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Memorial Day

by The Revenants

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1.
There Is No Place in This World for Me 04:58
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I could live for a million years But nothing will ever change Do my best to make sense of it all But in the end it's downright strange I could search both low and high Looking for something to set me free But there is no place No there is no place There is no place in this world for me I could learn all there is to know Be the smartest guy you'll ever meet Read every book that's ever been writ Imagine such a feat I could climb the highest hill And gaze out from atop the tallest tree But there is no place No there is no place There is no place in this world for me I don't got no family I don't got no place I don't got no home I'm not part of the human race I could be the kindest soul I could give and give until it breaks my heart But what good does it do me at all When in the end I will be blown apart I could live in the land of the brave Pursue life and liberty But there is no place No there is no place There is no place in this world for me
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Hello Again 04:08
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Woke up, fell out of bed Dragged a comb across my head Found my coat and grabbed my hat Made the bus in seconds flat I’m back from the brink Hello again Had a little bit of time to think Hello again Found my way upstairs And had a smoke Somebody spoke and I went into a dream I’m back from the brink Hello again Had a little bit of time to think Hello again It’s just another day in the life, oh boy Dreamed that I was getting better All the time, no, no Can’t get much worse
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Fuck That Shit 04:21
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You bring the pain You bring distain Fuck that shit, fuck that shit You bring the hate That’s your mandate Fuck that shit, fuck that shit Just wanna live to see you hit the dirt Just wanna live to see you broke and hurt Hey, hey, oh, oh, yeah, yeah Hey, hey, oh, oh, yeah, yeah Hey, hey, oh, oh, yeah, yeah Fuck that shit Fuck that shit You are a wanker You trigger rancor Fuck that shit, fuck that shit You are a jerk Just like Captain Kirk Fuck that shit, fuck that shit Here’s to hoping you die real soon Hoping as early as this afternoon Fuck that shit and the shit that goes with it Fuck that shit and the shit that goes shizzit You bring distress You make a fucking mess Fuck that shit, fuck that shit You bring the ache Like a human earthquake Fuck that shit, fuck that shit And it don’t bother you in the least As you prowl the world like a fucking beast
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That Sound 03:23
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There’s a ringing in my head Like a cymbal Like a symbol of all the dissonance that I hear And this sound This sound cuts through me like a razor blade And like a razor blade It cuts me till I sheer Oh, oh, oh I know that sound That sound I’ve heard all my days Oh, oh, oh I know that sound Now and for always There’s a banging at my door And it scares me It scares ‘cause I don’t who it could be It could be my neighbor Or it could be the devil Just stopping by for a cup of tea There’s a rumbling in the floor Like an earthquake And like an earthquake it emits a frequency And this frequency It shakes me down to my bones I shake until there’s nothing left of me
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Goin' Down 05:16
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I can feel it, feel it bad Shoved in me like a hose There it is like a cancer Going down, down There it is I feel the feeling Feel it deep in my guts There it is Can't ignore it Going down, going down Boo-ya, boo-ya baby Going down, down Boo-ya, boo-ya baby G oing down, down I said, Hey, hey What you say Get yourself right outta town Hey, hey Going down Going down, down I can feel it like a worm Burrows into my bones I can feel it Nasty shit Going down, down There it is Black as sweep Blacks out the light Can't shut it out Shut it out Going down, going down Where am I now Where am I going I have no way No way of knowing When I get there What will I see Going down, going down The sun is gone The moon is rising The hammer hits the nail The jig is up The dream is over Going down, going down
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Born Again 04:31
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When I died last week It was an ugly mess Took a gun and blew out my brains After so many years of distress My life had been heading On a slippery slide Just couldn’t handle one more day On this shitty, shitty ride Had to take some action Had to end this nightmare But just before I did it I wondered if anyone would really care And now I’m born again I am born again Got myself a second chance I am born again Yeah I’m born again Born again Gonna learn a brand new dance Born again I’d spent the whole last year Talking with my therapist She was trying to make me see The underlying gist She unscrewed my heart And tapped into my ache And then I fell in love with her Which was a fatal mistake Had to take some action Had to split the scene It was all or nothing There was no in-between I wonder what they’re saying now Now that I am dead “He was such a funny guy With funny thoughts in his head” It doesn’t really matter What anybody thinks I did what I had to do My usual high jinks Had to take some action Had to end this wretched pain Think of me as one more link On this endless daisy chain
