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by Gray Bashew

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1.
mmmm i'm a criminal. every little thing, is mine for the taking. i thought i had this little habit under my control but then i quickly found myself becoming a criminal some people tried to tell me it's immoral, but i don't know there are too many of us who don't have any thing at all. mmmm i'm a criminal every little thing, is mine for the taking.
2.
the formula 04:40
far below the o-zone the human is thinking. his thoughts become emotions released in a landslide. released released from the inside. your chances of finding love are one in a million. but if you have the formula those odds are in your favor. you do things on your own lucky if you ever get close. close to another person someone as beautiful as yourself. assembling in your mind depending on the date and time. the rules are fair. the math is square. the answer is yours to find. there is a formula, a million and one equations emotions. first you must fail, then be patient. determination. there is a formula, a million and one equations emotions.
3.
honey i'm home open the door there is only do much i can do for you i'm afraid i'll run out of ideas soon. reach the limit on my creativity. still i sit and i stare at an empty screen. i'm staring at a screen. it surely isn't real. lately it makes me feel exposed! (them is a creation of my ego, some sort of life audience, composed of scientific, academic, musical, beautiful, real and non-real persons.) honey the door is closed. i will find a way to make you mine will keep you in my vision. there is only so much you can keep for yourself. secrets burn in your mind till you tell someone else. share your life with the world, give it all for free. put your love in the words that are on my screen. i'm staring at a screen. it surely isn't real. lately it makes me feel, NOTHING i'm having fun fun with zeros and ones, with zeros and ones, with zeros and ones. i will find a way to make you mine, will keep you in my vision. i feel them watching me, i feel. i feel them watching me, it's real.
4.
move with me grove with me baby move swiftly don't stop the stop watch i wont stop! wait i need to meditate i said wait i need to meditate on this i need to dedicate all my time i need to get it straight in my mind i need to get it straight before it's to late. i need to meditate i said wait i need meditate on this you move just like a river flowing in a monsoon. your brave waves spillin water in my pontoon. if you keep it up i will be sinking to the bottom soon. damn you, girls who, move to fast to follow. wait i need to meditate i said wait i need to meditate on this i need to dedicate all my time i need to get it straight in my mind i need to get it straight before it's to late. i need to meditate i said wait i need meditate on this gotta be alone gotta meditate gotta find my own way need to be at home in my mental state if i am to navigate deeper and deeper inside i'm walking the halls of my mind desperately trying to find what matters to me why do i over think everything?
5.
i told you everything i know i told you everything i know there's no more secrets to unfold this little game is getting old just keep pretending like you understand the meaning of the words. i think of the morning i think of you breathing while you're sleeping i'm hoping your eyes don't open. i think of the feeling i try to imagine what you're dreaming i'm hoping your eyes don't open. this is a perfect moment this is the morning after what seems like the last disaster this feels like a memory of the past. time moves too fast. do you remember the time i let you in my life long enough to steal my mind? a feeling overcomes me i think it's something real this time. do you remember the time my clock was broken and we woke up late for school again it's alright when we sleep in it's alright when it's light out it's alright when the bed's made it's alright when it's not. do you remember the time i let you in my life?
6.
you can leave my life, just walk away. you can book a flight by noon today. but if you change your mind, you can stay. you can stay. sail across the sea. the fish is free. you can catch a new one every day. but if you change your mind, you can stay. you can stay. leave my life. just walk away. board a flight by noon today but if you change your mind, you can stay. you can stay.
7.
a day will come when everyone has ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE the men who think become extinct leaving zombies in control. few survive they're kept alive in NARCISSISTIC RESILIENCE screaming: i would rather be alone than be with you! some surrender to you others wont be true. allegiance to your house of lies suffers from these open eyes. a day will come when everyone contributes to the equilibrium. i'm balancing everything on my back with no ones help. screaming: i would rather be alone than be with you! just stay inside the middle of the city nobody can see me i'm safe for a while just stay inside just stay inside safe for a while
8.
marimba room 04:51
9.
november day 03:57
she drinks from the medicine bottle quit thinking, put foot on the throttle steadily, the pedal falls flat forgetting this and that and gaining nothing back and gaining nothing back forgetting what it means to be alive she no longer sees a reason why no sooner does she need the air we breathe despair reprieve we care we grieve when steep slopes are slippery slopes she's painfully aware of how close in to close when recklessness is almost the host she takes great care to spare all the jokes a cunning young thing with long blond hair and freckles in the spring she is the kind to remind us of where is all began it's hard to understand god's master plan. forgetting what it means to be alive she no longer sees a reason why no sooner does she need the air we breathe despair reprieve we care we grieve for her. we care we grieve for her. [could they at least go outside] instead of running, running away [on a november day] start slipping through the fabric of existence now she's gone the past and future spent forever waiting on the sun i'd like to see her when i come home and my work is done together we can rest is peace forever on the sun. forever on the sun. forever on the sun.
10.
remember me for who i am and try to see past all of them the numbers are against us all some will rise while others fall i have been given so many things a chance to succeed. a chance to begin the life i am living is worth living in. are the things i am doing worth remembering? for he who invented the world i see i am grateful for he who invented the world i see i am on my knees i pray to the men who have died for me throughout history

about

this cd is a collection of observations and consequent realizations. it’s about discovering the magnitude of the world as a whole, and the potential of the individual. it’s about ambition, and the trials of being young in the city. finding love and finding myself. everything was written and recorded in my bedroom while living in boston and attending berklee. my experiences in boston have been rich with music and emotion. thanks to my friends and family. you continue to inspire me more than you know.

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released June 1, 2010

all songs written and recorded by gray bashew
also featuring:
charls comstock canney - trumpet, track 1
wes maples - sax, Jaime Jimenez - keys, billy comstock - bass, track 6
zach westfall - bass, track 8
keith dickerhofe - cello, track 10

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zach westfall - front cover
roelna louw - text
natalie bergman - inside panels
(special thanks to everyone that sent me artwork!)

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