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Baptism

by The Revenants

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1.
I heard that you were hurting And your outlook was pretty grim I felt that I should call you Jump back into the swim Things with us are always cloudy You are like a phantom limb I can't ring but I can catch you You said that you were hurting You have some kind of rare disease In a few years you'll be immobile Won't feel nothing below your arms and knees You can't even pick up your old guitar It just sits there like a tease Now both of us are hurting Not a lot we can do Somehow time got away from us I should've been there for you I can't go back and change it Hopefully now I can come through
2.
Hesitation 04:33
It's us versus them, he says And if we don't kill them They are gonna kill us doncha know We have gotta take 'em all down Do it right quick Do it right now not a second ago Doncha ya give in to hesitation It's your one and only sacred nation Doncha ya give in, no, no Doncha ya give in 'Cause if you do those bastards win They are coming for your wives, he says They're coming for your daughters And they are gonna rape 'em one, two three Gotta build us a great big wall Keep those bastards down Kick out every single refugee They are coming for your jobs, he says They'll buy up all your houses And you will be left out in the street Pick up your sticks and stones Track 'em with your cell phones Or you will find yourself in defeat
3.
Hate ya, hate ya guts Hate ya guts down to the bone Hope your death is swift and sure Hope you drop just like a stone You’re gonna get it Yeah you’re gonna get it Don’t even bother to atone Hateful, loathsome and vile Nasty, wicked and crass Evil, ugly and foul Wanna kick your ass Squish ya, squish ya head Squish ya head just like a grape Wanna see you burst wide open Wanna hear you cry rape You’re gonna get it Yeah you’re gonna get it You hideous fucking ape Don’t get me started Smack ya, smack ya face Smack ya face till it’s black and blue Wanna make you feel the pain That you’ve put everyone through You’re gonna get it Yeah you’re gonna get it Your comeuppance is overdue
4.
Got on the phone with my old friend Mark We hadn’t talked in 50 years His voice was familiar as that old offshore wind Words fell into place like meshing gears Then we spoke about how we fell out About that girl who tore us apart He said he didn’t recall what I was on about “Who’s this girl who broke your heart” Got on the phone with my old friend Dave We hadn’t talked in 50 years He still liked to spiel the same old line of bull His object much closer than it appears Then we spoke about how we fell out That time I gave him a loan He said he didn’t recall what I was on about Then he abruptly hung up the phone It’s a life misremembered Got on the phone with my old friend Bill We hadn’t talked in 50 years I almost forgot just how funny he was His jokes brought me down to tears Then we spoke about how we fell out He said I once didn’t have his back in a crunch I thought it strange that he brought that up Because I was the one who took the punch
5.
What do I do What do I do Now that the past is lost Where can I live What can I live with Can’t afford the cost What can I know When I can’t know Don’t know nothing no more This is not my life This is not my town This is not a world that I know It’s turned upside down For the last of the true believers The last of the true believers What can I say Why I can’t say it You see I’ve lost my voice Try to make it up But I can’t make it up I seem to have no choice What can I feel When I can’t feel Can’t feel nothing no more What can I dream When I can’t dream They’ve all been blown apart I write a song I bare soul I open wide my heart What can I hope When I can’t hope Can’t hope nothing no more No more life No more dreams No hope for nothing no more
6.
Old Friend 04:31
Who am I to you And who are you to me I don't remember You don't remember It was a different time And a different place It was a lifetime ago You say I am your oldest friend But it's all pretend It's all pretend in the end My old friend The way I see it And the way you see it We see it so differently It's like separate worlds That never meet That never touch A different life You have your life And I have mine Your kids don’t know me And mine don’t know yours We send each other Christmas cards That’s as deep as it goes If you think there’s still time Think again You are wrong
7.
So how in hell did we get here Well who fucking knows A perfect storm of insanity Through which ill wind blows and blows Our precious leader hides down in the basement Says he’s in, says he’s in dispose O what a world O what a world How can we find an answer When the question remains unknown So how in hell did this happen What brought this on Were we so short-sighted We couldn’t see the new dawn There’s a man upstairs pulling on the strings And we are just, we are just his pawn What the world means to you What the world means to me So how in hell did we blow this Well who the fuck can say We held the hope for the future And we squandered it away We march through the streets in protest And the bullets ricochet
8.
Palimpest 04:27
I'm a page out of your history I'm erased again and again Keep me close at hand You might need me now and then I remind you of where you been I'm a signpost of what is to come Pay attention you feeble fool Don't you act so dumb Over and over We write over I'm the news you refuse to see The file you delete I'm the story that you won't read I don't fit with your conceit I look straight in your eyes When you just won't see I whisper in your ears And make my tiny plea I'm the back sheep of your family The dark spot in your guts I am the God's honest truth The very thing that drives you nuts I am never gonna go away No matter how you try Turn your back to me if you dare I am the evil eye
9.
Hi, hello What a wonderful way to go Strap myself in Strap myself in I'm listening to a song I feel like Neil Armstrong Or maybe Neil Young Maybe Neil Young Down by the river There's a cowboy in the sand And everybody knows this is nowhere This is nowhere Horray, hooray I am on my way Looking out my window Looking out my window My hair in the breeze Speed on up if you please Can't wait till we get there Can't wait till we get there Huzzah, huzzah I am leaving Arkansas For a honeymoon on Venus A honeymoon on Venus I'll be dressed in a tux Floating in a magnetic flux I'm a shooting star I'm a shooting star
10.
Secret Song 04:54
Every night I say a prayer I say a prayer for a dream come true And every night I get down on my knees I get down and I pray for you I pray that you will hear me I pray that you will find a way This is my dream My dream is love This is my dream My dream is love It is my secret song It is my secret song Every night I say a prayer I say a prayer that you will love me And every night I get down on my knees But I don’t see you above me Still I pray that you will rescue me I pray you will be the one I pray to you and you alone I pray that you will save my soul I pray that you will find me I pray that you will make me whole
11.
I feel it in my toes I feel it in my hair Up, down, all around, yeah I feel it everywhere I feel it in my spine An ache that’s off the chart And what is worst of all I feel it in my heart It’s the pain that keeps on giving Yeah it’s the pain that keeps on giving No it won’t go away I feel it from above I feel it down below I feel today And I will feel it tomorrow I feel it constantly It is out of my control And what is worst of all I feel it in my soul I feel it when I wake I feel it when I sleep I feel it in-between I feel it down deep I feel it when I’m happy I feel it when I’m blue And what is worst of all I feel it from you
12.
As it always was and always will be It’s down to me, yeah, down to me I am my staunch defender I got my own back I stand up for me when I’m under attack No one really wants me That much is clear But that’s OK I’m about outta here This is my lonesome farewell See me fly This is my lonesome farewell Bye-bye I tried to move a mountain But I got crushed in a landslide I tried to race around the world But it was a long and bumpy ride My family deserted me They left me for dead Never once showed compassion Or give me a crumb of bread

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I'm a page out of your history
I'm erased again and again
Keep me close at hand
You might need me now and then
I remind you of where you been
I'm a signpost of what is to come

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released December 25, 2023

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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