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Blood + Smoke

by The Revenants

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1.
Blood 03:54
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It’s dirty down here And it always smells moldy and rank And the windows The windows are lacquered with grime There’s no way out There’s no way in And the shadows move in a wicked pantomime You're in my blood You're in my heart and soul You're down deep in the deepest well You're in my blood You're in my dreams and desires Please release me from this hell Got a picture of Jesus And he’s flashing a lurid grin And I pray I pray that he will save me Whatever he does Whatever that is It’s much more More than you gave me Last night I dreamed That you and I were making love And you bled You bled all over the covers You bit my flesh You smoked a cigar And I wondered if you did this With all your lovers
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Heyday 05:06
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I had a lot of money And I had a lot sway Whatever I wanted I got to do it my way I had a lot of gumption I had a lot of will It took me from gutter To that mansion on the hill And no one's gonna tell me no, no, no I always put on the most amazing show You should have seen what I was really like Back when I had the world on a string You should have seen how great I looked When I sat down on the throne like a king In my heyday I was pretty hungry And I went for the throat Didn’t matter who I crushed As long as I could gloat Got brownstone up on Beacon Hill Got mansion on the Cape My bank account is pretty sick The numbers even make me gape And no one's gonna ever get in my way The price's is simply always too steep to pay
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Where's That Son? 04:49
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Funny how time goes by It goes by you can't deny Seems like yesterday I was in my youth But it got away from me Vanished for eternity Yeah that's the cold, hard truth A baby holds your hand Then there's a great big man Lifting you off the ground And then he's gone He's gone Where's that son Where are my old friends Most have reached bad ends Yeah, the years have not been kind Some are in serious pain And some have gone down the drain And some were kicked from behind Time, time, time, see what's become of me While I look around and around for my possibilities Why is life unfair It's like it just don't care Yeah my best days are all gone good Am I a fool to hold out hope Am I a great big dope My head as dense as dogwood
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Transplendent 04:33
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Feel you here Feel you here deep inside Feel you in a way I've felt no other You give me love You make me feel wanted You know that thing I didn't get from my mother Transplendent It feels so transplendent Lifts me up beyond the sky Transplendent It feels so transplendent Makes me feel like I could fly See you here Yeah I see you crystal clear And you are staring right back at me We fit snug Like two bugs in a rug But as tight as we are we are free Oh I could fly, fly Yeah I could fly Hold you here And you hold me back You could say we are held together Didn't try so hard Didn't try at all Our love's as light as a feather
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Smoke 04:08
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All your wishful dreams And all your best laid plans Put them in a drawer With your pots and pans Time to face the facts Life is fucking cruel If you don’t face facts You’re a fucking fool Up, up, up Blowin’ up, up, up Up, up, up Blowin’ up, up, up Up, up, up Up in smoke All your childhood hopes And all your ceaseless longing Your need for redemption Your need for belonging In the end it comes to nothin’ In the end it comes to naught The only truth you know Is all the lies you bought An orange sun is setting On the L.A. skyline Trapped beneath smog One more link in the supply line All your wanton needs And all your feeble wishes Put them all away In the cupboard with the dishes It’s all whim and whimsy It’s a cosmic joke Gone before you lived it Up, up, up in smoke
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My Head Is Hanging Upside Down 04:18
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What can I make of these crazy days These crazy days ‘bout to drive me nuts If I could I’d pull the plug But I know I don’t have the guts My head is hanging upside down And my blood is rushing down to my toes My head is hanging upside down Falling down like dominoes Falling down, falling down Falling down like dominoes How can a poor man stand such times Stand such times and live I’ve breached a brutal end And something’s got to give How can I mend my broken heart My broken heart shattered all to pieces I can laugh and say I’m good But the pain, the pain it never ceases
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I Say a Prayer 04:18
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Every night I say a prayer Say a prayer for a dream come true And every night I get down on my knees I get down and I pray to you 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 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 I pray that you will save my soul I pray that you will make me whole Every night I say a prayer Say a prayer that you will see me And every night I get down on my knees In the hopes that you might free me
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Higher Ground 04:20
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It’s dark down here Yeah that’s for sure Ain’t no light getting though Pull back the curtains Clean all the windows Trying to catch a brighter view Try as I may And try as I might I’m stuck here in this queue Heading up to higher ground Heading up somewhere outward bound It’s bleak down here No one's happy No one and especially not me I’m working on it Working all the time But I’m not finding empathy Look at me Don’t turn away Yeah you my addressee You call this bitching This ain’t bitching This is rage both simple and pure Crazy from the heat Crazy from the hate Crazy and I got not cure Wish you'd love me Just love me a little I would dig it yeah that’s for sure
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Got the Fever 05:07
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I can feel I can feel I can feel Feel it in my blood Feel it in my blood Feel it in my blood Ain’t got no taste Ain’t got no smell All messed up Gone to hell Scared I won’t get better Scared I won’t get better Scared I won’t get better Got the fever Got the fever Got the fever Goes up and up Goes up and up Goes up and up Can’t get to sleep Can’t stay awake All messed up My body shake Scared I won’t get better Scared I won’t get better Scared I won’t get better
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Open Your Heart 04:40
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Don't matter how it happened Can't we leave it in the past If we don't do this one single thing It will never last Time, time, time Is going by so fast All you gotta do is open your heart Your are in my blood like holy wine Open up and let me in You taste so bitter and so sweet Open up and let me in, let me in Got through hell together Thought we'd never survive But we got past it despite it all And we are still alive Go, go, go Put this thing in drive All you gotta do is open your heart Can't you hear my heartbeat Can't you hear my heartbeat It goes boom, boom, boom How can I fix this Name it and it's done Don't matter who's the loser Don't matter who won Rain, rain, rain We need some sun All you gotta do is open your heart
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Travelin' Light 04:13
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I am stripped down, down to my boots I am stripped down, yeah Down to my roots I got nothin', nothin' but my shoes I got nothin' Nothin’ but the blues Well I’m travelin' light Light as the wind Travelin' light Spin, spin, spin I’m travelin' light Sheddin' my skin T-R-A-V-E-L-I-N I can move 'round, move 'round with ease I can move 'round, yeah Just like a breeze I am free, free as a lark But there is something that’s broken and dark Blink your eye and I'll be gone Blink your eye and I'll have moved along There is nothing left for me here Gotta get my ass in gear I am hopeful, hopeful for the day I am hopeful, milkman’s matinee I hope I see you up above the sky I hope I see you in the sweet by and by
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Feeling the Chill 06:05
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It’s not the weather I’m on about The front emanates from you It gusts through like a low pressure system The force of nature you imbue A part of me has now reawakened To a part that was lost I vaguely remember what it was Before the holocaust I’m feeling the chill So cold it’s iced me out I’m feeling the chill In my frozen drought I know I know that something must change But I don’t what or how I can’t keep living so alone and bereft I want it different someway, somehow I know there is no going back That would just be dumb We could just slip into a stupor Yeah it’s easy to succumb I’ve been in this wilderness for so long, so long Don’t think I can get myself back I’d like to bug you for directions But I know you got no inside track Maybe one day you’ll look at me And feel a twinge of desire I’m not looking for your surrender Just maybe a cease-fire

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A baby holds your hand
And suddenly there's a huge man
Lifting you up off the ground
And then he's gone
Then he's gone
Where's that son

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released April 28, 2023

Cover "Blood + Smoke" by Eliot Wilder

Songs by Eliot Wilder

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"It was hell," recalls former child.

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