Deep Roots 8 lyrics
Deep Roots 8 lyrics
Cellar Door
Lyrics: Spencer Peltonen
Music and Arrangement: UHF
Can I set you on fire?
Can I make you feel alive?
I want to feel all your pain
No more telling lies
There’s this beauty called
love
And I’ve found nothing more
You filled my plastic heart
You filled my plastic heart
Now I’m living true
Now I’m living
Don’t trust me, I’m weak
A soldier with no gun
My heart is set to blow
Exploding in this song
Exploding in this song
I’ll set your heart on fire
You filled my plastic heart
You filled my plastic heart
Now I’m living true
Now I’m living
Throw myself out on a limb
But now I’m losing my own grip
This time I can see right through,
No reflection
No reflection in the mirror
I’m breaking down tonight
You filled my plastic heart
You filled my plastic heart
Now my dream’s come true
Now my dream’s come true
Now I’m living
Jeremy Leff: vocals
Jeff Nelson: bass
Jordan Leff: guitars and backing vocals
Matt Johnson: drums and backing vocals
Recorded and mixed by Jordan
Leff
Jordan@garagelandmusic.com
Pi
Lyrics: Jared Nishikawa
Music and Arrangement: Geoff Byrd and Josh
Millman
Pie as a pastry, crumbles in
the hand
Pie as a currency, far off land
Pi as a letter from ancient Greece
Pi as a number of infinite degrees
Pie is tasty when it comes
from the baker
Pie is worthless out of India’s acres
Pi is sixteenth after alpha beta gamma
Pi written out is an endless panorama
Three point one four one
five nine
Two six five three five eight nine . . .
Seven nine three two eight six four
Three five eight nine three four four
Two pi’s make a circle
complete
Why do the digits never repeat?
Why is it, squared, pi is grammar deplete?
Pi covers a circle, and the reason is neat, (because)
Three point one four one
five nine
Two six five three five eight nine . . .
Seven nine three two eight six four
Three five eight nine three four four
Geoff Byrd: vocals
Josh Millman: all instruments
Engineered and mixed by Josh Millman @ Daylight Basement Studios
Hold On My Sad
Little Robot
Lyrics: Ciara Grande
Music and Arrangement: The Bella Fayes
He’s lost his heart
Somewhere far behind him
He’s stepping closer to me
Each step clinking on the ground
The future seems too predictable
Hold on my sad little robot
She’ll hold your hand someday
Hold on my sad little robot
She’s on her way
He’s all rusted inside
From the tears he’s made
No one’s spoke a word
His emotions spilled on the floor
He creaks when he walks
And his screen doesn’t beep anymore
His beady little eyes
You can barely see
With his head hung low
The streetlights go off
Each one he passes
He doesn’t know he’s alive
Until somebody screams
Hold on my sad little robot
She’ll pick your heart up soon
Hold on my sad little robot
Help is on the way
Lael Alderman: vocals, guitar
Jason Henry: lead guitar
Daven Hall: bass, keyboards
Shane Fisher: drums
Recorded and mixed by Jordan Leff
Lifted
Lyrics: Jenell Davis
Music and Arrangement: Dr. Theopolis
I thought I had forgiven you
I thought it would be easy to
Remembering all that you promised me
The words repeated in my head
All that I could see was red
I was heated
You left my phone silently
ringing
Dwelling in pain my heart still stinging
And I was lifted
Forgiveness came seeping
into my heart
I realized it was best for us to part
And I was lifted
You left and I was shocked
I’d never told you all my thoughts
Remembering all that you meant to me
You moved on and left me
behind
Taking her hand and not mine
And I was dumbstruck
You left my phone silently
ringing
Dwelling in pain my heart still stinging
And I was lifted
Forgiveness came seeping
into my heart
I realized it was best for us to part
And I was lifted
You were there when life was
rough
And I guess that made things good enough
Remembering all that you taught to me
Life brings heartbreak
sooner or later
And the healing starts to make things straighter
And I got lifted
Performed by Dr. Theopolis featuring Little Sue
Recorded and mixed by Jordan Leff
Social Suicide
Lyrics: Christina Parrish
Music and Arrangement: Kathy Walker and the UpShots
And
No one cares cause you made the move
