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lyrics
Last night, when I woke up
I was shooting pool with Lady Luck
She bought my soul for a measly buck
She said all she ever wanted was to dance
I asked her what was in her cup
She said, “Life.” and then she drank it up
She had an american flag on her pick-up truck
And ‘freedom’ was sewn on to her pants
She said, “California’s the place to be.”
“They’ll match the quota of your every need.”
“They’ll sing you cocaine harmonies.”
“When all you ever wanted was a chance.”
And she said, "The night looks like it's never been as young,”
“As when it had a vision."
She said "You used to call its name, you used to hold its hands,”
“Now you're making love, now you're making plans."
She didn't know the moment, she didn't know the date
She didn't know my fortune, she didn't know my fate
She said "There's no time to wait, when...”
“You're a thief in the night."
I realized all my heroes were dead,
They died in their beds
With loaded shotguns to their heads
And victim, tattooed on their hands
I sought counsel in a group of some,
I asked them if it was what they'd done
They said "No, the good, they always die young,”
“And they never, ever meet demands."
In the group I saw my friend,
I said "What a way for a life to end"
He said, "Have you been born again?"
I said, "No, it's just a change of plans"
And I said "The night looks like it's never been as young,”
“As when it had a vision."
I said, "You used to cry, you used to get high,”
“But now you're scraping just to get by.”
“Once you were Jesus, you were the Son,”
“You were the Father, you were everyone.”
“But now that day is done, and...”
“You're a thief in the night."
I went to the edge to see
The bottom of the drifter's sea
Where lonely dreamers cash in their dreams
For a case of beer and a year's supply of food stamps
Sinatra was there without a clue
His eyes were red, no longer blue
He said "What's a swinging boy to do?”
“But sleep with, sleep with liars and tramps."
I said "What's this world coming to?"
He said "There's something burning new"
I said "You felt that once, didn't you?"
He said "But now the light has flickered from my lamp."
And he said, "The night looks like it's never been as young,”
“As when it had a vision."
he said, "You used to think this world would never end.”
“You thought you had the chance to do it all again.”
“But now you're in Heaven, or you're in Hell.”
“As far as I can tell, it's just as well.”
“There's no freedom bells, when…”
“You're a thief in the night"
A heavy blend of post-rock and shoegaze from Argentina's Ox en Mayo Alto rides big emotional crests and contemplative valleys. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 27, 2021
