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Strangeways

by The Revenants

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1.
Heavy Love 04:03
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It is bigger than you It is bigger than me Bigger than both of us together It feels immense As huge as the sky But also light, light as a feather This heavy love This heavy, heavy love It weighs us down, down like a rock This heavy love This big fat love It is our building block It has heft It has dimension It has roots down to the core It has muscle It has flesh When it’s ruptured it feels sore Wish I had the strength To carry this load alone But it takes the two of us It bears down Like a juggernaut It is never through with us It is huge It is vast It takes sucks up the air It is the moon It is the stars It is here, there and everywhere
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Strangeways 03:45
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You tell me that I’m living in a fantasy But I gotta say that I disagree I feel the world way too much And I’m drowning in reality Wish I could let it go Knock it down like a domino Strange ways These strange ways Strange is all I see Strange ways These strange, strange ways Such a strange potpourri I take it all in and I write it all down It helps me sort it out I want nothing more than to tell the truth Remove the shadow of doubt No need to tell a lie There is no pie in the sky Strange ways These strange ways I wanna understand Strange ways These strange ways I’m a stranger in a strange land I wish I could hide under the bed And have my meals served on a tray But I am cursed with a curious mind I am strange in my own way If you could see just what I see You’d know it’s no fantasy
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Westender 04:18
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I come from a long way away I too want my story told Who will be the one to tell it Who will be the one to let it unfold Won’t you listen to my story Let me have my moment of glory Who will defend the Westender Who will remember me when I’m gone Who will defend the Westender This resident of this low-rent Babylon There was a place I called my home Where the sheets were all hanging on the line It was sketchy but it had its charms Even in its state of elegant decline Now it is lost to the past And its memory is fading fast I am all but forgotten Hidden beneath these gleaming towers Who can remember who I once was Before being crushed by the superpowers I come from a long way away And I don’t have a name Here is a tiny fleck of my flesh From the place from whence I came If you dig beneath the dirt You will reveal a hidden hurt
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Wicked 04:23
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You get your jollies By doing your worst You think we’re all a bunch of schmucks You line us up And knock us down And we just sit there like sitting ducks You got your wicked, wicked ways You take them out on humankind You and your wicked, wicked ways Wave your wand and cast them spellbind You got a cruel look It can't be denied You can see it from a mile away You take us For all that we are worth And then you tell us to have a nice day Have a nice day I'm gonna love you Like nobody loves you Come rain or come shine You got a smile That's insidious It can send a shiver right down your spine You set us up With vague promises And then we step in it like a land mine
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I See You 03:51
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Why is it important For me to see you as you are Isn’t who you are sitting right here Who should I be talking to Is there someone else around You know what they say about going in one ear I see you Yeah, I see you I see you for all you are I see you Hey, I see you From junk food to caviar Why do you need so bad To have my approval Why can’t you just be good with how you’re being You can’t expect No one to give you nothing You gotta come to your own way of seeing I see you I see all of you I see the good and the bad The happy and the sad What is it about me That makes you think you love me Is it my eyes, my hand, my mind You gotta give it up Toss your hands in to the sky And leave your fantasy far behind
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Westphalia 04:09
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So many things can get you down It’s hard to keep track Who can you count on Who has got your back It’s hard to have hope When the world is falling apart You’re getting near the end And you wanna fresh start It is the best of all possible worlds That’s what I keep hearing It is the best of all possible worlds And the end is nearing All the traffic is gridlocked A highway heart attack The signals flash at every turn Daylight turns to black Can't make no sense Of the chaos all around You disappear inside your head And it makes a brilliant sound The pull and tug of the ghost in the rug The pull and tug of the ghost in the rug One day’s a drought and the is next a flood Now your house it is floating downstream Everything, everything is temporary The remnants of your waking dream
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I Live in Hope 04:42
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You seem to think I live up in my head And that I don't face reality But you got it wrong You got it wrong What I see is not no fantasy It's as real as real can be I see what's right in front of me I live in hope That you might change That I will find a way into your heart I live in hope That what I hope for Can turn the world into a work of art You seem to think I live in a dream And I need to wake up and get real But you got it wrong You got it wrong What is real is how I feel It's as bright as bright can be Like the lights on a Christmas tree It's all too much for me to take The love that's shining all around you Everywhere is what you make For us to take You seem to think That I make it all up And that I am living a lie But you got it wrong You got it wrong What is true I can't deny It is as true as true can get Even if you think I am all wet
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Hijacker 05:40
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She's on top of every situation There's nothing that she misses Loves the mommas, loves the babies Smothers them in kisses Always has the answers to every test Always thinks that she knows the best 'Round here she is known as the hijacker And she will hijack your soul Beware, beware The hijacker Once she finds Once she binds you She will take control She is expert at extracting all the joy She does it surgically She's relentless, she's aggressive She'll never let you be One day she will probably run for mayor Somehow that doesn't seem quite fair She is brazen, she is churlish She gets just what she needs She gives orders and you follow That's just how she succeeds It's be best to give her a wide berth 'Cause soon she'll be taking over the earth
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Be All End All 04:17
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I pick up a frequency And it vibrates in my ears I take my special medicine An it evens out my fears Drink and lose my thirst Take the bad over the worst It’s my be all end all Be all end all It’s my be all end all Be all end all Daydream in front of the TV "Law & Order"'s always on Good guys, bad guys A nonstop marathon Eat and I'll be sated My thoughts run addlepated What else am I living for What else have I got What else can I say is mine To have and have not Floss and I will not decay Breathe and I will not drown Smoke up all that wicked herb View the world from upside-down Sleep in a field of flies This dreaming of my own demise
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Curious Inventions 04:03
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In the back of my closet There’s another dimension I’ve kept it hidden all of my life Nobody knows what lies beyond that portal Not my kid, not my wife These are my curious inventions I make them up all the time These are my curious inventions And I will keep them with mine There are signposts Written in a language That only I can understand I know I run the risk of disappearing Into my own invented land It’s like a safe house From a world in peril A world that’s drowning in strife I go there when I am sad and broke down It's where I go to save my life The kid asks me What you doing in there Won’t you come out and play with me I say you’re daddy’s busy in here Inventing an alternate reality
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Lost My Mind 04:45
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I thought I knew what I should know But what did I know I don’t know I stumble about inelegantly A hapless fool Just can’t be helped What in the world went so wrong Well I can’t say I can’t say I have lost, lost my mind Left it over there so far behind You’d think that I might recognize it But something always seems to disguise it I thought I really knew myself But who did I know I don’t know Who’s that man glaring back at me I don’t like his look And his twisted grin I thought I knew me as I am But what did I know I don’t know I make for one poor old sod Confused as hell Confused as hell Well I been feeling kind of lost Can’t make my way back All I see is black
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Closing Words 04:29
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You didn't even say goodbye Never gave a reason why Would've been nice for you to try Wouldn't expect to see you cry This is the last you'll hear Hear from this guy These are my closing words to you These are my closing words to you Goodbye, farewell and adieu These are my closing words to you With every turn of the cosmic wheel So go my chances to heal It's only bitterness I feel And I pursue it with such zeal Hopelessness is only part Part of the deal How bad I long for your face How I long for your mad embrace Now you're gone without a trace And I am left in an empty space Here are the rules of the game And the rules are always the same Winners get the glory and the fame While the losers bow their heads in shame Out of the corner The corner of the frame

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"All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds." –Voltaire

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released December 10, 2023

All songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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