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Hello Darkness

by The Revenants

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1.
Dark Side of Me 05:55
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Something's there in my brain Not sure what it's all about It's like an ugly stain That nothing will wash out It never goes away It's right here today I wish I had it under control I wish I could bleed it out of my soul I don't know what to make Of the dark side of me How many hearts will I break With the dark side of me I do my best to hide But it's never easy to do Too much torment inside It only ever seems to accrue I hope to one day to get clear And love the one's I hold so dear I want so bad to change It's in my plans long-range Did I behave so bad Do I deserve your scorn That really makes me so mad Pricks my heart like a thorn How can I find your good grace What part of me should I erase
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Walk It Back 04:25
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Sometimes I hafta ask myself how can I be so dumb I get myself into quite a mess and wind up zero sum I post shit in the internet and then I see my error That benign little comment I once made Has becomes a big ol' terror Who can I blame for my dumb-ass ways 'Cept the fool inside my skin He makes do such hateful shit He leads me into sin I try to get out in front of him But he screams, yo get behind me So I get back and back and back And hopefully he won't find me If only I could walk it back Sometimes I am feelin' it And I act out like a creep Sometimes I wanna whack some dude And toss him on the heap I bet you hear what I am sayin' You been in my shoes You get sick to death of being marginalized You're at end of your fuse Someone sits on top of me And someone sits below I'm being squeezed from top to bottom Cleared off like a backhoe So I kick some ass and I bust some chops And I wind up in the can Sometimes I should ask myself Is there a better way, man
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I've Seen Enough for Now 04:06
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When I was a child I was happy as a clam Nothing could break my shell I loved to laugh and laugh I did While the world it went to hell But things are different these days The laughs don't come easy no how I just want to hide inside my room I've seen enough for now Now I'm a man I'm not so happy no more I've seen the shit that people do I feel frightened and more than dismayed No one says nothing that's true You may think I'm some old fart You have seen me have a cow I just want to hide inside my room I've seen enough for now Maybe one day we might change But you know we probably won't How often could we do We could do the right thing How often we mostly don't People are hating like never before They all want their piece of the pie There's only so much to go around And the well it's almost run dry I wish I believed it'll get better I wish that I could speed the plow I just want to hide inside my room I've seen enough for now
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Freight Train 04:18
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We are clanking, we are clanking down the track We are going, we are going, won't be back We are shaking, we are shaking like a drunk We are churning, we are churning in a funk We're a freight train, freight train Here we go We're a freight train, freight train Dynamo We are burning, we are burning up the past We no care, we no care if nothing last We are blocking, we are blocking out the light No one tells us, no one tells us what is right We no stop We are stirring, we are stirring up the pot We are running, we are running cold to hot We are breaking, we are breaking all the rules We are crushing, we are crushing all the fools
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Old Horsey Head 04:14
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He is none too bright, no But he is a proud beast And he knows how to get around, 'round, 'round, 'round He is none too swift But he is no slouch, no When he's out of the gate his hoofs do pound He may not be handsome He may not be young But he can lick all comers With a wig wag of his tongue Yippie-kai-yai-yay Ride 'em high old horsey head Yippie-kai-yai-yay Ride 'em rough old horsey head Yippie-kai-yai-yay Well he is no thoroughbred But he ain't no nag, no And he can show you how it should be done, done He is not that showy He is nobody's prize, no But in the final turn he is will always be number one He may not be classy He may not have the pedigree But he will never let you down Believe you me He may not be Trigger He may not be Black Stallion But he wears his pride Like a shiny medallion
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Out of Left Field 06:33
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Out of left field there came a sudden wind Blew down our well-built fences While the devil grinned We were aghast, the end was here at last Out of left field came a tidal wave Washed away my cousin Ed He was so brave Took away the town Left our lives turned upside down Out of left field came a ball of fire Ripped through our house, it was so dire Got lost in the smoke, thought I might choke Out of left field came a biblical plague Brought us down to our knees To God we did beg Our faith was shaken, why are we forsaken Out of left field came a sickening smell My mother wept, we’re at the gates of hell My sister screamed, this is not a dream Out of left field came a deafening hum The sky turned black, a cloud of locusts had come Looked like an eclipse, a modern-day apocalypse Out of left field, we lost it all Gone was every thing we knew, it was terrible squall Our world was blown apart but we never lost our heart
