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Our Lady of Aparecida
05:37
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Archangels and murderers gather silent ‘round the edges of the night
Isabella’s upstairs and wounded, already run away from the light
You try to trade your ghosts in for some freedom
But you find they’re like shadows
And shadow is all you’ll ever find
It’s all you’ll ever find
And I am alone and down the road
Lost and destined for nowhere
Looking for comfort in the reaches of the dark
Dreaming of la señorita in the azure frock
I remember, riding the Jutiapa Bus
And oh, oh, oh everything’s gonna be all right
Everybody’s gonna fall in love…
The dead pour up from the underground
Flood the sidewalks like witnesses with stolen dreams of a resurrection
But no crucifixes, no candles
Fogged in waking dream
Propositions and insinuations, they all amount to nothing
All the illusions and ever-afters we keep chasing
Beautiful lies that fall as fast as any teardrop
And rest like iron crosses there upon our chests
And oh, oh, oh everything’s gonna be all right
Now, desire turns to emptiness and the silence closes in
And the moments fall like hammers
And nothing is revealed
You’re always there alone
In the end, alone is all you’ll ever be
From a window, sad and empty
Her eyes follow, softly
A young girl stealing away into the Saint Claire Hotel
And she mumbles something about “Our Lady of Aparecida”
Then turns and catches me there in a dream
And wish I could wrap my arms around her
And whisper in her ear
“You know, I’m not really like that
It’s just the things that you hear
I’ve got contacts far away from here
We could make a midnight runaway.”
And oh, oh, oh everything’s gonna be all right
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2. |
Bird Upon The Mountain
03:28
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Bird upon the mountain
Heavy was the sky
I got lost in the forest
Clouds began to cry
Oh, clouds began to cry
Long before the winter
Long before the spring
I was born from a silence
And sunshine, it did sing
Oh, sunshine, it did sing
Saw my love in the valley
Saw her disappear
I swear she took the sunshine
And I wish I could hold her near
Oh, I wish I could hold her near
Gave my love a river
Gave my love the sky
Gave my love a graveyard
It feels like I could die
Oh, it feels like I could die
Bird upon the mountain
Heavy was the sky
I got lost in the forest
Clouds began to cry
Oh, clouds began to cry
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3. |
What's One Heart?
04:39
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When you're racing past the fires
And Brooklyn's in the rearview
The police vans and the tombstones
Stretch up against the sky
And it feels just like you're running
But it ain't getting no better
Whether you're alone or with another
In the penthouse or in the gutter
You're at 90 miles an hour
And the shadows, you can't shake them
And what's one heart?
What's one heart?
What's one heart against the wreck of it all?
Oh, against the wreck of it all
Now the hills roll out like an ocean
And your wheels roll on forever
And the sky's turning to purple
And you're lost, man, you're lost
And for the first time, you know it
For the first time, you can show it
It's the void rising to meet you
It's the skull placed there before you
And what's one heart?
I don't want your dying roses or your sympathy
I never really cared too much about what you thought of me
So what? I've been kicked down again?
But I'm having visions of the end
I'm at 90 miles an hour
And the road keeps getting longer
The world keeps getting bigger
And I ain't getting no stronger
The stars ain't shining brighter
The horizon ain't turning lighter
I'm at 90 miles an hour
I'm at 90 miles an hour
I'm at 90 miles an hour
And what's one heart?
