I make these in my bedroom in Brooklyn. Aiming for one a week in 2015.

Covers (Bedroom Sessions)

Recorded in my bedroom in Brooklyn. This started out as a scratch track (guitar and lead vocals are live one track) but I kept it because as soon as I finished there were sirens in the distance.  

"Hallelujah"

I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who has seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah



Hallelujah - Meghann Wright (Leonard Cohen / Jeff Buckley Cover)

This is a mashup / cover of two of my friends' band HIVESMASHER songs I recorded a couple of years ago. For the grind versions, check them out: http://hivesmasher.bandcamp.com/album/gutter-choir

They Thought We’d Forget

So, the soul would die?

You’ve got a taste for honesty in the dark

Move on alone

You were such a big man until you met me

I don’t want to change the world

I don’t want to be your friend

So now

So, chivalry dies?

I’ll prove you wrong, defile your name

So, chivalry dies?

Dealing in wrath, you’ll bare this all now

You’ll beg for light, defile the earth

Pray for death, defile the earth

When we meet, I assure you it’ll be soon

I’ll show you all your faults

This soul will die, like you and I

Shooting At Apparitions

A few hours ago the oceans overflowed

but I could not stop your screams

Strangled and ill disposed,

you exist in my dreams

(pizzicato)

I would love to take you to this river bed

but I know you’d find someone else to haunt in my stead

They Thought We'd Forget (Hivesmasher Cover)

This is a cover of my friend Ben Andress' song "Dissonant"

// Lyrics //

Would you tell a lie if I asked you to? Would you tell a lie? Would you kill a fly if I asked you to? Would you kill a fly?

Could you tell a lie? Could you tell I lied? 

There was a time in my life where I would lay awake and wonder if there were hidden cameras in smoke detectors watching my every move detecting my lies. but now I know its just microphones recording my heartbeat and now that I'm older I know just really goddamn unimportant I really am.

I am Goddamn I am.

Dissonant (Smile Case Cover)

All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am

But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true, I was made for you

I climbed across the mountaintops
swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you

Oh because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
You do, I was made for you

You see the smile that's on my mouth
It's hiding the words that don't come out
And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed
They don't know my head is a mess

No they don't know who I really am
And they don't know what I've been through
Like you do, and I was made for you

All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am

Oh but these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true, I was made for you
Oh yeah, well it's true that I was made for you

The Story - (Brandy Carlile Cover)

"Motorcycle Drive By"

Summer time and the wind is blowing outside 
In lower Chelsea and I don't know 
What I'm doing in this city 
The sun is always in my eyes 
It crashes through the windows 
And I'm sleeping on the couch 
When I came to visit you 
That's when I knew I could never have you 
I knew that before you did 
Still I'm the one who's stupid 
And there's this burning 
Like there's always been 
I never been so alone 
And I've never been so alive 
Visions of you on a motorcycle drive by 
The cigarette ash flies in your eyes 
And you don't mind, you smile 
And say the world doesn't fit with you 
I don't believe you, you're so serene 
Careening through the universe 
Your axis on a tilt, you're guiltless and free 
I hope you take a piece of me with you 
And there's things I'd like to do 
That you don't believe in 
I would like to build something 
But you never see it happen 
And there's this burning 
Like there's always been 
I've never been so alone 
And I've, I've never been so alive 
And there's this burning 
There is this burning 
Where's the soul I want to know 
New York City is evil 
The surface is everything but I could never do that 
Someone would see through that 
And this is our last time 
We'll be friends again 
I'll get over you, you'll wonder who I am 
And there's this burning 
Just like there's always been 
I've never been so alone alone 
And I've, and I've never been so alive 
So alive 
I go home to the coast 
It starts to rain I paddle out on the water 
Alone 
Taste the salt and taste the pain 
I'm not thinking of you again 
Summer dies and swells rise 
The sun goes down in my eyes 
See this rolling wave 
Darkly coming to take me 
Home 
And I've never been so alone 
And I've never been so alive

