Necessary Lies
by Brett Ryan Stewart
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1. |
Yet Again (Politic)
02:53
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i was gonna tear down these walls
was gonna rise above it all
i’ve got guns in these arms
was gonna blow ‘em all apart
but these arms got too tired,
I’ve grown weak and uninspired
yet again…
there’s a famine on the right
and to the left is suicide
I’m taking measures taking lives
for my family i will provide
there is little hope of change
the biggest sinners are somehow saints
yet again..
Tell me when did all the world
become ours to monitor
well it seems to me that nowadays,
we’re only safe while we’re asleep.
the bottom line is never there,
it’s always changin’ to fit the plan
the power hungry take the stand
no answer, just a grin and a stare
take the focus off the flame,
let ‘em tell ya’ who to blame
yet again…
Tell me when did all the world
become ours to monitor
well it seems to me that nowadays,
we’re only safe while we’re asleep.
politics, politic, politic, I will never understand.
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Appalachian Heartache
03:34
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it’s late at nite I’m driving home
gaining miles away from you
the loneliness is sinking in
I’d better pull over it’s coming on again
This dark road I do not know
follow the taillights hope they lead me home
but they pull off and again i’m alone
if I can just hang in a few more hours to go
~Hey baby whatcha thinkin’ about , is it me?
hangin’ on a string of memory
i’m lost, I need your eyes to see
it’s 3 am, i’m just halfway
in massachusetts, so far from maine
my head is drowsy, so i get a room
at break of day I’ll come back to you
but that won’t work, it never will
i’ve gotta be strong and let you fulfill
this one thing it’s what you need
but once you return i’ll never let you leave.
~Hey baby whatcha thinkin’ about , is it me?
hangin’ on a string of memory
i’m lost, I need your eyes to see
~(add. chorus, 2nd time)
I won’t fake it, i’m not alright
i’m fading like the passing city lights
i’m reaching out so I don’t cave in
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Finding My Way
03:20
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Underneath a pale autumn moon
a faded sense of feeling was renewed.
but she left me for a promise that had been made long before
she hoped I’d understand then closed the door
she came here looking for no one at all
she had somebody waiting back at home
well i cannot say for certain if it was loneliness or love
but everything was changing in our touch
i’m high on this circumstance
i’m finding my way
down from this cloud
i hope it all makes sense some day
the night was calm but wide awake, it seemed
a crowded room but all she saw was me.
thru the weeks she told me everything and soon i knew for sure
that she held was i’d been looking for
i’m high on this circumstance
i’m finding my way
down from this cloud
i hope it all makes sense some day
hastened by the hours until light
our heads were spinning we knew it wasn’t right
but we cut loose all the anchors that were pinning our hearts down
i said, regret this in the morning, just hold me now
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Don't You Ever
04:08
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time is up it’s gotta be today
all the little pieces of this broken little dream
put em in the water and send em down the stream..
the hand that held you down had the weight of summer rain
you and your demons are the only ones to blame
If it never went away, then you’d never wanna change.
~Don’t you ever ever ever ever let it go.
just when you think you’ve got it all under control.
Don’t you ever ever ever ever let it go.
make a list of your every little flaw
write em all down and nail em to the wall
one day soon you’re gonna fix em all.
soon enough that one day comes around
such an inconvenience that it had to happen now
don’t bother with it it’ll only bring you down.
~Don’t you ever ever ever ever let it go.
just when you think you’ve got it all under control.
Don’t you ever ever ever ever let it go.
(repeat)
~~I’ve heard enough, knowing it is half the battle
I’ve hurt enough, think I’ll drink another bottle
if the day should ever come that all of your despair
overwhelms your cluttered head and bottlenecks the air
find the nearest hole and hide till someone finds you there.
~Don’t you ever ever ever ever let it go.
just when you think you’ve got it all under control.
Don’t you ever ever ever ever let it go.
