1. |
'Tis a Shame
04:58
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Nothing you can do about it
No nothing to be done
You shouldn't even think about it
Won't get far my son
On the one hand it's this
On the other it's that
Taken altogether
You gotta know where it's at
Gotta know where it's at
Tis a shame
Tis a low down dirty shame
Ain't no one you can blame
Tis a crying shame
Tis a crying shame
You got some problems
Yeah maybe one or two
Don't even think you will solve them
Ain't nothing you can do
Ain't nothing you can do
It's quite a conundrum
Yeah that's what they call it
Can't shuck it off
Can't somehow stall it
Do you feel like a fool
Well I don't blame ya
I would feel like one too
Do you feel like a tool
You are so lame ya
You feel the turn of the screw
You can't stop dwelling on it
It's become your obsession
You think you can't live without it
Live without your prize possession
It's driven you to madness
Yeah that is for certain
Every single second without it
You feel a hurtin'
You feel a hurtin'
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2. |
Pea and Shell Game
03:52
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If you listen closely to what I say
None of it makes much sense
But it’s in the way that I say it
That you hear my profane eloquence
You really should believe me
You’d be a fool not to
I’m the only hope you’ve got
On this precipice I brought you to
What is pure truth
It’s relative all the same
First it’s here and then it’s there
Like a pea and shell game
First it’s here and then it’s there
Like a pea and shell game
You think I’m being a bit tricky
Well just maybe I am
You bought into it whole hog
You bought into the spam
I get my delight
By watching you squirm
I’m a sophisticated human host
And you are merely a worm
I have always been above you
Yeah that’s been our dynamic
I can pick apart your fragile ego
And send you into a panic
Your first mistake was loving me
I am so not worth the bother
You put me on a pedestal
And I beat you like your father
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3. |
My Problem
04:44
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When I think about it
I know that it sounds insane
I know that it is all a delusion
But I don't know what to do
Goddamn love it makes me crazy
Bashes in my head like a contusion
The world that I live in
It defies physics
It defies time and space
It lives up here
Deep inside my head
An endlessly evolving database
That's my problem
I know the truth
I see the light
But still I want to bend it to my will
Want to look away
But I know I can't
It's like a demon face in the windowsill
Out damned spot
Out I say
One, two
Why then it's time to do it
Why do I do this
I always ask myself
Why am I compelled to fantasize
Is there really nothing else
No place for me to go
No singer for me to harmonize
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4. |
Sweetest Sin
03:50
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You push the button for me
'Cause your timing's right
When you explode in my face
I know I'm losing my mind
I'm your slave
And I give in
'Cause you're the sweetest sin
I love the game
But I can't win
'Cause you're the sweetest sin
And the sparks never fade away
I want it all again
And we taste like the sweetest sin
I drink you in again
You got a Nero complex
I can't deny it
I mean, why would I
I'd have to be out of my mind
The siren goes off
And my apartment burns down
Ain't got a home
Now I am at your door
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5. |
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So if I hear what you are saying
I don't know what I'm talking about
You don't have to say it twice
You don't have to scream and shout
I guess I must be kinda stupid
I guess I don't really understand
I guess I don't have the facility
Or the smarts at my command
Comes in here and goes out there
And what happens in between
Is a strange, strange affair
Comes in here and goes out there
Might as well be talking
Out my derriere
So if I hear what you are saying
I must be out of my tree
I try to put two and two together
But I always wind up with three
It's in the way I see the world
It's in the way that I am built
I'm a mass of contradictions
With a smattering of guilt
So if I hear what you are saying
I am lost and without hope
Don't got me a chance in hell
Out here at the end of my rope
I know you can't save me
I know you really don't care
I know you say I'll be OK
But you know I don't have a prayer
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6. |
Don't Love Me Do
03:54
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Looks like you made it abundantly clear
As clear as the sky blue sky
Yeah you told me that I'm not welcome here
So it's best I make a quick goodbye
Don't love me
No don't you love me
Don't love me baby blue
Don't love me
No don't you love me
Don't you love me
Love me do
Don't think you could be more obvious
Not more obvious if you tried
I get it, yeah you're being honest with me
It's not like I thought you lied
Love, love me do
You know I love you
Love me do
You can relax, yeah you can relax now
Won't be coming 'round here no more
I am splitting like an atom
I'll spare you the blood and gore
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7. |
Not Sorry
04:09
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Guess you didn't know the truth about me
Yeah, I can be one cool cookie
I may look like I give a shit
But I'm trying to not look like a rookie
It's time to pull down the veil
