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Doubt

by Tanner Merritt

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PopeJohnBalls Tanner's voice and the content meld in this song to create something that pulls at pieces of my amygdala I didn't know existed Favorite track: The Harvest.
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Ajar Puppet Sloth this is still one of my all time happy places and really wish it were on vinyl and it goes well with reading Batman comics and this was a run on sentence and Favorite track: The Dead.
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Fwaggle Being a huge fan of his band O'Brother, I couldn't resist Tanner's solo album. It's very different yet very refreshing to hear his voice transform from haunting to slightly less haunting in "Doubt," much like the calm before the storm. Favorite track: Wretched Things.
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Daniella Elias Pretty much sums up the greatest thing I've heard in years. Deepnessness. Favorite track: Devil's Walk.
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1.
Doubt 04:15
I tremble tremble so the fear can set in, I’ve got a gut full of dirt But it’s not enough to admit I’ve seen the best that forgiveness can get, known the rest it can give But I’m still too proud to repent I heard the lie that a tyrant had spit, I saw the life that it split While I just tried to forget I’ve seen the flames lick the heels of good men, I feel them calling my name But I’m just too tired to resist I’ve got a point to prove or I’d be back in your arms (I’ll be back in your arms someday) When I’ve got it all to lose I’ll be back in your arms (I’ll be back there, but not today) I’m only inspiring doubt, but all I want is belief
2.
We all know we’ll meet an end of blank decay For time has shown that time only leaves disarray And our disease of destructive thought will resign And the roots of earth will be choked out by thorn and stone And fowl of air will pick the flesh from mortal bone And while you sleep your body starts to die But wake up now you’re still alive All my splendor is leaking out the pores of my throat What once sparkled is reduced to the dirt beneath your toes Age has made our bodies wretched to behold Age has made our bodies wretched things No, you can’t just go bury your head until We’re a feast for crows, our bodies torn to bits Just take all our fragments and pieces and bring them back to life Wake up, open your eyes dear All your demons are gone
3.
The Harvest 04:06
My belly bleeds from crawling the earth at the heels of beggars and thieves While chemical thought runs through my veins A wire from pole to pole to bring me your weighted speech It falls upon deaf ears for I cannot hear you now Speak to me, speak to me For we are but men learning how to die And youth is like spring-time but winter is in sight So go ahead divide your grain; keep it in the cellar now But when winter arrives, who will stuff your lifeless mouth? So wait for grace to grab you by the throat And we’ll sing “Glory” “Thy will be done over me”
4.
You taught me how to play this game for two You wrapped your tongue around the words that I could never put life to You raised your hands in semblance of good faith You let your lies spew out between vile attempts at having tact and saving face (oh hell) All our dreams forfeit to bliss if we’re weaving wicked lines All our dreams forfeit to bliss, disease is a state of mind Your dirty mouth spilled the afterbirth of pride You love the sound of your voice when no one else can tell you are only being snide Your murderous speech intent on its design Carefully crafted words, like arrows fly, from your lips and leave your sense behind
5.
You waged your war with no contempt You cracked your spine as you sat and wept You’re keeping still to keep alive You forged your name in the lake of fire Where you tossed your sins and softly sighed You’re keeping still to keep alive Sit solemnly still, may the patterns in your breathing make you feel a little closer to yourself Sit solemnly still, may the movements of your chest rise and fall, the rhythm is your medicine And oh my god what kind of shit are we in? We’re all a puzzle and the pieces are wearing thin Just hold my head close to your chest cause I’m about to leave Well our doors are closed, and our closets are locked From keeping other peoples’ bones tucked away in the dark Well you can keep your deceit; you can keep it in your teeth You’re the bastard son of some blessed saint You may bare his face but never his name For if they should know then who would they praise For a life of martyrdom and a life of grace
6.
