Zack Zadek is a Long Island born singer/songwriter and composer/lyricist. His work has been heard at Joe's Pub, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Galapagos Art Space, and as part of "In The Valley: The Songs of Zack Zadek" at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Zack's sold-out musical "6," an intimate telling of six New Yorkers who, by six degrees of separation, unknowingly change each other's lives, was selected by the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival. In addition to writing and performing new musical theatre, Zack is an active solo artist who has banged on pianos across New York and Los Angeles. His current projects include "The Crazy Ones," a new musical about Steve Jobs and the formation of Apple, Inc., a new song cycle, and an upcoming solo EP. He is a proud member of ASCAP and the Dramatist's Guild of America.
I can’t stop listening to this song. It is both beautiful and haunting and Alex’s performance is captivating. I must know more about this show and hope that Alex is involved.
I keep coming back to this song both because of Alex Brightman's angelic voice and the beautiful story the lyrics tell. I love how it expresses the awe and wonder of the unknown, and I'm very curious as to what show this is from because I'd love to hear more ❤
When you get back And you’ve got time left on your hands Guess you drive around the lake Tires grazing the borderlands Of the shore that you wish You were sure was in De Moines Telling dad about the medals All the medals you enjoyed And I’d say “I won them all Except for one, dad Except for one I won every single medal Except for courage, dad Except that one.” Drive over to Sally’s Where she’s out mowing the lawn; Husband safe inside the house She’s got a lazy red blouse on And we’d stop, and we’d talk And I brag and don’t say anything about medals of valor; About medals of courage And she laughs, and we smile, and we sit for a while But there’s no fireworks, no fireworks, around us There’s no fireworks, no fireworks around us Drive through a McDonalds Spending hours on the line Telling stories through the speakers Some demented kind of shrine And the voice says to cry, so you cry And you think about those medals of valor; Those medals of courage And the voice says to pay So you pay, and you leave But there’s no fireworks, no fireworks around us There’s no fireworks, no fireworks around us And all at once you're back In a lake around the world Your friend is drowning They go on drowning in a lake made of shit And you try to pull him out, and flares go off and colors fly And you reach to pull And you give up, and flares go off And he dies, and he dies, and he dies, and he dies, and he But there are fireworks, fireworks around us There are fireworks, fireworks around us When you get back With more than time left on your hands And your dad’s been dead for years No one named Sally understands So you drive around the lake You were sure was in De Moines; Not thinking about colors, or any medals anymore
please pardon me for not knowing that lovely blonde-haired lady's name in the background, but the sheer adoration on her face throughout the entirety of alex's performance is utterly wonderful and totally relatable
I get such chills from this song; it makes me think about when I visited the Houston Space Center a few years ago, and damn near cried my way through the whole place. The absolute mind-bending awe of the universe, of space travel, of literally reaching for the stars as tiny, fragile human specs in this vastness of space... there's no words to truly describe it. But this song sure makes me feel it.
I keep coming back to this video expecting it to have got 10k views or something by now. No idea why, it's one of the most beautiful songs and performances I've ever seen.
songs based off The Things They Carried are always my favorite songs, and this is no different. its a super good book (one of my favorites ive had to read for english) and i understand the lyrics so thats fun. ben's voice is also super good :-)
