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Light Out for the Territory

by The Revenants

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1.
Anywhere but Here 04:23
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Where can I go Where can I vanish Where can I disappear There’s place Maybe down the block There’s place Anywhere but here Gotta get going Gotta make a plan Gotta get myself in gear Gotta find a place Don’t care where it is As long as it’s anywhere but here As long as it’s anywhere As long as it’s anywhere As long as it’s anywhere but here I don’t belong here And I never did I don’t belong here God forbid Gonna find a cabin On a belvedere Gonna find a cabin Anywhere but here Will I find it I can’t say But I hope I do someday You won’t miss me Goes without saying Yeah it's all a bit dismaying I will find a way And I will persevere I will find a way Anywhere but here
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No Good in Goodbye 05:26
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I gotta say I barely knew you But I guess now it don't matter at all Maybe if I'd tried a little bit harder I could've broke down your wall I'm sure you got your reasons I'm sure that they are sound I'm sure you'd like to tell me But then again you're not around There ain't no good in goodbye It only makes a sad ol' tune There ain't no good in goodbye Rather say see you real soon You were so funny, could make me bust a gut Then again you could always make me cry You made lots of movies, some not so good Wish you were here to tell me why I'm sure you got your reasons I'm sure you've worked them through I'm sure you'd like to tell me But then again you never bid me adieu When you were high you were so very high But when you were low you were down low When you were high you were so very high But in the end you had no place to go
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I'd Be Glad to Have Known Ya 03:47
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Wish I'd got to know ya But that wasn’t to be Whichever way I moved You moved away from me I was filament And you were filigree What can I say Now you’ve gone away I’d be glad to have known ya I’d be glad to have known ya You are always on my mind But what you are is undefined I’d be glad to have known ya I’d be glad to have known ya I’d tried to sing my song You didn’t want to hear Was I being brash Or did I get too near I felt you slip away I saw me disappear What kind of wicked ol’ world Are we living in What kind of wicked ol’ world I be giving in You will never know The gifts that I could share There is so much more of me Than my wicked despair I will never know how much Or how little that you care
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Inside This Box 03:35
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I am stuck here inside this box Stuck inside this paradox Wanna get out Wanna get gone This ain't the place that I belong Set me free, set me free, set me free C’mon and give me the key Set me free, set me free, set me free There is another reality I am fighting for my dear life On the edge of a bowie knife Gotta get out Gotta get lost Gotta get away no matter the cost No I can’t stand this goddamn place no more Shoved up here inside this drawer Won’t you help me Help me please I need release I am stuck here inside this box Trying to find the key to the locks Let me go Let go of me All I want is liberty
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Light Out for the Territory 06:20
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You and I up go up to the sky Together we fly away But we are not birds and these are just words And words are always in the way I reckon I got to light out for the territory Ahead of the rest Somewhere out there I will find me My own house and home A place that suits me best Do you want to come away with me Do you want find a new way with me You and I up go up to the sky Together we fly away But we are not birds and these are just words And words are always in the way We are just two lost souls But with our hands on the controls Together we can take flight
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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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Good Night and Pleasant Dreams 05:04
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Feeling so tired I can't get to sleep I toss and I turn and I count sheep I say all my prayers I keep a good thought I try to forget all the battles I've fought And I say, Good night and pleasant dreams Ah-ho, ah-ho Good night and pleasant dreams My love, my love Something is stirring, it could be the pot Whatever it is I know not It's like I'm in stasis or purgatory There is no thread, there is no story Good night and pleasant dreams My sleepy little head Good night and pleasant dreams Hope you sleep the sleep of the dead I drank some Nyquil and a slug of gin Took a few roofies, the room it did spin But I wasn't drowsy despite the concern The spark it is damp but a flame it does burn
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Goodbye Tomorrow 05:20
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Looks like you're standing on solid ground Kinda strange you're the only one around Everyone has deserted you Everyone's gone on to do their own thing And you wish them well With how their every endeavor takes to wing You can believe it's all for the best You can believe like a man possessed You can try to hold on to Every little thing that you know But in the end it will slip away You can believe you can Control space and time Goodbye tomorrow Hope you had a nice day Looks like you're living at the top of the heap You can afford to act like a big ol' creep But everyone is indifferent Everyone doesn't give a flying toss Still you don't care as long your gain Is the their interminable loss Doesn't it bug you just a jot You must know that some things can't be bought Well all these days they go flying by Gone, gone, gone in the blink of an eye You can't get them back No matter how hard you try You think that you are in command You think that you are the king of the land Well I guess you don't understand, no One moment you're here and then gone Pushing up weeds on your own front lawn
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Farewell Tour 04:09
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I say thank you, thank you And I take my bow And you all applaud in kind Me and thou Then I tell you that this is it Then I tell you goodbye Then I tell you this is all I can give Don’t ask me my reasons why This is my farewell tour This is my final showing This is the my last goodbye I gotta be going I tell you that you’ve all been great Thanks for sticking around You have made it worthwhile Lift me off the ground Wish I could make it last longer Wish I could play you one more But the curtain’s coming down And they’re locking the door Here I go, yeah, here I go I take a bow Wish I could give you all kiss And take you home But that would be a unfeasible I live in Rome We’ll always have this moment Which is all we ever get Nothing can take that away from us Forever like some holy writ
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Forever Goodbye 04:27
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It's the same old sad sentiment And I've written it many a time You'd think I'd know all the verses by heart And I'd know every rhyme It's the same old sad sentiment It's become my paradigm Forever goodbye I like to feel the rhythm here And hook in with the beat I disconnect my conscious mind And reconnect my feet I broadcast from the highest tower And then down in the street I'm not waiting for explanations Or what this all might mean It's a little late to be faking it Or sticking somewhere in between So I'm sneaking out the back door And I'm coming out clean
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I Take My Leave of You 06:59
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So there I was in media res What I would do next was anyone's guess I'd lost all my strength, had no reason to go on Nothing but holes in my pockets And my dreams were gone I'd run out of options and I'd run out of gas Everyone I'd ever trusted had kicked me in the ass What do you do when you've hit your last wall What do you say when you're done with it all Farewell my love Don't feel so blue I take my leave I take my leave of you So there I was lost and alone I know that nobody will ever throw me a bone I look to my friends to toss me a rope But no one responds and I'm all out of hope What does it matter, so why should I try What does it matter if I live or die What do you do when you've hit your last wall What do you say when you're done with it all
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Sometimes It Seems Like Only Yesterday 03:59
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It seems like only yesterday When me and Mark sat in a tree We threw rocks on his neighbor's metal awning They didn't know what it could be It made a big ol' booming thunder It was a pretty wicked sound They ran out to see the source of the commotion It looked like no one was around Sometimes it seems like only yesterday It seems like only yesterday When me and Bob were in a band We really thought that we would hit it big time So much we didn't understand Naivete it kept us going Not like our songs were all that great We were young, we were dumb and innocent Wish we had a better fate Sometimes it seems like only yesterday It seems like only yesterday My daughter Astrid she was born She changed my life in every single way I no longer felt forlorn Well I am not a young man In fact I'm old But I have made a hundred albums So I could have my story told Sometimes it seems like only yesterday

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Where can I go
Where can I vanish
Where can I disappear
There’s place
Maybe down the block
There’s place
Anywhere but here

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released December 25, 2023

Cover "Light Out for the Territory" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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