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Sui Generis

by The Revenants

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1.
Down On Me 04:15
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I get it now I get it I get just how hurtful you can be. oh yeah You don't wanna feel You don't wanna feel nothing You just wanna be down on me I let myself in and I opened up But my biggest mistake was trusting you Trust in me, you said, trust in me Why on earth is that something you would do Why on earth, why on earth I mistook you Yeah I mistook you Thought you had a gentle heart But behind those sweet green eyes Behind those eyes lurks a darker part I only saw Yeah I only saw I saw just what I wanted to see But in the end I was oh so wrong All that was was down on me
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Here Comes the Future 05:06
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I remember everything, unfortunately I remember what you did Even though you forgot about me I remember the glow of your face The way light lit you up from behind I remember, yes I do, I do No I haven't yet lost my mind I remember, no I won't forget The way we once intertwined There goes the past Receding and not always redeemable And here comes the future Waiting to churn us up I remember all your promises And all your guarantees You said you would be there for me But now that seems like a tease I remember your sincerity Yes you made every word sound so true I remember, 'cause it happened before Just like some crazy deja vu I remember, well how could I not All the stuff you put me through
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Your Theories 05:55
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You got a lot of theories They all sound pretty sound Most of them make good sense And some are downright profound You try them out of me Just to see how they fly You want them to fit me like a suit That’s a little pie in the sky Still I struggle to understand ‘em At the very least demystify Once again you’ve gotten over on me Once again I gotta take it on the chin Once again you’ve gotten over on me Once again to my eternal chagrin You seem pretty darn smart Or at least I thought you were But when I thought more deeply about it I couldn’t wholeheartedly concur Maybe you intended to hurt me Maybe you wanted me dead Not sure of your rationale Maybe it’s better unsaid I laid myself before you Like smooth stones in a riverbed I am a fool I let you done do it I am fool Yeah I done blew it You act super confident And that’s part of your con I don’t really know which side My bread is buttered on But I am a believer Unfortunately Yeah being a believer Has been the frickin’ death of me I ain’t being metaphorical or using hyperbole
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Takedown Boy 03:42
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I am known as sensitive But that don’t mean I’m weak What it is is I feel too much And I can blow my top in a fit of pique You can run me over If that’s what’s in your heart But you don’t hafta tear me, no You don’t hafta tear me apart And take me down, down, down I know it gives you joy To take me down, down, down I am your takedown boy Take me down I am what you call touchy Yeah, I can be manipulated You can always get to me You know where all my shit is located But if just open your hand I will be set free And I will buzz off Buzz off like a honey bee I have a paper-thin skin But that don’t mean I can’t take it When it comes to being sincere You know that I can’t fake it If you wanna break me You know just how to do it Just say the word Say the word and I will intuit
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Sui Generis 04:06
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Never felt nothing like the way Like the way I feel when I feel what I feel about you ‘Cause what I feel is not like nothing No, not like nothing that I’ve ever known Ever known to be true What it is is sui generis, sui generis, sui generis What it is is sui generis, in a class alone What it is is sui generis, sui generis, sui generis What it is is sui generis, full blown How does it feel To be all alone Like a rolling stone Never been quite so looney Quite so looney and looney toony Over some dumb girl’s slender fingers There’s something 'bout the way About the way she holds ‘em in that way she holds ‘em That makes ‘em lingers Never felt so quite so out So quite so out, so way, way out So way, way out of my mind When I think about the pain About the pain I feel well it's oh so real It leaves me purblind
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You Love the Drama 03:58
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Go ahead and cry your eyes out That is what you like to do Tell me every single thing that’s going on Tell me all about you Let me know how you are feeling And I'll pretend to care You see I’m just feigning interest As I look on with a blank stare You love the drama That’s the very thing to which you are drawn You love the drama It’s the drama that turns you on You love the drama, You love the drama I have heard all of your stories Over, under, sideways, down And every story paints a picture Of a sad, sad clown Go on and tell them once again And I’ll pretend to listen close And when you are all done and through I’ll smile and say adios Go ahead and try to shock me But I am up to all of your tricks You see yourself as some sort of martyr Nailed up on a crucifix Do all of your little song and dance Buddy know that I am not buying You expect me to bust into tears But inside I’m merely sighing
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Let Me Be the One 04:15
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I know you do not know me I know you do not care I know that I'm a pest to you A bug stuck in your hair But I'm not really all that bad If you'd just give me a try Give me a little bit You'll see you can't deny Let me be the one you love Let me be the one Let me be the one you love Let me your honey bun Promise to be true Promise to love only you Love only you I know you got a life You got a house and kid You got a man you think you love Or not God forbid What can I offer It may not be a lot But if you scratch a little bit deeper I might just hit the spot I may not be no pretty boy I may not be too smart I may not be no millionaire But I got a lotta heart He can give you diamonds And I can't give you squat He has got a bespoke suit And I look like a twat But I have got one small thing That he can never claim I can write a song for you That mentions you by name
