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Primal

by The Revenants

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1.
Why I Hate You 05:41
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don't like the way that you talk I don't like the way that you walk Everything you do makes me sick I don't like the way that you smile The that you move single file Don't care to know how you tick You got your ways and I got mine And our two ways are always askew That is why I hate you I don't like the cut of your jib The way you talk so glib You always seem insincere I don't like your philosophies You ain't exactly Socrates The way you go around spreading fear Your customs seem tribal and antiquated You god seems cruel, your truths untrue That is why I hate you I don't like the way that you stare The way you stare unaware I am not some sort of curiosity Don't like your insidious laugh The way you crane your neck like a giraffe Like you're trying to see through me You want what you want what you want And you do what you must do That is why I hate you
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Fat, Drunk and Stupid 03:25
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Fat, drunk and stupid Ain't no way to go through life, son Fat, drunk and stupid Ain't no way to get the job done You think you're king of the kingdom You think your life will go on this way You think that nothing can touch you Sitting up there on Santa's sleigh You think you are so amazing And all you touch will turn to gold You think that you are so special And you will never, never ever grow old You think you have some say-so You think you got a clue You think you know better, brother You think the world revolves around you
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What Is It About Me? 03:44
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Sometimes I wonder What you ever saw in me What was the attraction that drew you in Was it how I walked Was it how I talked Was it how I laughed or played the mandolin What is it about me That made you want to love me That made you want me to be your lover boy I just gotta know Yeah I just gotta know ‘Cause I don’t see how I brought you that much joy What is it about me, huh What is it about me What is it about me I just gotta know Sometimes I get to thinking That you don’t see me You don’t see me and you never really did What am I to you Do you know how I feel If you do then you’ve kept your feelings hid Sometimes when I’m awake at night And look over at you And I wonder who this stranger could be I stare at your face I can hear your breathing Who the hell am I to you And who are you to me
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Where It All Began 03:27
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Won’t you take me Won’t you take me Back to where it all began Wanna go there Wanna go there Wanna go to my homeland I can’t make it without you, baby I can’t make it alone I can’t make it without you, baby You are my cornerstone Won’t you hold me Won’t you hold me Hold me in your loving arms Won’t you keep me Won’t you keep me Won’t you keep me from all harms I can’t live without you, baby I’m all beaten and broke I can’t live without you I am a bad joke Won’t your rock me Won’t your rock me Rock me with your love Won’t you hold me Won’t you hold me Hold me hand in glove I can’t do it without you, baby I can't find my way I can’t do it without you Not one single day
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You Don't Fool Me 05:00
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What would it mean If you told me 'bout yourself What rules would be violated Would it mean you might open up Would you feel desecrated You see I think you live in fear The fear you might actually want me So you put up your walls But in the end all it does is taunt me You don’t fool me What would it mean If you talked about a boyfriend And how he treated you like shit Would it mean I'd get to know you any better Would it mean we'd be close-knit You see I think you're kinda scared You're scared that you might lose me Or that the tales you tell Might not even bother to amuse me What would it mean If you told me about your quirks Would it make you seem less than ideal Would it mean you'd look kinda silly And it might change just how I feel You see I think you're being foolish With all your misdirection All I want to see is the real you Not some tricked-up projection
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Primal 05:49
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I slither across the floor And I sniff the hem of your brocaded garment And you recoil in fear At the sight of this lousy stinking varmint I am on to you like lice on mice I am inside your tick-tick-ticking brain I am behind the wheel of your Volkswagen Bug And I am driving you straight to insane It’s all so very primal My primal, primal urge It’s all so very primal My primal scourge Is it the very sight of my decrepit body That makes you wanna frickin' hurl It's like opening up an oyster Only to find rotting mold instead of a pearl I am sorry if I make you sick But this is me beneath the veneer You can cast me out as so many others have Or you can lean into your fear
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I Will Find You 04:55
