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Leviathan

by The Revenants

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1.
You may think it's all a game But you're wrong, you're wrong We're all connected just the same One big ol' throng You may think you'll get away with telling all your lies Well you are in, I bet, for one big surprise You may think you are a god but you're not, you're not You may think you are a have not some have-not While the rest of us fools are chasing a buck You look down your nose and say, "You suck" Don't fool yourself, bucko Don't live a lie Don't fool yourself, bucko Your time is nigh When you get dealt a hand It's always a full house, full house You trip the light fantastique while the rest of us grouse You may think you are above the lowly scum But don't you worry about a thing Your time will come Hey buddy, better listen to what I say The clock is ticking on your perfect day You may think that you're right but what if your not Take away your bravado and what have you got You may think that you're so smart And we're all a bunch of fools But in the end you may find The world will break your rules
2.
Undeserving 05:06
Why do I feel the way that I feel I don’t fully comprehend I don’t like to feel the way that I feel And all that those feelings portend Part of me thinks that I deserve better But part me thinks I’m bad And the part me that is the latter Just drives me mad, mad, mad Undeserving, undeserving Undeserving of all I got Undeserving, undeserving, undeserving That’s my lot Whatever good has ever come my way I’ve made sure to screw with it ‘Cause whatever good has ever come my way I could never have anything to do with it Never got no love when I was a kid Never knew just what that meant Tried so hard to get myself straight But I always wound up bent There weren’t no love when I was boy There was only frustration and rage It was all I could do to save myself And break out of that cage I bet I seem kind of silly Like a Nancy boy always complaining I spend too much time thinking about it And even more explaining But this is what it is to be who I am And I understand that I’m pathetic Wish I could just wish it away And fill myself with anesthetic
3.
What can you say, what can you do What can you make of all this It’s insanity Nothing more and nothing less What in the world is this world It don’t make no sense to me Up is down and down is up The end of history It’s the times we are living in Nowhere to run It’s the times we are living in Day is done, day is done How can you know what you know When the truth no longer is true It’s been co-opted Lost in a big old hullaballoo Holy Christ and holy shit This is not my country Right is wrong and wrong is right The end of history Try as I might and try as I may I can’t change a single thing It’s quite surreal The gods we’re worshipping What in the world is this world It don’t make no sense to me Up is down and down is up The end of history
4.
When I was young All I wanted was what I wanted Didn't care about no one but me But as I grew up I got a clearer picture That the world wasn't just what I could see No it wasn't just about me When I was young I was a greedy little prick Looking only to fill my needs Didn't matter What other people went through Didn't care if they were stuck out in the weeds Didn't care how anyone bleeds Young man's desires, old man's needs Never the twain, never the twain Young man's desires, old man's needs Links in the chain When I was young I was a hothead Thought I deserved all I could get But as I grew older I saw just who I was And I didn't deserve shit No matter how I threw a fit
5.
Sometimes you get the feeling That the world is out of control And there ain’t nothing you can do about it So you flail around for answers But you know it ain't gonna change No matter how you scream and shout it Whatever moves you Whatever moves you through this world Grab on with all you got Whatever moves you Whatever moves you through this world That’s all you get and it ain’t a lot Sometimes you get the sense That’s something’s rotten on the inside Even though you can’t really see it Yeah sometimes you just know What you know, you know And when you know what you know you know what it is to be it Just grab on and don’t let go Where you’ll wind up who’s to know You don't know what you don't know Sometimes you get the feeling Deep down in your guts That the world has done gotten off its axis There are times you can see it But more times when you don’t It’s like a moon that wanes and waxes
6.
There’s a breach deep in my psyche And it wakes me, wakes me from my sleep It clouds my mind with a sinister feeling Like I’m being stalked by some sort of creep What is hiding under the bed What kind of monster needs to be fed What kind of name does it go by It don't sing you no lullaby There’s a terror that comes in the middle of the night It comes to me from the great beyond I jerk and writhe and scream out your name But you do not respond There’s an ugly mug staring back from the mirror It looks at me, looks me straight in the eye It don’t say nothing but it don’t need to But I let out a hue and cry
7.
It is down here in a dark place Behind the closed door There is movement Protoplasm Bursting open like a spore The stair is twisting like an Escher Up and back and through All these pictures collecting dust Hence and hitherto It is the longest dream And it will never end It is the longest dream A lost world of pretend There is laughter and there is rage And there is illness all around It’s in this building It’s on these streets It’s all over this seasick town I see fat faces, I hear odd voices They bubble up through the cracks I look for clues I parse the logic I study the syntax There is weeping In cathedrals There are virgins sacrificed All these rituals They come to naught In the name of Jesus Christ
8.
You can see me But you don't know me Do I exist to you at all Am I a figment Or a bit player Waiting for your casting call What can I do To make you see me What does it take to break on through I could love you Like no one loves you If I could only get through to you Help me, honey C'mon and help me Help me get on through to you Help me, honey C'mon and help me What more can I do I turn left And you turn right But we can never get in sync Do what I do Then I do more Even through in the kitchen sink I am no one A speck of dust That you can sweep away If I could ask you What is my name I doubt that's something you could say
9.
Leviathan 05:08
It shimmies like a worm Ripples like a breeze Swallows its prey Does what it please It’s eyes are yellow This ornery fellow It roams these streets This big fat thing It lives in my sheets This fat thing Leviathan, leviathan Some call it the devil Some call it sir Changes its shape The pot it does stir It digs in deep When you fall asleep It shows its fangs Extends its claws Does what it wants Obeys no laws Don’t be taken in This purveyor of sin
10.
Be Small 06:14
This old world is a big old world With big old people running ‘round They got their big ideas Hey, what’s the big idea They make a big old, a big old sound Tear it down, tear it down, tear it down Tear down that big old wall Tear it down, tear it down, tear it down Be small There are monsters that just want to swallow you up And spit you out into a void Beware, beware They are everywhere Don’t you be destroyed Be humble, be gracious Only say what you know is true Be deferential and be selfless And the world will come right to you Sometimes it better to shut and listen And really hear what people have to say Just let go Of what you think you know You don’t always have to get your way
11.
They came from all over Every woman, child and man They all had their reasons That only they could understand They dreamed of tomorrow They were fairly pure of heart They had popular opinion And their songs burned up the chart They all went into the great wide open We saw them all disappear They all went into the great wide open A million miles away from here They held up their banners Each and every single one They built up a contingent To the bang of a gatling gun They tore down all the fences And they built up new monuments They weeded out the losers All the misfits and the malcontents They all went into the great wide open We saw them all disappear They all went into the great wide open A million miles away from here
12.
Come over here you son of a bitch I got something to tell to you You done me wrong so many times My bad, I fell for you Looking back what was I thinking Must have been out of my mind I mistook you for a gentle soul Someone loving and kind For this and that and so much other stuff I will never forgive you I will never forgive you Just want you to know that I've had enough And I will never forgive you I will never forgive you Come over here and look me in the face Tell me it wasn't all a lie I want to hear you didn't cheat on me Tell me you weren't with some other guy Tell me you did it at your office And the back seat of his car Did you do it the other night When I was waiting for you at the bar After all that we've been through It breaks my heart How could you do it How could you tear us apart I know you're selfish I know what you did There are some things That you just can't keep hid See you later Maybe in another life I'm sure you'll happy Being someone else's wife

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“Hell is truth seen too late.” ―Thomas Hobbes

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released October 13, 2023

Cover "Leviathan" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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