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Maciej Meller – Zenith

2020
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  1. Aside 8:44
  2. Knife 4:39
  3. Plan B 4:11
  4. Halfway 5:10
  5. Frozen 5:40
  6. Fox 6:40
  7. Trip 8:03
  8. 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

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.