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Hiraeth
04:37
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There is a place
There is a place I know
There is a place lost to the past
And it is a home
It is a home long gone
And I hold on to it steadfast
Was it a dream
Was it all a dream I had
These days I just don't know
I feel a grief
I feel a grief deep down
I feel a grief that lays me low
Hiraeth, hiraeth
Oh how I yearn
Hiraeth, hiraeth
No I can't return
There is a house
There is a house somewhere
It has a smell that brings me back
There is my mom
And there is my dear old dad
They say lay down my sack
There is land
A land I knew
It seems a million mile away
I wanna go
I wanna go right now
Before I get to my last day
Just gotta laugh
Just gotta laugh at the sky
It's all so strange and vast
What is the point
What is the point of it all
When nothing will ever last
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The Rose of Jericho
04:37
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I've been deserted
By all that I know
All that I love
Has let me go
Was it something I said
Or the way that I live
Or something I did
That they can't forgive
I need me my water
I need me my air
I need me my earth
And some tender loving care
I need me my sun
I need me my sky
Or I will wither and I will die
Like the rose of Jericho
Like the rose of Jericho
I've been abandoned
By all of my friends
I could say sorry
And make my amends
But no one is listening
And nobody cares
Whatever went wrong
I'm unawares
I've been forsaken
By my family
I've been cast off
Like a deportee
Nobody loves you
When you're down and out
But shouldn't that be
What love's all about
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I gotta tell ya
I'm a in a scary spot
I'm too scared to move
The world I knew
It's falling apart
Can't find my old groove
All I want is a little bit of hope
All I want is a little bit of rope
If I can hold out just a little longer
If I can hold out just a little longer
I will be free
The people I knew
They're all gone away
They couldn't take it no more
Too many lies
Too many broken dreams
They couldn't keep score
All I need is a friendly hand
All I need is someone to understand
The truth I knew
It's all been blown away
I don't know nothing now
Can't rely on what I see
No way, now how
All I want is some peace of mind
I seek it every day but I can't find
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4. |
Today I Refuse
05:41
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You can tell me how to live my life
You can tell me how to dress
You can tell me to believe your lies
You can tell me to clean up your mess
You can tell me to be a good boy
You can tell me that I'm dumb
You can tell me to follow you
You can tell me to bang on your drum
You can tell me just how great you are
You can tell me you're smart
You can promise me the moon and stars
You can cross your heart
You can tell me it'll all work out
You can tell me we're fine
You can tell me we're moving on up
When we're in a decline
You can tell me a whole lotta things
You can beat me till I bruise
But today I refuse to follow you
You can tell me how just puny I am
You can tell me you're great
You can tell me I don't need lovin'
All I need is hate
You can tell me you are king of the world
You can tell me you're Jesus
You can tell me that there's no one to stop you
And you can do what you pleases
You can tell me what I want to hear
You can lie through your teeth
You can sell me a bill of goods
Just don't look underneath
You can tell me it'll all work out
You can tell me we're cool
You can tell me we're moving on up
Like I'm some sort of fool
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Jackson
06:03
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Came back to our house
But no one was there
All the windows were broke
And a note was on the chair
"I love you too much
You love me too little
You have your calling
And I play second fiddle"
Going down to Jackson
Jackson town
I'm going down to Jackson
Jackson town
See you around
I screamed at your picture
But it didn't respond
Perhaps I was hoping to hear
From the great beyond
I cried my eyes out
Then I made me a plan
I'd go down to Jackson
And I would be your lovin' man
Let me prove that I can change
All of my selfish ways
Let me prove that I want to be
With you all our days
Went on down to Jackson
That very afternoon
Though I feared you might say
It was a little too soon
But when I arrived
There was no hide nor hair
It was like you had vanished
Right into the thinnest of air
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Younger Than Today
04:41
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When I look back on my 60 years
It all seems like a blur
It all seems like it was here and now it's gone
And when I think about all the stuff I've done
And the stuff I've yet to do
I can't believe that my time ain't that long
Like to think about what I might do
If I could go back
If I could go back to way back when
Oh I am so much older now, baby
I was much younger than that then