Motorcycle Drive By - (Acoustic Third Eye Blind Cover)

"The Drugs Don't Work"

All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down

And I hope you're thinking of me
As you lay down on your side
Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

But I know I'm on a losing streak
'Cause I passed down my old street
And if you wanna show, then just let me know
And I'll sing in your ear again

Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls, I'm coming, too
Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead

All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down

Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls, I'm coming, too
Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead

But if you wanna show, just let me know
And I'll sing in your ear again

Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

I'm never going down, I'm never coming down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more

The Drugs Don't Work (The Verve Cover)

Some friends eloped before Valentine's Day and I played this outside in the winter air for them during their sendoff. It's their song. Happy Valentine's Day! <3

No One (Alicia Keys Cover)

Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover)

my version of one of my favorite songs by the old crow medicine show.

Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show Cover)

One of my favorite bands ever. </3

"You've Got So Far To Go"

Soon ends our stay here and it's been fun.
So tonight I'll raise my glass to us.
'Cause we've talked so much I think we filled this ashtray twice,
And I'm pretty sure we emptied every bottle in the place...

So let's walk home, let's be afraid.
I wanna grab you by the arms and kiss you so hard.
Let's do it right, under the streetlight.
I want it now, somehow I forgot how.

Way to go, way to go.
Forgot you've got so far to go.
Way to go, way to go.
Forgot you've got so far to go.

I heard everybody's voice cut out when you spoke.
And I watched all the lights go dim when your eyes opened.
Well I can't believe you showed up,
What do I do now?
It's last call, time to go.
But before we say goodnight...

Let's walk home, let's be afraid.
I wanna grab you by the arms and kiss you so hard.
Let's do it right under the streetlight.
I want it now, somehow I forgot how.

Way to go, way to go.
Forgot you've got so far to go.
Way to go, way to go.
Forgot you've got so far to go.






You've Got So Far To Go (Alkaline Trio Cover)

Well I should probably be
Drug out to sea
I can’t hurt no one
And no one can hurt me
At least I’d be free
And probly I’d see
What caused me to be so detached completely

Jumpin’ rope
Through a thick cloud of smoke
Fumblin’ through all of the letters and notes
The ones that you wrote
Do they keep me afloat
Or just wrap around my throat like a noose on a rope
(Probably both)

So lay low
Baby
I won’t be back anytime soon
If it gets too lonely
I will follow you around in this tune

I don’t know what to do
What I’d do if I knew
But we go through our day
And get by and get through
But my heart is with you
You probably knew your love is like glue

So lay low
Baby
I won’t be back anytime soon
If it gets too lonely
I will follow you around in this tune

So lay low
Baby
Just for a little while more
If you can’t keep waiting
I will find my way back to your door

Lay Low (Shovels and Rope Cover)

In honor of being at SXSW, I covered Janis Joplin's first ever song "What Good Can Drinkin' Do" as she hails from Texas. Playing Departure Lounge 3/21/15 at 8pm 

"What Good Can Drinkin Do (Janis Joplin Cover)"

