Her first album "Pinwheels" was recorded shortly after her high school graduation. During a 1 1/2 year stint as a student at Ole Miss, Starr met and forged a friendship with fellow artist and producer Neilson Hubbard. To this day, Starr and Hubbard frequently collaborate. Her second release, the 7 track EP "Stupid Girl" references her experiences there which were not always pleasant.
Garrison was signed to Geffen Records who released her first major label album "18 Over Me" in 1997. "18 Over Me" includes the song "Superhero" which is her most well known song to date, it has appeared on several compilations including "Live at World Cafe" and CMJ magazine's sampler. Garrison re-recorded "Superhero" for her 3rd major release 2005's "Airstreams & Satellites". It also includes a faster version of "Molly" which originally appeared on the "Stupid Girl" EP. On both versions producer Neilson Hubbard sings back-up vocals. "18 Over Me" is currently out of print and can only be purchased used. Garrison occasionally has copies at her live performances, but currently Geffen owns the rights to it so she cannot re-release it.
On the moderate success of "18 Over Me" Garrison was invited to play on the highly successful all female festival tour Lilith Fair created by Sarah McLachlan. Starr left the deep south for Los Angeles in the mid 1990s. There was a huge gap between the release of "18 Over Me" (1997) and "Songs From Take-Off To Landing" (2004) because Garrison (along with many other artists) was dropped from the Geffen roster. Garrison recorded several demos of songs that would eventually become part of "Take-Off" those were never officially released and in the years between those recordings & the release of "Take-Off" the songs evolved and changed significantly. Between these releases Garrison released "24/7" an EP of live & acoustic versions of songs from "18 Over Me" as well as a cover of the Rolling Stone's "Taxman" and a previously unreleased song "Simple Theme". Also during this time Garrison released "Something To Hold You Over" for devoted fans who were asking for new recordings.
In Los Angeles she gained inspiration for two albums, "Songs From Take-Off To Landing" (which was finally released in February 2004) and "Airstreams and Satellites" (October 2005). "Airstreams" includes a hidden track in which Garrison makes her first definitive reference to being a lesbian. She has toured with the likes of Melissa Etheridge, Steve Earle, Melissa Ferrick and Mary Chapin-Carpenter.
In 2005, Starr returned to the south, more specifically, Nashville, Tenn., where she completed her most recent album, "The Sound of You and Me" (March 2006). Released by Vanguard Records it includes a fellow Vanguard artist Mindy Smith on background vocals for track "Kansas City, KS".
Starr's song "Superhero" was featured during ABC-TVs coverage of the Women's World Cup Soccer in 1999. More recently, Starr's "Beautiful in Los Angeles" was the featured song on the season one finale of MTVs original program "The Hills" (2006).
Starr is currently working on her next album, a greatest hits cd for which she asked fans to vote for their top 10 favorite songs. In early 2007 she released a statement that she is recording the songs that received the most votes and that the cd will be available at her Los Angeles shows in late January 2007. Garrison put that cd online for purchase on her official website www.garrisonstarr.com in March 2007.
Garrison's new album "The Girl That Killed September" will be released on October 18, 2007 on Media Creature. Available Online for $10 (CD) and $7.50 (DOWNLOAD) LISTEN | WATCH EPK http://www.mediacreature.com/playerpage/gstarr/blastplyr-lcns.html
Silent Night
Garrison Starr Lyrics
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Dark is the light that used to shine
Silent night, worn out from fighting
Hoarse to a whisper, demobilized
Mercy, is there no relief
From the devil's fire that waits for me
King of the shadows, it's time to grow up
Silent night, wore out your welcome
I think I've suffered long enough
Mercy, is there no relief
From the devil's fire that waits for me
I beg your hand to crush the voice inside breaking me up
Deliver me
I know I'm weak but I am willing
Silent night, terrible quiet
Sentenced to death by invisible hands
Silent night, your hateful tyrant
Your reign is over where it began
Mercy, is there no relief
From the devil's fire that waits for meâ?¦
In Garrison Starr's song "Silent Night," the lyrics convey the feeling of being trapped in a hopeless situation with no end in sight. The singer describes feeling worn out from fighting and silenced to a whisper, demobilized. The use of the phrase "dark is the light that used to shine" paints a vivid picture of the world around the singer being bleak and uninviting. The singer seeks mercy in the face of the devil's fire that waits for them, indicating a feeling of being trapped and unable to escape a harmful situation.
The chorus repeats the plea for mercy and relief, with the singer feeling weak but willing to try anything to find a way out of their situation. In the second verse, the tone shifts to a more defiant one, with the singer addressing their situation directly. They call out the cowardly scoundrel and king of the shadows, demanding that it is time to grow up. The singer is tired of feeling at the mercy of this entity, declaring that they have suffered enough.
As the song progresses, the singer asks for help in crushing the voice inside that is breaking them up, asking for deliverance from their situation. The final verse brings the song full circle, with the silent night being terrible quiet and sentencing the singer to death by invisible hands. Despite this, the singer boldly declares that the hateful tyrant's reign is over where it began. The song ends on the repeated plea for mercy and relief, underscoring the feeling of entrapment and desperation conveyed throughout the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Silent night, all is quiet
The absence of noise signifies the disquiet and unease that her mind is in
Dark is the light that used to shine
The light of hope that once shone for her has dimmed leaving her in darkness
Silent night, worn out from fighting
The struggles in her life have drained her energy and spirit leaving her exhausted and broken
Hoarse to a whisper, demobilized
The fighting and upheavals have left her voiceless and powerless to change her circumstances
Mercy, is there no relief
She is imploring the forces of mercy to come to her aid and give her respite
From the devil's fire that waits for me
She feels that a fiery, infernal fate awaits her as the consequence of her wretched life
Silent night, cowardly scoundrel
She chides herself for her cowardly, deceitful ways and unwillingness to confront her own demons
King of the shadows, it's time to grow up
She confronts the darkness within her and accept that she needs to grow up and take responsibility for her life and actions
Silent night, wore out your welcome
She has given the oppressive darkness within her a chance to rule for far too long and now wants it to go away
I think I've suffered long enough
She believes that she has endured enough hardships and needs to break free from them
I beg your hand to crush the voice inside breaking me up
She pleads for an outside force to silence the inner chaos within her that is tearing her apart
Deliver me
She seeks deliverance from her suffering and pain
I know I'm weak but I am willing
She acknowledges her weaknesses but is willing to try and overcome them
Silent night, terrible quiet
The oppressive stillness is suffocating and unbearable for her
Sentenced to death by invisible hands
She feels that she is being pushed towards her own destruction by forces she cannot see or comprehend
Silent night, your hateful tyrant
She sees the darkness within her as a domineering, malevolent oppressor
Your reign is over where it began
She believes that the tyranny of the darkness within her will come to an end at the same place where it began - within herself
Mercy, is there no relief
She ends the song by repeating her desperate plea for relief from her tormentors
From the devil's fire that waits for me
The final lines of the song emanate a sense of hopelessness and despair as the singer fears that her fate is sealed and nothing else awaits her except eternal pain and suffering
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: PETER YELLOWSTONE, STEVE VOICE, JOSEPH MOHR, FRANZ GRUBER
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