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4. |
Like A Stranger
04:02
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The sun is sinking and the wind's cold
The stars are crooked and I'm sure getting older
It's been a long time off the deep end
Been a long way to travel, my friend
Here we go again
Around the bend
And
I know I know I know how to feel like a stranger
All these faces, they keep changing
Another year and I can't recognize them
Another world slowly ending
Another tune, now it's fading
And I'm waiting for that beautiful thing
I know I know I know how to feel like a stranger
I bought my ticket for the last train
I lost it somewhere in the pouring rain
All my life, it's been deceiving me
All my dreams never showed me the key
Now it's you and me
And the same mystery
I know I know I know how to feel like a stranger
Give me a mirror and I'll turn it 'round
Give me a mansion and I'll burn it down
Give me wings and I'll fly away
Give me a reason and I'll probably stay
The world's in the way
It'll be better someday
I know I know I know how to feel like a stranger
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5. |
Alabama Requiem
03:21
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Left my home on a bus
Left a dishrag and a broom
Sold my father's gold Benrus watch at a pawn shop on 3rd Avenue
And nobody cried all night
The day I went away
Now it's just depots
And the sugar factory smokestacks all roll away
Lost in Alabama
And the sky seems so far away
Bring me back to dirt roads and open fields and warmer skies
It's raining back up North
All the highways have been washed away
Where the devil came to me through a dream
But the streets gave me no comfort
So what am I doing here
All the heroes in all the movies
They all lied to me
I've thrown this fortune to the floor
Left all of my money in the rain
I left the sky someplace far away
Lost in Alabama
Looking for my heart in my shoes
Lost in Alabama
Without much left to lose
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When Lucia left me broken there was all I'd left behind
A thousand lost forevers that I could never find
And the stars that would not shine
Left me wasted all alone
And I'm a rider
Oh a rider
Before the break of dawn
I stole my mother's crucifix
I stole my father's name
And I cursed the god within me
And i wrapped myself in chains
And the highway rose to meet me
And I wished I wasn't born
And I'm a rider
Oh a rider
Before the break of dawn
I found the shadow of a city
And it sang just like a tomb
I laid down in its shelter there and left covered up with wounds
And all the ruined angels
Oh their sweetness turned so wrong
And I'm a rider
Oh a rider
Before the break of dawn
Thunder on the mountainside
Lucia soaked in rain
My dreams are shards of mirrors that hold her jagged in their frames
I wanted all her innocence
To keep her for my own
And I'm a rider
Oh a rider
Before the break of dawn
I passed by way of locust
And I passed by way of flood
And I buried all of my reliquaries deep down in the mud
Black dog on the tree line
And a shadow stretching on
And I'm a rider
Oh a rider
Before the break of dawn
I remember your shining face in summers past away
Your hair was dark, your skin was wet
And you begged me, then, to stay
But time is the destroyer
Are you waiting just beyond?
A rider
Oh a rider
Before the break of dawn
The road, it speaks in silence
And the sky, it speaks the same
Love is born from emptiness
Then it leads you back again
When the form begins to crumble
When you turn and find her gone
Then you're a rider
Oh a rider
Before the break of dawn
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7. |
Zoe's Arms
05:00
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Crushed orange Sunday morning
Wounded chest, swollen eyes
I rode the high line across the threshold
Like a razor through the moon
Me and Dante stayed up all night trading songs
Then we wrapped ourselves in newspapers
And we smoked our last beedies
As the earth rumbled beneath us
And I wish I was in Zoe's arms
It rained for seven days
I threw my boots into the fire
And I slept all night with that picture that she gave me
And I dreamt she was dancing up on the moon
And the stars all moved around her
And at dawn my food was gone
And Lord, I felt like crying
And I wish I was in Zoe's arms
No one seemed to notice when we pulled into Briar's Junction
Dante was writing poems about angels over water
And me, I was pretending the universe was my mother and my father
But we were all alone and those angels seemed so far away
And I wish I was in Zoe's arms
Down here the old men are painting postcards of silent executions
It's dark here in the summer and I'm waiting for November
And there's no sound to this sky
So I try to remember the ocean
And I wish I was in Zoe's arms
Spent the night at Saint Francis and I awoke to find it burning
A beggar gave me shelter and I drank all of his wine
And the wind is breathing cold
And the clouds are always leaking
And I wish I was in Zoe's arms
Not far off in the distance
I can hear that train whistle whining
I hear crows all around me
And a thousand drummers, drumming
I remember I swore when I was a man
That I would climb up to the mountain
I'd look out to the world
To see all had become mine
But now, I wish I was in Zoe's arms
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Icy grey sky
I've set out and then I'm stranded like a lamb
Snow's been falling
I've been reaching for the palm of your hand
When this world dissolves
Will you pull me back to you?
