...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is an indie rock band which fo… Read Full Bio ↴...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is an indie rock band which formed in 1994 in Austin, Texas, United States. The band currently consists of Conrad Keely (vocals, guitar, drums), Jason Reece (vocals, guitar, drums), Autry Fulbright II (bass) and Jamie Miller (drums, guitar). As of 2018, the band has released nine albums: "...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead" (1998), "Madonna" (1999), "Source Tags & Codes" (2002), "Worlds Apart" (2005), "So Divided" (2006), "The Century of Self" (2009) and "Tao of the Dead" (2011), "Lost Songs" (2012), "IX" (2014), and "X: The Godless Void and Other Stories" (2020).

The band is best known for their heavy yet anthemic music and their tendency to destroy their equipment at the end of their performances (a rock and roll tradition usually associated with The Who). According to the band's website, the name "...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead" is taken from both an ancient Mayan ritual chant and an Egyptian burial text. Band members have also claimed that they made it up because it sounded cool and discovered the association after the fact.

The chief creative element of the band consists of Jason Reece and Conrad Keely. The two switch between drumming and lead vocals and guitar, both on their records and during their shows. (On some songs, [former] bass player Neil Busch sings lead vocals). Keely and Reece have been friends since their youth, meeting originally in Hawaii. They each formed their first band in 1993 soon after moving to Olympia, Washington. Keely started a band called Benedict Gehlen that only lasted a year. Nancyville was Keely's next project, though it also was short lived. Reece started with Honeybucket and then formed Mukilteo Fairies while living in Olympia. Dissatisfied with the northwest, the two ventured south to Austin, Texas and started playing as a duo under the moniker, "You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead". The band expanded to include guitarist Kevin Allen and bassist Neil Busch. They then officially changed their name to "...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead" (adding the conjunction and then the ellipsis for effect). The band is also known by the shorter name "Trail of Dead".

By 1998 they had issued their first release (a live cassette on local Golden Hour Records), followed by a self-titled full-length on Trance Syndicate. In early 2002, Trail of Dead released Source Tags & Codes to immediate critical acclaim, and made numerous critics' year-end top 10 lists.

In 2003, an EP named The Secret of Elena's Tomb followed up, which included amongst others "Mach Schau", which was the first recording of a song the band had written in their early days, as well as "Intelligence", a song with dominant electronic sounds, which was pulled from Jason Reece's electro side-project called A Roman Scandal.

In 2004, Neil Busch left the band due to health issues and was replaced by Danny Wood of The Rise. Together with additional drummer Doni Schroader (ex-Forget Cassettes) and keyboarder David Longoria (The Black), a revamped Trail of Dead embarked on an extensive worldwide tour in 2004-2005, which covered USA and Canada, and cities throughout Europe to promote their album Worlds Apart, which was finally released in January 2005 after some annoying issues with the label's corporate policies.

After the tepid critical and commercial reception of Worlds Apart, Conrad Keely became very frustrated and considered quitting the band altogether. Luckily, the band regrouped to record an EP, but the group's creativity blossomed, resulting in enough material for an album. Their latest full-length album, X: The Godless Void and Other Stories, was released on January 20th, 2020.
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Lyrics


A Classic Art Showcase White glow of the TV set Lights dancing on the screen Voice-…
A Classic Arts Showcase White glow of the TV set Lights dancing on the screen Voic…
A Perfect Teenhood Take one Take two Believe it or not this is a plan…
A Place to Rest Let me down And take the say Say you’re not down But you…
After the Laughter (instrumental)…
Aged Dolls Drip drip on to the tombs of the soulless Drip on…
Aged Dolls (live, Chicago, IL, USA) Drip... drip on to the tombs of the soulless... Drip on…
All Saints Day It was All Saints Day Wind and rain hit my face Ripped…
All St. Day It was All St. Day Wind and rain hit my face Ripped…
All White The curtain thins Violins announce the score is over The sym…
An Ounce Of Prevention One last thing that you regretted, Before it fell apart, Des…
And The Rest Will Follow How can anyone be so unkind As to want to take…
And You Will Know Them... Trail of dead, trail of dead Trail of dead, trail of…



