1. |
Waiting for the Day
04:33
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Waiting For the Day
(T. Downing/S. Downing)
well I face the morning with the
world on my mind
and I turn on the TV
only to find
that i have no value, reduced to a
talking head
and i ain't got no existence
just might as well be dead
well maybe this is all just a dream
and maybe this means nothing to me
and maybe someday I'll find the truth
and maybe it's just that we're all screwed
waiting for the day to come
waiting for the day
waiting for the day to come
any time now...
any way...
well I'm not as stupid as you
say i look
and i can't see reality thru the
haze & smoke
and i look toward my future
away from my past
and the street-prophet says that
Armageddon's coming fast
well the glowing angels
they gather in my room
and all the saints & all the sinners
warn me of impending doom
and I reach toward the table
and turn on the light
and I blink my eyes and tell myself
it's gonna be a long night
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2. |
Another Lovesong
06:41
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Another Lovesong
(T. Downing/S. Downing)
another lovesong
floating down thru the air
and all the mothers
they cry out in despair
another black kid
face down with a hole in his head
another victim
of urban decay
and all the teachers
walked out yesterday
another jackhead
shoots a girl from the back of a car
all the rage and jealousy
laid out for all the world to see
and there's no chance for you and me
to keep out
all that we can do is try
to cross our hearts and hope to die
before the love falls from our eyes/
before the tears fall from our eyes/
before the rain falls from the sky
let it out
another handgun
in the mouth of a child
and all the children
who are growing up wild
another blueboy
shot down at the end of a beat
another rapist
makes bail & he walks
another crack house
going up down the block
another teenage dealer
dumped at the side of the road
another white girl
sneaks out every night
she gets thru high school
and she can't read or write
another baby
and she's stuck for the rest of her life
every Latino
out in East San Jose
and every Native
down & out in LA.
they only want to make it
all go away and start over
another lovesong
from an old radio
and it reminds me how far
I've got to go
another year goes by
and I'm watching my friends getting older
are we pretending
that love conquers all?
and that's assuming
we can all get along
another reason to wake up
'cause the honeymoon's over
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3. |
Spirit Dancer
05:19
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Spirit Dancer
(T. Downing)
lightning strikes - a lone explosion
fire in my mind
I'm hoping these ecstatic visions
won't strike me blind
still I wear the hours
my spirit torn inside
praying nature leaves me
with a modicum of pride
ancient dreams
look inside me
ancient dreams
walk with me
staring at the open ocean
clouds gather above
I'm thinking of a grand illusion
people full of love
but every time i blink my eyes
the tears wash the dream away
i sit and wait for its return
perhaps another day
spirit dancer, dance your dreams
let it fill your heart
tear the sky open wide
make a brand new start
spirit dancer, dance your dreams
let it fill your heart
fill the sky with your cries
make a brand new start
rabbit on the southern wind
coyote in the stones
the sweat pours out of me
and chills me to the bone
red road calling, but
the city calls me its own
but can i walk a million paths
and ever end up home?
lightning strikes - a lone explosion
fire in my head
I'm hoping these ecstatic visions
won't strike me dead
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4. |
Glassfleshsex
02:58
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glass
flesh
sex
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5. |
Fire Inside
05:07
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fire inside
(T. Downing)
I never thought you'd run away like that
I always thought we'd be together
I never dreamed it could hurt so much
I always thought I'd take it better
you always seemed to be on top of the world
I never guessed that you were lying
but now you're gone and living in the city
while I sit here crying
and the light in your eyes
makes a circle in my mind
and the thoughts run rampant
make me lose control every time
baby i know you can give me a smile
although it's been such a long long time
come back and hold me, just for awhile
you're playing with fire inside
I never thought I'd see you here again
I never thought I'd be here either
I bet you want me to apologize
but I'm still waiting for the same from you
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6. |
God on a String
04:32
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God on a String
(T. Downing)
leave
leave the building
there's a building on fire
there's a god on a string
sing
sing your praises
there's a woman on fire
she's wearing your ring
the evil tide flows back & forth
and crashes on the shore
you say you can't tell
who is who
and what is what anymore
the ultra-righteous
beats his bible
while he makes the sting
he's got his hand
in your back pocket
and his god on a string
sign
sign your name
divide the cash
I'm on your side
guide
strive to guide
leader in the media
somebody lied
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7. |
Nightmares (redux)
05:12
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Nightmares
(T. Downing/S. Downing)
Looking back in anger
My vision fades to white
A thousand stags and lions
Pass each other in the night
Distant drums and echoes
Are still pounding in my head
But still my conscience tells me
That we should all be dead
Not one of us are jesters
But still we wear the mask
And find our hands are severed
By the blades of our one task
You could have been destruction
You could have held the gun
And rid the population
Of every last one of us
Help me to understand
This gnawing here inside
I’m looking for someone to take my hand
And bring me down
And lead me home again
Would you stay right here beside me?
Will you love me ‘til the end?
So many have challenged
So many have lost
We try to save our foolish pride
But what will be the cost?
We terrorize each other
To win the gift of fire
We cave in to our wishes
And every last desire
(chorus)
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8. |
Savage
02:59
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Savage
(T. Downing)
nowhere do I see what I started with
nowhere do I see what I've begun
I feel, in the basking heat of day
the cold charge of a neon sun*
I sweat (I can't stop)
I shake (the shaking)
I rattle like a handful of bones
I stop (to look)
and start (to find it)
the ringing of a million telephones
I'll be OK tomorrow (if I just)
detach myself from what goes on
whispering promises on the wind
(will find I have already gone)
I try (I sweat)
to stop (the dreaming)
as needles prick the flesh
I call (to you)
to stop (the dreaming)
but you just wanna know what's next
like the savage (ferocious)
chanting old native prayers
to a loving god
see the lines in front of you
the lines drip down like blood
* apologies to peter gabriel
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9. |
Demons
05:32
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Demons
(T. Downing/S. Downing)
I hear voices in the night
my head feels like a cannonball
so heavy and about to explode
the rain beats down relentlessly
so hard to take the pain sometimes
but I'm getting used to being alone
running down a road to someplace
better than I've ever known
through the doorway & the past is gone
driving down a road to nowhere
through the doorway & the future rushes in
well it's all laid down in black & white
and yet, people see what they want to see
but it could still turn out alright
for other people like you & me
days may come and days may go
still, you never know 'til you reach the end
when I get it figured out
will I still be able to call you friend?
dreaming of a better time
watching the ghosts of all my family
go parading by
if it should come to pass that I should
ever need to stand and fight the demons
would you stand by my side?
see them coming closer
will I ever have the courage
to stand up for myself?
if I should fall before the laughing
fucked up bastards
will you pick me up
and help me make it through?
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And Tears Fell Seattle, Washington
And Tears Fell was an eclectic art-rock recording project founded by Todd & Samantha Downing in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1988. Twenty years, a move to Seattle and five albums later, Todd put the project to bed for good. The REQUIEM album is a tribute to Samantha, who lost her battle with cancer in 2005. ... more
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