I said some pretty mean things
Made you think I might desert you
I'm so sorry you were hurt
But I'm not sorry that I hurt you
Don't you look to me like I know it all
You're sure to be disappointed
You want me to be something I'm not
That's how I've been anointed
It's time to see me as I am
If you think I’m cold hearted
You would be correct
Now it’s your image of me I’ve wrecked
Boo-hoo
I know you see me as picture perfect
But you’ve never seen behind my blouse
I’m a little bit fatish and my skin’s a mess
I’m actually kind of a louse
Time to pull back the curtain
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8. |
Bad Touch
05:29
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I let you in
Into my tiny world
It's a world that no one has seen
I take a risk
But I never know
Will you be loving or will you be mean
Will you be loving or will you be
You gotta bad, bad touch
But I love you so much
I am a fool to let you in
Your gotta bad, bad touch
Put me in double dutch
You always get under my skin
Your bad, bad touch
It happens every time
Shouldn't be surprised
Never seem to get it through my thick head
You give me that look
Then you pull out the rug
Then you disappear and leave me for dead
Then you disappear and leave me for
Why do you do what you do
Well I don't know
Does it give you a thrill
To know you've hurt me so
I let you in
Into my tiny world
You trash the place like you don't care
How can I blame you
It's my own damn fault
One day I am gonna leave you I swear
One day I will leave you
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9. |
These Strange Ways
04:19
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Here a man smashes out a window
And leaps out to his death
And I just gotta wonder
What was the last word on his breath
These strange ways
These strange ways
These strange ways
Was what he said
These strange ways
These strange ways
These strange ways
My oh my he lost the thread
What do we know
And what do we say
How will it look in days to come
Who will write it down
Who will bear witness
Who will survive and who will succumb
Here a life goes all haywire
A cancer grows like demon seed
He sticks in his thumb and pulls out a plum
Gets out ahead of the stampede
Once again he is out on the road
That old Highway 46
Over here the bodies are turning over
Over there the River Styx
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10. |
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Can't see what I am doing
Never have and never will
Can't hear what you are saying
My brain can't seem to distill
Go ahead and break it down
If you believe it will do me any good
Go ahead and tell me you're thinking
I'm sure it will be misunderstood
Over and over
Forever and historically
Must be that funny thing
Must be that funny thing about me
Can't seem to get it straight
When it's staring me right in the face
And just when I start to hold on to it
It's gone without a trace
Go ahead and tell me I'm fucked up
Tell me that I lost the plot
Tell me that I am a worthless pill
It's not like I have heard that a lot
It's all very funny
But in truth it ain't no joke
It all depends on who is laughing
Who not too sensitive for a poke
Can't explain my behavior
I have tried but I have failed
I done my best to articulate
But I have never prevailed
Go ahead and laugh at me
I know that I'm a bit much
Go ahead and burn me down
I am too sensitive to the touch
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11. |
Angry Man Blues
05:28
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I got a bug up my ass
And rightly so I'd say
I feel betrayed by you
Betrayed in the worst kind of way
I told you all my secrets
And pleaded with you not to hurt me
But not only did you hurt me
But you also done desert me
I got the angry man blues
Yeah I am angry as hell
I got the angry man blues
And I can't break the spell
I held on to that notion
That you could let yourself feel what I feel
But when I showed what I feel
To you it became all too real
So you called me inauthentic
Said I was simply trying to manipulate
But what I showed came straight from my heart
Didn't matter
No way you weren't gonna take the bait
Oh man I'm mad
Oh man I'm mad
Oh man I'm super mad
Just wanna hunt you down
Just wanna make you pay
I'm down here in hell
And you're out there having a nice day
Hit it carl!
I sort of knew that this would happen
It's what I've come to expect
It's no wonder I never get nowhere
No wonder my shit is wrecked
There's never gonna ever meet nobody
That I'll ever feel any real connection
I only wish that it was you
Who would point me in the right direction
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12. |
I Believed You
05:40
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What game are you playing
Wish I could say
But I can tell you
I can tell you it's killing me
You had become
My last best hope
But then you abandoned me out at sea
My greatest mistake
I believed you
And I'll regret it all my days
I gave you my heart
For safekeeping
And I pleaded with you
Please, please don't hurt me
I trusted you
With everything I had
How could I know you would desert me
And I just gotta tell ya
I just gotta tell ya
You got some wicked ways
You got some wicked ways
You got some wicked ways
I looked up at you
From down in the depths
Saw you standing on the rampart
I called to you to love me
I called to you to hold me
But you went and broke my heart
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"It was hell," recalls former child.
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