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Tension and Release

by The Revenants

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1.
Into Blue 06:04
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It's a long, long story Wish that I could break it down How can I explain it, no, no, no I ain’t no fucking Jackson Browne If I were more articulate Maybe I'd get through to you If I could paint myself one color I’d pick the color blue I have turned, I have turned I have turned into blue I have turned, I have turned into blue Ever since we've been through I have turned into blue Over you, over you, over you, blue You were my inspiration When I had lost my way You were my unwitting muse Gave me something to say But you didn't like the pedestal That I put you on Said you weren't some sort of object For me to reflect upon "I am not here for you" Yes, you've made that clear "I have my own life to live I'm not some souvenir" Sorry that I bothered you I won't do it anymore I've placed all your photographs At the bottom of my drawer
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Ol' Mossback George 05:29
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Ol' mossback George he had plans Gonna be an architect But every time he turned around his plans got wrecked While everyone got their day in the sun Poor ol' George he got squat While everyone got their story writ Poor ol' George he got no plot Good ol' George, ol’ mossback George He-haw, he-haw, he-haw Ol' George he kept the home-fires lit While his brother got all the glory Ol' George he did his dutiful best But his life it was a dreary story Yeah, all his friends they traveled the world Lived lives so rich and rife Ol' George felt cheated and mistreated He never got no wonderful life Ol' George got stuck with a nagging wife And a mess of screaming brats While all friends they lived uptown Like them uptown aristocrats George was angry and George was bitter Sometimes was downright violent George he took the Lord's name in vain But the Lord just sat there silent
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The Closer I Get 04:38
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You are over there And I am over here No matter which way I move You're never near You're never near I reach out for your hand Even go for a little kiss But the harder that I try The more you resist The closer I get The farther you are I see you across a room And my heart it skips a beat I hope to catch your warmth But I get no heat But I get no heat You don't know I'm alive Or if you do you just don't care I can tell by your cold gray eyes And how you twirl your hair When I see on the street You look so ill at ease It's like I have the plague Or some strange disease Some strange disease I know I'm a little dim And I don't have a clue But if you just say the word I'll know what to do
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The Hammer or the Anvil 05:00
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There is one, there is one There is only one There is one for all and all for none It all goes to numero one And everything else under the sun Same as it ever was Same as it ever was It ever was You must be the servant or the master The servant or the master You must be the servant or the master The hammer or the anvil If there's a god, there's a god A god up in heaven If he's up there he must be pissed He must be pulling out his hair And all the details that he's missed Same as it ever was Same as it ever was It ever was Drifting out, drifting out I'm drifting out of view It's as if I've gone all out of focus Don't mean to sound mystical Or magical It ain't no hocus-pocus Same as it ever was Same as it ever was It ever was
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Tension and Release 04:47
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An arm reaches out to pull you in You fight back Against your next of kin Why must we always go so far astray Why can't we meet each other halfway Some men go to war and some men make peace It's the push and the tug between tension and release Look at what a stinkin' bloody mess we've made No one to blame We wound up in the stockade If only we hadn't been dumb enough to get caught But then again why do we bother To fight what we've fought I am on an island Somewhere out in the south seas I am on an island Sitting here under cocoanut trees What will make you happiest of all Keep in mind We're thinking of the long haul And what in heaven's name Do you say to your kid How will you explain All of the bad things that you did
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Never Learned Nothing 03:57
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When it all began We didn't have a plan We just holed up down in our bunker We ate all our food Ran around nude While dad got drunker and drunker One thing we learned Never learned nothing Even though the truth was plain and clear We wanted to believe what we wanted to believe But all we got was hate and fear As time went by Our hopes ran dry And our patience began to wear thin Things got petty Ran out of spaghetti And it turned into a loony bin What were we thinking We weren't thinking We were animals in a cage Thought we were smart But things fell apart And we went back to the dark age Some of us died Yeah that was the downside For thinking we knew it all The rest of us endured Though none of us got cured Now the end we can't forestall
