Name: DEAD MAN by Grey Gizzard
Duration: 4 min 56 s
Description: This is one of my oldest songs, and the one that got the most attention years ago. It was played on podcasts and some underground radio stations even though my production chops were pretty bad hah. Either way, it's near and dear. Thanks!

I am honored to be #1 - its a smashingly excellent tune that is forever in my head and heart. smoking through a tree trunk...

I see why it got attention. And, I think this is *perfectly* produced, every sound and mix move serving the unique qualities of the song. Classic moves abounding, and you make them your own.

great song, production sounds spot on to me. love the guitars...

Love the big, heavy churning groove in this. Excellent guitar, rhythm section and vocals, as ever : ) Hope yr well.

Full support, Jason forge on my friend.... Extremely enjoyableExtremely enjoyable visit this morning to your site.

The end is the beginning. If singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Tamar Berk’s 2020 solo debut, "The Restless Dreams of Youth" was about -- in her own words -- “looking back at who I was and where I was then, and that I was OK with not knowing where I was going or what I was doing,” then her autobiographical sophomore effort, "Start at the End" is the logical sequel. Written and recorded after the death of her father last June, the album’s themes include rebirth, reinvention, self-discovery and coming to terms with life’s absurdities, both channeling and moving on from her grief.
“When my dad died, I realized I didn’t understand the purpose of anything,” says Tamar about turning to music to express and work through her existential crisis. 
That required her to Start at the End... with one door closing, others opened, and the cycle of life renewed on an album of introspection, but also action taken, moving forward tentatively, the journey chronicled step by step like a book of short stories, with her characteristic blend of ‘60s psychedelia, ‘70s punk and ‘80s power pop, leavened with strains of folk and country. - Roy Trakin

Start at the End

Alone Tonight

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From the perspective of the woman who anointed Jesus:



I humble myself here before you
Shatter the alabaster above you
A fire is burning
Testing
Renewing 
Consuming 

And it’s me and you
All of us
In the fractals
Over and over
And over
The patterns all over

My flesh is weak my spirit is willing

And I’m feeling brand new 
From your spirit let me see it
Show the dark but describe it

Eros philia agape storge 
Fill me up
Ooo
All consuming
Oil dripping 

Eros philia agape storge 
Fill me up
Ooo
Feelings spilling
I am willing 

And I’m feeling brand new

I humble myself here before you
Shatter the Alabaster above you
A fire is burning 
Testing
Renewing
Consuming

Shatter the Alabaster



I am thinking, "No,
things shouldn't be this way.."
I am thinking how
I could be falling prey...

We have a common enemy, you and me
A flash of truth from your eyes 
to my eyes...
And all these mirrors 
held up to us
break brightness up 
They're breaking the brightness up...

You're taking the steep climb 
The rocks you packed around your heart 
Your spirit puts a panic on 
as is its habit.
You summon up a storm again,
I watch it rage around you..
Really don't want to join you there:
Don't drag me in...

This is your weather,
Not mine...
This is your weather,
Not mine...
This is your weather,
Not mine, 
Not mine...

Can you hem the edges of your mind?
Your spirit is so flyaway 
You shred up your old name 
Every nerve taut and frayed
The roar levels all, levels all...
You draw in smoke to get some air
You sit in to the drowning box
and dig your heels in there 

This is your weather,
Not mine...
This is your weather,
Not mine...
This is your weather,
Not mine, 
Not mine...

Things aren't clear from here -
You're in your fury; I'm in the fog -
I don't know the right words,
I don't know the code, 
I don't have it!

And you've got some rage to spend,
my darlin, 
but you've got nothing to burn
And you've got some rage to spend,
my darlin, 
but you've got nothing to burn...





COMMON ENEMY

Rise from the Depths

Not Saying

5th track on littleuniverses LP

LYRICS:
A breeze came in awoke my senses
what do I do with all my knowledge
I think a lot about how all twinkles and fades
staring my eyes in the mirror
acknowledging this statement
 
How I once baldly wanted a daughter
How I now see my friends as mothers
Wonder if I’ll get that honor
 
My life’s changed so much
this room’s not getting any smaller
I tell you some of this now my imaginary daughter
how I now know who won’t be your father
 
I worked so hard to black out every night
to conceal what I really felt in life
tell you more of that later my lovely daughter
 
See these clouds and I have a deeper understanding
I speak to them sometimes
they feel more stable than my friends
see that one moving…
I wonder if you will ever exist
 
Will I ever have a daughter
Will I ever be a mother
 
Now is the time for happiness
one day I hope to tell her all of this
so she will understand how far I had to slip
to be here
 
How much heart I know I have to love her

Will I Be A Mother

Produced By Robert Ruby

This song was inspired by someone close to me who is in a battle with addiction

Those Demons

Words and music K Gennery

For my Nan, Emily Adelaide Francis 1903-1972
Mother of 15 
Grandmother to 24
intro voice, my 93 year old Mum, talking about her Mum.....Emily.

While on my own i find myself lost in the past
maybe i should step back and leave well alone
For there you are ready to receive me
feel safe and warm wrapped in the arms of emily

long ago wished i could have told you so
such a long time ago ooh how i loved you so
ooh how i loved you so....emily

you were gone in a blink of an eye
i should have come and whispered goodbye
 i was young but it doesnt ease the hurting
age is not an excuse its all i have

long ago wished i could have told you so
such a long time ago ooh how i loved you so
ooh how i loved you so....emily

emily

Emily

Thought I'd remake this and make it darker and more emotional. Hope you enjoy it folks

Night And Day - 2023 Version

finally wrote another song after ages of not being able to write anything.

lyrics:


I had this dream 
You were laying the table 
And then we stayed up all night 
In your arms i was cradled 

And though we never tell lies 
I bought into this tale 
and a lie’s bound to sting
But delusions are fatal

We dont have to talk about it now
We know what that entails 
Lets have a good day instead 
And forget if we’re able

There’s a day we expire 
But i wont look at the label 
I’ll pretend its not there 
And forget, if i’m able 

And in my dream 
I held something so frail 
A heart beating: it gleamed
Blood on my hands cold and pale 

 But now i’m awake 
I cant tell truth from fable 
But i dont want you to speak
I know the truth will be fatal

we don't have to talk about it now
We know what that entails
lets have a good day instead
and forget, if we're able

there's a day we expire
but I won't look at the label
I'll pretend its not there
try to forget, if im able

fatal

This is one of my oldest songs, and the one that got the most attention years ago. It was played on podcasts and some underground radio stations even though my production chops were pretty bad hah. Either way, it's near and dear. Thanks!

DEAD MAN

He Saved Franks Brain

Hello! I like guitars, keys and words

I have a few guitars, vintage amps, synths, keys and other gear, and I use Logic Pro through an Apollo twin, into a MacBook. Hope you enjoy the dark! 

All Songs written by Grey Gizzard
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