1. |
When The Devil Came
04:50
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I was adrift on the sea when the devil came
He offered me water and whiskey
and he knew my name
He pointed off to the west
Said his mansion was there
Full of gold, guns, and girls
All the pleasures a man could dare
But
All you gotta give me is your love
And all you gotta fear is being free
And all you gotta do is to ask yourself
Is the cost too high for me?
I was astray in the woods when the devil came
He turned his lantern down low
so as to cast no light on my shame
He lit me a smoke
pressed it into my freezing hand
Said I'll make you the king of the nighttime world
You'll have all the power at your command
But
All you gotta give me is your love
And all you gotta fear is being free
And all you gotta do is to ask yourself
Is the cost too high for me?
But I said get back, get back
I'm at peace with the situation
Get back, get back
I don't need your false salvation
Get back, get back
Cause I'm dying and my words are few
But I'm beholden to no one
Yeah, I'm beholden to no one
And that includes you
I was bleeding out in the ambulance when the devil came
He laughed at my misfortune
And he cursed my name
He said I've got nothing left
O you narcissistic fool
Yeah, the larder's now gone bare
And I can't bear how you've been cruel
So all I've got to give you is my love
And all I've got to fear is being free
And all you've got to do is to ask yourself
Is the cost too high for me?
Is the cost too high for me?
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2. |
Nowhere
02:50
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I'm stumbling somewhere over the hill
Where the clouds run and I lie still
And I don't care
One day I will, but I don't care
I'm casting a shadow over the rail
Where the water is moving like it's skipping bail
And I don't care if I pass or I fail
Yeah I don't care
I don't know when I will go but I know I won't stay
I've said hello to the undertow that pulls us all away
Now we're getting nowhere and we're making good time
We're getting into getting out of our minds
And we don't care if you get left behind
Yeah we don't care
We're steeling ourselves for whatever comes next
God is simple, the rest is complex
And we don't care
Wait, let me check
Yeah we don't care
I don't know when I will go but I know I won't stay
I've said hello to the undertow that pulls us all away
We're fixing the games our detractors will play
I picked up their voices and I threw them away
Cause I don't care about what they say
Yeah I don't care
I don't know when I will go but I know I won't stay
I've said hello to the undertow that pulls us all away
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3. |
Getting To Me
03:06
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It’s a long road out of nowhere
I’ve got a long past to retrieve
I’ve got a laundry list of debts and apologies
I don’t know how I’ll get there
Or what I think I’ll see
But if I don’t move then this town’s going to swallow me
I don’t care about where I’ve been as anyone can see
I don’t care about where you are
It’s where you want to be that’s getting to me
Take your shoebox diorama
And your fake tinfoil sea
Your late model cars and your fake diamond stars
And get ‘em away from me
All the psychodrama
In all your carefully scripted scenes
Has given me cause to doubt your abilities
I don’t care about who I’ve been as anyone can see
I don’t care about who you are
It’s who you want to be that’s getting to me
It’s a long road out of nowhere
I’ve got a long past to retrieve
I’ve got a laundry list of debts and apologies
I don’t care about what I’ve been as anyone can see
I don’t care about what you are
It’s what you want to be that’s getting to me
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4. |
Tulsa Nightlife
04:51
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Tulsa Nightlife: filth, gin, a slut
Stumbled full circle
It was like everything I’d been came undone
Headlights on neon signs
How many steps have I taken across this door?
Tears drying in my little girl’s eyes
How many steps down until I reach the floor?
What can I say to you to convince you this time I’ve changed?
What will I say to you to remind you that I’m always going to be the same?
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5. |
Swing Prom
03:38
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My will is gone and I’ve gone all wrong
I’ve been taking things way too far
For far too long
I’m all but disowned
And I’m waiting for someone to take me home
I hit this town and then I hit the skids
I’ve been wearing my worn out friends
Until they don’t fit
We’re all but entombed
And we’re waiting for someone to take us home
When I was a younger man
Playing with shaky hands
I took all that I could stand
Then I took some more
Watching the sunrise
Rubbing my bloodshot eyes
After spending another night
On someone else’s floor
Tonight I’m going to the dead man’s prom
I’ll be drinking dead man’s punch
Spit back methadone
And I’ll dance all alone
While I’m waiting for someone to take me home
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Rapture Clause Cary, North Carolina
Rapture Clause is the work of middle-aged malcontents from Cary, NC. The original version of the band broke up in March 2018. The current version is working on an album to be released in 2022.
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