1. |
Out of the Blue
04:11
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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
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2. |
So Close, So Far Away
04:25
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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
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3. |
Wonderful
05:06
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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
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4. |
And Suddenly
07:12
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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
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5. |
The Longest Dream
05:24
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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
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6. |
Wicked Things
04:31
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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
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7. |
Swoon
06:57
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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
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8. |
Our Boy
04:14
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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
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9. |
Ghost
04:58
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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
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10. |
All the Way
04:43
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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
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11. |
Shame
05:42
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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
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12. |
These Precious Things
06:00
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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
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13. |
Wake Up
04:44
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"It was hell," recalls former child.
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