From the depths distance is drawing near Like a wave crested in growing fear Still the serpent whispers in your ear the knowledge of life And of rotting flesh it sickly reeks And deprived of sight all you will see Are hungry eyes with sharpened teeth bidding you come And you’ll pray that god will cast all your devils down To the lake of fire to burn and drown And he’ll wipe the blood off of your brow and call you his own And we’ll greet the loss of innocence As Judas with betrayal’s kiss And we’ll shed our skin to begin again like a child Sweet like the knife that pierced his side Three times divine, three times denied I’ll carry your cross if you’ll carry mine Until we meet again So watch as the fallen fade, watch as our skin returns to dust You and I both became locks under keys reduced to rust
7.
Devil's Walk 04:29
Slowly taste what is bleeding Your tongue in cheek relieving pressure from your ever-growing head I’ll trek soft as your eyes roll in your head for sleep Your heresy reached further than your seed And I’m trekking soft with the Devil’s walk And I’ll steal a glance as your slipping off The gown that laid once at your brother’s feet And I’ll raise my hands in reverie of how the god of man lay in the ground But here his voice no longer reaches me I laid his body down seven meters underground so I can’t hear his heart still beating Sweet brother of mine please rest tonight in his loving arms When did we become strangers with a vengeance? I loved you so, how could you take all I ever had? I just wanted you to know I held my breath while your body bled
8.
The Dead 07:09
Shadows lay across the ground like the dead Waiting to rise and fulfill what they couldn’t live And you can hear them in the whispers of the wind Their words slowly decay just like the corpse that lies within the dirt We’ll fiercely battle death for more time When in our reflecting glass we stare a stranger in the eye You see this penance for our sin has only drained us of our lives But we move on As I lay me down to sleep I pray that my soul is in good keeping As I plunge into the deep I pray for a heaven to wake up in As the echoes fade in a sea of sound, I pray that you’re listening As the darkness falls swiftly all around, I pray someday you’ll find me As the echoes fade in a sea of sound, I pray that you’re listening As the darkness falls swiftly all around, I pray that you’ll see again You keep your chest hollow to keep your mind fed You’re skipping ‘cross graves, you’re dancing with the dead You’re wearing thin and soon you’ll be gone
9.
Haggard Skin 04:30
So could I sit my father’s throne if I were offered? If I were needed? If I thought he was done? And could I mend the crumbling walls of his sovereign? Or keep his promise, when I can’t keep my own? Well, no. I think I’m better off here wandering aimlessly in this haggard skin No I’m not fit to lead my brother; I’m splintered wood in the eyes of my closest kin So would it take another stone for me to stumble? Maybe a small branch? Perhaps a pile of dung? This path has gotten overgrown; I think I’ve lost the direction So I’ll just make my own And if that road should lead me home, oh I could prosper I could laugh there; maybe I’ll have a son But if that road should lead into a den of lions Oh I’d be eaten for the wrongs I’ve done I’ll make my peace now cause there are tyrants standing whichever way I go And they’ve got honey dripping from their lips to entice you down their throats When blood and water mix to finalize the absence of my breath I’ll take a moment to notice there’s nothing left to get me So now that it’s over I can breathe, cause they can’t get me You can’t get me

about

I tracked this record in 2009 at Glow in the Dark Studios in Atlanta with my good friend Matt McClellan. I had just joined O'Brother in 2008 and had a collection of songs I had written prior to joining the band. We tracked everything over the course of six months or so, but before it was finished both of us got extremely busy, and this record was forgotten about for a while. Nearly four years later I picked it back up and finished off any loose odds and ends with the help of Michael Martens (OBROTHER drummer).

Although these songs are pretty old (some written as early as 2005) and pretty far-removed from what I am currently writing, I still enjoy them and thought you might like to hear them as well.

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By buying this record you are enabling me to do what I love to do, and for that I am eternally grateful.


Best Regards,
Tanner

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released April 30, 2013

Produced By: Tanner Merritt & Matt McClellan at Glow in the Dark Studios
Engineered By: Matt McClellan, Michael Martens & Tanner Merritt
Mixed By: Michael Martens & Tanner Merritt
Mastered By: Michael Martens
Artwork was taken from an etching by Raleigh Chesney titled Control:Supply
Layout by: Michael Martens & Tanner Merritt

All songs written, arranged, and performed by Tanner Merritt

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Vocals/guitar in OBROTHER. This is my solo project.

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