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Hiraeth

by The Revenants

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1.
Hiraeth 04:37
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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
Jackson 06:03
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
6.
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
7.
All Gone Now 04:35
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
On Hope 05:28
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
12.
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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Hiraeth is a longing for one's homeland, but it's not mere homesickness. It's an expression of the bond one feels with one's home country when one is away from it.

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released March 3, 2024

Cover "Hiraeth" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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