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SOMETHING GIGANTIC

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This is the song that started the whole thing. I wrote it for a songwriter showcase Barak Hill was hosting at Lindberg’s six years ago. I knew right away this song was special.

It comes from a line in the James Dickey poem, “For the Last Wolverine.” Let something come of it/Something gigantic. It was also about the life and death of Megan Cramer. Megan died in the JJ’s Restaurant explosion in Kansas City in February of 2013. She was the daughter of my friends Carter and Genny Cramer, and Stephanie’s sister. Carter introduced me to the poetry of James Dickey in the 1980s, and was the most important teacher I ever had. My emotions just poured into this song…the loss, the pain, the glory, the beauty, the passion. It was about remembering and being remembered, and living with an unmistakable passion for significance. It’s a big song.

When I wrote it my band, Brother Wiley, was recording a studio album with Mark Bilyeu. It wasn’t really ready to be a band song yet, so I sorta stuck it in a drawer for a few years, and only brought it out when I played solo sets. Over time, the song started to grow.

Molly Healey creates an entire chamber orchestra, with 1st violin, 2nd violin, viola, and cello parts, all doubled to created depth. Liz Carney (Izabel Crane) sings harmony. Karl Eggers lays down atmospheric electric guitar. Barak plays some electric guitar as well. Dallas Jones and Brandon Moore round out the rhythm section on bass and drums.

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Whether it ends in fire and ice
Whether or not we paid the price
After we have rolled the dice we wait
It’s bigger than me and bigger than you
It’s the dropping of the other shoe
It’s evolution pushing through the gates

Your profile pic’s our epitaph
But life is more than photographs
I feel you laughing lying next to me
You have left us stranded here
With nothing left to fear but fear
It’s not exactly clear what we should be

CHORUS Let something come of it
Something gigantic
This kind of love needs to survive
Let something come of it
Something gigantic
It’s keeping all of us alive

We fear when we return to dust
That no one will remember us
After we are crushed beneath the earth
But we were then and we are now
Not I and It it’s I and Thou
Love alone allows what we are worth

Even when we change machines
Nothing’s ever as it seems
Left is right and right is left behind
No matter what may come of this
We were built for this abyss
I just want your kiss if you want mine

CHORUS

BRIDGE Lord, let me die, but not die out
Don’t let me disappear
Lord, let me die, but not die out

We’re still here (5x)

Let something come of it
Something gigantic

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from SOMETHING GIGANTIC, released March 19, 2020
Brett Miller: vocal, acoustic guitars
Liz Carney: harmony vocals
Barak Hill: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Karl Eggers: ambient electric guitar
Molly Healey: violin, cello
Dallas Jones: bass
Brandon Moore: drums

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Brett Miller Springfield, Missouri

Brett Miller is a singer-songwriter from Springfield, Missouri. After over 15 years writing songs, singing, playing rhythm guitar, and recording three studio albums with his band Brother Wiley (also known as Mincks & Miller), Miller released a solo album of 14 original tracks, recorded and produced by fellow Midwest musician, Barak Hill. ... more

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