Dark When The Snow Falls 1993 Screaming Goddess Records SGR ? |
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Vocals, Guitar: Todd Watts Guitar, Vocals: Erik Wenberg Bass: James McNabb Drums, Percussion: Tamer Eid Music: emmet swimming Lyrics: Watts Producer: Marco Delmar Recorded at: Bebop Productions, Rockville, MD Engineer: Marco Delmar Mixer: Marco Delmar Mastered by: David Glasser Clean Water Reverend there is a sign On the church door today Reverend someone is howling And he won't go away There's no light up here and I'm lonely There's a sign on the door that says I've rotten through Reverend someone is howling I see his tail through the gloom chorus: Clean Water in the temple of the man There'll be clean water in the fruit of the lamb Won't you just take my hand We'll walk through the store and explore I want to enjoy the life I have Reverend there is a choir The Deacons gather the fold They say a baby born without clothes should be clothed He's showing his privates to us now There's no light up here and I'm lonely There's a sign on the door that says I've rotten through You could never dig a life of piety I could never fall for the mercy chorus When you're high on your altar And when you reach out to man Purity is just your voucher Sanctified means you don't have the balls To stand with a man who will run through the door And the church gates are locked when you leave Reverend someone is howling Reverend someone is howling chorus South Bristol, ME. As a little boy in my neighborhood a game would go on Who'll get out of here Stare out my window as the nights grow long Right scuffed knee and all I'd offer up my humble prayer Make me different oh, Take me across those those mountains there Every time you see me on the stage somewhere Every time you're telling me that I don't care There'll be time to live along the coast of Maine There'll be times when I have to go away Everyday you say that both of us are growing old But I like it here pull you closer as the nights grow cold And I know sometimes I don't return the love you show Oh but keep in mind It takes rain to make the tulips grow Every time you see me on my pulpit here Every time you're telling me that I don't care There'll be time to find that old farmhouse in Maine There'll be time to watch my hair turn thin and gray And everything will be just fine Hey Jesse Hey Jesse, how about your mother A corn cob pipe and a bottle in her hand How about your sister, she shops at Walmart She's making eyes at the black men in the band And you're a savior, Oh please don't waver You're the reason I vomit on the floor When preach hatred, I can't be sated I want to hear it again And when I fall asleep I'm dreaming of all the things you say If Dr. Martin King were alive today Hey Jesse, do you ever slumber And have a dream of a goddess in your bed And was she willing to take your drilling Did you wake up wishing you were dead How bout the folks down in Carolina A weary nation bows their head to pray Show them some guidance, give them some kindness, make Jesse just go away And when I fall asleep I'm dreaming of all the things you said The Children's Television Workshop's alive today Blue Moon Push me down, I think I'm falling Cranberry lips from darkened wine And gothic verse aren't spoken now I'm staring out through a white wall and people seem Knock me out I feel like laughing Manchester prose from parlor boys would only make me smile some more I've smiled my way to this white room and people seem chorus: Now I'm walking where the air is clean A blue moon on the rise, I sigh Life meant more when it was hurtful Cross my feet I feel like dancing Hardwood floors on summer nights Make summer seem most bearable Autumns trapped in October and people seem Take my life you wouldn't want it The smell of beer clogs up my pores And leaves me screaming yes for more More of this in my white house and people seem chorus Here's the moral of the story: Happiness can eclipse doubt And leave you wandering about Worm your way through the white walls and people seem strange This Is My Life Mother sent me off to school with a brand new Mead folder I was singing in the choir God was sitting on my shoulder My whole life seems so constipated Is it your fault that I'm refusing to believe chorus: This is my life and I will live it underground I know, I know who I am This is my life And I'll go plowing through the garden I stop, I stare, I know I think I can Father put me on the stool And I'm sure you'll agree If I finish my dinner, will you buy me a law degree My whole damn world stops and spits at me I try to run the forest, I'm stuck with a tree chorus And when I'm down I'll wonder What did I do to make you laugh I think I'll put on a habit And merge with the bee's I know I can chorus Somebody take my life Angst II Pick me up on a roadside Lay me down on a farm There's a meadow that's bald in the moonlight And I'm reeking of two dollar charm chorus: I'm a teenage goddess I will live forever People let me down People let me down And when we're alone and I'm sobbing You'll never feel the tears that I cry I bottle them with a cork as a stopper They sell them at the five and dime chorus Tear off my clothes in a hallway The smell of bile on the floor Tell me that I'm important to you at least for right now As I spread my legs wide a little more chorus I Will (Requiem For A Farmer) See the lights distantly call Shrink the ground everywhere they fall There's water somewhere to be found not by me Quench the soil, save my family I Will, I Will, I Will but the rain won't fall down And this soil is all that I know Trench furrowed deep where the winds don't blow And when my god is