I am remember when the birds were singing
In four-part harmony
And it came through to me loud and clear
Well it came down like a joyful rain
And it drowned away my sorrows
I felt unconstrained and without fear
I'm just playing the hand that I'm dealt
From these crummy old cards
They ain't coming up the ace of spades
Oh I am so much older now, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah
The end of days now seem palpable
Like it's almost just up ahead
And just up ahead is where I'm bound
My bags are packed and I'm ready to go
I got some weed stuck in my sack
Hope some day I see you around
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All Gone Now
04:35
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There came a call
In the middle of the night
It woke me up
And gave me such a fright
My buddy Stevie
Said that Fred had died
And when he said it
I cried and cried
All gone now
He's all gone now
And nothing's ever gonna
Bring him on back
I miss him all the time
This old friend of mine
All gone now
Always thought
That Fred'd be around
I never figured
He'd ever be struck down
But time keeps a-marchin'
Tramples you like a horse
Nothing you can do
It's an unstoppable force
Poor old Fred
He passed so young
No more pearls
Will fall from his tongue
Woe is him
But more woe is me
I gotta a big ol' hole
Where my heart used to be
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This Strange Burlesque
04:48
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There's a kind of bad smell here
Like God cooking chicken soup in the sky
And the beach-goers they run riot
Their doughy bodies bathing in a pigsty
And the bleached sun it does not flatter
All them babies getting fatter
And the moms and the dads
They waltz around grotesque
As they dance this strange burlesque
There's a whiff of grapeshot here
Or maybe it's steaks on the barbecue
Volleyballs soar like killer comets
Careful one does not smack down on you
There's a dead seal washed up here
And a crowd of curious has gathered 'round
A boy pokes it with his jagged stick
He is thrilled with the discovery he's found
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The Circle Gets Smaller
02:59
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I can feel the reigns
Pulling in on me
The circle gets smaller
Under a cherry tree
I can hear a voice
Says we're all done
The circle gets smaller
Blocks out the sun
People are angry
And people are crazy
They'd crush their foes
If they weren't so lazy
People wants answers
People want to hate
Think I'll join on in
Let's make it a date
I can see day
When I won't count
The circle gets smaller
It's tantamount
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You find me on a bad day
And I'm 'bout as bad as I can get
You find me on a bad day
And I can make you break into a sweat
But find me on a good day
And you won't see me frown
Find me on a good day
And I will be your clown
Try as you may and try as you might
He won't give up without a fight
You can kick him around
But he won't make a sound
You can't keep a good man down
You find me on a sad day
And I am laid down low in the dumps
You find me on a sad day
And I can't take on any more of these lumps
But find me on a good day
And you won't see me cry
Find me on a good day
And I'm an affable guy
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11. |
On Hope
05:28
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Why is it that every time
Someone's hand reaches out to me
I just wanna hold on to it
'Cause I take it all so seriously
But over and over
I prove to be a fool
And over and over
I don't learn this simple rule
I don't know just what is best
Hard truth or soft soap
And I don't know which is worse
No hope or false hope
No I don't know
Why is it that every time
Someone somewhere says they care
I just wanna believe it's true
Wholesale and foursquare
But over and over
I get taken like a chump
And over and over
I fall back into a slump
Why is it that every time
Someone somewhere offers me some rope
I cling to it for my dear life
But in the end I feel like a dope
'Cause over and over
Someone lets me down
And over and over
I feel like a clown
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The key to life
Or so I've found
Is knowing when life is beckoning
Grabbing hold of fate and chance
And facing down your reckoning
You don't know when
Or in what form
Or just how you should respond to it
But all I can say
Is that you must be prepared
And then you must
You must bond to it
You see, every time I write a song
I'm stepping through a door
Don't know what is on the other side
But I bet it's something I can't ignore
Now you must face your deepest fears
Or at the very least say
You're not afraid
If you do that
You're not just half way there
You are at the head of the parade
I would rather hide myself away
And I would rather not be brave
And I would rather go to sleep
The key to life
Or so I've found
Is being wide awake and at the ready
Pulling your head
Out of your ass
So your vision's clear and your hands are steady
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