Lyrics

Titlesort descending
Abbey Road
Wisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

I wanna be like the Beatles, baby, Walking down Abbey Road
Carefree and a little crazy, like everyone else I know
I wanna live like a legend, baby, in my own time

Angels We Have Heard On High
Snow
Anger
The Physics of Immortality

I hide my face From my own self
Behind this wall, I hide regret
I slip away, Look down At my home
The storm will stay, My heart will Know

Caffeine
Wisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

Girl I am missin you
It's just something that I've got to work through
I'm trying to fill my need
For your sympathy

Carol of the Bells
Snow
Chauvet
The Physics of Immortality
Child Of Yesterday
Wisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

[G] This is a song about [Em] paint
So [C] paint a little picture on the [Em] wall
[G] This is a song about [Em] pain
So [C] paint a little picture of us [Em] all

Clouds
The Physics of Immortality

A long time ago, a nation very far away
Young men stood on a hillside, dreaming of another day
They never knew what this would lead to, all these visions, all these things,

Coming Round
The Physics of Immortality

See the waves of sound
And you’re coming now
See the waves of wind
You come my way...take me on again

Elijah

The father puts his son to sleep
The still small voice is the one they keep
And together the whole world can see
That peace runs pure and free

Feel (How I Overcame Evil)
Feel (How I Overcame Evil)

It's how I feel when I'm hopeless
It's how I feel when I'm looking at the world
It's how I feel when I'm tired
Of the damage you've earned

Fine
The Physics of Immortality

Living with the worst uncomfort I don't ever want to feel
Living til the drop shadows turn to something more real

Leprechaun
Wisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

(lyrics unknown)

Live
Wisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

I don't know why there has to be
So much...needless suffering...for me
I don't know why I have to do
Anything that I don't want to...(for you)

Lofty Places
The Physics of Immortality

(Verse 1)
You put me up in lofty places, say/
command disunity/
erstwhile you searched for cession of your enmity.
You put me up in lofty places, say/

Lord of Winter
Snow
Misled
Wisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

Misled (w:m Gabriel Redding)

Hello butterfly in my dream.
Leave her alone you said, take it from me.
Hold me back, my mind just screams.
Help me butterfly, come to me.

Mister Rogers
Rough DraftWisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

girl im just a lonely old man
sitting with my favorite loafers on
living in a perfect neighborhood
where everything’s right, nothing goes wrong

Oakwood

Sittin' in my house, memories flood my mind
Takin' me back through time
Childhood days, when things were good
A little town, called Oakwood

Of The Sun
The Physics of Immortality
Reaching Out A Hand
The Physics of Immortality

tenderly she's bright and stormy
she built a light-house for me
reached out thru the bitter weather
and opened up her arms forever

Rosebud
Wisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

ROSEBUD (w:m Micah)

Searching For Love
The Physics of Immortality

Stuck in the middle of my self-pity, I've been searching for the long way home
Talking myself into trouble, Just can't seem to find enough on my own

Send Me A Line
The Physics of Immortality

We headed out together into the endless night
Heedless of any weather, Looking for someplace new
We'll find a place that's better, Where we'll be endlessly

Solid
The Physics of Immortality

Solid (w:m Micah)

Song Of The Week #1 - Over
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Well, here it is: the first "song of the week" release as part of our new content revolution. It's called "Over".

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Song Of The Week #10 - Knowledge
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Gabe comes back with a song about the Devil...

Song Of The Week #11 - Reason, or, The Problem of Evil, part 1
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I think it's safe to say that this is probably the weirdest song you've ever heard; it is definitely the weirdest song The Redding Brothers have ever created.

Song Of The Week #12 - Stain
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Left alone to record the song without Gabe, Micah was unable to solve the technical problems that occurred with the band's recording equipment.

Song Of The Week #13 - Desperation
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The Redding Brothers bring you a unique song to commemorate a unique day: 7-7-07.

Song Of The Week #14 - Ever
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Since Micah is out of town this weekend in Sikeston, MO, Gabe and I were left alone to get this week's podcast completed ourselves. The results? This week's song called "Ever".

Song Of The Week #15 - Foolish One
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You waited for it; now it's here!