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Nothing's Gonna Hurt Me Now 05:49
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It's a safe place here That's what I'm told No one gets hurt, yeah No one grows old I can hang 'round here For as long as I like Go for a swim, go for a hike Take it from me Nothing's gonna hurt me now I'm strong as steel Nothing's gonna break my bough Take it from me Nothing's gonna hurt me now I'm tough as nails All the strength I can endow The veil's lifted here And the smoke is gone I feel no more pain, no I sleep on the lawn They attend to my needs They bring me my pipe I can't bitch, I can't gripe You could call this heaven and you would be right You could call this heaven Pleasant dreams and good night
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No Sleep 04:27
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NO SLEEP!
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Always and Forever 04:34
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You are always on my mind The best that I could hope to find I could gaze forever in your eyes Every little thing you do satisfies When I'm sad you hold my hand You tell me that you can understand You say that you are just like me And by my side is where you want to be Always and forever Always and forever Don't want to be separated Like to think of us as conjugated You've become my obsession Lift me out of my deep depression Want to be with you all the time You take me up to a higher clime No good reason to be apart You are there inside my heart Always and forever Always and forever
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A Good Man 04:37
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You seem to remember me much better Than I remember myself and who am I to disagree You tell me stories about what happened From way back when and from way back when You've kept a detailed diary I caused a little trouble and I messed about But deep down inside you say I was a Boy Scout Hey, hey, hey, oh, oh, oh You tell me I was a good man Well I want to believe you because You seem to know who did what and who did what to whom You say you got pictures of me And you say you wrote every detail down It's as if I were Leopold Bloom Now you got a tell-all and you're gonna cash out Well I really don't care For all the sordid stuff you've written about Did I done good Well at least for me you know I can pretend Did I done good, did I done good in the end Did I done good, did I give back all the cool that I stole Did I done good, did I save at least one wretched soul You pretty paint a picture of man doing just what he can do And what he can do, well it's not perfection "But I can say that he tried real hard Yeah he tried real hard Went against the odds and faced down rejection I know he had a kind heart, never tried to do bad You'd have to burn his house down Just to make him mad"
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South of Knowing Why 04:20
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The pain in my leg it hurts like hell The pain in my head it rings like a bell The pain's all over and it makes me cry All in all I'm south of knowing why The pain in my heart it tears me to pieces The pain in my soul is on the increases The pain's all over and it makes me cry All in all I'm south of knowing why The pain in my ass it burns like fire The pain in my libido has killed my desire The pain's all over and it makes me cry All in all I'm south of knowing why The pain in my guts it wrenches and roils The pain in my back is wound tight as coils The pain's all over and it makes me cry All in all I'm south of knowing why
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How Perfect Is Perfect? 05:11
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When you look in your mirror Do you like what you see Or is what you see the enemy When you see your reflection Are you satisfied Or do you wish you were different Do you wish you could run and hide How perfect is perfect How true is true Beauty all depends On your point of view When you cut up your arms Is that meant to mask Shredding up your beauty is a thankless task What is it that bothers you Is it the shape of your eyes Do you hate the slope of your neck Do you wish you could wear a disguise How I love you How I love you Your tear and your scar How I love you How I love you Just the way that you are

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"One does not abandon, even briefly, one’s bed of nails, but is attached to it wherever one goes. And this results in a striking experience—one which I have called, borrowing military terminology, the situation of the walking wounded." –William Styron

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released April 15, 2023

Cover "Hello Darkness" by Astrid Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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"It was hell," recalls former child.

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