coming down to me Take both my hands, take my family I Will, I Will, I Will but the rain won't fall down There's a light, it takes me far away And there's a sound It questions all I know Now I'm down, gods lips are like a pillow I won't be falling down anymore There's water pouring from my veins Gone away, all my earthly pains And now my blood must feed the land and thee God take my soul, save my family I Will, I Will, I Will that the rain must fall down Judas Midday light, the earth jump started lying in a bed No burning arms, no shivering back there's nothing in my head The world revolves so fast around don't let it in the way The gift that morning light has brought me is just another day chorus: Judas died upon a tree before the Christ was slain And all I've ever asked of you is give me back my name You've got everything Praise the bridge that brought me here and curse the one ahead If only I could see you I'd retrace the path you led But you're not flesh and you've no face and now you've left me blind No strength to find the way ahead and you've burnt all that's behind chorus God lives on a tree lined street in a better part of town He touches those who help him and he turns the others down My midday morning prophet he rises every day He takes all God's good helpers and pushes them my way chorus Falling Down I'm only fond of living when I'm falling down I'm trying but I can't come close to living When I'm falling down I'm trying so I took this chance to tell you That I'm trying to change I'm trying, but I'm only up when I'm falling down I'm only fond of living when I'm falling down I'm trying, but I can't come close to living When I'm falling down I'm trying so I took this chance to tell you That I'm trying to change I'm trying, but I'm only up when I'm falling down. I'm only fond of living when I'm falling down I'm trying, but I turn the door to greet you And I'm falling down I'm writhing so I drank all day to tell you That I just can't recall I can't pick myself up when everyone wants to see me fall I'm falling and I want to see you when I won't be falling down I'm falling in, and I'm only up when I'm falling down Goodbye My Old Friend Darkness Falls Again, Just Like it used to You're wondering, where have I been and calling We've searched for a long long time My search is at its end Just wish that you were here my friend Goodbye my old friend I hope you find someone who will take you in Goodbye my old friend I hope the wind blows hard at your back again Goodbye my old friend The days are long when will the night begin Goodbye my old friend, I'm gonna miss you Woke up late last night, flying kites upon the sand Realized we'll never be that close again Let's drink every bottle dry Then throw them to the wind Let's turn and say goodbye my friend Goodbye my old friend The road is long I'll see you on the other side when Goodbye my old friend I hope your gates are closed when the snow begins Goodbye my old friend I hope you find all the things you couldn't find then Goodbye my old friend, I'm gonna miss you Goodbye my old friend I hope the sun shines warm on your face again Goodbye my old friend The nights are long when will the days begin Goodbye my old friend I hope the ice falls soft in your gin again Goodbye my old friend I hope you see the clouds as they ride the wind Goodbye my old friend I hope the rain pours down on your fields till then Goodbye my old friend, I'm gonna miss you Misgiven You're inside me all the time When I look inside myself When I sit and watch the world swim by I want to try sometimes But only seem to run away I'd like to break your teeth And push you back into the Stone Age Misgiven, just fell in, quit trying Now I'm crawling on the floor I can feel you touch my spine And tomorrow's just another day I'd like to try sometime I want to feel you pull away I'd like to grab your ass And push your faith into the Stone Age Misgiven, just fell in, quit trying There's a hand reaching deep inside me It pulls you out and you've been discovered It costs so little to begin to feel free My eyes roll back when you call me brother Will I ever learn to love With you stuck inside my skin Will the sun provide its warmth again I try to die sometimes But when I do I hear you say That you've been in my heart And Pushing ever since the Stone Age Misgiven, just fell in, quit trying. And lying, Misgiven Searching For Heaven You could spend your whole life here Searching for Heaven. I could spend all my time here searching your body. And look at me come, see me go look at my life all searching for heaven. When I come, see me go, look at my life all searching for someday chorus: You always shine so good And then you look for somebody I still don't see anybody You make me feel good You could spend all your time here in search of some idle goddess I could spend all my time here trying to unfasten your bodice When I come look at me go all of my life spent searching for heaven And when I come look at me go All of my life spent searching for something chorus Lose Yourself The lights are dim tonight Where will you turn when the people quit coming And everything takes time You're flying against the wind And when you touch the sky Look down from your summit I'm standing behind you Everything takes time Can't live without you now chorus: Be yourself, that's fine Find yourself, there's time Lose yourself, well I'm right here beside you And what is on your mind That look in your eyes is both tired and cunning And everything takes time when the sand falls the other way And when you stand on high Remember the times when you've stumbled, run crying Everything takes time Can't live without you now chorus |