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The Longest Dream

by The Revenants

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1.
Out of the blue Out of the blue it came to me It was a vision simmering in the heat Out of the blue Out of the blue I could taste it And it tasted, it tasted bittersweet Like I was shot with a diamond Like I was shot with a diamond Out of the blue Out of the blue I could sense it And it waved, it waved like a row of flags Out of the blue Out of the blue I could see it And it looked like Napoleon in rags Like I was shot with a diamond Like I was shot with a diamond Out of the blue Out of the blue I could smell it And it smelled like, it smelled like liberty Out of the blue Out of the blue I could hear it And it sounded, it sounded like artillery Like I was shot with a diamond Like I was shot with a diamond
2.
I can almost taste it, taste it Yeah I can almost taste it on my tongue It seems so real It seems so real to me It seems so real As real as reality I am near it As near as I can be I am near it This real reality So close, so far away (I am so close, I am far away) I can almost hold it, hold it Yeah I can almost hold it in my hands It feels so right It feels so right to me It feels so right As right as right can be Just beyond here Just beyond my reach Just beyond here Out beyond the breech I asked you if I should give it all up And you asked me what if I did Where would that leave me What if it were worse God forbid
3.
Wonderful 05:06
I think of you And I think of me I think of you and me as one Well I hold you And you hold me And it is won-won-wonderful We are a won-won-wonderful thing I blend with you You blend with me We have no beginning and no end I drink you in You drink me dry I meld with you You meld with me Together we are emulsified You see me And I see you
4.
And Suddenly 07:12
And suddenly the lights came on And I could see for a million miles And every face looked queer to me Strangers’ eyes, strangers’ smiles I don’t know no one here And no one here knows me I’m adrift on a tiny boat In the middle of a raging sea Who goes there, who goes there Anyone, anyone Is there anyone out there Anyone out there anywhere I'm just trying to find my way I'm just trying to find my way I'm just trying to find my way I'm just trying to find my way And suddenly the lights came on And I could see beyond the sky I didn't need no telescope I took it in with my naked eye Nothing felt at all familiar Didn't know a single face Strangers’ eyes, strangers’ smiles And me I had no place Who goes there, who goes there Anyone, anyone Is there anyone out there Anyone out there anywhere I'm just trying to find my way I'm just trying to find my way I'm just trying to find my way I'm just trying to find my way
5.
It is down here in a dark place Behind the closed door There is movement Protoplasm Bursting open like a spore The stair is twisting like an Escher Up and back and through All these pictures collecting dust Hence and hitherto It is the longest dream And it will never end It is the longest dream A lost world of pretend There is laughter and there is rage And there is illness all around It’s in this building It’s on these streets It’s all over this seasick town I see fat faces, I hear odd voices They bubble up through the cracks I look for clues. I parse the logic I study the syntax There is weeping In cathedrals There are virgins sacrificed All these rituals They come to naught In the name of Jesus Christ
6.
It was just a baby lie But then it grew and grew And grew and grew Until it grew into something grotesque It was just a tiny cheat But then it grew and grew And grew and grew Until it grew into something burlesque All these wicked things They grow and grow All these wicked things A wicked horror show It was a just teensy fraud But then it grew and grew And grew and grew Until it grew into something atrocious It was a just weency scam But then it grew and grew And grew and grew Until it grew into something ferocious It was just a bitty fib But then it grew and grew And grew and grew Until it grew into something heinous It was a just tallish tale But then it grew and grew And grew and grew Until it grew into something disdainous
7.
Swoon 06:57
I yanked off my great gray coat And I draped it on the chair I conjured you up like a ghost Your dark eyes, your dark hair Your lips parted slightly And you breathed a gentle sigh You reached out and took my hand Reflections in a golden eye My soul swooned slowly As I heard the snow fall faintly Through the stars and faintly falling Upon the living and the dead We waltzed around the room Like we did when we were young Your smell familiar and blue I tasted your sweet tongue I held you by the hips You took me for a ride ‘Round and ‘round and 'round we went As the music amplified I dragged on my gray coat And I headed out the door You slipped into a chest And I closed the drawer I walked among the strangers No one I recognized I heard your song echo in the streets It flew away like butterflies
8.
Our Boy 04:14
Our boy lived in an apartment Near Russ and Daughters on Houston And he had a girlfriend named Nan And she had a tattoo that Pulled a quote from Borges that said Time is a river which sweeps me along But I am the river It is a tiger which destroys me But I am the tiger It is a fire which consumes me But I am the fire Our boy was an artist who spent his days Watching Nan pull threads out of the couch And when he wasn’t looking She often ate his granola and spit in his coffee And he remembered that line from Borges I am not sure that I exist, actually I am all the writers that I have ever read All the people that I have met All the women that I have loved All the cities I have visited Our boy imagined his face Devoured by a gray catbird And his eyes fell back in his head So he could not see Nan no more And he recalled that line from Borges You have awakened not out of sleep But into a prior dream And that dream lies within another And so on, to infinity Which is the number of grains of sand The path that you are to take is endless And you will die before you have truly awakened
9.
Ghost 04:58
What use do I serve What purpose have I No one can see me I’m no one’s ally I’m falling down A sinking souffle I’m gone from this place Anchor’s away I take no form I have no shape I am a blur The flap of a cape I am the ghost I am a breeze In your bedroom at night I keep you up Give you a fright You cannot touch me And I can’t touch you I am a figment Just passing through I am sensation A prick on your skin I am a tickle That brushes your chin I am the dust That lands on your desk I appear in your dreams As something grotesque I am a whisper A signal that fades I am static That comes in cascades I am the dream That can’t be explained I am need That can’t be contained
10.
All the Way 04:43
Then a light came on outside my room And it drew me in like a beacon And I heard a voice call out my name And I woke up to a world unknown Woke up to a world unknown Woke up to a world unknown Come with me and we’ll go all the way All the way we’ll go Come with me and we’ll go all the way All the way from the world of woe I was floating beyond all space and time I was alien to the universe Then I heard a voice call out my name And I woke up to a world unknown Woke up to a world unknown Woke up to a world unknown
11.
Shame 05:42
I feel bad ‘bout everything I done I feel bad if I caused you pain I feel bad that your life is a mess That you live with constant rain Wish that I could it make it better Wish that I could light your flame But that I can’t, that I can’t Don’t you know that it’s a shame Of all the people I’ve ever known I think I’ll love you best You had such a good heart, such a good heart You made me feel blessed I feel bad that you’ve lost your way I feel bad that you’re all alone I feel bad you ain’t got no one On the other end of the phone Wish that I could make you laugh Wish that I could bring you game But that I can’t, that I can’t Don’t you know that it’s a shame I feel bad you got no money I feel bad you lost your job I feel bad you can’t catch a break You’re feeling like a dumb ol’ slob Wish that I could help you Wish that I could bring you acclaim But that I can’t, that I can’t Don’t you know that it’s a shame
12.
No rain fell On my little garden No rain fell The ground did harden Growing thirsty Smack my lips The sun gone dark A full eclipse These precious things Hold on, hold on These precious things Hold on, hold on See your face Shining down on me Then it’s gone Absentee Want to hold But I can’t touch Want to cling But I can’t clutch Years go by Dream of change Clocks tick tock World is strange Can’t look back Can’t advance A life of chaos A life of chance
13.
Wake Up 04:44

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My soul swooned slowly
As I heard the snow fall faintly
Through the stars and faintly falling
Upon the living and the dead

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released December 23, 2023

Cover "The Longest Dream" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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