When the sky has cracked
And all the nightmares sinking through?
Lost and the winter's so cold
Blown on the wind and the snow
Lost and the winter, so cold
I've tried to call to you
My chest feels frozen up and I can't speak
Followed, oh I followed empty handed
Oh, I fell into the deep
Through August and September I dreamed I rested in your arms
The days are thin now
The sky is ash
The road is cold and long
Lost and the winter's so cold
Blown on the wind and the snow
Lost and the winter, so cold
The strangest feeling, what's been taken away
The saddest feeling, and you're slipping away
Every thing I've stolen, I want to give it back to you
A million prisons all around me
Can I give them back to you?
Lost and the winter's so cold
Blown on the wind and the snow
Lost and the winter, so cold
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9. |
Wolf River
03:43
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When I was young, not too much younger
'fore the road turned crooked and the sky turned cold
There were warm summer days down on Wolf River
And warm summer nights in Ophelia's arms
Oh, Lord, she held me so gently
Oh, Lord, I left her too soon
I was looking for something that wasn't really there
When I left Wolf River by the light of the moon
I left Wolf River by the light of the moon
I headed up North where I got so lonely
I was looking for a meaning where I wouldn't find one
Then down on Congress, I got so broken
And every turn I made I just came undone
Oh, Lord take me back to Wolf River
Where the iron weed blossoms
And the tupelo grows
In my mind, it shines so bright
And the the world don't need me
And I want to go home
The world don't need me
And I want to go home
I want to let go but I can't let go
I want to let go but I can't let go
I want to let go but I can't let go
I want to let go but I can't let go
Now I can see Ophelia there through the forest
Heart so pure, I can see it shine
I'm a thousand miles on
But it feels like a million
And a million lost faces faded down the line
Oh, Lord take me back to Wolf River
Where the iron weed blossoms
And the tupelo grows
In my mind, it shines so bright
And the the world don't need me
And I want to go home
The world don't need me
And I want to go home
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10. |
Joey
04:56
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I found us in a photograph only yesterday
Spell-less clueless magicians
Regarded with suspicion
Feels like we danced through the mist only yesterday
Like semi-tuned-in lovers
Like ticking-slowly stranglers
And they labeled us antichrists
But we weren't the devils that they were looking for
You can watch your world burn up and fall apart
You can fall from love
You can fall from desire
You can claim your innocence there in the ash and the smoke
You can turn away
You can turn away
It's just a dream, a moment
Just a moment
And it leaves you nowhere
There were no arms around us
No arms around us
No arms around us
No there was nothing to begin with
And Joey, we just can't win
I remember you told me once, hey, I don't cry
I'm never gonna fall in love
I'm never gonna fade away
But they chipped at you with a chisel and you crumbled
And it takes a lot to laugh
When all it takes is eyes to see
That there are no true castles in this world
Only odd-shaped mountains
There were no arms around us
No arms around us
No arms around us
No there was nothing to begin with
And Joey, we just can't win
You can call it what you want, but it's a tragedy
It's feeling free
It's believing in me
You're gonna look in the mirror one day to find out you're just like everybody else
And freedom won't matter
Believing won't matter
Your baseball cards and your heroes
They're just paper swords now
There were no arms around us
No arms around us
No arms around us
No there was nothing to begin with
And Joey, we just can't win
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Devadas New York
Devadas is a kirtaniya, a songwriter, a composer and a producer from Brooklyn, NY. His acclaimed recordings include 2019's "The Grand Street Kirtan Sessions," "Radio Nada" and "Brooklyn Mellows," and he scored the film "One Track Heart - the Story of Krishna Das" with J Mascis. He performs as a kirtaniya and as a songwriter in New York City and throughout the world. ... more
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