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Wagwan

by The Revenants

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1.
Spare the Rod 04:46
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I guess I was a bad boy When I was a young boy If not, then why am so rotten Never could find someone Someone to love me And not leave me misbegotten I know I’m kind of messed up Yeah you could say I’m always just a little bit flawed But if I could ask for one little thing I’d ask you to spare the rod Spare the rod You don’t need to hurt me Spare the rod Please don't desert me Spare the rod I wish and I hope That my life will turn out to be One big cabaret But then why do I always do that one thing That always pushes far away How can you look me in the eye And not feel what I feel How can you say you know who I am And not know what is real I wish I had an answer Or at the very least a glimpse Just a little peek into weird psyche Maybe then I’d know that I’m not alone Or some kind of weird abnormality
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Want Your Love 04:06
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I am an animal A hungry beast And I wanna to consume your flesh Can’t keep still Can’t contain myself I flail and I thresh Come to me or I will grab you I will crush by the throat I know you want me And boy do I want you My dreamy dreamboat My dreamy dreamboat I won’t take no Won’t be denied Gonna get you one way or the other It’s more than lust My obsession My atom heart mother Come to me or I will track you down Track you till the ends of the earth You will be mine Womb to tomb Birth to earth Birth to earth You can’t escape me You can’t ghost me I am everywhere you are I’m in your daydreams I’m in your nightmares I’m in the backseat of your car Come to me or I will kill you And splay your body up on the altar This is my purpose This is my mission And I will not falter And I will not falter
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What Planet Are We On Tonight? 05:16
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I was married to a Sharon It was a long time ago She followed her own path Like Henry David Thoreau Never knew what she was thinking She was dense as a bell But she could howl like a wounded dog At the bottom of an empty well What planet are we on tonight Sharon had an affair With some guy named Tom She said he truly understood her He made her feel safe and calm Me I was there for all the bad stuff Like her mother’s suicide But with Tom she felt set free And that's how it was justified Sharon became a therapist And Tom he went bald He went and got a wig ‘Cause Sharon she was appalled I feel for her clients They don’t see behind the veil They would be shocked If they touched her third rail
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This Great Divide 05:23
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The bridge between us is ever-widening And soon it will be a big fat hole There won’t be no coming together Just a world gone out of control How can we stop it When no one wants to make a change How can we come together When everything feels so strange You can believe what you want to And I can believe what I want to too How can we cross this great divide How can we turn the tide You say you got the answer But you aren’t that clear what the answer is I can’t ask a million questions You say this, Hey this ain't some kinda quiz Are the good times really over Is the world gonna come to an end If we don't find the light Down in the dark we will descend These are troubling troubled times At least on that we can all agree But as for the rest there's no debating I am not you and you are not me Why can't just get along Why can't we live side by side Why can't we just love each other And cross this great divide
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Wicked Man 05:32
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I am a wicked, wicked man I am a wicked, wicked man I do my wicked, wicked deeds I spread my wicked, wicked seeds I am a wicked, a wicked man I am a wicked, a wicked man I am a wicked, wicked troll I am wicked down in my soul I do my wicked, wicked schtick I do my wicked, wicked schtick I have my wicked, wicked ways ‘Cause being wicked, wicked pays I think my wicked, wicked thoughts I think my wicked, wicked thoughts I am wicked, wicked glad That I am wicked, wicked bad
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The Year My Brain Exploded 05:44
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There are things that I’ve thought And things I’ve never thought Never thought and never will But of the things that I’ve thought And the thought behind the thought That buzzes through me like a power drill My thoughts blow up like firecracker Bang, bang fully loaded Never felt the world the same way again The year my brain exploded There are dreams that I’ve dreamt And dreams that were not dreams But living nighty nightmares They have their own smell Eau de Perfum And they take me over unawares There is the life that I’ve lived And the life that I wished for And now the curtain is coming down Earth to earth Dust to dust And silence is the only sound
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Are You Gonna Give It to Me? 04:48
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Don’t be coy Don’t be shy Don’t be so frickin’ discreet Give it up Give it all up Sing to me like a parakeet C’mon and talk Talk to me sweetly, yeah Love me a lot Love me completely Are you are gonna give it to me Don’t be cruel Don’t be distant Flip open your lid Hand it over Hand yourself over Don’t keep your feelings hid, right Are you are gonna give it to me Don’t be selfish Don’t be stingy Open up your big fat heart Don’t hold back Don’t refrain Please baby don’t bogart