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Needle & Spoon
03:22
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Empty room, empty bottle of wine
i’ve been broken up what did i get myself into this time
you were gone and there was no going back
my head was under attack i was drunk i don’t remember the rest
if enough of you is left in me
I can lose all my uncertainty
in a dream i was the needle you were the spoon
now the fire lies beneath you and it’s melting the truth
Within each rope there are a thousand little threads
this one around my throat is wound of all the hurtful things we said
I settle in and I relive it endlessly
my hands are shaking now as the sweat is pouring off of me
if enough of you is left in me
I can lose all my uncertainty
in a dream i was the needle you were the spoon
now the fire lies beneath you and it’s melting the truth
melt the truth……
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Closer
04:15
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The days define the way we live
Our lives define the way we love
Maybe I could’ve bent
Maybe I could’ve been
A little closer to you
closer to you
If fate decides who we are
Than why do I even try?
Maybe I could’ve bent
Maybe I could’ve been
A little closer to you
closer to you
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When you’re face to face with elevator musical lines
you will find that someone else is so much better designed
and now I will not try you, not without a proper reply
and the lifeguard is down
by the crossroads in town
while the unloved ones drown
and so
you will die with the side kick, always on the ropes by the fight
and the lake is dry but everyone is stuck on the ice
through the soup kitchen prize
and the forecast of lies
you were poorly advised
but if
there are pastures of plenty how can all the fortunate hide
what is rightfully mine. it oughta be considered a crime
but their money is power, and power doesn’t serve any time
but a fistful of green
in a wall street wet dream
couldn’t wipe your soul clean
now i
am inclined to remind you oil doesn’t burn the same
when it’s tainted and bloody it’s up clogging my vehicle’s veins
with the blank shotgun stares,
and the front line impaired,
are the pawn-pushers scared?
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Disappear
02:47
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It’s a friday night
I’m out on the town
I’m trying to keep my thoughts
from bringing me down
I’ve got fuel to burn
and time to kill
so I drive with my eyes closed
just for a thrill
And I’m amazed at what I can see
I thought the world revolved around me
but if I disappeared would it matter that much
would things still exist and would most of it suck
well maybe it’s just me and I’m thinking to much
about disappearing…
But when I’m alone
that’s when it starts
and everything falls apart
My head gets heavy
and so does my heart
So I close my eyes
drift away
thinking of better days
without worry
and pain
And I’m amazed at what I can see
I thought the world revolved around me
but if I disappeared would it matter that much
would things still exist and would most of it suck
well maybe it’s just me and I’m thinking to much
about disappearing…
But how do you know who you are?
What does it take to carry on?
How do you know where you belong?
What does it take to carry on?
And I’m amazed at what I can see
I thought the world revolved around me
but if I disappeared would it matter that much
would things still exist and would most of it suck
Oh that’s right I’m driving
I’d better wake up.
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on the first of the darkest of all my days,
the winter was gone but the sky still grey,
the robins did not sing
and you, the closest of all, you stood by my side
and fought back the flames to put out the fire,
before it burnt me out
lines of necessary lies
they keep you in disguise
they keep you in disguise
run, tomorrow’s the day of the marathon
everyone’s watching you can’t go on
they just wanna see you fall
this it’s always the same story once again
you said that you’d quit but you can’t say when
so dream it all away
lines of necessary lies
they keep you in disguise
they keep you in disguise
`like a photo of a child with his young urgent smile
i am only holding still for awhile
lines of necessary lies
they keep you in disguise
they keep you in disguise
CP1: Forsake truth’s discrepancies. This secret will not wait to be exposed to this, the outcome of your melancholy indecisions.
CP2: Is this lying necessary? Can we not lose these disguises?