Another Morning Stoner Are you asleep? Are you in a dream? The copper…
Ascending From a crashing light I was forced awake Clutching bloodsho…
Awestruck Marion, more in hand Lies awake and thinks of them Who is…
Back In N.Y.C. I see faces and traces of home back in New…
Baudelaire The only sin in this world of pain In this world…
Bells Of Creation I was standing on the shore, facing an open sea I…
Blight Takes All Just another Poland pose With this new haircut What am I to…
Blood Rites You want to fight? You want to scream? Knowing this is all…
Caterwaul Eyes at night never see the day Because it's not in…
City of Refuge With history, your bluest grace Falls apart, cascading down …
Clair De Lune Well the mood settled down Once the movie hit town You know…
Claire de Line Well the mood settled down Once the movie hit town You kno…
Claire De Lune Well the mood settled down Once the movie hit town You know…
Classic Art Showcase White glow of a TV set Lights dancing on a screen Voice-ov…
Classic Arts Showcase White glow of the TV set Lights dancing on the screen Voic…
Counting Off The Days Counting off the days How could I be so afraid? So much…
Crowning of a Heart Crowning of a heart, textures and shades A bitter London ni…
Days Of Being Wild All sewn up Pull out the seams Take your call Your voice …
Don't Look Down On the plane you arrive You caught me on the…
Eight Day Hell Wasting away the better part of the day In the bus…
Eight Days of Hell Wasting away the better part of the day In the bus…
English Magic Climb the loft to the attic, draw the chintz curtains…
Eyes of the Overworld They left the trail where the twisting vines divide earth's…
Fake Fake Eyes With you're fake, fake eyes Are you blinded to me GG, cold…
Far Pavillions New horizons, unclaimed lands Await us beyond the walls of …
Festival Thyme well it turned out rain festival thyme shagging again in t…
Fields Of Coal Well I had a dream that I received a prophecy Predictions…
Flood of Red Follow you into this suicide Place a foot into this city…
Flower Card Games This place, alive A thought, a crime A place of mine Flow…
Gargoyle Waiting You're a gargoyle, on this building top. With your teeth bar…
Gold Heart Mountain Top Queen Directory Cold hands touching my face Don't hide - the snake can…
Halcyon Days There, but for the grace of our gods go you…
Half of What The shape of your head Is a twist of the truth, The…
Heart In The Hand Of The Mat Ride the apocalypse Coming through the city side Fallen ange…
Heart of Wires Heart full of wires, all dirty hangers Brought up the viole…
Homage It is a round about that I cannot leave I circle…
How Near Looking back in time Through verses set into nursery rhyme …
How Near How Far Looking back in time Through verses set into nursery rhyme A…
Inland Sea Stay calm, stay calm Relax your limbs gently float to earth …
Insatiable Curse this insatiable weakness of ours That crawls through u…
Insatiable One Curse this insatiable weakness of ours That crawls through …
Insatiable Two Mourn as a nation, rule as a mob Kill for an…
Intelligence Eyes obscured, by those bangs Sun is shielded, by your shad…
Intro: A Song of Fire and Wine [Instrumental]…
Isis Unveiled I have made you in my likeness And I make you…
It Was There That I Saw You It was there that I saw you And it was there…
Let It Dive Now that our ties are served As we say goodbye Let us…
Life Another page of history Another failed and hopeless year Of …
Life Is Elsewhere (Spoken)…
Luna Park It hit my mind, it came to me In order to…
Mach Schau We had a mod-fuck jubilee To celebrate our broken hearts We …
Marc David Chapman We pierced the side of the idol With the sharpened neck…
Mistakes Regrets If I could make a list I'd put your name on…
Mistakes and Regrets If I could make a list Of my mistakes and regrets I'd…
Mistakes Regrets If I could make a list I'd put your name on…
Monsoon Rolling thunder Like a voice that commands Rain drops fall L…
Naked Sun I'm a naked sun, see right through me I'm a naked…
Novena Without Faith Oh isis...hydatyd... You're blood lips Surround me in Thi…
Ode to Isis Isis, Horus, Ra, Seth Isis, Horus, Ra, Seth Isis, Horus, Ra,…
Open Doors Well it might have been the blazing hell You want to…
Opera Obscura I’ll give you it, I’m raising heavens I’m improvising when i…
Ounce of Prevention One last thing that you regretted, Before it fell apart, D…
Pictures Of An Only Child Bright all the eyes of the family on the other…
Pinhole Cameras I’ve seen the city through the eyes of pinhole cameras Sure…
Prince With a Thousand Enemies There was one king, This was his one sin, You never make…
Pure Radio Cosplay It seems that fifty years have come and gone, since…
Relative Ways It's hard to imagine It's so hard to perceive To find an…
Richter Scale Madness Okay this is a song about killing everybody Let's all sing…
Richter Scale Madness ) Okay this is a song about killing everybody Let's all sing…
Sigh Your Children Sigh your children Who have we? All our lives and countless …
So Divided Hear the noise back in town Let's gather everyone And go see…
Source Tags This city has lost a certain holds inside It feels so…
Source Tags & Codes This city has lost a certain holds inside It feels so…
Spiral Jetty I found a jetty of stone And I'm standing on my…
Stand in Silence I had a house on a rock I turned around and…
Summer 91 Lying on the grass Afternoon, there's always something happe…
Sunken Dreams I remember dessert places Shadowless and cold Where heaven l…
The Bells Of Creation I was standing on the shore, facing an open sea I…
The Best The mime's conceit has conquered over real beauty Grinning …
The Far Pavilions New horizons, unclaimed lands Await us beyond the walls of …
The Lost City Of Refuge With history, your bluest grace Falls apart, cascading down…
The Porpoise Song My, my the clock in the sky is pounding away There's…
The Rest Will Follow How can anyone be so unkind As to want to take…
The Summer Of '91 Lying on the grass Afternoon, there's always something happe…
The Summer Of ’91 Lying on the grass Afternoon, there's always something happ…
To Russia My Homeland (instrumental)…
Totally Natural Look at his hand move Check out the shape of his…
Up From Redemption (Crowd cheering in backround) I'm from Redemption, and the m…
Up to Infinity Touchdown, they land before us The world of ours should come…
Wasted State of Mind Talking 'bout things we've seen Paris to Oslo seem like drea…
Weight of the Sun How much fun To be drifting along With the weight of the…
When We Begin to Steal... If you really want to, you can, lie... If you really want…
Will You Smile Again Close the door and drift away Into a sea of uncertainty Wher…
Witch's Web Told a lie about yourself It felt so good to decieve You…
Worlds Apart Random lost souls have asked me "What's the future of rock'…


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