Song Of The Week #16 - Haiku
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The other day I realized that someone I know emails in "Haiku", that form of Japanese poetry we all love. You know, like this:

Song Of The Week #17 - Dragonfly
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It's always hard to decide on the title, and with this week's song, Micah and Josiah were once again at odds about what the title of the song should be.

Song Of The Week #18 - Never
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This one was a little late being posted. Gabriel and Josiah worked all day at getting it put together, but when you only start writing a song at 2:30 p.m.

Song Of The Week #19 - Bittersweet
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Okay, we just got in from Micah's wedding, but luckily we had time earlier in the week to get this finished, and here I am posting it tonight. This one is called "Bittersweet":

Song Of The Week #2 - Keep Us Here
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Here is the much-anticipated Song of the Week #2, "Keep Us Here (Yesterday's Face)".

Song Of The Week #20 - Summer Dies
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This is a piano solo by Josiah called "Summer Dies".

Song Of The Week #21 - Falter
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This one was a collaborative effort for the whole band. We recorded it today in Paducah, KY before performing at Max's downtown from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. This one's called "Falter".

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Song Of The Week #22 - Tired & Thrilled
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With this song, we tried to create a song based on our perceptions of the current Top 40 material. Here's what we see:

Song Of The Week #23 - Someday Clever
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Here's a song brought to you by Gabriel Redding, by way of the mid 90s.

Song Of The Week #24 - Dying On The Inside
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Here's another song by Josiah, mixed on the road, in Coralville, Iowa.

Song Of The Week #25 - No Wonder
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Here's a song by Gabriel, from Charleston, South Carolina.

Song Of The Week #26 - Cliche
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From the middle of Lexington, Gabe delivers this next song. It's a song about sadness, happiness, gladness, and sorrow. It's called "Cliche".

Song Of The Week #27 - Universal Viewpoint
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While I was climbing a tower in my backyard, Gabe was doing his best Josh Groban knock-off.

Song Of The Week #28 - Muse
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This is a song about writer's block. My problem wasn't having too few ideas, but having no idea of which direction to go with them. So I sat down and wrote this song.

Song Of The Week #29 - Fascination With Small Things
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Song Of The Week #3 - Bonny Lass
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We'll have to apologize for this one in advance.

Song Of The Week #30 - Catalyst
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Song Of The Week #31 - I Can Be Your Money
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This song was written and recorded in about 4 hours by Micah and Gabriel in Huntsville, Alabama, using only a built-in computer mic. And it's pretty stinking catchy.

Song Of The Week #32 - Fluctuations
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This song was written and recorded by Gabe. Since he was all by himself with only a 56K connection, finding a way to upload this was tricky.

Song Of The Week #33 - Spanky The Clown
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NOTE: The song was in no way intended to encourage violence in the workplace.

Song Of The Week #34 - Hold On To Nothing
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This song is the basis of the radio ads that are airing this coming week. Listen for it!

Song Of The Week #35 - End To End (a concert-floor call to battle)
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This song was inspired on the long trip from Nashville to West Virginia, was completed with the inspiration of our year's final concert, and includes a live recording of Gabe and I marching in the

Song Of The Week #36 - Three Days Gone
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Gabe records this piano-electric-guitar rock ballad from somewhere in Kentucky, as Josiah readies to leave for Seattle, and I relax in Nashville.

Song Of The Week #37 - Coconut Day
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Gabe pulls out his fake Jamaican accent for the perfect Christmas reggae number. If all you want for Christmas is a coconut, this is your song.

Song Of The Week #38 - Washboard Confessional
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Gabe pulled out a real washboard and a rough stick to record this neo-bluegrass song based on songs like "There aint no hole in the washtub"

Song Of The Week #39 - Feel (How I Overcame Evil)
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This song was worked on by Gabe and I long-distance, and as I did all of the mixing on this, I'm calling this a preliminary version! Let me know what you think of the song. -micah

Song Of The Week #4 - Constellation
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Here is the latest song of the week, reminiscent of 1997.

Song Of The Week #40 - Into The Ground
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From Gabe's secret lair comes this piano-rock song that reminds of the Phantom of The Opera. -micah

Song Of The Week #5 - My Home is the Road
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Micah delves deep to find that classic "Micah Redding feel" for this song. And no, he really doesn't know anything about geography.

