1. |
The Level
03:55
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The skies are falling, and the clouds are calling
Me to rise, but it seems I'm stubbornly singing
Just to stay alive
Focused on the task at hand,
But bleary-eyed and always wondering
Where I'll end up
From here
(chorus)
Never able to retain it
Just trying to remain at
The level I lost
Your good will on
Driven by a desperate need
To break what’s keeping me from
Holding on
To the little
I have left
They say drink to remember
But why would i linger on
The impudence of youth and its
Bold mistakes
When there’s so many more to be had
I’m better now; it’s gonna get bad
And there’s no way
I’m making it out
Alive
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
And if I had a name, I’d say it
If it could change my faith or lack thereof
In hopes and dreams
Simple words, I know, with such meaning
And no place in all of this, mess, I’ve made
Trying to do my best
My best....
My best....
Ain’t good enough cause
(chorus)
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2. |
Fall of Maria
03:55
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Straight ahead, the battle’s begun
It almost seems a mystery
As to why we thought we’d won
Hiding behind a name
Towering above the land we’d claimed
While it burns down all around us
What can we pos’bly save?
(Chorus)
Should’ve kept myself resigned
To reflections left behind
as I struggle in the wake
of the destruction that they lay
And as I watch the villains smile
The blood now boils, turning into bile
And I’ll make every one of them pay
When they fall at the end
Of my blade
Patterns emerge before me
All around the fields are ripe for glory
And the singing of my name
But the deeds they hear
Are drenched in blame
And the loss of the ones who died
To turn out better, directly in spite
Of the command that won the day
“March to Hell
There’s no other way...”
(Chorus)
(Solo)
(Chorus)
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3. |
End of May
03:11
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Time, is such a fleeting
Thing
But with it age can
Bring
The wisdom of a past once loved
As the prelude to
Such dreams
And hopeful pleasantries
Exchanged just for what seems
A salve to save the conscience laid
To rest one weary day
(Chorus)
She said I’d see at the end of May
Just like the seasons, people change
A trial by fire’s the only way
To fix everything
Now I, May have lost the
sight
Of what’s left of wrong and
right
Though who can blame me, when it’s all the same yeah
In the Grand Scheme?
And a mind made up to
be
Framed so indifferently
Though cracks they show,
As the story goes:
“History repeats...”
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
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4. |
Lament
04:06
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Jenny got married; Josh had a kid
Ashleigh left and took a better gig
Michael's moved on to a brand new life
with stock options, and a sweet little ride
Turns out you need to do
more than I did
to be somebody at 26
They're all just faces in memories now--
Broken connections that I can't keep 'round
(Chorus)
I'm headed down
that familiar road
where all I've known
is only on my own
And I don't know how
I can make it now
When I'm caught unaware by what's never there--
a reason to believe
Slowly the days have piled into years
as I've turned away friends and embraced my fears
Guess one day it'll be all right
at least that's what I say when I need to get by
'Cause I've regretted more than I'd care to admit
and what I recall, I'd rather forget
Easier then for me to decide
what went wrong, and how to survive
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
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5. |
Pound Away
04:24
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Pound away, you bang that drum so well
Always keeping the things you want to to yourself
But if it’s all the same to you I say,
Find yourself a better way to get by
You walk in time to earn that one thin dime
Never taking the chance when opportunity rises
And you’re lost and hanging on a prayer
Looking for the reasons; they’re nowhere
(Chorus)
‘Cause everybody knows, and everybody shows you
What you’re missing
If only you’d listen, you’d see that
Change isn’t so bad--no it’s not so bad--
and sometimes it’s all you’ll have
When all the words become
so damn meaningless
Flash that smile, let ‘em see your foolish grin
Seems easier to keep them out than let them in
But isolation’s what you wanted, though
Breaking the pace is a noble goal
‘Cause it’s hollow living this gilded dream
Time for you to wake up—how long’s it been?
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
This world can be so ugly and cruel,
Life’ll teach you that with every wound.