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Always Winter Here 05:24
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The days are short It always looks like night And I hide under the covers The TV's on at the foot of the bed I watch stories of other lovers This isolation, it's such a drag Seems to last an eternity I want to go out but why should I bother There's nothing out there for me It's cold and wet It's as raw as it can get And it's been that way all year I hope and pray That the gray will go away But it's always winter here There is murder out in the streets People doing terrible deeds Wish I didn't know that no grass will grow 'Cause it's been taken over by weeds The temperature's falling Not gonna rebound At least that's what the forecasters say Hasn't been like this since the last ice age And it looks to remain this way Got my supplies and I got my books Even got my favorite DVDs I got no plans Got nowhere to go I think I'll do just what I please Rain, rain go away Rain, rain Come again another day
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I Am Human 04:27
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Trust in me, you said You won't go wrong Tell me your dreams Sing me your song I can help you Bring you back from the brink Here is some water Please take a drink No need to fear This is how it is mean to be I am human Nothing human is alien to me Open up your eyes Open up so you can see I am human Nothing human is alien to me Don't you be scared Nothing's so bad Cheer yourself up And don't be sad I can help you I have the skill I'll pull you up When you're going downhill Let yourself go Into what you don't know I can show you All the things that you don't see I can fix you For all eternity I can help you I can show you the path Add it all up It's there in the math
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Can I Let Go Now? 03:13
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Been hanging on for so long With all my might But now I feel beaten Beaten down and broke What used to seem to me Like simple common sense Has been turned into A cosmic joke Can I let go now The going has got too rough Can I let go now Enough is enough Can I let go now Can I let go now I am exhausted and I can barely stay awake And my body is ravaged By all the stress No one knows the truth no more Yeah, no one knows nothing I live in a world of faithlessness Don't see any way out for me No I don't know where to go The disease has spread all over the globe What choices do I have left But to hunker down in the basement And live out my life in my bathrobe
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The Long Walk Home 03:32
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Tried to put the pieces back together But none seemed to want to fit I threw my hands up in a fit of pique And said this is where I want to quit This is where I want to quit This time for sure It was a long walk, long walk home Midnight in the rain It was a long walk, long walk home My life a rivulet going down the drain I guess we made a holy mess of things And no one knows just how to fix it Yeah this guy says he got the answer But that's just the way he wants to mix it And he mix it He mix it up It's just you and me kid We're on our way We're on our way On the long walk home Tried to put the pieces back together But none seemed to want to fit I guess this is the time to quit
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In My Wheelhouse 04:24
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I may not be all that smart I may not be all that dreamy I may not be a whole lotta lotta You may not ever see me But I can do one or two things And I do them well I can tell you where they dwell In my wheelhouse I may not be all that cool I may not be eloquent I may not know which fork to use Or how long wine should ferment But I can do one or two things And they can't be denied Let me tell you where they hide In my wheelhouse There is a place where I can go Where I am held in high esteem There is a place where I can go I am emperor of ice cream I may not be all that loved I may not be loved at all I may not have a million friend I may not know the protocol But I can do one or two things And they can stand the test Let me tell you where they rest In my wheelhouse
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Promised Land 04:18
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Where is that tiny spot That place I know Where is that rest stop That place I go I need to find it now Find it real quick It is my savior It lights my wick Take me now, take my hand Lead me on to the promised land Knock down the walls Strike up the band Lead me on to the promised land What is that song I hear That tune I sing It hits me in the guts Ring a ding-ding I want to sing loud From the up on the roof I want to stamp and scream I have the proof Where is the world I dream Not far from here It's just beyond the bend Where I disappear Say goodbye to me I won't be back You won't remember Amnesiac

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"I wanted to get rid of my possessions, because possessions stood between me and death." —Ann Patchett

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released August 15, 2023

Cover "Tension and Release" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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