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Swan Songs

by The Revenants

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1.
Down We Go 05:10
The road to hell is paved with our intentions Good, bad and in-between We may think we’re all children of God As ride along in our black limousine We act like what we think must be righteous We hope that we appear to do good We believe that heaven is a-waitin’ And if not, well, we imagine it should We may think we’re going up, up, up We may think we’re blowing up, up, up But then it’s down we go Down we go Down we go We’re going down We’re going down, down, down The road to salvation is bumpy and fraught We never know where it will lead Just when we think we got it all sown up Our wounds rip open and bleed What do we see when look in the mirror Is that someone we think we know Or is it a stranger staring back at us Joined together like a portmanteau We may think we’re at the top, top, top We may think we'll never stop, stop stop
2.
My mom is dead and my dad is dead And my sisters they are fucking jerks My body aches From the head down to my toes, yeah Growing old has so many perks Yeah it’s all pretty sad What reason have I to be glad It’s all up from here I get sick and then you get sick We blow it around like a hurricane Nothing’s gonna stop it If we act like fools, yeah We don’t need no weather vane Yeah it’s all pretty pathetic Wish we were more copasetic What goes around comes around Comes around What goes around comes around My heart is broke, broke in two And nothing, no nothing’s gonna fix it Try to piece it together But like this crummy old song Just no way will I ever remix it Yeah it’s all pretty absurd Still I remain weirdly undeterred Gotta keep my head up Well I must change my ways Gotta believe We're head for brighter days What other choice have I got I can't accept my sorry lot
3.
One Day 04:49
I’m so sorry I can’t help myself Fucked it up Just a hapless fool Pissed you off And hung you out to dry How can I make it up How can I make it right Won't you tell me please One day, hey ya One day, hey ya One day I will come through I will come through for you I will come through for you I’m so dumb I can’t get it right Screwed you bad And you stood by You took it like a champ While I ran you down How can I make it good How can I make it up Won't you tell me please All I want is your forgiveness All I want is you have mercy on me All I want is to restore your trust All I want is credibility I’m so rotten I don’t blame you You can hate me For all my misdeeds Broke your heart Shattered your faith How can I get you back How can I convince you Won't you tell me please
4.
The world expands My rent goes up It's the darkest night of the year Router clucks Browser crash It's the darkest night of the year Sticky notes Broken strap It's the darkest night of the year Hush Bitter gods Savory flesh It's the darkest night of the year Staining wind Wounding time It's the darkest night of the year Dogged stars Caterwaul It's the darkest night of the year Hush Bullet ants Incontinence It's the darkest night of the year Training bra Chocolate kiss It's the darkest night of the year Jersey shore Painted bird It's the darkest night of the year Hush
5.
Days go by and nary a drop The sun beats on down And the heat it don’t stop The heat it don’t stop Ain’t no relief Neck and a crop I keep on waiting I keep on waiting I keep on waiting for the rain But the rain does not come Clouds they form but they don’t bleed The devil rides by On what looks like a steed On what looks like a steed He blows on his flute And drops his bad seed I keep on waiting I keep on waiting I keep on waiting for the rain But the rain does not come No the rain does not come Yeah the rain does not come The land it is scorched Dry as bone I pray to Zeus He’s silent as a stone He’s silent as a stone I turn to dust My dust it gets blown
6.
Going Viral 05:00
It is in the air Here, there and everywhere Spreading out like acid fog Nowhere to run Nowhere to hide I give it to you And you give it to me Like two lovers in a lover’s spiral We pass it on Now it’s going viral Yup It is in my blood Gushes through me like a flood And I unleash it on the world Nowhere to run Nowhere to hide What goes around Comes back around Like two lovers in a lover’s spiral We pass it on Now it’s going viral Yup Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Jai Guru Deva, Om It is on my skin Like a sunburn on a bedouin Stranded under an endless sun Nowhere to run Nowhere to hide I spit on you You spit back on me Like two lovers in a lover’s spiral We pass it on Now it’s going viral Yup
7.