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Song Of The Week #52.177457 - Exodus (Wake Me Up)
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When we started The Songs Of The Week, we set out to do a full year's worth of songs.

According to Google Calculator,
1 year = 365.242199 days, or
1 year = 52.177457 weeks

Song Of The Week #6 - Receive
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Another one that goes further into the scary place that we all know as Gabriel Redding's brain...Now there's only 46 more of these to go...

Song Of The Week #7 - Fire
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Fresh back from Paducah, KY with a new song called "FIRE"...

Song Of The Week #8 - Broken Limb
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Well, we promise this weeks song was written in plenty of time, and even uploaded beforehand, but it was posted Sunday morning, so it's a little late being released. Sorry for that!

Song Of The Week #9 - The Bridge
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Here's this week's song, the first Song-Of-The-Week sung by Josiah, and cowritten by him as well:

Songs Of The Week #41 - Big Red Clock
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Gabe releases a song with an attempt to be clever and self-referential. Hah. :)

Songs Of The Week #42 - 42 Answers
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I envisioned this song as a piano-rock number hearkening to the mysteries of the number 42. But I only had a guitar.

Songs Of The Week #43 - So Loud
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Gabe does a bit of genre-mashing with this unique SOTW.

Songs Of The Week #44 - Stairway To The Sun
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At our official monthly band "business" meeting on Tuesday, we all decided we wanted to start co-authoring and collaborating more than we currently do, and this week we got to try it out for the fi

Songs Of The Week #45 - Two Trees
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In this song, I stick it to the man (Robert Frost), and give a soul-influenced lamentation about the fate of mankind. Thanks to Gabe for his hard work mixing this. -micah

Songs Of The Week #46 - Mirror On The Wall
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This song deals with someone who needs to take a good hard look at themselves, and this guy is going to make sure that happens. -micah

Songs Of The Week #47 - I Don't Want Words
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In an effort to break away from standard vocal sounds, I wrote this song, hoping to come up with something interesting and somewhat unusual.

Songs Of The Week #48 - Left Alone
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The nature of all things is to grow. -micah

Songs Of The Week #49 - I Lie Awake
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On Friday night we were in the middle of Atlanta, GA when a tornado unexpectedly struck the city.

Songs Of The Week #50 - Can You Believe It?
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Do you believe it?

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Songs Of The Week #51 - We're Running
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We're Running, by Gabriel...

Songs Of The Week #52 - Lebaron
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Before we ever had a band, we had the LeBaron convertible, the most worn-out awesomest convertible ever.

Songs Of The Week #53 - Exodus (Wake Me Up)
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On Monday, April 7, 2008 at 5:48:45 AM, we released Song-Of-The-Week #52.177457. Some of you wondered how the rest of the song might go.

So here's the other 0.822543 of the song.

Soul Slip Away
Wisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

[C] Sit here [G] on my back porch
[Am] Watching the [F] clouds go by
[C] Trailing [G] across this [Am] velvet broken [F] sky
[C] If [G] today ain't just [Am] another day [F]

Summer Girl Snow
Snow

Outside it's a raining like it does all year
Coming down, pouring down, I don't even care
Every time it starts to rain, you wish it would snow

The Polar Bear Song
Wisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

If you were a polar bear, and you were a grizzly bear
There would still be something that both us bears could share
Cause when we get together, there's something we both crave

Throwing Stones
Wisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

I've got one hand in my pocket and one hand in my face
I've got one stone in my fist, and one stone in it's place

Unfaithful
The Physics of Immortality

Didn't save my mind for you, didn't save my body
Though I whispered in your room you're my one and only
I've been broke so many times all the cracks run through me

Wake
The Physics of Immortality

(Verse 1)
She's as bitter as coffee and bright as the day she was born.
Blonde as the dead grass she cut in her front lawn/
open as a knife blade that slit through the dawn.

Walking
Wisdom From The Green Shag Carpet

[G] girl i try to walk past
[C] and i try not to see
[G] just gonna keep on walking
[C] until you notice me

Winter in F#m
Snow