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Well when I woke up this morning You were gone, gone, gone And where you went to I can’t say You left no note No clue for me to decipher Nothing to point me your way Don’t know why you did it I had no indication So why did you go Did you just need a vacation I will find you, I will find you You and your beautiful hair I will find you, I will find you Even though you won't be there I ran through the streets screaming Where did you go, go, go And my voice it echoed into the abyss I spilled my guts along the sidewalk And I got crushed by commuters Who were consecrating a lover’s kiss No one knew your name No one recognized your face No one said they knew of you Never seen you in this place I mean, Are you sure Are you sure I kept running till I was all out of breath And a rain came down, down, down My body seem to escape up into the clouds And the view from here is perfect And I can see it all clearly Far above the maddening crowds It was then I caught a vision And it was all lit up to the nines It was you and it was me Some regular porcupines
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The Slap Heard 'Round the World 04:09
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Sometimes you feel just what you feel And what you feel is rage You feel it so hard it overtakes you And it takes over center stage The next thing you know Wham-o It’s the slap heard ‘round the world Keep my wife’s name Out of your fucking mouth It’s the slap heard ‘round the world Sometimes you know you just wanna blow You can sense it in your voice And you churn all up like an Archimedes screw And act like you have no choice Whatever I did I am truly sorry Sorry for how I behaved Sometimes you're delivered from the ocean But sometimes the waves whisk you out to sea It’s what you do between the tides Do we show apathy or empathy
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Davey-o 04:40
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I can still remember the last time we talked You’d said that thing that broke my heart You told me that I was a big, fat waste of time How’s that for a start Well, we don’t talk that much no more When we do it's always the same old shit And I don't feel like you hear me You gotta a line of bull that just won’t quit Davy-o, letting go, letting go, letting go You tend to exaggerate here and there And it leaves me wonderin’ if everything is all a lie To hear you tell it you’re on top of the world The very same world that’s passed me by We had some good times a long time ago The past means more to you than me You seem to wanna live there most all the time But to me it’s ancient history I got a lot of questions ‘bout where we’re at But none of your answers ever satisfy You’re charming and you’re glib And you seem quite so sincere But you lie through your teeth And I don’t get why Davy-o, letting go, letting go, letting go
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Done a Number 04:09
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Who I am and how I see me It don't matter no more Am I fair or am I vile Am I saint or am I a whore It's not that I am lonely There ain't no one around I'm like a tree out in woods I fall but I don't make a sound All these years out in the wasteland Have made it hard for me to see All these years out in the wasteland Have done a number on me Who am I and whose face is this It kind of freaks me out Who is this man Is that his mouth I have my doubt I could be anyone I could be someone's friend All my stuff and all my work It don't matter in the end Who I am and how I see me Don't want know what I've become Tired eyes and saggy skin Like some washed out beach bum Wanna scream that life's is unfair But no one's gonna hear me Wanna blow up the world Maybe then you'll fear me
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Till My Dying Day 04:14
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What is this lousy dream I keep having Haunts me all my waking days Don't wanna let me go, let me go It's gripped me with its sinister ways Hello old friend, hello That's what I hear you say You'll be with me You'll be with me Till my dying day What is this sensation I keep feeling It flows right through my blood At first it seemed barely a trickle Now it overwhelms me like a flood I can't turn away I can't turn away I can't turn away from you What is this darkness I am enduring It shields out all the light I do my level best to beat it But at best I know it's a losing fight
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Goodbye and Hello 05:43
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Pull the crease down now And hold a candle up to the sky We roil along like a primal wave Up and down and low and high You can feel their beating wings As they prime themselves to fly Goodbye and hello Goodbye and hello Hello I must going away Goodbye and hello Goodbye and hello See you ‘round some sunny day 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 just got her wish The campgrounds filled with amber The spoon is spooning with a dish It's time to give yourself over No need to pretend it’s not a lie Have tried the shiokara Or are you waiting for the light The Lady from Shanghai Whatever you do you identify Take these steps up to the stars And play the Bossa on guitars Take these steps up to the clouds Don’t lose yourself in the teaming crowds

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It was then I caught a vision
And it was all lit up to the nines
It was you and it was me
Some regular porcupines

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released June 20, 2023

Cover photo "Primal" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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