I kept my favorite records there There was "Yesterday and Today" And all my marbleized copy books Where I was allowed to have my say And all my boxes of photographs They too got burned away Everything I owned and I everything I loved Well I lost it all Lost it in the fire Everything I treasured and I everything made Well I lost it all Lost it in the fire I lost it all Lost it in the fire I kept my favorite letters there Where you poured out your heart to me I regret I left them all behind Yeah I stored my stuff haphazardly Always thought my junk would be around Outlast me in perpetuity Nothing, no Nothing, no Nothing, no Nothing, no Will bring it all back I kept my sacred treasures there The kind you save for a rainy day My sister said it was no big deal What did I expect she'd say It meant nothing at all to her But it kept me going when I was far away
8.
What does it mean to be in the now What does it mean to have a true connection I take a picture of you and all I see is my reflection Can you tell me what is true Can you tell me what is not Can you tell me anything at all Fill me in on the plot Oh my soul, oh my soul This is the place that I belong This is the place that's meant for me But the world is not enough It's not enough for me Not enough for me What does it mean to tell the truth What does it mean to tell a lie In the end it's all the same No principles do apply Can you tell me if I'm dreaming Can you tell me if I'm awake Can you tell me anything at all Is it real or is it fake Oh my soul, oh my soul
9.
Down here there's nothing really going on Down here we sit and watch someone Mow the lawn We feel lazy and there's nothing really wrong with that We curl up just like a fat old cat It's got to be a hard way to heaven You don't think that they would just let you in It's got to be a hard way to heaven Got to tramp down a lifetime of sin Make your will and then make your peace It's a little bit late if your looking to get a new lease Better take stock of all your indiscretions At the least you might make a few concessions May your actions amount to more Than a series of Freudian slips May your life preach more lovely Much more lovely than your lips Down here it's really rather mundane You go along with it all or else you go insane Can't wait and can't stand any further delay Can't wait until your soul starts to fly away
10.
I have good days And I have bad days And I have my in-betweens I had my good times But I didn't see it Wound up a hill of beans Now I gotta say goodbye Now you're gonna see me fly, fly Now I gotta say farewell It's been great It's been hell This is my swan song This is my swan song I had the world In my hands And then I pissed it all away I acted like a little prick Never thought About judgment day I had the world On a string I had people fooled But then the world Interceded I got schooled
11.
We've taken this just as far as we can As far as we can to a man, to a man Do not know what more we could we say What more could we say that's not cliché We can try to make it look like it's all good But in the end we're always misunderstood Like a river Down which we once flowed We have reached the end of the road Like a bomb about to explode We have reached the end of the road And so it goes We seen this through Through the highs and the lows The highs and the lows and so it goes We made our bed and we cleaned up our room We cleaned up our room with a broken old broom We can lie and say we gave it our best But in the end does it matter When we reach our final rest Wish that I could just go back Wish that I could start again Wish that I could just throttle down Wish that I could jump out of my skin Wish that I had a time machine I would set it to way back when
12.
This way up That elevator man declared The door is closing Get in or get out Don’t waste my time Folks are on the move Heaven is a-waiting And so is the other place too We’re rocketing up to the pent And then its down, down to the basement We climb up, up, up On this stairway to the stars This way up That elevator man declared We won’t ever stop Until we reach the top Hold on honey We’re hitting the heights Gonna be at least 60 g’s It’s gonna be wild, wild, wild It’s gonna be surreal It's gonna rip you up It's gonna spin your wheel This way up That elevator man declared Hope you're ready For the ride of your life Gird yourself Say a little prayer

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I had the world
On a string
I had people fooled
But then the world
Interceded
And I got schooled

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released October 30, 2023

Cover "Swan Songs" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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"It was hell," recalls former child.

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