This is my version of this great song by Boston-based band, The Waitlist, that I discovered last year. The song and all rights belong to The Waitlist.

Death Was Really Boredom

Death Was Really Boredom (The Waitlist Cover)

Home recording and production by Jeremy Styron.

Lyrics:

Lies on top of lies; we all get flayed in the system
The king of gold is the kind of old in the system
Break your backs just to break your bread in the system
Make your beds, and then lay your dead in the system

We don’t belong
Just keep your calm …

We will not be satisfied until
The crooked are laid low with the falling tide
We will not give up the fight
Yearning to breathe free with dignity

Turn the knife and then turn the screw in the system
Offer daylight and then stack the decks in the system
Take your migrant wage and your pittance wage in the system
Suffer abuse, while we make you our tools in the system

You don’t belong
Try and stay calm …

We will not be satisfied until
The crooked are laid low with the falling tide
We will not give up the fight
Yearning to breathe free with dignity

We won’t be undignified
We will beat back the gates and loose the chains
We’ll kneel, stand up and raise our fists
Equality for all under the sun
We will not be satisfied
We won’t be indignified
We will not be victimized
We will not be marginalized
We will not be pushed aside ...
Anymore

Injustice to one is injustice to all

Copyright 2021 Jeremy Styron

The System

Home recording and production by Jeremy Styron.

Lyrics:

When the dam breaks
And when my heart, it aches
And when the walls shake
I miss you
When the leaves fall
I'm calling at your door
We're older than before
And I miss you

Speak to me a secret language
Our language
Sing to me a secret song
A song of one
A song of two
That only we can hear
Without a word
Without a sound
We come unbound

When the months turn
What is it all for?
I fall broken at your shore
And I miss you
Another sea change
It's already been erased
I feel older than before
And I miss you

Speak to me a secret language
Our language
Sing to me a secret song
A song of one
A song of two
That only we can hear
Without a word
Without a sound
We come unbound

Come unbound

Copyright 2021 Jeremy Styron

Come Unbound

Come Unbound (Oceanic/Remix)

Home recording and production by Jeremy Styron.

Lyrics: 

From this hell, no escape
From my bed, I ache,
From my room, I crave
To see your face
Blinking lights and sounds
my whole world resounds
From the ledge, I see
The city waves to me, to me 

And I’ll come back
To your loving arms
And stay
Oh, I’ll stay, someway
I’ll find someway to remain
To remain

From the pier, the waves
Counting all my days
In the ocean mist and gray
I swear I saw your face, your face
Seabirds kiss the sky
The lighthouse traces by
Out, out deeper still
I rise to meet your gaze, your gaze

And I’ll come back
To your loving arms
And stay
Oh, I’ll stay, someway
I’ll find someway to remain
To remain

Copyright 2021 Jeremy Styron

Remain

Remain (Remixed)

Home recording and production by Jeremy Styron.

Lyrics:

Red shimmers
My candlelight
My paperwheel
Far out of sight
I’ll fall asleep
To a life without
Your static fervor
Your sleepless doubt

Your heart always finds a way to wrap itself around this one
Faced with tremors
Faced with faith
Faced with those
That cannot wait
That cannot wait

Copyright 2003 Jeremy Styron

Red Shimmers

Red Shimmers (Original 2003 Demo)

Home recording and production by Jeremy Styron.

Original song by Counting Crows.

A Long December

A Long December (Counting Crows Cover)

Home recording and production by Jeremy Styron.

Lyrics:

We are … a silhouette against the sun
In the back of my mind
A hundred million miles
From the end of my dreams
To the tameless sea, we are

We are … a pirouette against the sky
To the front of the line
Let the tape rewind
From the head of the path
To the broken past, we are 

And I know, yes, I know there will be
Blue and brilliant ways to cover up the pain, I know
And I know, yes, I know there will be
Gray and silver rays to shoulder all the blame, I know

We are … a shattered day against the rain
From the front of the pines
Towered to the skies
To the end of the line
Where the ghosts, they hide, we are …

All the shadows pass
Under broken glass, we are, we are
And I apologize for the broken past, we are
To the chainless sea, let it comfort me, we are, we are
From the fallen pines
Let the tape rewind

Copyright 2021 Jeremy Styron

We Are ...

Home recording and production by Jeremy Styron.

Lyrics:

I guess I’m just ready for winter
I’m falling all the time
And the silence is getting louder
Drop me a piece of your light
She says, “Hey, I remember you.
You’re the one who called my name.
You’re the one who sent me all those letters.
Left me in the rain.”

All my friends are hitting the sun like stones
And me, I feel like driving somewhere on my own
It’s a warm night. I can make it somewhere before dawn
Waiting for the winter because that’s when I’ll be gone

I guess I’m tired of the summer, tired of the rain, 
tired of all these ashes
We all have our flames
The silence is louder every single day
We all need that someone to help us find our way
She says, “Hey, you look familiar. You’re the one I passed, 
1993, the one with the funny cap.
I’m sorry I left you standing in the rain,
But you have to know, you have to know.
We all have our place.”

She says, “I’m sorry for wasting all your time.
I’m leaving tomorrow on a powerline.
I will dream of the day that you can be mine.
I’ll see you when my name hits the sky.”

Copyright 2003 Jeremy Styron.

Pass Away

Recorded by Mike Fioriglio at Philadelphia Music Studios, Philadelphia, Pa.
Produced by Mike Fioriglio and Jeremy Styron
Mixing and mastering by Zach Brown
Guitars and vocals by Jeremy Styron
Bass by Mike Fioriglio
Drums by Zach Brown
Background vocals and organ by Bridget Appicello
Music and lyrics: Jeremy Styron

Lyrics: 
So many times I feel so alive
With the sun on my skin
And so many times I dream I’m skinned alive
Inside my head
What will it take to pin me down
What will it take to take me, take me down
What will it take to keep me down
Keep me, keep me down

Swallow it down
Follow me down
Swallow it down and breathe …

I could tell from the moment
The starlight path in your eyes
Summer winds bring me back to your mind

So many times the world’s a blur
And I’m ablaze and burning out (burning out)
And so many times the echoes sound
And I’m afraid, I’m afraid (I’m afraid)
What will it take to drown my soul
And eat away at all those yesterdays (yesterdays)
And what will it ake to part the waves
Part the waves and fall away (fall away)

Swallow it down
Without a sound
Swallow it down and breathe …

I could tell from the moment
The starlight path in your eyes
Rushing winds bring me back again
Back to your mind

Copyright 2022 Jeremy Styron

Part The Waves (Studio Demo)

Alternative rock/indie pop songwriter and musician based in Philadelphia