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Rosedale
02:51
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sittin on the road to rosedale
looking for a higher ground
never thought our castles would come crumbling down, down
now I won’t cry
drifting down the road to rosedale where it’s
always sunshine and cheer
drummers on the new horizon greet you
buy some time and bury this crime
~lay your hands down on me, lay your hands on me
I can see the gates of rosedale shining
leads me to believe i’m near
if only I can lose this sinking feeling
I, yes I, might find my way there
~lay your hands down on me, lay your hands on me
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about
In between long recording sessions making records with other artists, Brett was chipping away at this one. In his own words, “this album culminates my experiences of heartache and loneliness, my disgust with the current political landscape, and all the human deception that makes life so damn fragile”. Brett played a good amount of the instruments, and brought in friends to fill in the gaps and provide a fresh perspective. The entire recording process spanned about 2 years, with a hiatus or two, and a number of rewrites, re-recordings, relapse, etc…
credits
released April 4, 2007
Written, Produced, and Recorded By:
Brett Ryan Stewart (Rainbows in Grayscale Music 2007)
Mixed by:
Mark Berlin, Chicago, IL,
except "Finding My Way," "Rosedale," "Disappear," and "Needle & Spoon," mixed by Brett Ryan Stewart
Mastered by:
Jim Demain @ Yes Master, Nashville, TN
musicians:
brett ryan stewart: lead and backing vocals on all songs, electric and acoustic guitars on tracks 1-9, piano on track 10, 12-string guitar on track 4, programming on track 9, whirly on track 2, tambourine on track 5,
string arrangement on track 10
alex wadolny: bass on tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, piano on track 6, piccolo on track 1
bruce seaton: drums & percussion on tracks 2, 4, 6, whistle on track 7, glock on track 6, harmony vocals on tracks 2, 4, 6, 9
joe rollins: pedalsteel and bass on track 2,
slide guitar on track 3
randy leago: accordion and hammond on track 4
nate farrar: accordion on track 7
john corrigan: hi-hat on track 7
paul kupfer: heartbeat on track 7
bob brown: drums on track 1
joe killie: viola on track 5
ketti viohl: harmony vocal on track 10
*countermelodies on track 9 written and performed by bruce seaton and Brett Ryan Stewart
photography: Kirsten Talley and Bruce Seaton
art concept: Brett Ryan Stewart and Bruce Seaton
design by Bruce Seaton for Embrionyc Productions
Written, Produced, and Recorded By:
Brett Ryan Stewart (Rainbows in Grayscale Music 2007)
Mixed by:
Mark Berlin, Chicago, IL,
except "Finding My Way," "Rosedale," "Disappear," and "Needle & Spoon," mixed by Brett Ryan Stewart
Mastered by:
Jim Demain @ Yes Master, Nashville, TN
musicians:
brett ryan stewart: lead and backing vocals on all songs, electric and acoustic guitars on tracks 1-9, piano on track 10, 12-string guitar on track 4, programming on track 9, whirly on track 2, tambourine on track 5,
string arrangement on track 10
alex wadolny: bass on tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, piano on track 6, piccolo on track 1
bruce seaton: drums & percussion on tracks 2, 4, 6, whistle on track 7, glock on track 6, harmony vocals on tracks 2, 4, 6, 9
joe rollins: pedalsteel and bass on track 2,
slide guitar on track 3
randy leago: accordion and hammond on track 4
nate farrar: accordion on track 7
john corrigan: hi-hat on track 7
paul kupfer: heartbeat on track 7
bob brown: drums on track 1
joe killie: viola on track 5
ketti viohl: harmony vocal on track 10
*countermelodies on track 9 written and performed by bruce seaton and Brett Ryan Stewart
photography: Kirsten Talley and Bruce Seaton
art concept: Brett Ryan Stewart and Bruce Seaton
design by Bruce Seaton for Embrionyc Productions
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Brett Ryan Stewart Nashville, Tennessee
Brett Ryan Stewart is a Nashville based artist, producer, and studio owner, bending genre lines with lyrics that explore
loss, purpose, and hope.
Deemed “A talent worth watching!”, by Performing Songwriter Magazine, his work has appeared on Netflix's Queer Eye, Fox TV, A&E, OWN Sirius Satellite Radio, Heineken,Microsoft, Internet Radio, European National Public Radio.
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