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Turtles All the Way Down

by The Revenants

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1.
Here I come to save the day Whether it needs saving or not I’m swooping in like a murder of crows Moving like a train of thought I will love you like nobody loves you Come rain or come shine I will love you like nobody loves you I will make you mine I’m here to restore your peace of mind And build back your confidence Listen close and I won’t steer you wrong Even if I don’t quite make sense Here I come to fix your world Even if it don't need fixing I'll listen close and mix your tracks Even if they don't need mixing You say you don't need me but I say you do You say things are good as they are But I say it could be much, much better And I will raise the bar
2.
True to Life 05:03
It's In your face Everywhere and every place It cannot be Ignored It reels you In as sick as sin As you join in the horde you have no voice, you have no choice Might as well just go along It is reality The truth won't set you free This Is where you belong Don't you bother to fight True to life It comes on fast then It don't last you beg It for a little bit more If you're too slow then down you go Crash through the bottom floor Best be Clever with your endeavor Or you'll be In the dust Try as you will You the skill and your dreams will combust Don't you bother to fight
3.
Whisper Now 04:06
Tired of all the noise, tired of all the blare Can't cut it out no matter how I try Sick of all the shrieks, sick of all the shouts Just want to kiss it all goodbye No need to shout, take it down a notch I would prefer if you whisper now There's too much volume Way too much noise I would prefer if you whisper now People talk, talk, talk but they say nothing at all And they say it right out loud Well it hurts my ears and it hurts my head Just want to get away from the teaming crowd Fed up with the clatter Fed up with the chatter Mouths are moving but nothing is said Pick a little, talk a little Pick a little, talk a little It's like you only got air in your head
4.
What am I doing, why am I doing it Well I can’t say I know for sure Used to have a reason Used to have a cause Used to think that I would find a cure I am older but no wiser Think I need a spiritual adviser Where will that take me Most likely break me Gabba-gabba-hey All the livelong day, all the livelong day Gabba-gabba-hey All the livelong day, all the livelong day What is this journey, what are these signs Shouldn’t I know where I am going I'm wide awake Not slept a wink Up ahead a black wind’s blowing I am dumb and getting dumber My whole shit is a bummer The tires scrape and squeal I bang my glockenspiel I’ve been working on the railroad All the livelong day, just to pass the time away We may be married, we may have Astrid We may have a brownstone in NYC I may have angina I may have a hernia A doctor may just have to look and see Don’t want no operation Got a negative vibration But maybe in a month or two I will feel brand-new
5.
I can feel it coming Like a black cloud in the distance It’s about swallow me whole Take me out of existence It don’t care who I am or about the shit I’ve won It don’t feel nothing at all Just wants the job done The sun is setting and night is coming on But it ain’t over just yet My bones are aching, my body’s broken down But it ain’t over just yet No it ain’t over, it ain’t over It ain’t over just yet It don’t wanna know my name Don’t mean nothing at all It don’t care if I were a king Or if I were a screwball It comes in two guns blazing Shoots up everything in sight Don’t ask if it feels bad It ain’t never gonna be contrite It’s all whooped up like a typhoon As it bears down on its prey If you see it a-coming Get right out of it’s way It may think it’s got me It may pose a real threat But I’m here to tell you It ain’t over just yet
6.
You may think really you know all the answers You may think that you have your God on your side You may think you are the captain of your ship And everyone else is just along for the ride But despite what you think It's not the short and the long 'Cause everything you know Everything you know Everything that you know is wrong You may think that you are in control And you may think you are the number one boss And you may think that nothing ever will stop you And you will never suffer any great loss But despite what you think It's not the short and the long 'Cause everything you know Everything you know One sunny day something will take you by surprise One sunny day it will come right out of the blue One day when you least expect it And what then, what then will you do You may think you got the world on a string You may think that you got your money in the bank You may think you are invincible And there ain't no one but you to thank But despite what you think It's not the short and the long 'Cause everything you know Everything you know Everything you know is wrong
7.