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Gotta Wonder 04:49
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Sometimes I wonder Wonder what you’re thinking Wonder what you’re thinking deep down inside Do you not feel nothing, do you not feel nothing at all Or are you some kinda genius at what you can hide And I gotta wonder, does it get you off Does it feel like so much flattery And I gotta wonder, yeah I gotta wonder What it is you feel about me Sometimes I wonder Wonder what’s in your head Wonder what’s going on in your heart Do you not feel nothing, do you not feel nothing at all Or have I dumped over your apple cart And I gotta wonder, does it turn you on Does it hit you with a certain joie de vivre And I gotta wonder, yeah I gotta wonder What it is you feel about me Sometimes I wonder Wonder what you’re feeling Are feeling something or nothing at all Are you really so cold, are you really so calculating Do you see me as one more odd oddball And I gotta wonder, does it make you wet Does it make you even a little bit horny And I gotta wonder, yeah I gotta wonder What it is you feel about me Sometimes I wonder Wonder what’s behind those eyes Wonder who’s that person hiding underneath Does she feel nothing, does she feel nothing at all What would happen if you pulled back the sheath And I gotta wonder, does it push your buttons Does it make you jerk your knee And I gotta wonder, yeah I gotta wonder What it is you feel about me
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It Ain't Christmas 03:56
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All year long I'm thinking of you When you'll return And what will ensue Will we make love Or will we make hate Will it be grim Or will it be great It ain't Christmas in my heart It ain't Christmas since we been through It ain't Christmas in my heart My heart bleeds Hannukah blue All year long I sit in my chair Do you remember Do you still care Do you think of me Like I think of you Have you tossed me aside Like a worn out old shoe It snowed today And it will snow tomorrow The forecast is bleak The outlook is sorrow All year long I sit by the fire Till it burns me up With reckless desire Where are you now What are you thinking Is your boat a-floating Or like me is it sinking
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Nothing Can Hurt Me 03:51
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I stubbed my toe on the corner of the chair As I wandered into the darkened living room The cat was sleeping on the edge of the couch It smelled like some ancient tomb I sat myself down and my timbers they shivered My sciatica was flaring up again I’ve tried meditation for all the good that it does But with pain like this you can't pretend And I say over and over Nothing can hurt me And I say over and over Nothing can hurt me I smashed my thumb while I was pounding on a nail And now it’s throbbing like on an old cartoon Don’t how much more pain this old body can take There’s nothing from which I’m immune Everything creaks and everything’s shaky Like a car with diminishing returns I’ve tried meditation for all the good that it does But it doesn’t address my concerns And I say over and over Nothing can hurt me And I say over and over Nothing can hurt me
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The Future Is Here 06:11
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All of this crazy shit I never bargained for it All of this hate and hurt No no, I never bargained for it This pain down in my groin Follows me where I’m goin’ This tightness in my chest No I’m not at my best Wish I could escape Wish I could run away Wish I could find some peace Or have just one nice day, one nice day Look out, look out, look out Here comes the future All these aches and pains I never bargained for it All these ups and downs No no, I never bargained for it This sense of losing out It ain’t what life’s about This weakness in my guts It’s driving me cocoanuts Wish I could split Wish I could hip hooray Wish I could find some peace Or have just one nice day, one nice day Here comes the future Like it or not Here comes the future The future we all bought Here comes the future Let us scream banzai Here comes the future Kiss the past goodbye, bye-bye
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Spare the Rod 04:09
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I guess I was a bad boy When I was a young boy If not, then why am I now so rotten Never could find a certain someone Someone to love me And it’s left me oh so misbegotten I tried to put out good vibrations But they came back wanton I know I’m kind of messed up Yeah you could say I’m a little bit flawed But if I could ask just one thing I’d ask you to spare the rod Spare the rod You don’t need to hurt me I sit around wishing and a-hoping That my life is one big cabaret But then why do I always do the one thing That always forces people to try to get away It seems I will do it now and I will do it forever From now until doomsday How can you look me in the eye And not feel what I feel How can you pretend to know who I am And not know what is real I wish I had an answer Or at the very least a glimpse Just a little peek into wider mentality Maybe then I’ll know I’m not alone Or some kind of weird abnormality And I could finally embrace the end With a sense of joyous finality
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The Garden of Forking Paths 05:53
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There goes the past
Receding and not always redeemable
And here comes the future
Waiting to churn us up

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released April 18, 2024

Cover photo "Sui Generis" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

Thanks to Dave Westner for playing bass on "Down on Me"

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