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Unbound

by The Revenants

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Unbound 05:31
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Look out the hounds Ripping through the streets They’re nipping right at your heels You better hide, you better get gone They’ll make you one of their meals They'll chew you up and spit you out Grind you under their wheels Here comes the wind, here comes the fire Gonna burn it down, gonna burn it down Where is the truth, where is our god The devil is unbound Hear that sound It could be thunder or maybe it’s a gun You better hide, you better get gone Before the setting sun Ain't got no home, ain't got no friend Now you're always on the run See your kids whoop and scream It's all coming to an end You better hide You better get gone No telling what's around the bend Head for the hills, find higher ground Or down you will descend
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Medium Cool 04:49
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You set the tone, you set the trend You tell us what is what You show us how to wear our jeans It's in the way you move your butt You got the style, you got the clothes You know all the hip jive While the rest of us dead inside You are very much alive Not too smart and not too dumb Stubborn as a mule Not too hot and not too cold You are medium cool You got a look, it's by the book Written for those in the know The rest of us ain't got a clue We're here just to decorate your tableau You got the look, you got the zazz You sign all the contracts It's your world. we're your roadies You live life to the max If there's a problem, there is no problem Someone else will always fix it You spin your tales, you spin your jams You know just how to mix it You were an addict, you tried it all But then you got yourself clean They said, Come on and bring it And it got brought just like Charlie Sheen Now everyone is out to get ya But what are they gonna find A strong and courageous man Who cured himself with his own mind
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All My Dumb Choices 05:13
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When I got married For the very first time I thought, So this is how it goes What did I know I didn’t know nothing And that’s what got me Into trouble If only I knew then All my dumb choices All I am, all I am All my dumb choices Let me show you a diagram All these dumb choices They all led me here When I got married For the second time I thought, I won’t blow it again What did I know I didn’t know nothing And once again It went so very wrong If only I knew then When I got married For the third time I thought, here I go Third time’s a charm What did I know I didn’t know nothing And now I wonder Why can’t I get it right
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Amen 03:29
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I get down on my bended knee I put my little hands together Then I look up to dear old God And I ask him about the weather Then I say a little prayer for you I say a little prayer for me I say a little prayer for everyone Even the almighty Can I get an amen I think about my so-called life And all the shit I done I think how it got screwed up And was any of it fun Then I say a little prayer for Mom And a little prayer for Dad They are both up in heaven now And I bet they’re happy and glad Here is my odd-club foot Here is my old-man hand Here is the crazy world I’m in None of it understand I say a little prayer Astrid I say a little prayer for Chris I pray that I wasn’t such a burden Wish I could have one last kiss
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Dropping Like Flies 06:26
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I called your number But it was disconnected I called again and again Hoping I'd been misdirected Where are you now my old friend I searched the internet And found you had died Just a tiny footnote Like no one had cried A sad little end, my friend They're dropping like flies All around us They're dropping like flies Death surrounds us Just stand back and watch them fall I went to see your mother But she moved away Went to see your best friend Sal And she had this to say Just one of those things, my friend I looked through all your letters I had them lying around They were smart and witty And at times profound Now their every word stings, my friend I pulled out a bottle and I got smashed I cried my holy head off unabashed It's the end of the world, my friend
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Gone Forever 04:31
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All that I want, gone forever All that I wish for that’s gone too All of my hopes don’t get me much And all my plans have fallen right through Wanted to be someone Who does something great But none of that happened, no Now it’s too late All that I think, just a bunch of hooey All that I dream is fairly mediocre All that I imagine is pretty banal Thought I was funny but I’m just a joker Wanted to be someone Held in high esteem But that didn't happened, no Didn’t live out my dream All that I want, gone forever All that I need I never got No place to run, no place to return Stuck right here confronting my lot Wanted to be someone Who takes the prize But none of that happened, no To my surprise All that I want, gone forever All that I need that's gone too All that I want gone forever All of my plans have fallen through
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How I Really Feel 04:54
