This one is likely the most personal of the lot... A return to the traditional Griefers sound. Layered vocals, psychological landscapes and the general sense of emotional depth.

Only To Fade - Lyrics

A shadow on my heels is telling me I can't let go 
A feeling in my soul, a voice inside, I ought to know 

Fade... I can let it burn away the light 
Watch it turn to ash and ride the winds away and I can 
Fade... And call the fires within and face the night alone 
Hey! 

Dear brothers can you feel the cold or are you truly gone 
Dear mother do you know the end is near it can't go on 

Fade... I'll let it fall down from the sky 
Watch it catch on fire and light the way to my salvation 
Fade... I'll call the darkness in my soul and walk alone.
Hey!

Oh have you ever seen the shadows in the darkest night 
My God I've walked the line and felt the wires and lost the light 

Fade... I've never known the peace of mind 
That comes from sleeping through the words and lives and love 
Fade... I hear the winds are on the march 
And they know my name, they know my world, they've seen me falling 
Fade... the numbness spreading through the lies 
Into every life a little hell is always on the mind 
Fade…
Today is not the end. 
The end is hard to find.


Only To Fade

There are dozens of references to persons, places and experiences throughout this shoe-gazy track. Though the lyrics might seem like nonsense, the psychological landscapes are all real to me in some way, shape or form.  Typical layered vocals with an additional echo-rich guitar track to add depth to the instrumentation.

Seven Riders - Lyrics

In the waves... I see a mountain rise
In their graves... there is no weak or wise
In the flames... the ashes born of fire
In my wake... their heads are on a wire

Will you, will you... please make it come alive
Will you, will you... please come when I arrive
Will you, will you... please kill the gods of time
Oh no! I know... Woo hoo!!!

Seven riders on the red horizon I see
Twelve killers joining hands together for me
Nine trees are dancing round the altar they sway
Two feet below the air they're calling... I say. 

In the well... I hear the echoes rise
To the edge... the screams begin to rise
In the deep... you call to light the way
In my sleep... you kill the coming day

In you, from you... please make it hard to stand
With you, will you... please halt the falling sand
Still true, still you... please know the final word
Oh no, I know... Woo hoo!

One beast looking for the metal in me
Thirteen tales with their happy endings for free
Eight miles to the second station. Let's go
Two feet below the air they're singing... Oh no!

In my eyes... the echoes never go
In my skies... the colors never know
In the storm... the seven fall away
In the light... the end has come today

Seven Riders

The latest original track from The Griefers is a psychological nightmarescape of fear and desperation. 

A Dark Valley - Lyrics

In the sight of a thousand eyes a nightmare’s coming
You can run like a man with a dozen demons in his soles

I see… your eyes… Your fear like a blazing fire
I feel… your mind… Your fear like a fatal fall

No time but all the time like an avalanche of cold
Descend, and ride the darkness to the loss of your one savior

Hey! You know...
I see the end is coming.
Deep down in the valley below,
I wait for you. 

Hey! I know.
You’re path is dark and winding.
Deep down in the valley below,
I wait for you.

In the light of a thousand eyes a nightmare’s coming
Never closer to escape than when you first could stand

I see… your heart… Your fate like a fading fire
I feel… your life… Your death like an angel’s sigh

The sun is far away and never to return
The gray across the sky is keeping you from going under

Hey! You know...
I see the end is coming.
Deep down in the valley below,
I wait for you. 

Hey! I know.
Your path is dark and winding.
Deep down in the valley below,
I wait for you. (lead)

I see… your hands… Your prayers like a sea of silence
I feel… your loss… Your faith like a sunken spire

Hey! I know.
You’re path is dark and winding.
Deep down in the valley below,
I wait for you.

There are fewer effects on the vocals than the typical track, but otherwise there are still layered verses and refrains throughout. Perhaps a little more in the way of guitar work and a slightly elevated drum track level give "Valley" a more frantic feel.

A Dark Valley

For years I have been plagued by a recurring collection of dreams involving the undead. This song is the manifestation of countless lost nights.

The Marching Dead - Lyrics

Fear the night, the dead are on the rise
Smell of death, the windows black with flies

The sun is red and night is near
With all your fears closing in all around you

Fading light escaping through your eyes.

They're coming for you now 
Here they come.

Should we wait  or should we try to go?
Separate or together I don't know!

Now its getting late ...
Maybe we should stop and think it through.

Scratches on the window panes and moans outside the door

They're coming for you now
They're coming for you now
They're coming for you... Better run.
RUN!

Hell is here, and God has up and gone
Death is near, so hide or fight or run

Standing still, I see them kill, I wait until
They chase me, chase me, chase me.

Hope is all but lost and so I'm gone

They're coming for you now
Here they come...

The living dead are in the march oh no!
See their eyes... Windows without souls.

It always seems, they plague my dreams, I hear the screams
They chase me, chase me, chase me.

Every night, the fading light it kills the sky
Every night, I feel those eyes on me.

March of the Living Dead

Hands (Radio Edit)

Here is an older track that I finally completed after adding in two additional verses (click Show More to see the lyrics). It chronicles the ill-fated drug run of Ernie Whittenburg who was forced to flee in his cocaine-laden plane when double-crossing companions attempted to take possession of the cargo. The problem was, the plane had landed to refuel and had to take off before any fuel was pumped. He and the crew that remained following the gunfight that preceded the emergency takeoff had to land in Oaxaca where Ernie was promptly thrown in prison. 

The Lonesome Flight - Lyrics

The hour is getting late
The sun is almost gone
The smell of danger like hot corpse breath...
Electrifies the air

Start up the engines.
We gotta be somewhere.

The daylight all but lost
The fuel is almost done
The flight of angels set the clouds on fire 
Until the stars appear

The sun is falling.
Looks like the end is near.

We're coming in too fast
We're going down so low
The fear is screaming like a dozen slow deaths 
Until the night goes still

A sound like thunder.
We've got no time to kill!

Fly brother fly!
Their guns are blazing bright!
We've got to make it on over the rise
Before the fall of night.

Looks like its the end of the line for me. 

The Lonesome Flight

Track 4 of upcoming soundtrack to a silent horror film

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Gamma Bamma

Bamma Gamma & \// \\\ - Gamma Theme

The name "Lucky Thirteen" comes from the name of a car at a demolition derby out in central Pennsylvania. It looked like a beast... late 60s, matte black and the size of a battleship, it rolled into place and looked like the car to beat.   This song embodies the excitement and adrenaline of that night at The Buck Motorsports Park in Lancaster PA. (lyrics below)

After a promising start, the driver got caught between the concrete barrier and the giant steel rail along the side of the track where he was pounded over and over until his car was pushed up onto the rail. In the end, his tires spun in vain as he was hit again and again, which resulted in his giving up the ghost.  The image for the track is an action picture of the moment he took the fatal hit that pushed him up on the rail.

Lucky Thirteen - Lyrics

Better hang onto your world, it’s the apocalypse I drive
In the end there is only one thing keeping me alive
There’s no running away, no more running away… 
gonna end up on the rails
There’s no running away, no more running away 
Time to cut some heads off, yeah - let’s ride!

All I hear is the sound of death as one by one you fall
And you fear that the time is near and you’ll be up against the wall
I see you running away, yeah you’re running away… 
gonna end up on the rails
See you running away, see you running away
Broken bodies around you as you...

Tell me how did it come to this - death is right before my eyes
On the rails and I cannot run, the fear is buzzing round like flies
No more running away, no more running away… 
getting killed up on the rails
There’s no running away, no more running away
It was in my hands but now it’s gone

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