"Motorcycle Drive By" - Third Eye Blind

Summer time and the wind is blowing outside 
In lower Chelsea and I don't know 
What I'm doing in this city 
The sun is always in my eyes 
It crashes through the windows 
And I'm sleeping on the couch 
When I came to visit you 
That's when I knew I could never have you 
I knew that before you did 
Still I'm the one who's stupid 
And there's this burning 
Like there's always been 
I never been so alone 
And I've never been so alive 
Visions of you on a motorcycle drive by 
The cigarette ash flies in your eyes 
And you don't mind, you smile 
And say the world doesn't fit with you 
I don't believe you, you're so serene 
Careening through the universe 
Your axis on a tilt, you're guiltless and free 
I hope you take a piece of me with you 
And there's things I'd like to do 
That you don't believe in 
I would like to build something 
But you never see it happen 
And there's this burning 
Like there's always been 
I've never been so alone 
And I've, I've never been so alive 
And there's this burning 
There is this burning 
Where's the soul I want to know 
New York City is evil 
The surface is everything but I could never do that 
Someone would see through that 
And this is our last time 
We'll be friends again 
I'll get over you, you'll wonder who I am 
And there's this burning 
Just like there's always been 
I've never been so alone alone 
And I've, and I've never been so alive 
So alive 
I go home to the coast 
It starts to rain I paddle out on the water 
Alone 
Taste the salt and taste the pain 
I'm not thinking of you again 
Summer dies and swells rise 
The sun goes down in my eyes 
See this rolling wave 
Darkly coming to take me 
Home 
And I've never been so alone 
And I've never been so alive

Motorcycle Drive By (Third Eye Blind Cover)

"Waiting..."

A coma might feel better than this,
attempting to discover where to begin.
You're weighed down, you're full of something.
Of sickness, and desertion.
You're weighed down, you're full of something,
you're underneath it all.

So say goodbye to love,
and hold your head up high.
There's no need to rush
we're all just waiting, waiting to die.

Hoping a better place is all I need,
with moments of innocence and mystery.
Oh, it's the little things you miss.
Like waking up all alone.
Oh, it's the little things you miss,
when you're underneath it all.

So say goodbye to love,
and hold your head up high.
There's no need to rush
we're all just waiting, waiting to die.

All your friends seem like enemies
when you're broken down and empty.
All your friends seem like enemies
when you're broken down and empty.

So say goodbye to love,
and hold your head up high.
There's no need to rush
we're all just waiting, waiting to die.

Waiting (City And Colour Cover)

"Everyone Will Die" - Motion City Soundtrack // 

Everyone will die
And everyone will lose
So what you going to do with
The moments you have before it's you

It doesn't mean goodbye
It's just a simple truth
The shedding of a lifetime of layers
That once embodied you

Like winter into spring
And summer into fall
The cycle of intense introspection
Before the curtain call

Cause everyone must die
And everyone must lose
So who you gonna love in meantime
Before it catches you

Everyone will die (Everyone will die)
Everyone will lose (Everyone will lose)
It doesn't mean goodbye (It doesn't mean goodbye)
It's just a simple truth

Every single smile
And every single tear
Reminders of the moments we shared
In the instant we were here

If everyone will die
And everyone will lose
Then who you going to love in the meantime
Before it catches you


Everyone Will Die (Motion City Soundtrack Cover)

Angie (Rolling Stones Cover)

Facebook.com/MeghannWrightMusic // Meghann Wright is a Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter. A nomadic storyteller at heart, she has played many US / North American tours including Vans Warped Tour dates in support of her full length record Nothin' Left To Lose (Blacktop Records). She founded The City & The Heart in 2013, an organization dedicated to providing a supportive community for unsigned female artists in NYC. She has produced and released 3 studio albums. Meghann has been writing, singing, playing bass, guitar, sax, and performing live for 10 years. Born in CA, raised in HI, educated in NH, and has been in bands in MA, NH, and NYC. With a diverse background ranging from soul and blues to folk, Americana and indie pop, she employs whatever style she feels is most effective in delivering her musical message. Her lyrics are simple, straightforward, and from the heart, always inspired by her own experiences as a hard-working young woman and the people who have touched her life. On this SoundCloud site can be found her original demos which she records at home alone in her Brooklyn apartment, collaborations with other NYC artists, and recordings from previous musical projects. She has worked with such producers as Grammy Award-winning Aaron Levinson, Tim Gilles (Thursday), ( and Anthony "Rocky" Gallo (John Legend),  and has written with Zac Maloy (Carrie Underwood) and Mike Campbell (A Great Big World, Daya). Contact her at meghannbwright@gmail.com.

Covers (Bedroom Sessions)

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