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Locust

by The Revenants

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1.
Hello and Goodbye 06:34
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This is where it all began Don't seem like so long ago Could it be a million years From where I stand it's hard to know Hello and goodbye I heave a heavy sigh Hello and goodbye Doncha cry, doncha cry, doncha cry Doncha cry Hello and goodbye I ring the final bell Hello and goodbye Fare-thee-well Fare-thee-well I leave behind a trail of tears They leech into cracks of earth Postcard from another time From death unto my birth I know that aspect of your face It's haunted me all my days Feeds me love and it feeds me pain Forever and for always
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Get Out 03:32
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Well I got no place to go, go, go And I got no boat to row, row, row Don't got nothing, no nothing to call my own I am out here, out here completely alone The world says Get out, get out, get out Well I got no house to call my home, home, home Yeah I wander 'round yeah I roam, roam, roam I would settle for a tiny crust of bread I would love, love me a comfy bed The world says Get out, get out, get out Well I got no one to hold, hold hold Don't look at me I'm old, old, old All my dreams are down, down in the dirt I live in a world, a world of hurt The world says Get out, get out, get out
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Just Passin' Through 04:40
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I used to think The world belonged to me I was wrong I did not see The world just doesn’t care It is too damn vast And nothing we do will ever last, oh yeah Here I come and there I go I’m just passin' through See me now and I’ll be gone I’m just passin’ through I used to think I was at the center But I don’t own I’m just a renter Everything is temporary Even this love I share with you Hang on, hang on It's the best you can do I used to think that I was at the top But I've fallen down And it won't stop, oh yeah
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Buzzkill 03:47
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Whatever is good You make it bad Whatever is happy You make it sad If there is joy You will surely dash it If there is hope You will smash it You are a buzzkill You are a buzzkill Buzzzzzz If something is sweet You’ll make it stink You always bring me down When I’m in the pink If I want ice cream You’ll give me liver You just take, take, take Never a giver When I’m feeling strong You say I’m a lightweight When I’m feeling love You turn it into hate When I lose weight You say I’m looking fat You don’t let go of nothing It’s always tit-for-tat
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Never Enough 04:49
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Whatever I want I don’t got it Whatever I need no I don’t own Whatever I wish for it don’t come true Wherever I am, I’m alone Yeah that’s how it’s always been Much to my eternal chagrin What I want for I can’t touch Am I really asking way too much I’d rather fill my bag with all I can stuff Even though I know it’s never enough Whatever I desire I can’t have it Whatever I love it slips away Whatever I dream up is never made real Much to my eternal dismay Yeah I guess I seem pretty pathetic Don’t expect you'll be sympathetic I am trying to be realistic I keep my expectations low, low But is it too much to want anything at all I wish someone would let me know Whatever this is It sucks to the letter Whatever’s to come Ain’t gonna be much better Don’t see how I'll get satisfaction I’m in sore need of affirmative action
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Remember Me 04:58
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I was once a part of you Though you may try to deny it And you were once a part me Someplace deep and quiet Does it matter who hurt whom Or we hash over history All I ask of you now Is that you remember me Had a house out in East LA Hidden behind some bougainvillea And one day you went and disappeared Just like that gal Amelia Want to tell you the cat has died And I set our chatty cockatiel free And oh yes, one more thing Please remember me It's all that I want It's all that I need It is no mystery If it's not too much Here is my wish Honey please remember me It's all I require It's all I desire Give me your guarantee Wherever you roam Whatever you do Honey please remember me
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My Goodtime Sally 03:38
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There are days when it’s all too much And I got no place to turn And there are days when it all breaks down And I have cause for concern Who do I look to I look to you You are the walrus Coo coo ca choo Won’t you be my good time Sally Won’t you be my good time gal Won’t you be my ever-loving pally Won’t you be my good time, Sal Won’t you be my good time gal There are days when I’ve plumb run out of gas And there ain’t no way get refilled And there are days when I fall down in a hole And the ground above me has just been tilled Who will help me Why not you You are the walrus Coo coo ca choo There are days when I have me mortal thoughts Just wan’ put a big ol’ gun to my head I ain’t kidding and I ain’t faking Just wish that I were dead Who will love me How about you You are the walrus Coo coo ca choo
