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To the Wonder

by The Revenants

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1.
Gone for Good 04:32
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The sun still rises or more likely it don’t It’s hard to know for certain Maybe this life is a theater of the mind And I can’t see behind the curtain What I thought I knew I do not know And there ain’t no going back The world I lived is gone for good It’s all out of whack Gone for good The wife I married don’t hardly recognize her She’s like a stranger to me We made those vows, we swore an oath But that was a separate reality When I think about it When I try to fight the fight It's like I’m pushing against a ghost Wanna kick it in Wanna run far, far away But there ain’t no signpost
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Dust on the Piano 04:34
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Got so many things that I got to do There's not enough hours in the week Some things get pushed back indefinitely That's not all that unique One of these days I'm going to write you a letter And give you all the details But you see I don't have time for it now I'm running off the rails There was dust on the piano 'Cause it never got played Dust on the piano and rain on my parade I guess you heard all these stories before Your faith in me is shot Just for once, you say, I'd like to hear you say My life is not fraught I promise I will call you next week And if I don't you can kick from behind I know it's something you've been wanting to do And I promise I won't mind Bring the rain down Bring the rain down like dust on me I could have been a better father Maybe visit you once or twice I bet you would have loved me a lot Even thought your dad was nice I'll try to get there sometime real soon In the summer or maybe the fall In the meantime will you think of me often And I promise one day I will call
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I'm Not Gonna Tear You Down 03:45
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Well I got your stupid email And I don't know what to say And even though I don't know it I'm gonna say it anyway Well I ain't gonna take a piss on you But you are acting kinda callow For such a smart and sensitive guy You are incredibly shallow I'm not gonna tear you down I'm not gonna tear you down I'm not gonna tear you down Oops you just hit the ground We have a long and twisty history Can't believe you wanna trash it But if we are really breaking up Let me be the one to smash it I never liked the stupid way that you looked I never dug your philosophies I am only telling this to you now 'Cause you cut my legs off at the knees
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This Thin Skin 05:38
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Well I ain't got no protection from the world at large I am like a tiny little boat overturned by a barge I know I'm way too sensitive, too sensitive to a fault And whenever I ever go and hurt myself You're there to pour in the salt I couldn't keep out them demons I had to let them in I couldn't keep out them demons From this thin skin I'm in I have gone into therapy, talked it all out to death Tried to get through to the culprits involved I should've saved my breath I guess I look ridiculous It's hard for me to explain But it appears I was not made to withstand A world of pain You've got it all together, I say hurray for you You've never lacked in confidence You always knew what to do Me I've always been a screw up Blew every good deal I've had Got no money, got no means It's easy to make me feel bad
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In Another Country 04:36
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I don’t belong here No not anymore Been estranged since way back when Whatever this was Whatever it is It won’t be made to be great again Maybe I will find a better way In another country Maybe I will finally have my day In another country Somehow, some way Every face I see Looks queer to me And it tells me that I don’t belong The way they talk The way they dress As uniform as Mao Zedong And in this place I will let it all go Leave my past behind I will finally find some peace of mind It may seem foolish It may seem dumb But I am seeking to transcend I will be whole Be who I am I won’t need to pretend Maybe I will find my joy In another country, in another country You’ll be my girl and I’ll be your boy In another country, in another country Somehow, some way
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To the Wonder 05:58
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People may try but who can explain it You hold out your arms but who can contain it It's all that we are It's our history One, two, three One, two, three I'm in you, you in me We climbed the stairs to the wonder Nothing compares to the wonder We wrote down our thoughts until late in the night The way all good poets take their delight But all we could manage was a bad prosy One, two, three One, two, three, I’m in you, you in me Nothing compares to the dreams I have of you Nothing compares so I don't need to get into Who will bring the ring to the ding dong ballet We sail in the twilight of eternal now When suddenly someone takes a long step off the bow We search for him for an eternity One, two, three One, two, three I'm in you, you in me
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Not So Funny Now 04:45