You say that I get what I want Even when it's unfair But I don't really care what you say You say that I should feel so bad For all the wrong I done But just how do you think I get my way You say I act like a child And I never grew up Well, it's written in my DNA I can hear you call my name And I hear you try to place the blame And that's when I start forgetting You want from me something more You say I've lots to answer for And that's when I start forgetting You accuse me of atrocities You say I'm a selfish pig But I do what I must to survive You tell me that I have no heart That's it's always all about me But that's how I stay alive You tell me that I hurt you bad That all I ever do is lie But I can't help that I contrive Who am I, who are you Well I don't know What else is new Who am I, who are you Well I don't know what is true You say that I'm a son of a bitch And I stole your stuff And I got no one to answer to I've lived alone all my life With few bumps in the road What else do you expect me to do I'm the boy who never grew up Just like Peter Pan Only difference is I never flew
8.
Is that smoke out on the horizon It's hard to tell from where we sit One thing's for sure it's not a good sign Crowds are scattering and the cops have split Sit back, take it all in From the cheap seats, from the cheap seats Have a drink, enjoy the view From the cheap seats, from the cheap seats People are shouting, Why did this happen No seems to get why or how You turn your back for just a second Next thing you know, ka-pow Oh Father who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Can you give us a little of your attention Can you please explain As for those who may be suffering Sorry for all the fuss We gave our tithing at the office What more do you want from us
9.
Nobody knows me Not even my mom and dad They've ostracized me And that just makes me sad But here I am I am your baby boy Here is my birthmark Here is my favorite toy Fly, fly, fly you painted bird I've lived with cruelty I've lived with bullies I've been tortured With their chains and pullys They don't hear me They won't let me speak They just mock me And treat me like a freak You paint my face You tear my fragile wing You crack my beak so I can barely sing But I'm still here I'm gonna tell my tale Ain't got no glory Ain't got no epic scale
10.
She lived a rough life One no one would ever want But she lived it the best she could She lost her right leg In a skiing accident Her new one was made out of wood She would limp and lag down the street You could hear a click-clack on the concrete Oh, just to have two left feet Let's pray for her, heaven help the girl Save her from a life of sin Let's pray for her, heaven help the girl Lift her up from the hole that she's in She hobbled along It was no fun to watch Sometimes she fell in a ditch Guys called her names like lame-o and gimpy And, "Look at that there one-legged bitch" She used to be pretty, she used to be witty Then she had to get down to the real nitty gritty Once I lived the life of a millionaire Spending my money, I didn't care I carried my friends out for a good time Buying bootleg liquor, champagne and wine It's mighty strange without a doubt Nobody loves you when you're down and down She didn't deserve this But then who does It was all the luck of the draw Sometimes you get roses Sometimes you get weeds There is no hard and fast law Why did she get a crummy deal She used to brush after every meal Now none of her wounds will ever heal
11.
Dead Inside 03:57
You gave up so long ago So many years I can't recall You left me there so far behind And you built a giant wall You say you gone dead inside Somewhere it all went black You say you’ve gone dead inside And nothing will ever bring you back You wiped your tender hands of me And filed me in a box The day that that deed was done and done For me it stopped the clocks How can I ever bring you back Ever bring you back to me What can I do to put it right How can I change our history I'm standing here before you now On the cusp of the abyss Should I step back or should I jump What part of me you will miss
12.
We all have our big ideas we like to cling to They help believe it'll be all right What does it matter if they are true or false If they help us through our good night I so want to believe That all my good ideas are safe and sound I so want to believe That it's turtles all the way down We like to think we understand mother nature At least in terms of why we're here We like to think we're standing on firm ground But what's underneath the second or third tier Does it make any sense Does it really matter We believe what we're gonna believe All our philosophies and all our Gods They're there for us to cleave We think we're so smart The top of our class But there's so little we actually know We make our laws We tear down countries Everything is quid pro quo

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We think we're so smart
The top of our class
But there's so little we actually know
We make our laws
We tear down countries
Everything is quid pro quo

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released September 15, 2023

Cover "Turtles All the Way Down" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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"It was hell," recalls former child.

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