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I'm an Orphan 07:06
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My mama she went to the river And she stuck me in a little boat Well my mama she went down to the river And she watched me float, float away I screamed, Hey Mama I'm your baby, that's your little sobriquet She said, I don't know ya, I don't love ya You don't matter a jot to me You're not my baby, get outta here You matter not to me You're an orphan, you're an orphan Yes you are can't you see Yeah, I'm an orphan, I'm an orphan Yeah, I'm an orphan There is no one but me My daddy he went down to the river Just to see what was transpiring Well my daddy he went down to the river His brow was perspiring in a flood I screamed, Hey Daddy, I'm your little buddy I am your blood He said, I don't want ya, I don't need ya You don't matter a jot to me You're not my little buddy, get outta here You matter not to me You're an orphan, you're an orphan Yes you are, can't you see Why oh why have you forsaken me Why oh why have you abandoned me Why did you bring me into this mean old world All I wanted was a little attention All I wanted was your love and attention Why don't I matter a jot to you Why don't I matter a lot to you
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Bread and Butterfly 05:45
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Well I got desire That can't be filled Got a palpitation That can't be stilled Got nothing to live on Barely surviving Spending all my days Dumpster diving I'm a hungry A hungry kinda guy Bread and butter Bread and butterfly Well I got a burning Deep in my soul Can't really explain it It is outta control It is driving crazy It is making me mean There is no cure There is no vaccine I've been a seeker Trying to make some sense But try as I may I feel downright dense I look for meaning I ask why But I get nowhere Bread and butterfly
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Deep Down in Your Soul 06:12
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Can’t touch it Can’t can’t touch it Can’t touch it Can’t can’t touch it Hotter than a million degrees Can’t know it Can’t can’t know it Can’t know it Can’t can’t know it It does what it damn well please There is that spot There is that tender spot Deep down in your soul There is that spot To have and to have not Deep down in your soul Deep down in your soul Can’t hold it Can’t can’t hold it Can’t hold it Can’t can’t hold it It slips right through your fingers Can’t feel it Can’t can’t feel it Can’t feel it Can’t can’t feel it Ever though the feeling always lingers Can’t love it Can’t can’t love it Can’t love it Can’t can’t love it When you do you self-destruct Can’t fuck it Can’t can’t fuck it Can’t fuck it Can’t can’t fuck it No no way it can be fucked
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Everything's Jake 04:01
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No need to worry no more No need for regret No need to take on the weight of the world I'm all set No need to hang myself up Over stuff I can't control I'm good with things as they are I'm ready to roll It's all jake with me Yippie-kai-o-kai-yee It's all jake with me Giddy-up I take my daily dose I am light as a cloud Nothing's gonna bring me down No bad vibes are allowed Ice cream sundaes on a Wednesday eve Fan mail from Singapore No one's gonna tell me all the whys All the hows and all the where-fors It’s a crazy old world People scurry 'round like ants Switch on my x-ray vision And no one's wearing any pants A fog starts to lift I get a feeling I just can't shake I need another jones So that everything will stay jake
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Get Through to You 04:54
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What can I say and what can I do What can I say and do To get through to you What if I hurt you You know did something mean Crush your fragile heart Stomp on your self-esteem Then would I get through How do I live when I am not living I go back and forth Between being selfish and being giving What if were honest And told you how I feel Would that make a difference Make it become real Then would I get through I know I shouldn’t say this I know you must think I’m nuts I just can’t help myself I feel it deep down in my guts I know what you’re thinking You’re thinking it’s wrong I go back and forth Like a game of ping-pong Wish I were stronger Force you out of my soul Would you like me more If I were more in control Then would I get through I know I shouldn't want this but want this I do I know I don't stand a chance But I just want to get through

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Of whom and of what indeed can I say: "I know that!" This heart within me can feel, and I judge that it exists. This world I can touch, and I likewise judge that it exists. There ends all my knowledge, and the rest is construction. For if I try to seize this self of which I feel sure, if I try to define and summarize it, it is nothing but water slipping though my fingers. Between the certainty I have of my existence and the content I try to give that assurance, the gap will never be filled.

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released April 2, 2024

Cover "Wagwan" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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