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Everything Is Temporary 05:32
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One day you will be gone And no one will remember your face One day you and everyone that you know Will vanish from this place You may think that you really matter But all your ashes will blow away and scatter Everything is temporary Nothing is for good No you can't rely on anyone 'Cause nothing goes as it should One day all the beliefs you hold Well they won't seem so grand One day all the things that you've built Will all turn back to sand You will stand at the precipice And wonder how it all turned out like this You are only just passing on through On your way from here to there You are only just passing on through You are just a wisp of air One day everything that you love Will betray you in the end There won't be no loving husband or wife There won't be no caring friend Say goodbye to your dear ego and your pride It's been a short and bumpy ride
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Checking Out 04:00
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Got no reason to stay There ain’t nothing to hold me down No, nothing in my way If you’ll just undo these straps I’ll split tout suite If you’ll just open up this cage I’ll beat my retreat Checking out Baby, checking out Checking out Baby, checking out My deal is done here Got nothing more to say The clock keeps right on a-ticking Yeah, time is having its way Won’t you unlock the locks I know you got the key Won’t you please open up the door And set me free My essence is gone Ain’t got a single drop Feeling more and more like a eunuch An old dude in a tank top Let me out of here Won’t you open the lid I been trying to set myself free I am off the grid
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What the Heart Wants 05:43
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Give me what I want Or I will take it There are certain things that I require I have basic needs That need to be filled I need to fill my heart's burning desire I want all you got And if I don't get it I will make you rue the day you were born Don't give a shit What you think of me I don't care if I'm the butt of your scorn I can feel it I can feel it in my veins They will find it They will find it my remains The heart wants what it wants And it's gonna get it The heart needs what it needs Won't let you forget it I won't let it go Once I get it I hope you don't take me for some kind of fool I'm no easy mark No pushover I don't care if I got to be cruel Got a gaping hole Right in my middle And I will fill with the guts of weak At the finish line I break the ribbon I step right over tender hands of the meek I can hear it I can hear it growing stronger Can't control it Can't control it any longer I want everything Yes I want it all Want all the money Want to be ten feet tall I want your love I want your respect Yes you heard me clear Yes you heard correct
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Do I Know You? 04:20
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You say that you know me But I'm not so certain Take off your hat and coat Peel back the curtain We were once friendly a long time ago In a place I barely recall Where the Santa Ana blow You said I was funny Always made you laugh I stuck my neck out just like a giraffe It's all coming back to me now You say I had brown eyes And I was a poet Well how come if I was I don't know it You say we used to hang out And smoke a lot of weed I liked to shoot bunnies Just to see them bleed I must've been a dick From the way the picture you paint 'Cause if the was me I sure wish it ain't It's all coming back to me now kinda Do I know you and do you know me Well if you say so then it's got to be Then I know you and you know me You say that I was trouble I liked to mix it up Whenever you spoke I would interrupt You say I was selfish Only cared about me Whenever you were hurting I would turn and flee
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Goodbye and Hello 05:37
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Pull the crease down now And hold a candle to the sky All the travelers move like a primal wave Up and down and low and high You can feel the beating of their wings As they prime themselves to fly Take these steps up to the clouds Don’t lose yourself in the smelly crowds Goodbye, goodbye and hello Hello I must going away Goodbye, goodbye and hello See you ‘round some sunny day Lift your banners high Make them wave like slippery fish The band is playing out of tune And an angel got her wish The campgrounds filled with alabaster And the spoon is spooning with a dish Take these steps up to the stars And play the Bossa on guitars Give yourself over No need to pretend it’s not a lie Have tried the shiokara Or are you waiting for the Lady from Shanghai Whatever you do they can't identify Take these steps up to see God Perhaps he’ll pity this old sod

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At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record of it needs to be kept and you don't need someone to share it with or tell it to. When that happens — that letting go — you let go because you can.
―Toni Morrison, "Tar Baby"

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released May 17, 2023

Cover "Locust" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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