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Stories to Tell

by The Revenants

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1.
I got a lotta stories that I like to tell To anyone who’d listen They reflect the way I see the world They reflect my feeble vision Do they matter Well, you tell me I got my stories to tell To anyone who’d listen I got my stories to tell Wanna lay it all on the line Here are my words Here is my song I’ll try not to make it long It took me a while to gather my thoughts Maybe forty or fifty years But now I’m ready to put it all together As ready as I’ll ever be If you can’t hear me Let me make myself clear Don’t wanna bore you Don’t wanna bum you out Lemme make my old tale short and sweet I live in a world I don’t know anymore A world of lies and deception No one tells the truth or ever keeps their word They don’t have to anymore Don’t wanna be a drag And when I am please let me know
2.
Some days you never see the sun And some days you just don't have any fun Some days your piano goes out of tune And some days the dish runs away with the spoon Some days are just so blue Some days you forget all that you learnt And some days your toast gets totally burnt Some days someone puts a hole in your ark Some days you get mugged in the park Some days are just so blue Some days you wallow in your dirty room Some days you fall down go boom Some days you get a hole in your shoe Some days your heart gets broken in two Oh poppa, look at all the wonderful poppies Can I pick some for you
3.
I skipped work today, threw stones in the road Smoked a cigarette, wrote my name in code And I did it because I could I ate a box of stars, cast fate to the sea Walked a mile or two in Galilee And I did it because I should Am I bad or am I lazy You bust your hump and I think you're crazy Why do today what you just don't need to Put it off until you must concede to There is always tomorrow There is always another day And if you put your mind to it Everything will work out OK I gave blood today, they drained me dry Just a sack of bones spread out over the sky And I did it because I'm free Found a cure today to all that ails Made it taste real good and it tipped the scales And I did it for posterity Put my shoulder to the wheel But it did not change just how I feel Next time I'll take my time to see What is in it for little old me And I love to live so pleasantly Live this life of luxury Just lazing Just lazing Went to the beach today Burnt my feet in the sand Hid in a blanket While everyone else got tanned And I did it And I did it Am I dumb or am I brilliant Am I weak or am I resilient I'll know tomorrow or maybe next week Don't bother me now I just want to sleep
4.
OK, You Win 05:07
You're good, I'm bad Yes that's been made abundantly clear You're smart, I'm dumb You live a life without fear You're rich, I'm poor I will never own a house on a hill You're happy, I'm so sad Wish you'd lend me some of your goodwill But you don't give a care Must be nice to breathe the air up there OK, you win I give up, I give in OK, you win You win Nothing off my skin You win Yeah, you win Your car goes fast While mine sits in a ditch You got no beefs While all I ever do is bitch You believe You're blessed And it appears that you are I believe I'm cursed I never had myself a lucky star Some people have all the luck While others have lives that suck If you want to be just like me It's as easy as one, two, three You must change all that you have been Then maybe one day you too might win OK, I win Won't give up Won't give in OK, I win I win I have changed my skin I win Yeah, I win
5.
Who am I An ordinary guy waiting for the end of days The signs are here The signs are there It's no passing phase The future beckons like a twisted finger Come to me, come to me Can't resist it, got no choice What will be will be Blue skies ahead I live in hope Blue skies ahead I need it to cope It's been so overcast Hope that goes away fast What do I do to get through Who can I rely upon Is no one here willing to help Before the great denouement Got no cash, got no goods Mostly bads in my brain Would be swell if I could get some vitamin L Flush the poison down the drain Move to an island, get fat and tan Take a nap in the afternoon, get myself a plan Watch the rain again and again It never stops coming down The willow tree weeps no more Its roots have all but withered and drowned
6.
I have a lust Deep down in my heart I just can't quench it And it rips me apart I go to church And I pray to my God But He doesn't help me Just tells me I'm flawed The weakness in me It won't let me be No, no The weakness in me Yeah, yeah I do what I want I have free will So why do I chose To go for the thrill I've learned no lessons I've lived by my id I shouldn't be shocked By the damage I did
7.
Days turn into weeks And there is no relief, no relief I kind of wonder if I'll ever get Past my grief Everyone says I gotta be patient But that just don't work I'm in the type of pain that makes me Want to go berserk In a matter of time I'm gonna find me some peace of mind Weeks turn into months And there is no change, no change All this obsessing has gotten to be Real strange Everyone says that I gotta calm down And do some meditation But my mind is like a radio With you in heavy rotation Months turn into years And there is no end, no end How many more steps down Will I descend Everyone says I gotta let it go But my hands are tied She's like the yank of gravity She won't be denied
8.
Los Feliz 04:01
We had a little place on the East Side We called it our sugar shack Spent our days baskin' 'long the LA river Watched the ducks go quack We were the happy ones Yippie-ki-yo-ki-yay We were the happy ones All the livelong day We liked to watch all the skaters And the street artists hard at work Then the taggers they'd tag every square inch That guy Manny, what a jerk Oh the sweet life on Los Feliz Those were carefree days Oh the sweet life on Los Feliz All the usual cliches Loved our place on the East Side Though the landlord, he was a dealer And just for the shortest point in time I felt like a big wheeler
9.
Wish I knew then what I know now That everything flees Thought that I would always have it all And I could do just as I please All of my loved ones And each and every friend I will forget you, I will forget you I will forget you in the end I look at a faded photo I don't recall the time or place There is some girl in blue jeans I don't recognize the face I will forget the times we fought I will forget when we reconciled I will forget when danced so close I will forget when we went wild I will forget when we made love I will forget our only child What's the point in carrying on When nothing remains We think should not ever give up the ghost As long as blood's in our veins
10.
I came 'round a corner The scene was ablaze The victims on fire The city was razed Then I heard a screaming Echoed through the land Heads were all turning A town turned to sand Then everything changes In the blink of an eye Then everything changes Who can say why Their guns were still smoking They smelled like burnt hair The men all looked molten Their eyes said beware My camera got broken My cellphone got smashed No way to tell my story My whole life flashed I lost all my papers I tromped through the mud I danced with insurgents In a river of blood There would be no winners Only those who survive And even survivors Might not be alive
11.
I had been trapped here for a million years When I thought of moving I got blocked by my fears The world outside was scary People acting so cold Waited so long to change That in the meantime I got old Tried to get going but I broke down along the way Tried to take action Tried each and every day This is my declaration of independence Been meaning to do this for a mighty long time But all my schemes and plans Were never worth a single dime Then I got myself ready To transform what I'd been It was not at all easy But I looked deep down within Moved to Chicago and then out to LA Then I moved to Boston Then I turned gay Then I got married Then I got divorced None of this would've happened If I hadn't changed course
12.
Sleepy Head 04:52
Good night my sleepy head I'll see you in the morning Sleep tight my sleepy head This is my final warning If you don't lie perfectly still You will run out of my goodwill If you don't shut your eyes You won't get a prize I read you your favorite tale The one about a little bunny He was sleeping in the woods Woke up when it was sunny You should be like the rabbit It's a pretty good habit Nighttime is for sleeping Don't let me catch you creeping Good night my sleepy head No more of your whining Good night my sleepy head Keep it where the sun is not shining I am feeling tired too The day is totally through The sandman is at our door Dreams are waiting to explore Goodnight, goodnight my sleep head

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We live with those retrievals from childhood that coalesce and echo throughout our lives, the way shattered pieces of glass in a kaleidoscope reappear in new forms and are song-like in their refrains and rhymes, making up a single monologue. We live permanently in the recurrence of our own stories, whatever story we tell.

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released February 15, 2024

Cover art by Astrid Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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"It was hell," recalls former child.

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