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Didn't Want Me 04:30
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I came to you with an open heart Hoping you would take me in I was looking for a new lease on life Trying to get away from where I’d been I was being sincere Doing my best to persevere But you didn’t want me No you didn’t want me You were hoping I’d just go away You didn’t want me Yeah you didn’t want me Please pardon my naïveté You didn’t want me I been feeling down and isolated Living in a wilderness I was looking for a light in a window A body that I could caress But there was never nobody home Wherever I did roam You had made it resoundingly clear That I just did not belong And for me to stick around It would be so wrong So long, so long You know that I am too sensitive I am to sensitive to a fault You know that I am too easily hurt So why pour in the salt If you could only love as I am If you could only give half a damn
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Ain't Got No Traction 04:39
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Ain't got no love Ain't got no hate Ain't got no nothing at all No way to communicate Ain't got no race Ain't got no community Ain't got no justice Ain't got opportunity Ain't got no power Ain't got no hope Only thing I got Is a downward slope Ain't got no traction, no, no Ain't got no traction, no, no Ain't got no good Ain't got no bad Ain't got no family Not even a deadbeat dad Ain't got no friend Ain't got no enemy Ain't got no name for myself No sense of identity Ain't got no luck Ain't got no wealth Things ain't good for me Not even my health Ain't got no future Ain't got no past Ain't got no present Ain't built to last Ain't got no faith Ain't got no charity Who cares who I am Or what becomes of me Ain't got no name Ain't got no face When I disappear I won't leave no trace
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To Be Like Me 04:08
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You got a nice house You got a nice lawn I appreciate it from afar Sometime I just wanna Steal all your shit Your wife, your kid, and your fine car You been so lucky As lucky as can be But you can’t know No you can't know What it’s like to be What it’s like to be What it’s like to be like me You got a cool job You got a cool wife You buy only expensive shit Sometimes I just wanna Smash all your crap See how much you like it Bet you won’t like it Bet you'll think it blows Bet you won't be sayin' Hey, that's just the way that it goes You got it going on Yeah, you got it all But me well I ain’t so blessed I’ve had to struggle For every single scrap And in the end I never passed life's test
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Empty House 04:37
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When I came home The door was ajar And my junk was strewn all around I listened close For the cry of your song But I didn't hear a single sound In this empty house Nobody is home And no one is coming to call In this empty house It's just me, myself and I And the night is starting to fall I did the dishes Washed all the clothes Then I put my books in their proper place One fell open Page two-twenty-three And there was a picture of your face It was summer When you came running It was fall When you ran away There was no note No proof you'd even been here Other than a trace of your sweet smell I sat on the bed Pulled up the covers Like an oyster inside a shell
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Don't Come 'Round Here No More 04:17
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Don't come 'round here no more Don't wanna see your ugly face All you ever been was trouble Nothing but trouble for the human race I don't like your eyes I don't like your nose I don't like your vibration I don't like your walk I don't like your talk A walking talking aberration I don't like your laugh I don't like your cry I don't like the way you think I don't like legs I don't like your feet The way feet your feet stink Don't come 'round here Don't come 'round here Don't come 'round here no more I don't like your grin I don't like your frown I don't like your dumb expressions Don't wanna know your dreams Don't wanna know your schemes Don't wanna hear all your confessions
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Memorial Day 04:53
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Now that you're gone We can talk about you Tell all your stories How funny you were You'd stay up all night Playing your guitar Singing the songs As they occur We lift you up Higher and higher Put your life on full display Oh how we laugh And oh how we cry Come memorial day You were once a legend 'Round these parts An air of cool Blew from you like smoke People say they knew you But what did they know You hardly ever spoke So let's dance and let's sing And let's drink to your memory So let's scream and let's shout And let's remember how it used to be Now that you're gone We miss you so bad Worse that when you Were still here Back then we had dreams An you made them real By living life Without fear

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There was no note
No proof you'd even been here
Other than a trace of your sweet smell
I sat on the bed
Pulled up the covers
Like an oyster inside a shell

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released June 8, 2023

Cover "Memorial Day" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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