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If you were to ask me What I’m going through Do you wanna know Do you wanna know what’s true Yeah I could tell you I’m doing OK That my life is one big cabaret But that is a lie That is a lie Lemme tell you how I feel Lemme tell you 'bout the real deal Don’t got no reason to keep going These are my real feeling showing If you were to try To get inside my brain It is raining acid rain Yeah it's dark behind my eyes A lot of faulty merchandise Here’s the thing Here’s the thing This is what it looks like This is what it feels like This is what it is like From my point of view If you were to listen To this song You would know You would know what’s gone wrong Yeah some get gravy and some get grease Some gots to live with no inner peace That would be me That would be me
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I See the Light 03:56
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I’m out here under a diamond sky The smell of sage and briar An Indian blanket draped over my back Flames leap up from a fire I whisper It’s wonderful, wonderful, wonderful tonight It’s wonderful, wonderful, wonderful I see the light I take a drag from the holy herb I’m as high as the exosphere The people below scurry like worker ants While I am God’s bombardier I whisper It’s wonderful, wonderful, wonderful tonight It’s wonderful, wonderful, wonderful I see the light I spread my arms and they turn into wings They lift me ever higher Then I whip out my trusty old Strat And I crank up my amplifier I’m out here above a diamond sky Sharing a blunt with the Lord thy God Dude says, “All these worlds I made with love” And I just sit back overawed
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My Mistake 05:23
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Had to go by the look in your eyes That you were sincere and caring I was convinced you were the real deal Not yet one more red herring You stood out like a beacon in the night When the light was getting dim Put my heart in your hand And then you went and twisted my limb Wasn’t prepared to be betrayed To see that it was all a charade My mistake, my mistake I let myself get taken My mistake, my mistake Yeah I was sorely mistaken You told me a lot, a lot about yourself Even though it turns out all a lie But it sounded good And I wanted to believe I’m a believing kind of guy You took notes With your eyes and with your pen You nodded like you were involved But I missed the cues I didn’t wanna see And all my faith dissolved There’s no fool like an old fool I didn’t see where you were coming from So I couldn’t see where we going Why anyone does what anyone does I have no real way of knowing I must admit that you were pretty good At making you seem like a saint I bought it all ‘cause I’m frankly desperate I should’ve used some restraint It’s not that you are some kind of monster It’s not like you were being mean But when I finally saw behind the facade I somehow felt a little unclean You poked me in my open sore And I should know better to want more
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So Many Regrets 04:17
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Look at all them things I done Look at all the mess I made Look at all them pots I stirred Never made no lemonade Look at all them people I hurt Look at all the plans I wrecked Look at all the lies I denied But I couldn't avoid cause and effect So many regrets So little time So many regrets So little time, time, time Look at all the shit I've said Look at all shit I will say Look at all hate I've caused Leading us all down to doomsday Look at all the money I have Look at all the shit I bought Look at all the houses I've built While I leave all the homeless to rot Look at all the walls I built Look at all helpless I've broke Look all all dummies I tricked Sent all their dreams up in smoke Do you think I care Do you think I care for goodness sake Do you think I care Let them eat their cake
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The First Rule Is 03:31
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Then I told you about my plan Said that I would do me in You said you’d call the cops on me And they’d haul me down to the loony bin If we would ever talk again We had to strike some kind of deal There needs be rules And the first rule is Do no self-harm For reasons I still can’t explain I fell for you hard Even though I know I didn’t know What would make you drop your guard If we would ever talk again We had to strike some kind of deal There needs be rules And the first rule is Do no self-harm Can’t tell ya how many times I've wanted to bring it to an end Even though I know the trouble I'd wreak But you stopped me my friend If we would ever talk again We had to strike some kind of deal There needs be rules And the first rule is Do no self-harm
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All Eternity 03:41
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The world spins round and around And the day well it passes right on by Nothing much changes At least what you see But something’s off you just can’t deny Tick-tock, tick-tock for all eternity The old clock on the wall Says it’s time to go And who am I to disagree People they talk and they fight It’s what people tend to do Nothing much changes At least what you know This same ol’ human voodoo Tick-tock, tick-tock for all eternity The old clock on the wall Says it’s time to go And who am I to disagree Altogether hand in hand Altogether throughout this land Don’t gotta be a genius or Jesus To see that’s something’s gone wrong Don’t gotta be living in your mom’s basement Sitting ‘round smoking a bong Tick-tock, tick-tock for all eternity The old clock on the wall Says it’s time to go And who am I to disagree

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"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." –James Baldwin

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released December 30, 2023

Cover "Astrid Unbound" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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