It’s always like going to the source with your tunes. Like the guitar sound you chose for this one.

Awesome sounding crunch!  Love the energy!

This is awesome, yeah!!!, a rock acid guitar like Led Zeppelin

@user-138663860: Thanks Sunni :):)))))))))

great riffs and clear message here!  nice song

Catchy throughline. "And the voices all sound the same." Nice.

Awesome track Combstead! Couldn't agree more mate! Nice one! Great playing and production too!

Don't Mind If I  Do - Robert Grigg & Combstead

Refrain Of Fire

Oh, don't try that bullshit with me, my dear.
Or I'll be giving you a wave.
Your fantasies are growing out of hand.
Just one more on my list to save.

I'm the one that showed you all the secret ways.
Paths to avoid; how to behave.
You've taken all these gifts that I bestowed on you.
Turned them to something in your brain.

Oh, c'est la vie.
You say to me.
Because we're only here once.
You don't follow.
Advice (to) say no.
Your first reaction is to plunge.

The path to twisted logic is not paved with gold.
The years of struggle take their toll.
Although I don't excuse the things you've done.
It's hard to dig out of a hole.

A story in your mind is not the same as truth.
A fort that's built on shifting sands.
The tide of time came in and cut you off.
Its waters covered up your lands.

Oh, c'est la vie.
You say to me.
This is the only chance we get.
(I) don't want to know.
Your problems, though.
And no one's giving you a gett.

A shout from afar.
There's a message you're missing. 
There's are signs coming up.
You should read.
Their letters unopened.
Their warnings unheaded.
In the absence of reason.
You can't breathe.

This is a final reminder.
A notice they're serving.
An advertising campaign on TV. (x2)
The path that you're on.
It's the wrong road you've taken.
The deadly silence in between.
This is the silence in between.

Oh, don't give me that nonsense there's beauty in truth.
You beat the fuckers to the punch.
I've always been a cynic I worry too much.
Won't always get you a free lunch. 

Your mother always told you "we don't hold a grudge".
But, you can't seem to let it go.
She doesn't know you cos you hide it all so well.
Select few people in the know.

Oh, c'est la vie.
Live fast and free?
Only the foolish that stay young.
Forever goes, on through the snow.
You're best placed if you are amongst.
Oh, c'est la vie.
You say to me.
"Will they forgive me in the end?"
Before I go.
A sign to show.
There's certain things that you can't mend.

Caught in the middle.
A crook and a fork in the road.
You took what you wanted.
And never thought to give back some.
To all the people who helped you to make your way up.
All the things that you did trying to make sure that they would say.
"You're okay".
You used your advantage to pull the wool over her eyes.
Never imagining we could see straight through your straight through your lies.
The depths that you'd sink to.
Just to appear to be sound.
It got to the point when nobody wanted you around.
In the town.
A drink in the morning to stop you from wretching means nowt.
It's better to keep it all in than to let all out.
Nobody wants to hear about your childhood you know.
If you won't move on from it, then you won't have any room to grow.
All for show.

Oh, don't you tell me c'est la vie.
When you don't practice what you preach.

A chat with the neighbours upon whom you always impress.
Exacting credentials, oh, you wear your heart on your chest.
"Don't listen to anything anyone says about me".
You say with a grin as you walk to the shop for your beers.
"I'll say cheers"
Nobody's saying that you had it easy you know.
But that doesn't mean that you can just be a bastard and go.
Off on a tangent on any vaguely similar theme.
That makes you look brilliant at least in your mind as you scheme.
In your dreams.

Oh, don't you tell me c'est la vie.
When you don't practice what you preach. [x2]

It's the bitterness seeping out of you in a giant cloud.
What a clown.

It's been so long that it really isn't the same in this town.
In fact things are better now that you are never around.
Like a bad smell that we just couldn't get to go away.
You stay for a week when you promised to stay for a day.
I must say.
You borrowed some money, hoping that you'd find your way home.
Never stopping to think.
Or thanking your folks for the loan.
I don't know what it is but there's just something off with your tone.
A slight whiff of violence.
You're just like a dog with a bone.
A no go.

Narcissistic.
C'est la vie.



C'est la Vie

First Stone - Robert Grigg & Combstead

Incoming

A song about (lack of)  motivation

LYRICS:

When the scars are covered over
they're not gone
And when the stars in the sky you're under
are outshone by the sun
That's when they'll come
Oh, that's when they'll come

There's a hole in the ground
and it's where you are found
with your heart hollowed-out
and they've filled it with sound
and when the blizzard has snowed you under
you're not done
You're not done

You're not trying
You're not trying at all
You're not trying
You're not trying at all
You're not trying
You're not trying at all
So stop sighing
You're not trying at all

Scars

A song about sticking it to the man[nequin] 😐

LYRICS:

The present and the future are hollow
They turn around, expect you to follow
and turn away from who you are

The expectations are just making you nervous
They're paying you well for your service
but the people that you're serving are all just statues and mannequins

All statues and mannequins
It's time to be a man again

But now you're stripped naked like a statue
You're a mannequin
Shop-soiled and face blank
Stiffen up, try to be a man again

Stripped naked like a statue
You're a mannequin
Shop-soiled and face blank
Stiffen up, try to be a man again

One last song before I sleep
It's all I got
One last song before I sleep
It's all I got

Statues and Mannequins

“Dragonfly” is a song written and performed by my friend Crystal...I sang the backing vocals, overdubbed Fender bass, and recorded and mixed it solely on my analog 4-track. I just recently found the master tape in my analog vault and converted it to mp3 in order to share this beautiful track. If you dig it please feel free to comment or repost! Thank you, Tim  🙏🏻✌🏻

Dragonfly (original analog recording Crystal H.)

A song about a girl who won't let you smash:)

CRKD BTCH [demo]

Dedicated to that sick bastard Mick from wolf creek series and films...
spaghetti Western feel with some low down guttaral guitar..

#ROCK #HARDROCK #SPAGEHETTIWESTERN #LAYNESTAYLEY #CHRISCORNELL #BLACKLABELSOCIETY #ZAKKWYLDE #WESTERN #GUITAR #COWBOY #MICKSWORLD #WOLFCREEK #SLASH #SCREAMINGTREES #90S

****LYRICS****

You can run rabbit run,
But micks gonna cut you down,
With his knife or his gun,
Cos your in his playing field,
The outback, where he's built
His temple of doom....


There's nowhere to hide,
In this great divide,
Sand and dirt for miles and miles...
Hes going to sniff you out
He's going to play around..
He's a sick bastard
That mick ....
Welcome to welcome to micks world.... 

He's been doing this for decades
Long,
And will for decades more,
The thrill never fades,
The memory never jades 

He's been doing this for decades.
Long,
And will for decades more,
The thrill never fades,
The memory never jades
You better run rabbit ruuuuuun
You better run, rabbit run 

Welcome to micks world 
Welcome to micks world 

Mmmmhahhaahhaa



















'Micks World' 🇦🇺

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Welcome to the Lab 💀 
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40 plus years in live sound reinforcement
getting by with some help from my friends.
some call me Brother, Mark, Big Moochies, Big Daddy, Fat Rat..... all love.

First Stone - Robert Grigg & Combstead

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