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Is there a mother of exiles
Is there a father of truth
Is there a shepherd to take us
Through the darkness of youth
Are there words that bring salvation
Is there a sky that never falls
Is there a voice, which moves love
That knows the hollow of your calls
Is there light that sings your heart song
Is there hearts in ghosts that haunt
Do shadows ever whisper
As they die from the weight of want
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Did I ever really need you
Or was it an illusion born of time
Will you fade from my memory
Could I recover my lost mind
Is this road never ending
From this life and beyond
Are we always somewhere sending
The signal moving on
And if love itself can't save us
What use the cry of man
If love itself can't save us
What is the master plan
The sky is always falling
My will is dying here
The voices always calling
Behind the waves of need and fear
Give up now surrender
What are you and where
Who are you deceiving
When you pretend to care
A night owl and a carcass
A widow and a snake
A fire burning nothing
Except the will to need and take
A fire reaching higher
It may even lick the sun
God can feel its heat now
As all his humans run
From desire to desire
From need to bleeding need
With mouths still opened skyward
The mother still must feed
Is there a mother of exiles
Is there a father of truth
Will anyone find her way home
Or to the heart and soul of youth
Is there a father of truth
Is there a shepherd to take us
Through the darkness of youth
Are there words that bring salvation
Is there a sky that never falls
Is there a voice, which moves love
That knows the hollow of your calls
Is there light that sings your heart song
Is there hearts in ghosts that haunt
Do shadows ever whisper
As they die from the weight of want
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Did I ever really need you
Or was it an illusion born of time
Will you fade from my memory
Could I recover my lost mind
Is this road never ending
From this life and beyond
Are we always somewhere sending
The signal moving on
And if love itself can't save us
What use the cry of man
If love itself can't save us
What is the master plan
The sky is always falling
My will is dying here
The voices always calling
Behind the waves of need and fear
Give up now surrender
What are you and where
Who are you deceiving
When you pretend to care
A night owl and a carcass
A widow and a snake
A fire burning nothing
Except the will to need and take
A fire reaching higher
It may even lick the sun
God can feel its heat now
As all his humans run
From desire to desire
From need to bleeding need
With mouths still opened skyward
The mother still must feed
Is there a mother of exiles
Is there a father of truth
Will anyone find her way home
Or to the heart and soul of youth
| Papa_Smurf (Spokane WA) | Posted: May 19, 2013 - 23:59 NO WAYYYYYY , IM WAY INTO IT, I CAN DEF INATELY FEEL IT! |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 21:23 Where'd that Campari go? |
| oceansurf (Vancouver, for now) | Posted: Apr 27, 2013 - 14:00 no thx. This sounds like a strange mix of Golden Years by Bowie and.. Slash's guitar? pass. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 10:41 This song is funky cool... love it... |
| ScottD | Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 07:54 Yea, this could go away anytime now. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 23:38 Very nice! |
| bmo (Canada) | Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 23:35 Most excellenf
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| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 18:05 Catalytic wrote: Sounds like Beck
I hear Zappa. And other stuff. |
| Catalytic (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 09:56 Sounds like Beck |
| BibKiller | Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 18:34   |
| vit | Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 10:03 Trent Reznor on ketamine? |
| kdogg73 (Dayton, OH) | Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 11:14 This is no classic, but it stands on its own. Don't pull it from rotation. |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 14:20 Must have been having a lousy day when I originally pinned a 1 on this. Upgraded to 7. |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands) | Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 14:19 ....7->8.....growing.... |
| nevar23 (Georgia) | Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 12:18 First time hearing this, and LOVING it!  |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands) | Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 11:36 BillG wrote: Free download @ josepharthur.com ....pushed this in front cause THANX,BILL.............discovering JA since your link......  |
| whomhow (changeable) | Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 00:33 Guy thought his guitar is creative, but it's just boring. |
| michaelgmitchell (Stirling, ON) | Posted: Aug 12, 2012 - 05:05 Now, THAT was four minutes well spent. A must-add for the Mitchell collection. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Aug 12, 2012 - 05:04 aspicer wrote: Definitely a lot of Fripp and some Belew influence! Maybe. But nowhere near as accomplished. I hear interesting bits but the constant wall of sound simply doesn't appeal. |
| Phlegmaticman (270 miles south of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 09:07 Wow — that was Joseph Arthur? |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 09:04 , Not bad sir, not bad! |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 12:23 Definitely a lot of Fripp and some Belew influence! |
| ajlept (Athens, GA) | Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 18:54 Webdrifters wrote: Complex and brilliant. Amalgam of Moby, Maclaren and Lou Reed. And now followed by Syntax... Bill, more please! I was just going to say that this sounds like it could been done by Syntax (Meccano Mind). Very similar. Not bad. |
| Hasan | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 13:47 In the sixties there were drugs to make this kind of thing bearable. |
| tuttle99 | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 13:44 gypsyman wrote: nobody hears Zappa? I thought it sounded like Fripp.....sounds awesome! |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 13:43 gypsyman wrote: nobody hears Zappa? nope, maybe a little of that gibson SG sound perhaps, but i get a way lot more reznor from it |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 18:32 Just got back from a day on the water and heavy traffic - this set is exactly what was needed, that and a Gin + Campari. |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 07:44 nobody hears Zappa? |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 05:19 BillG wrote: Free download @ josepharthur.com Thanks for the tip, Bill :) |
| Webdrifters (Toronto - Canada) | Posted: May 19, 2012 - 07:46 Complex and brilliant. Amalgam of Moby, Maclaren and Lou Reed. And now followed by Syntax... Bill, more please! |
| BillG | Posted: May 11, 2012 - 18:36 JsDad wrote: Can't find this song or CD on Amazon or iTunes. Any help? Free download @ josepharthur.com |
| JsDad (Chapel Hill, NC) | Posted: May 09, 2012 - 07:38 Can't find this song or CD on Amazon or iTunes. Any help? |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 09, 2012 - 07:30 Never heard of him, but keep it in the rotation - I can see it growing on me.... |
| peterneorr (WA) | Posted: May 07, 2012 - 11:06 I thought this was Trent Reznor until I checked the details. I like it! |
| BeenThereDoneThat (suburban big-box store land, Colorado) | Posted: May 07, 2012 - 11:05 I am somehow reminded of Bowie. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 11:15 ...woke up this morning, got myself a mother of exiles... |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 11:13 Yuck. PSD. |
| SinisterDexter | Posted: Apr 17, 2012 - 14:09 Wait a second - is this the guy who is the God of Hellfire?  |
| pops364 (England, UK) | Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 06:56 oldsaxon, wassup - you logged on but then thought "I can't be bothered"? I like this new one from Mr Joseph. I always find him hit and miss, but his hits are brilliant. |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 10:06 no comment |