Maciej Meller – Zenith

2020

(2020-09-18)

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Aside 8:44
Knife 4:39
Plan B 4:11
Halfway 5:10
Frozen 5:40
Fox 6:40
Trip 8:03
Magic 1:52

Credits

Maciej Meller – guitars, mandolin, whistle

Krzysztof Borek – vocals

Robert Szydło – bass guitars

Łukasz Damrych – keyboards

Łukasz Sobolak – drums

Szymon Paduszyński – backing vocals on “Plan B”

All music by Maciej Meller

Except “Trip” music by Mariusz Duda and Maciej Meller
All lyrics by Krzysztof Borek

Lyrics

ASIDE

I am the one with my ear to the wall

I catch your every whisper

I register every sound

Then set it on my photo film

I still must do everything, I want to

More than I know it myself

I am the one with my nose on the window

I compare every shadow

I memorise every colour

Before I decorate the blank posters

Tomorrow the last line

The last touch

It’s a shame that a day like that

Happens only once

Tomorrow the last sound

The last words’ meaning

It’s a shame that a day like that

Is usually made so brief

I am the one with the hood on my head

Hoping the world suprises me

I am standing as I stood yesterday

Still holding a petrol can

I still can do everything, I want to

More than I know it myself

I am the one with my heart on a sleeve

It’s my fuckin’ destiny

I am painting love with spray

I get mad when you don’t get it

I still must do everything

I still can do everything

I want to…

KNIFE

I bought a knife

It may come in useful

There’s an enemy at the gate

I didn’t use to be scared

I paid for it with my pills

Cause it`s the money here

I changed my face

For one just fine

For one like this

Although not all is right

Only this one time

I wink for “yes”

I got changed

Despite the biting cold

I`m gonna run

Come run with me

With you it will be easier

Everything makes sense with you

I love you so bad

I only want it that way

The rest doesn’t matter

It won’t be long

But happily at least

More is a myth

PLAN B

I won’t be alone

You’re gonna help me

We will play our plan B

That sounds good to me

It’s gonna be faster

It’s gonna be more ‘on two’

That’s the way I wanna play

I’ll be waiting

And you will know I am

So

I don’t have to freak out

It won’t be my loss alone

You’re gonna help me

For sure

It’s gonna be better

It’s gonna be you and me

That’s the way I see it

I’m gonna scream

And you will hear me screaming

So it’s not that bad

We’ve got our backup plan

Yes it must succeed

And in the end

There is no doubt

I won’t be ashamed

HALFWAY

Cause not enough

Not the right words

And it`s high time

That I knew But I don`t Anyway

I won what`s mine

For what isn`t I got hit

Once or twice

It doesn`t matter

As long as I can feel

I don`t want to know

I don`t care

What you want to tell me

I also don`t say

Cause I don`t know

Because there are no words

And no minds

That will make them up

I won what`s mine

For what isn`t I got hit

Once or twice

It really doesn`t matter

I`ve got what`s mine

I caught it in the neck

And now I`ve got what I`ve got

And what I lack – I forgive

Here and now It is happening

On and on

Half the way to the end

Here and now It is happening

All the time

And there is no chance

And there is no luck

For any of us

FROZEN

I froze in a strange pose

With tied legs and tied arms

Under my fingernails

Mud of delusions

Scraped from the walls and floor

I froze in a knot of life

I froze in a strange pose

Straight or left, turn right

In the brightness of matt suns

Calm as death

I cast a shadow

You can start

I have finished

You can win

I have already lost

FOX

A fox caught wind of me

The flood knocked at my door

All thoughts fell to my feet

Sticking to my dirty shoes

The Summer warmed the table

I really don’t like to be scared

I haven’t washed since yesterday

To piss all the foxes off

Now I locked the door

I bit my nails until they bled

I haven’t prayed since yesterday

I froze to the bone under the cross

I lasted long without a breath

It is still freezing me out

I will fuck this world up

I’m going to impale my god

I’ll laugh to tears

Just like a child

Till the end I’ll regret

That you didn’t laugh with me

I will laugh to tears

Just like a clown

Till the end I’ll regret

That you didn’t laugh with me

TRIP

Don’t be afraid

It is just a game

It doesn’t hurt that much

That’s how you play today

You have a lead

By half-time I lose

I need a triple dose of energy Now

Don’t be ashamed

We are so damn right

It is always good

To know a nickname of the judge

Things need to happen Till the end

Just sorry for the children Most of all

There is still so much ahead of us All of us

Medals, trophies And still

We will dig the faith into the ground

On scarfs

We will mark the sense of being

We won’t let the air

out of the ball

Until there won’t be any to breathe

We will sing together that ‘Nothing has happened’

Even if ‘It all happens’

MAGIC

So here I am

Tell me I made it

Tell me I’ll still get a dry blanket

It is late everywhere

Too much everywhere

So here I am

Tell me it’s not over

Tell me I’ll get a slice of bread

And that we’ll meet again

That it’s not magic

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It’s a 45-minute musical journey through the progressive-alternative-guitar spaces with a couple of guys in their 40s, who are more or less halfway there, they’ve reached the zenith of their lives. This is the story the album tells about – fear, uncertainty, anxiety, even doubt but also hope. It’s about all the questions concerning the other half. Can we win? What if there’s a tie? What if …

Krzysiek Borek, who wrote the lyrics and sang in all 8 songs, wanted to tell about being at such point of life. We’ve known each other since Quidam and Three Wishes common concerts, somewhere at the beginning of this century. Then there was a long silence till the Facebook times when we ran into each other once again. Actually I came across ‘Songs for Nobody’ by Tim Orders. As soon as the first ideas for Zenith started to fall out of the drawer I knew who should I turn to. Sensitivity, emotionality, the timbre of the voice and the artistic anxiety have always attracted my attention. As well as modesty and musical humility. Krzysiek. He did a great job!

In a musical aspect it’s a continuation of some threads from ‘Saiko’ (‘Frozen’ theme dates back to that period of time) and later trio (‘Knife’ or ‘Fox’). But everything with a clear addition of all that happened between and later. Until now. Each and every period is closely related to very important person – Robert Szydło, who apart from mixing and mastering also played bass guitars this time. One of my dreams came true. It’s an honor and a blessing to know him and work with him!

And finally, it got kind of weird that probably the most important song on the album, the unique kind of creed of the release is a gift-song from the third important person. Some time ago I got a very simple demo version of ‘Trip’ from Mariusz (yes,THE Mariusz) and I started working on that on my own. It didn’t work out then, but the idea has become my own, so I kept it. And because Mariusz was the impulse, someone who encouraged me the most to record my own album, I couldn’t imagine it without a trace of him. I’m very happy he appeared on ‘Zenith’ in such a way.