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Songs About Death In A​-​minor!

by Danny Ramirez

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1.
What Will Be Left For Hell To Burn? 03:06
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One won't be able to cast out The lust for death inside of me Raging on and defining my nature Defining the way of this life I've sworn to endure Until flames purify what will be left for hell to burn Once I was able to comply with The joy for life I felt within But those times have gone for many a year Leaving to die all reason And granting me this expiring life For flames to purify what will be left for hell to burn ‘This one is the first Danny Ramirez song with a question mark instead of an exclamation mark at the end of the title. Due to the fine lyrics, What Will Be Left? sounds damn serious. The words deal with the fact that I don’t have a soul, since the soul isn’t scientifically proven and as far as I’m concerned there is just no reason for such a concept. Basically this song could be seen as a follow-up to I Deserve To Burn!, that concludes the previous tape (released in October 1999). What Will Be Left? is the opening track of the Songs About Death In A-minor!-tape, from December 2000 -- a release with serious, somewhat uncomfortable lyrics and all songs starting off with an A-minor chord. This slow song was written and recorded on Tuesday 31 August 1999 in a certain state of mind, caused by the use of speed and xtc throughout the weekend before. The final mix consists of the original guitar and vocal tracks recorded on that inspiring depressive day. The backing vocals were done in November 2000, when What Will Be Left? had turned out to be the herald for the making of the Songs About Death!-tape. Done live only a few times from possibly late 2002 until somewhere in 2005 or 2006, with the only certain performance date being November 20, 2004.’
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I Am The Reason For You To Be! 02:12
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I am the reason for you to be I'll come for you when you least expect me I watch all of your very moves You're not aware that I follow you Or perceive me coming for you too I am the nightmare you once dreamt I am the grave in which you will end I will lead you through the final door I'm all you never hoped for And nothing you ever lived for I can change your life forever And bring your perception to a different level I have the possibility and I'm (am) willing to End your days before you could Do the things you always wanted to ‘This is a song about death, without mentioning it. I especially like the phrase ‘I Can Change Your Life Forever And Bring Your Perception To A Different Level’, the first two lines of the last verse. Once it was recorded I was very pleased with the result and decided to put it on the first cd as well. I recorded a new version for the cd though. Reason! was done at about 10-15 gigs in 2002-2005. More than 10 years later the song was on the set list again on November 18, 2016.’
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Why Should We Live Forever After We Died? 03:39
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Since birth is the start of things that cease to be I guess there's no question about how our spirits will fly free (But) the soul is the lie we've hung unto throughout history For there's just no reason for it to exist basically Chorus Why should we live forever after we died Apparently we're not satisfied with just one life It must be the decline of the (all) human ways Greed reaches beyond the grave It's getting even more absurd this fake (false) realization Some people are convinced they're part of reincarnation It's an emotional shortage in a serious situation For to be a lifeless body is our only destination Chorus ‘The second song with a question mark. Notice the wonderful guitar solo halfway this relaxed song. The lyrics deal with the fact that the belief in the soul and the belief in reincarnation both are too obvious examples of the greed of man. People always want more and though in their hearts they know they only live once, they do want a second life. Done at Ramirez shows a couple of times, with its most recent performance date being April 19, 2008.’
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I Mourn For Your Life And I Mourn For Mine! 04:52
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I mourn for your life and I mourn for mine Our names will be forgotten, we will be vanquished by time We yearn for prestige, we think we're doing fine But listen carefully, and hear the death bell chime With ev'ry passing year our final hour's getting near With ev'ry step we take we march onto the day we fear The Grim Reaper casts his shade over moments of cheer Just listen carefully, the toll of death's bell you will hear It's near at hand, the hour will come We must admit that time has won The winds of death, they blow our way Mocking ev'ry word we say We are no match, we can't compete We're heading towards our defeat The road we're on is going down Going down I mourn for your life and I mourn for mine Our names will be forgotten, we will be vanquished by time We yearn for prestige, we think we're doing fine But listen carefully, and hear the death bell chime ‘This is the last track of the Songs About Death!-tape. The Shadow of Death haunts the guitar chords in this song and near the end the Bell of Death is chiming underneath the sounds of a chilling guitar improvisation over the famous first line of Chopin's Marche Funèbre (written in 1837). The lyrics are about how we all must live with the constant certainty that no matter what we do, we’re on a highway towards the grave or the crematory. Time conquers all, undoing everything we accomplished in life. The first tape, the first cd, the audio part of the One Day-dvd and the Songs About Death!-tape are the only releases of which Danny has played all songs live. For many years I Am The Reason For You To Be! -- which also appeared on the first cd -- was the most performed Songs About Death! track, with the others done only a handful of times each. However, six years after its apparent final performance I Mourn! was exhumed and played as the closing song at the 2022 Autumn Of Tears! Tour and at most gigs in 2023..’

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released December 4, 2000

Songs recorded at the Ramirez Recording Room, in August 1999 and October and November 2000.

Used were a Yamaha MT100II 4-track cassette recorder, an acoustic guitar of Taiwanese origin, D'Addario strings (1.09 to 0.71 millimetres/.043 to .028 inches), Fender and Jim Dunlop picks, a Technics sx-KN3000 keyboard and a cheap microphone.

Mixed 9 and 12 November 2000 at the Ramirez Recording Room, using a 4-track Yamaha MT100II cassette recorder and a JVC KD-A2 cassette deck. Digitalized 25 October 2016, using 2 tracks of a 4-track Yamaha MT100II cassette recorder and Audacity.

Cover: The Dance of Death woodcut by Michael Wolgemut, from the Liber Chronicarum (1493) by Hartmann Schedel.

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Danny Ramirez Leiden, Netherlands

Danny Ramirez is a singer-songwriter from the Netherlands and the guitar player for stonerdoom band Toner Low! Besides playing morbid folk he has some one-man bands as well, but most of his releases are Ramirez EPs! Danny did solo gigs in the Netherlands, Finland, France and Germany, and played with a.o. Amigo The Devil, Bob Wayne, Joe Buck Yourself (Hank III) and The Goddamn Gallows! ... more

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