Dark When The Snow Falls
1993
Screaming Goddess Records
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  1. Clean Water (2:53)
  2. South Bristol, ME. (3:35)
  3. Hey Jesse (3:18)
  4. Blue Moon (3:55)
  5. This Is My Life (3:23)
  6. Angst II (4:43)
  7. I Will (Requiem For A Farmer) (6:00)
  8. Judas (3:47)
  9. Falling Down (4:08)
  10. Goodbye My Old Friend (3:52)
  11. Misgiven (4:12)
  12. Searching For Heaven (3:28)
  13. Lose Yourself (3:50)
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