Ain’t got a thing to prove
Say you’re a slave to her groove
Say you're a slave to her groove
She’s a
Hanging vacant sign
Hips swaying side to side
Just along for the ride
She’s your social suicide
But you
Won’t ever make it out
Without a scar to weep about
Oh there ain’t a doubt
Oh, there ain’t a doubt
She’s a
Hanging vacant sign
Hips swaying side to side
Just along for the ride
She’s your social suicide
Kathy Walker: vocals
Andy Love: drums
Tyler Smith: bass
Kenny Coleman: guitar
Dave Fleschner: electric piano
Bruce Withycombe: baritone sax, tenor sax, tambourine, xylophone
Talley & Cece Withycombe: jingle bells
I Ache
Lyrics: Demiesa Smith
Music and Arrangement: Dirty Martini
I ache, I ache, put me under
a spell
The nightmare is a living hell
I wish I had no story to tell
I wish I had no story to tell
Break out, break out of my skin
You're a demon coming in
Break out of my lies
You're a demon in disguise
Love is a chant -- I love you
Love is a chant -- I love you
I love you but it feels so mean
When there are lies in the in-between
Playin' myself like a movie scene
Playin' myself like a movie scene
Scream, shout, let me out
But I want to stay
How can a mind split this way?
How can a mind split this way?
How can a mind split this way?
How come I want to stay?
I love you but it feels so mean
When there are lies in the in-between
Playin' yourself like a movie scene
Playin' yourself like a movie scene
How can a mind split this way?
(Love is a chant)
How can a mind split this way?
(I love you)
How can a mind split this way?
(Love is a chant)
How can a mind split this way?
(I love you)
Love is a chant...
Lara Michell: guitar, vocals
Stephanie Schneiderman: keys, vocals
Lea Krueger: bass, vocals
McKinley: percussion
Ned Failing: drums
Tears of Heaven
Lyrics: Chris Armstrong
Music and Arrangement: Kerosene Dream
As tears of heaven
Fall to the ground
I think of you
The times we spent together
The troubles we could weather
As tears of heaven fall
I think of you
Happy faces
Special times
Memories that never fade
As tears of heaven fall
I think of you
Bart Ferguson: vocals,
harmonica
Dave Coey: vocals, acoustic guitar
Al Toribio: electric guitar
Summer Comes Around
Lyrics: John Varney
Music and Arrangement: Mike Coykendall
Fall, winter, and early
spring
Everyone hears the music that you bring
You make some feel sad, others feel high
One thing’s for sure, your music’s never dry
Summer comes around and you disappear
Steadiness is key to this
game
Simple rhythms that all sound the same
Pouring out melodic, calming tunes
Your gentle song will be over soon
Through fall, winter, and
early spring
I was drawn to you like static cling
School is over and I cannot deny
The clouds burned away like you and I
Summer comes around and you
disappear
Summer came around and you disappeared
Mike Coykendall: vocals, all instruments
Recorded and mixed by Mike Coykendall @ Blue Rooms, Portland, OR
Wicked Flows
Lyrics: Amista Lombardino
Music and Arrangement: Rob Hotchkiss
Silent whispers flowing
through the trees
Telling the world the truth
Carrying away secrets and lies from our memories
And the wicked flows
Tear away the leaves
Shredding the hopes and dreams
Thoughts carried away
Toward big waters they flow
The silent whispers flow through our dreams
And the wicked flows
Tear away the leaves
Shredding the hopes and dreams
Watching the world flow by
With all the same old faces
Of all the same old places
And nothing new to see
And the wicked flows
Tear away the leaves
Shredding our hopes and dreams
Whispers flow
Whistle from afar
All heard among the branches and the leaves
As the wicked flows
Tear away the leaves
Shredding the hopes and dreams
As the wicked flows
As it flows away
Rob Hotchkiss: vocals, all instruments
Recorded, produced, and mixed by Rob Hotchkiss in Rob's Secret Laboratory
Take A Chance
Lyrics: Randy Haggard
Music and Arrangement: Riff Merchants
Come on and take her hand
You know you really want to
And you know if you don't
You might just lose your only chance at
Those blue eyes that
captivate your soul
In a merciless sea of illusion
She says she loves you
But is this a delusion?
