
In my mind I try to build a case
all circumstantial
any judge would throw it out

I have a very active imagination

The ending that I make up in my head
always better than what happens instead

Told myself after the last time
it'd be the last time
and I'll say that next time too
All of the best days of the past year
were not imagined
now I'm not so sure

I have a very active imagination

A Very Active Imagination

NSFW. From the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). 

Kanye West - Runaway (Acoustic Cover)

Two hours late to practice (you're out of the band)
Forgot to record this (you're out of the band)
Capo on the wrong fret (you're out of the band)
You don't know your part yet (you're out of the band)
Didn't bring any strings
Too drunk to sing
Didn't bring any beer
but you're drinking what's already here

and I don't know another way to make you understand...
you're out of the band!

We can't play the big show
with the bands from out of town
We can't play the festival
cause you won't be around

Spent all the cash we made paying off your tab
and I say this every week, but I mean it, man
you're out of the band!

And we're gonna replace you with a drum machine.

(you're out of the band)

Voice Memos

You're Out Of The Band

Love isn't easy, it takes a lot of work
Nobody's perfect though we think we are at first
Love isn't easy; we all make mistakes
Nobody's perfect, but that doesn't change the stakes

Tragedies make better songs than happiness ever could
Tragedies make better songs than happiness ever could

A broken heart and whiskey is a recipe for a hit
A broken heart and whiskey is a recipe for a hit

Losing isn't easy; still hurts every time
no one gets left out, we all get left behind
Losing isn't easy, but it doesn't last for long
Out of the last time I got a better song.

Tragedies make better songs than happiness ever could
Tragedies make better songs than happiness ever could

A broken heart and whiskey is a recipe for a hit
A broken heart and whiskey is a recipe for a hit

Better Songs

One heart held together by a notion
that this is not the way it's supposed to end
then you gave me the beating of my life

The hits came so hard and so fast,
hurt so much that I almost didn't notice
a hidden pattern, a code that would help me survive

Lifted up, up and knocked down, down
Left, right, left, right and back again
Lifted up, up and knocked down, down
Left, right, left, right and back again
Only a select few choose to start
to take advantage of infinite hearts

You can't defeat me. I have infinite hearts.

Infinite Hearts

Well it feels like the truth
And that's good enough for me
yeah it feels like the truth
echoing what I already believe

He's not a politician--they're all dirty crooks
He'll drain the swamp of all the rats and clean up all the books

The first 100 days
too long to wait for change
in the first 100 hours
we're gonna set this house ablaze

He's not a politician--he's here to change the game
He's Harrison Ford in Air Force One: "Get off my fucking plane!"

Get me out from under
out from under this orange crush

I've made a huge mistake
I've made a huge mistake
I've made a huge mistake
I've made a huge mistake

Get me out from under
out from under this orange crush

Orange Crush

Vincent Anthony DiVincenzo III aka Vinny's loving tribute to his "delicate flower," Denise.

Oh baby, baby, baby, baby...
Even though you drive me up the wall, you're the only one I call
Even though you make me pull out my hair
Still want to see you in your underwear

Oh baby, baby, baby, baby...

Even though you hump anything that moves
you're the one I don't want to lose
Every day you say you'll leave me for another guy
but I'll tell you this once...

Oh baby, baby, baby, baby...

I know every condom has a hole poked through
still want to have a baby with you
You're on prescription pills and you're smoking crack
Tried to pawn all my stuff
but I still want you back

Oh baby.

Denise (Oh Baby)

An acoustic cover of "Beer" by Reel Big Fish, dedicated to my lovely fiance Caroline.

Beer (Reel Big Fish acoustic cover)

Lyrics:
Pupils dilated, ball my hand into a fist
Heart beating harder, feel the clench inside my chest
I'm breathing faster and faster
I'm pacing faster and faster

Give me serenity to accept the things I can't change
I am a pipe bomb, dangerously close to a flame
breath deep, don't cry
don't scream--I'll try
but I. can't. stop.
Explode.

Broken things can be replaced, but there's only one you and me
We can have a raucous fight as long as we love equally
Don't want to go to bed angry
I can't escape this by closing my eyes

(chorus)

Serenity now, insanity later
Serenity now, insanity later
Serenity now...

...try not to explode.

Serenity Now

[This is the latest original in my ongoing annual Christmas Song Project. This is year 5! It's a sequel to 2015's 'House Full of Love' (https://soundcloud.com/chrebet/house-full-of-love).]

I had a dream, and as crazy as it seems, it came true. I found you.
I dreamt of sitting 'round the tree, telling stories, looking deep into your eyes.

Now I got one kid on the way--maybe more, who can say? And we can last another year.

'cause you came home to me my love.

A house is not a home 'til it's full of love and you're not alone.

House Full of Love Pt. 2

[This is the sixth entry in my ongoing Christmas Song Project, where I have been writing and recording a new Christmas song each year for the past few years.]

Christmas comes but once a year and finally the season's here [x4]
Christmas Eve, sitting 'round the tree, can we open just one present please?
Christmas Day, after Santa's sleigh, friends and family: we're on our way!
Christmastime (my favorite season)
Christmastime (don't need a reason)
I wish it was Christmas every day.
Christmas cheer spread throughout the year
would make the world a much happier place.
Christmas creep is not a thing, oh no... that is not the Christmas that I know.
Christmas is not red and green or buying things that we don't need;
it's selflessness and love and things we're thankful for.
Christmastime (my favorite season)
Christmastime (don't need a reason)
I wish it was Christmas every day.
Christmas cheer spread throughout the year
would make the world a much happier place.

Christmas Every Day

40 days, 40 nights
for the tears, for goodbyes.
Original sin. Originial lie.
built for the weak to make them comply

My son, my son
You never hurt anyone.
My son, my son
You don't deserve this at all.
Do you hear my voice? It's gonna be alright.
Do you hear my voice? It's gonna be alright.
My son, my son...

If this is your last breath, I need you to know:
That I love you, and I fought for you. You brought out the best in me.
Maybe someday we'll understand what we're supposed to learn from this.
Maybe someday we'll get an ending to this unfinished manuscript, my son, my son..

Please come home...
Please come home...
Please come home...
Please come home... my son, my son.

My Son, My Son

Rough cut of a song about changing weather patterns.


Rain & Snow

Original acoustic rock with a range of influences.

Chrebet

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