Followers

Tuesday 7 September 2021

Devin Townsend Tribute EP

 Funeral

Jesus, here lies my brother tortured and blown
Stretch for the heavens and go I watch him go here it comes
Jesus was a poor boy Jesus was a poor boy
It's just a spring clean for the May Queen and I'm coming home
And this one's for the life this one's for the funeral in the rain
And if only for tonight this one's for the funeral in the rain

The day's gone and the year's gone and I don't know when I'm coming home
I can't hold on to what I've had when what I've had there's nothing left at all
So this one's for the life this one's for the funeral in the rain
And if only for tonight close your eyes and try to sleep again

A world away, you turn away I'm wide awake, and I don't need your home
Tell me why he went, it seems to be an element to this mystery 
But it's so cold today, so I get away and I'm left behind with nothing but words
And I went to the funeral in the rain and I went to the funeral in the rain
And I went to the funeral in the rain

Bastard

Nighttime, turn around lonely is the city tonight
Nighttime, all around lonely in the city tonight
Grey people stare at a static sky as you will ours is not to question why
Same thing, every time it always seems to need what I'm not
To all the hopeful ones nobody gives a fuck what you've got
I only wish that I could pray to God but you will stay longer just don't leave me alone

Bastard, mother, father time passed quicker than you will ever know
And they can push me harder but you know I'll never go
And they will justify it, but you know it will take them slow
Bastard, mother, father time passed quicker than you will ever know
And they can push me harder but you know I will never go
And they will justify it but you know it will take them slow

The lights go out from across the harbour and the boys are out on the corners
Sex in the neon basements red and sorry and don't feel a thing it's too cold to worry
So in the corner by the dock where there's no light
It smells like piss but no one knows and right now just a smoke would be alright
Feel old, gone where feelings go gone now in a field of green gone where feelings go

Grace

We know that it's only human we know that it's only love
We know that its far too close to home to see it now
Love all we can before we learn all we came for
Learn all we can before the road leads to home
Grace, grace, grace, grace high road warning high road warning
Grace, grace say no more high road warning high road warning

Laugh, love, live, learn laugh, love, live, learn Eternal I, eternal I, eternal I
My child tells me we are the fallen men
My child tells me we are the fallen men
Laugh, love, live, learn laugh, love, live, learn Eternal I, eternal I, eternal I
Grace, grace, grace, grace

Never fear love high road warning high road warning
Never fear love high road warning high road warning
We know that it's only human we know that it's only love
Love all we can I know the way and you know the way
We all fall down if we fear love never fear love
Never fear love never fear love never fear love never fear love never fear love

More!

Gimme more tell me are you ready, soul of mine?
Going to be ready we pay no mind, pay no mind!
Honey are you ready roll the die...
Crown and Coke are ready just steady the mind, stay in line!
Jesus is-a-coming and he wants more!
Jesus isn't coming and he wants more!
Everything is coming and we want more, we say
More more more more!

Summon all the ready criminal minds heavy, but they're ready,
We'll save the mind, stay in line probably they're running on your property line...
Pocket until you're ready well I better take what's mine, save what's mine!
Jesus is-a-coming and he wants more!
Homeless are-a-coming and they want more!
Christians are-a-coming and they want more, they say
More more more more!
Salesmen are a-coming and they want more!
Christmas is a-coming and kids want more!
Armageddon is a-coming and we want more, we say:
More more more more gimme more
More more more more gimme more

Souls may cry all inside your mind.
What we fake, is what you take!
Lighting the fire, I know... to war we ride!
Take a little money and we want more!
Have a little money and he wants more!
Everything is money and we want more, we say:
More more more more!
Salesmen are-a-coming and they want more!
Christmas is-a-coming and kids want more!
Armageddon is-a-coming and we want more, we say:
More more more more gimme more
More more more more gimme more

Angel

My angel cry from under, cry in time say on and on hard enough.
Save my heart tomorrow save my heart tomorrow.
Save my heart tomorrow save my heart tomorrow.
I'll save my heart tomorrow I'll save my heart tomorrow.
Save my heart tomorrow save my heart tomorrow.

In you, love it goes away I'll wait through the hardest kind of pain!
Cry from under, cry in time say on and on hard enough.
Save my heart tomorrow save my heart tomorrow
Holding you, love it goes astray I went through the hardest kind of pain,
Cry from under, my angel cry in time say on and on hard enough!

So you will know by the light your hands and all that they write.
Take comfort in knowing your fears are gone fears be gone, I believe in love!
And everyone into forever everything is apart of me,
Dancing all into whatever effervescent quality!

Notes From Africa

And the miles, and the trials, and the cities made of gold
But there's a freeway a freeway a freeway to carry you home
Tell the world, the young and old and every boy and girl
That there's a freeway a freeway a freeway to carry you home

WHAT A FEELING WHAT A FEELING
KNOW FROM WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED IT CAME FROM AFRICA
WHAT A FEELING WHAT A FEEDING KNOW THE CHOSEN ONES...
THEY COME FROM EVERYWHERE THEY COME FROM EVERYWHERE
THEY COME FROM EVERYWHERE

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