Why did she choose him over
you?
And say those few small words
That you would remember
You loved her,
She left you hanging
You don’t know if she loves you
Jesse Bettis: vocals, guitar
Hans Huffman: vocals, bass, guitar
Jake Christensen: drums
Spoken By Rights
Lyrics: Tyler Brown
Music and Arrangement: Rye Hollow
Touch the flower of a lonely
one
Follow the flame of December sun
Destroyed my golden worlds of grace
Weaving amber tales across dim space
It’s just you and me
Listen to my lonely sound
Don't turn away
Listen to my lonely sound
You'll hear me break
My thoughts don't agree
There should be one way instead there are three
Your lies can burn me like a razor
And I see that you're no better
It’s just you and me
Listen to my lonely sound
Don't turn away
Listen to my lonely sound
You'll hear me break
Touch the flower of a lonely
one
Trying to snatch the flame from a busted gun
Find the eyes like shattered dreams
Burning over me like an ugly movie scene
It’s just you and me
Listen to my lonely sound
Don't turn away
Listen to my lonely sound
You'll hear me break
Breanna Paletta: lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Chris Chard: bass, backing vocals, percussion
Kevin O'Loughlin: acoustic guitar, papoose
Rachael Levy: backing vocals
Engineered by Kevin Hahn at Opal Studios
Just Another
Day
Lyrics: Courtney Prehn
Music and Arrangement: Kris Kirkman
I live in a glass house
Half-filled with water
And being optimistic might
Cause me to drown
I hear you opinions
Act like they don't matter none
But deep down, I keep track of them all
I don't do what I say or say
what I mean
Tongue twisted and tied for too long it seems
None of that matters, I brush it all off
And smile and say...
I trip and fall when
nothing's there
My clumsiness might get me killed
And all the voices in my head
Don't seem to speak up
Except when I should keep my mouth shut
I don't do what I say or say
what I mean
Tongue twisted and tied for too long it seems
None of that matters, I brush it all off
And smile and say, it's just another day
Kris Kirkman: vocals, acoustic guitar
Smarter
Lyrics: Ashley Robirds
Music and Arrangement: Rubberneck
My love for you is ancient
history
Wrapped up like a mummy
That ends in a mystery
We were like a perfect
picture
That said a million perfect things
The type of love that when we kissed
In our heads bells would ring
You and I are like an
over-told story
With no love, no faith, no smiles, no glory
You broke me down
Your stories I bought
But now I'm a little smarter than that
Pablo Ojeda: bass
Ricardo Ojeda: vocals, guitar
Anthony Minnieweather: drums
Caleb Denison: trumpet
Produced by Ricardo Ojeda, Dave Fleschner, and Joe Cunningham
We’ll Be Just Fine
Lyrics: Rachael Levy
Music and Arrangement: The Medicine Show
Every time you take one step
ahead I take fifty back
I guess I’m just used to falling behind
I’m searching for beauty in a mutilated world
I’m shrinking back to look in places you never cared to
Hoping to discover some meaning
I know it’s out there somewhere
So don’t wait for me
I’m just filling the spots in my heart
That you no longer fill
I’ll be just fine
When the aching subsides
And my vision is cleared
I’ll be so far down the road
You won’t even be able to see me
A brief passing glance will assure you that
I’ll be fine
You will be fine
We will be fine
So don’t wait for me
I’m just filling the spots in my heart
That you no longer fill
I’ll be just fine
We’ll be just fine
James Low: vocals
Lewi Longmire: organ, piano
Matt Voth: bass
Chet Lyster: drums, guitar
Recorded and mixed by Chet Lyster @ Chetland, Portland, OR
Three Brothers
Lyrics: Corey Watts
Music and Arrangement: Joe Cunningham
Competitions are endless
Fights are everlasting
Hungry for victory
But victory is fasting
Hand-me-down clothes
Unwanted toys
Second-hand privileges
And broken-down joys
The last piece of pizza
Is always out of reach
The last of the cookies
And they get two each
Three brothers to live with
They're my constant rivals
Three brothers to live with
And fight for survival
Competing with older
brothers
