RedOak are:
Xachi Benozio - Drums
Shemer Steinlauf - Bass
Ron Or-El - Guitars
Tako Free - Vocals
Daniel Vulikh - Vocals

RedOak believe in change. That belief drives our approach to music and every aspect of our lives. Personal chaos brought the melodic, political and social awareness brought the aggressive. Life brought out the best and the worst and channeled it all into a personal, unique style.

RedOak is a band based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Born in 2003, the band started making music in a bomb shelter near Tel-Aviv. Over the years our music evolved and the songs changed many skins. Our friends have come and gone until our surrogate family, along with the music came to be our own flesh and blood. In October 2009 the band released a debut EP named 'Beyond The Hat', which can be downloaded and streamed from our Music Page.

2011 is going to be an exciting year for us. We are working on our first full length album and beginning to plan our first tour outside of Israel. Stay updated and receive the news first by joining our mailing list here.

• Yeah I have my reasons
  It would be a lie to say that you won’t understand
  This time is gone and I won’t cry for it
  But will you do it all again?
  

  A lie can last forever
  It doesn’t care that one has lost his way
  And all those years of healed regrets
  This open wound is here to stay
  

  And I wonder what if feels like
  Waking up without that bitter taste of loss
  Running through my chest
  Slowly forgetting my reasons
  All those dreams are meant for those
  Who never walked my way
  

  No, I'm getting smaller
  Now I’m fading life through glass again
  Now my mind is clearer
  Now I know it’s all the same
  

  My guilt is my own shadow
  My guilt is why I’m this way
  Drinking from the fountain and seeing myself
  Guess it’s time to walk again
  

• Same as before, mine is the flaw
  Being a slave comes easy to those
  Who don't play the games and don't keep a score
  Just waiting for someone to wash on their shore
  

  And you've seen the top,
  But you've lost it all
  The higher you fly the more hurt
  Those who cushion your fall
  

  But I've been afraid to stay on my own
  And I've seen the pain that you could have sown
  And I've been through grief
  and I've been through scorn
  But I ain't giving in to you anymore
  

  And you've seen the top,
  But you've lost it all
  The higher you fly the more hurt
  Those who cushion your fall
  

  As it flows
  Away from you
  

  This time desire failed you...
  

• Like a force of nature
  Unstoppable and blind
  I’d tear myself open
  If it helped me open up
  

  To you, but then again…
  

  All I see
  All this seems to be
  It’s just a wasted gesture
  Another wasted gesture
  There’s no one here to see this
  There’s no one here but me
  

  And you say
  Not here to play
  You better stop pretending
  That you’d go all the way
  

  But who are you?
  Could you be true?
  Could I have made you up?
  Could I have raised you?
  

  How could you be all this and still not see?
  

  Cause all I see
  All this seems to be
  Just a wasted gesture
  Another wasted gesture
  

  All I see
  All this is
  A broken useless gesture
  A torn one-sided gesture
  There’s no one here to see this
  No one here but me
  

• We’ve all been here before
  And this scenario is getting rather old
  It doesn’t really matter that you’re sorry
  It doesn’t really make it right at all
  

  It’s not as if you ever truly cared
  No point in acting like you started now
  You’ve played your selfish card one time too many
  Now did you think that you’d never run out?
  

  It’s not about anger anymore
  I think it’s time we put this thing to rest
  My feelings never changed and never will
  But now at last I know what to expect
  And yeah, I do thank you
  For being a part of my life for so long
  But there’s nothing here left to fight for
  So please, please just go
  

  I do believe you when you say
  That you never meant to hurt
  I do believe you when you tell me
  How you know that it’s your fault
  

  I know you might have had your reasons
  I might have done the same if I were you
  But all this said and done if I forgive you
  I know I'll go through this anew
  

  All I can say
  Don’t want to make
  The same mistakes
  Over and over again
  And all that’s left
  Is to walk away
  Watch as I run
  Further and further from you
  

• Something’s gotta
  Something ought to give
  If I don’t move this forward
  It might push me down again
  

  Running in circles
  Drifting without aim
  If I don’t find direction soon
  I just might lose myself again
  

  And I know
  

  This shouldn’t be as complicated
  As I make it seem
  But my inertia is spent
  And I’m lacking anything
  

  To push me on
  To fill my sails
  To catapult me
  Into the stratosphere
  

  Cause this facet of reality
  Is getting tiresome indeed
  In fact I am considering
  Moving somewhere less
  Restrictive on dreaming
  

  Cause something’s gotta give
  Or I’ll rewrite this faulty storyline
  Something ought to move already
  Whether it’s inside or outside
  Something’s gotta
  Something