But, there’s beauty lying deep within
You’ve just gotta find it when you’re on the mend
And then
every day can be the one
if you never forget
to rise above
And Never Be Like Those Who
Pound Away, because they bang that drum so well--
keeping the things they want to to themselves.
But if it’s all the same to you, I say,
you found yourself a better way to get by
‘Cause everybody knows,
Yeah everybody shows you what you’re missing
But now that you listen, you see
That change, it isn’t so bad--No, it’s not so bad--
and sometimes, it’s all you’ll have
when all the words become
So Damn Meaningless.
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6. |
Ricochet
03:32
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Gather round, place your bets
Lay your money down on why she’s not mine yet
Might be my face, or personality
Whatever the case, it’s nothing new to me
Cause no matter how much I want to believe
A loser can win, odds can’t be beat
Force my hand, tie it up
Behind my back, as I run out of luck
Out of Luck…
(chorus)
She’s too damn perfect to be with me
She deserves better than I can be
Took a while, but I finally see
I need to move on, and take my leave
It’s a hard fall back to reality
Especially while you’ve been riding high on dreams
Delusions all, wrapped up in my head
Such a pity that I can only live in regret
seems to be all I should expect is
A heart hollowed out by years of neglect
Empty now, I’m forgetting how
It used to love so long ago…
So long ago…
(Chorus)
Bridge--(Spoken)
You know I want you if you will; you know I want you if you will
have me at all
If you'll have me at all
If you'll have me at all
But though I want you, never will; though I want you, never will;
though I want you, never will; though I want you, never will
Have you at all
I'll never have you at all
(Chorus)
You know I want you if you will, you know I want you if you will;
you know I want you if you will, you know I want you if you will
have me at all
If you'll have me at all
But though I want you, never will; though I want you, never will;
though I want you, never will; though I want you, never will
Have you at all
I'll never
have you at all
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7. |
Farewell, Adrianne
03:33
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Shaky hands, my head’s a mess
The peace I found has long since left
With all of those words I said
That sent you away
Without a chance
To take it back,
if I so could
I’d make it last
Instead of tearing down
What was once
New Again
(chorus)
It was a crisis of conviction
A momentary lapsed decision
All I know
Is that’s all we are
And though, we both began
From the start, hand-in-hand
I went too far
And now there’s nowhere
Left to go
Reactions seem to guide my life
The best-laid plans put up no fight
Instead I take a bitter pill--
No way to medicate
Thought with you, I’d found my light
foolish words, when faced with pride
Dug in so deep, it made me blind
To the fiend
That I became
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
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8. |
Icon
04:49
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I stand atop, above it all
Watching the cracks that form to make the fall
Of Grace, the place I defend
A shadow of light and broken men
And I wage, the good fight they say
Into the night I bring the promise of day
Yet to come, if I can save the ones
Consigned to
Oblivion
(Chorus)
They call me an icon, a legend, "The One"
you call on To save the day, when all
hope is lost
I'll be there, bearing the cost of
this cross
I shoulder
The odds are against me, that much I see
Never stopped me before, it's hard to believe
That I'm still around, holding down the will to keep
The dream alive
But as long as I, draw breath
There'll be someone who will fight to the death
For a righteous cause, without regret
At least I'll go down with my
head held high
(Chorus)
They call me an icon, a legend, "The One"
you call on To save the day, when all
hope is lost
I'll be there, bearing the cost of
this cross
I shoulder
(Bridge/Solo)
(Chorus)
They call me an icon, a legend, "The One"
you call on to save the day.
When all hope is lost
I'll be there, bearing the cost of
this cross I shoulder
that won't ever let me forget
A promise made is one, I have to accept.
When in the face of humanity's end,
I'll shelter what's left, and grieve
for the rest
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Dreiberg Columbia, South Carolina
Composed of songwriter Rich Owensby & drummer Brett Wider, Dreiberg was a two-piece alternative rock band formed in 2013.
Their sound has shades of Foo Fighters, Alkaline trio, and Finch with versatility to swing from sweet melodies to intense, heavy anthems. Long story short, Dreiberg is the little band with a big sound you won't soon forget.
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