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We had a ball, we had a blast We had the time of our lives We kicked some teeth, we kicked some ass We traded all of our wives We acted badly, we acted madly, yeah We were hell on wheels We made mayhem, we mixed it up We went head over heels Ha-ha-ha, ho-ho-ho and a couple of la-di-das Remember when we had a cow Ha-ha-ha, ho-ho-ho and a couple of tra-la-las It's not so funny now We wrote some songs, we made a band We went out rocking the town We worked so hard, we worked so rough Nothing would keep us down Who'd a thunk we'd never make it Never get a record deal There's no way we'd believe it The thought was simply surreal What's that, are you crying Are those tears in your eyes I don't get it, I don't get what went wrong It came as a great big surprise We screwed up, we burned out We never broke on through You got a life, I got a life, yeah, no big whoop-de-do I got old, you got old You were the first to pass When I look back, just gotta laugh Gotta say that it's a gas
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Sweet Spot 04:20
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Most of the time I let you get away with murder You flash me a smile And it's like being hit with a girder You know I'm a softie It's not so much for me to confess You know when I say maybe That what I'm really saying is yes, yes, yes I got a sweet spot I got a sweet spot, baby I got a sweet spot, for you Most of the time I let you stay up way too late I pick up your toys 'Cause I know that it is something that you hate I guess I'm just a sucker But I'm glad if I am your fool I really can't help myself I just think that you're so cool, cool, cool Don't you know that there's nothing I can do 'Cause I am, I am so sweet on you Don't you know I love you through and through 'Cause I am, I am so sweet on you
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Open to Suggestions 05:08
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If you got some good ideas Well I'd like to hear them Gotta be better than what I know I've done my best But that ain't that much Wish I could work faster But I'm cursed to be slow If you're thinking what I'm thinking Then you're not thinking all that much But if you know more than I know Stick around and I'll be in touch 'Cause I'm open to suggestions Want to know what you have to say I am open to suggestions Till I find a better way You're good with a turn of phrase You're such a clever swine Yeah, I know you went to a much fancier school I'll take all comers And I'll heed their good advice After all I don't want you to think I'm a fool You think like a scientist You test your theories You use the double-blind to check your facts Me, I just stumble 'round Pray to my silent God All I wanna do is sit back and relax
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Can I Make a Wish? 04:45
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Get up every morning to the sound of my alarm I tumble out of bed and I nearly break my arm I fix myself some coffee and I think about my day I wonder to myself if I could live some other way And I say, kiss me baby Kiss me good I'd like to feel you, feel you if I could Wait a minute, I’m not awake Thought I was, my mistake Can I make a wish, wish upon a star Wish for something more Be where you are Can I make a wish, wish for the best Wish for something more Wish to be blessed Can I make a wish Go out to my car but all the tires have been slashed The windows are all broken and bumpers have been smashed It was such a junker so it took me by surprise That someone picked my piece of shit to wreck and vandalize And I say, why me baby Why me Lord Can't pay to fix this, I can't afford Wait a minute, am I asleep Back in bed, counting sheep If I had one wish, I’d wish to be with you You would make it better In the way that you do If I had one wish, I’d wish to see your face You could save my ass With your splendor and your grace
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The Drumhead 03:37
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Wanna root out every single rotten guy Wanna get down to the bottom of every lie Wanna find out who is good and who is bad Wanna bring them all down to justice All we ask of you is that you trust us We are the sane to the world of the mad Bang, bang, bang goes the drumhead We are so good at arbitration For every wrongdoer and every nation We can say who should live and who should die Wanna rid ourselves of all the evil The kind that's burrowed in like a weevil The kind that says, "We cannot tell a lie" We are so righteous and so pure We tell the whole world we have the cure There is no one that is above us We do what's best for all involved Around us the world does revolve You have no choice but to love us We make a big list and we check it twice We say who is naughty and who is nice We are like Santa Claus without the jolly Yeah we know in our hearts just what is best And like the wicked we never rest We are right at the root of all human folly
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The Party Is All Over 03:42
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I am so winkin' blinkin' tired Drunk and stoned and full of hors d'oeuvres The fat girl dancing on the table She's really getting on my nerves Looks like this party is all over Go to bed and say goodnight This time tomorrow will be a brand new day And everything will be all right My tongue tastes like a stale old cracker My brain is beating like a drum The room is spinning around and around Toss me my keys my old chum We had a good time We had some fun But now that fun is all done I said some things that I shouldn't I may have gotten out of hand When you look back on this crazy night I hope that you will understand

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"I write on water what I dare not say."

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released March 15, 2023

Cover "To the Wonder" by Eliot Wilder

Recorded 2019; remixed 2022

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