one of my favorite bands for a long time has been the band ours. frontman jimmy gnecco’s voice is as close to perfection as one can get on earth. he is certainly influenced by jeff buckley, but far more poetic and spiritual (although i am not sure of his specific beliefs).

chris and i saw them on valentine’s day at the curtain club in dallas. i documented it obscurely here. ours is returning to dallas on may 24 at the house of blues and i will be there.

there is something in his voice, his words, his mood, his stage presence and his passion that allows me to shut off the surrounding word and somehow it all meshes together in my heart and i am able to converse with god so freely through whatever it is that i am feeling inside. each of his songs somehow defines a point in my life - past, present, or future - and somehow my soul just is able to breathe through it all.

probably the most influential song in my present time is this song called “i heard you singing.” you can actually download a free legal copy (and i suggest you download as many songs as you can).

here are the lyrics to “i heard you singing:”

I Heard You Singing
Jimmy Gnecco
Unreleased

Stop thinking it’s ok
Things are gonna change
You can’t go on like this again
You can’t avoid the day
You’re the star that blasts away

I heard you singing
Heard you sing, you sang to us
You sang Hallelujah
How we’d lose ourselves, ourselves

Stop drinking it’s a waste
Things have lost their taste
The light that circled ’round you face
Has gone and now replaced with a darker tone again

I heard you singing
Heard you sing, you sang to us
You sang Hallelujah
How we’d lose ourselves, ourselves

Are we better on our own?
Are we better on our own?

Was I good?
Was I brave?
Did I throw it all away?
There’s a light in the crack
He’s never coming back
I got lost in the wind
And I messed up everything

Till I heard you singing
I heard you sing, you sang to us
You sang Hallelujah
How’d we lose ourselves??, ourselves?

I heard you singing
I heard you sing, you sang

anything sparking your soul lately? music? a book? something you’ve seen?

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