Trying to prove you're tough
But they always seem to beat you
And you can never do enough
Anything new
Anything clean
Anything cool
I have never seen
Three brothers to live with
They're my constant rivals
Three brothers to live with
And fight for survival
Joe Cunningham: vocals, guitar, bass, keys, saxaphone
Talbott Guthrie: drums
Recorded and mixed by Talbott Guthrie
Always Right There
Lyrics: Geoff Pursinger
Music and Arrangement: Jennifer Lynn and
Todd Powers
For as long as I remember,
you were there
Even though you didn’t say it, I knew you cared
Every time I needed help, you were at my side
We don’t need two cars ‘cause we’re together I know, on one long ride
When I called to talk to you
last night, you seemed so blue
Said, “I’m alone and scared, and there’s no one left to turn to”
But you can always count on me, for more than some cheap line
Oh baby keep your hand in mine and everything, will be just fine
I just wanted to tell you
how I feel
For all that you have done, say thank you, you were real
When the rest of the world went on by without a care
You were always right, always right there
Though the roads we’ve
traveled lead us far apart
Through broken hearts, heavy loads and brand-new starts
They always lead me back to you, back to where we started
Back when we first shared this ride, knowin’ it would never end
Back to where this whole thing started, my old friend
Jennifer Lynn: vocals
Todd Powers: electric guitar
Tim Cowan: acoustic guitar
Larry Berent: bass
Vince Adame: drums, percussion
Produced by Jennifer Lynn & Tim Cowan
Published by Cowan Country Music Co. (BMI)
Just Like
The Bottle
Lyrics: Candice Smith
Music and Arrangement: The Clontarf
Ramblers
Just like the bottle
You knew it wouldn't last forever
Slowly dripping, running out
The contents are all gone
Ain't nothing left inside
My sympathy had a head start
Freed myself from your
chains
Poured that poison down the drain
Guess your lucky #7 ain't so lucky after all
Off to better places
Where Jack Daniels doesn't live
If he doesn't move on, I'm gone
Be that as it may
You know it's better this way
This ships sailing out to sea
And there's no goin’ back
I can't stay
Michael Berly: vocals, guitars
Tim Connell: vocals, mandolin, flute, percussion
Beautiful
Brokenness (for Ben)
Lyrics: Rachel Jordan
Music and Arrangement: Nicole Campbell
Remember how we used to play
Before these days of pain?
How I used to follow you around
With your emotions hidden underground
Do you mind me telling your
story?
These memories twirling in my mind
Sometimes they make me feel guilty
As each and every sub-plot unwinds
It wasn't time for you to go
Now we both can see
There is such beauty in this brokenness
Passed on from you to me
Would you be proud of me
now?
Why do I care?
Everything revolves around you
But nothing did while you were here
What is it that lives in
your heart?
Are you only a spirit now?
Tell me, can you fall in heaven?
I'd like to think you're smiling now
Nicole Campbell: vocals,
guitar
Dave Rummans: guitar
The Deep Roots Project is coordinated and produced by Chris Gragg (chris_w_gragg@yahoo.com)
Unless otherwise noted, all Deep Roots songs are recorded and mixed by Dave Fleschner @ Dave’s Attic Productions in Portland (503) 349-7883
Mastered by Ryan Foster @ Freq Mastering, Portland, Or
Graphics and layout: Kevin Jacquette
Cover Art by Marlena Hatchell
Deeproots.com is maintained by Brian Darby
The Troutdale Poets would like to thank:
Karen Gragg, Gina Fleschner, Katie Sullivan, Dave Rummans (for incredible understanding), Meyer Memorial Trust, Brian Darby, Dan Eichler and Borders Books, everyone at Cdbaby.com, Kevin Welch at KINK, Mike Easton, Barry Neufeld at Northwestern Inc., Soul Prints magazine, Diana Gaylord, Sarah Gragg, Portland Music Company, Andres (?), Garret Lang(?), all past and present Deep Roots musicians, engineers, and lyricists, all of our loyal supporters, and the staff and students of Reynolds High School
For more information about The Deep Roots Project, visit our web site at deeproots.com
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