![]() Redemption City (2012) [ larger cover art ] |
Here is my voice of wild damnation
Here is my goodbye song
Here is my suicide bleeding eternal
Here is nowhere to belong
Here is the vein cut wide and grinning
Here are the misery teeth
Here is the drunk in the still room spinning
And the light in the widow's grief
Here is your will of rot but frozen
Stuck as if death won't care
Here is your life lost and sitting
Just floating like pollution in air
Here is denial in skulls electric
Still buzzing and from the chair
Death row blunders, fat man switches
The surge which will spike your hair
Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin
Here is rebellion which death affords me
Out of step with these times
Feel free as you drink from the blood I give you
Swallow my love and my crimes
Here is a shadow a blitzkrieg a warlord
Here is a saint and a nun
Here is a rapist a rodent a Buddha
Forgetting the things he has done
In these wasted days
With your broken memory
You find a higher place
In a separate world
In these wasted days
You hum a fragile melody
But you lost your way
And now you just can't see
Have you a dream or perhaps a nightmare
Have you a gun or a rose
Have you a name or are you transparent
Invisible without your clothes
When you are naked
When you are hungry
When you are free to be gone
Have you a will
Have you a reason
Have you a voice or a song
This is rebellion
A bleeding a beauty
This is what will be ignored
The morals around us call out for violence
Like comfort of those who are bored
Suck back your hostage
Light up your handle
Give all your donkeys away
For when you are here undone and spinning
There is nowhere you can stay
In these wasted days
With your broken memory
You find a higher place
In a separate world
In these wasted days
You hum a fragile melody
But you lost your way
And now you just can't see
So look into me, look into rebellion
Here I just speak to your soul
Tragedy's yearning the strength to surrender
Knowing it's all just a hole
So look into me, look into rebellion
Here I just speak to your soul
Tragedy's yearning the strength to surrender
Knowing it's all just a hole
Tell me the truth
And show me the sky
Tell me you're coming baby
Tell me goodbye
Burn in the fire
As you're saving your soul
Then make believe you've got it all under control
Tell me to call then show me the line
Feel how they fall one by one into your eyes
Tell me you see then show me you're blind
Tell me you're free as you drop kick your mind
Tell me the truth
And show me the sky
Tell me you're coming baby
Tell me goodbye
Burn in the fire
As your saving your soul
Then make believe you've got it all under control
Tell me to call then show me the line
Feel how they fall one by one into your eyes
Tell me you see then show me you're blind
Tell me you're free as you drop kick your mind
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: May 17, 2013 - 08:06 I came here to say that Moby is so bad. Now I find that there's two of them! Ugh. |
| kwink | Posted: May 17, 2013 - 08:02 Moby is better.. |
| jkhandy | Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 17:47 tulfan wrote: This is the kind of drek I am trying to avoid...I thought RP would be a refuge from it...nope...
Well bye bye then!! |
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 14:26 Hey! I think I like this. Need another listen to make sure. |
| Segue (Almost Paradise) | Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 14:07 The hating on this song speaks for itself. |
| tulfan | Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 05:59 This is the kind of drek I am trying to avoid...I thought RP would be a refuge from it...nope... |
| Marzz_13 | Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 19:14 lshinkawa wrote: too much talking in this song Yep. Bingo. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Feb 01, 2013 - 22:16 Things matter. That is what I like about this song. |
| nicolewe | Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 20:30 Thoughtful, creative lyrics. A poet. |
| Hans_Heintz (Utrecht, netherlands) | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 11:16 Moby, moby ..mmm.. ok, but has anyone compared this to echo & the bunnymen yet? |
| dw (PHill, CA) | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 11:14 Reminds me of Moby. Kind of a run on words, over and over. Not bad though. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 11:12 OK. It is adolescent. Young man.
Catchy all the same. |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Jan 01, 2013 - 14:13 mikec09 wrote: Tedious, listening to this highly attitudinal song. Yeah, I know, there *are* some songs that have an attitude that *are* good, but this is not one of those. Tedious is exactly what came to mind for me. |
| ScottN (Condo in Gaza needs remodeling. Still, I Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.) | Posted: Jan 01, 2013 - 14:12 mgoldman wrote: Here is me hitting the PSD..... Ditto |
| mikec09 (Saugerties, NY - a top 10 coolest small town in America) | Posted: Dec 01, 2012 - 05:24 Tedious, listening to this highly attitudinal song. Yeah, I know, there *are* some songs that have an attitude that *are* good, but this is not one of those. |
| joelbb | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 21:34 Blame us, blame the Boomers. We were the bozos who first told musicians not just that we liked their music, but that they were profound and insightful, far more so than other mere mortals. That was a HUGE mistake which led inevitably to crapola like this going out over the internet. This jerk probably thinks he's a major intellect. So do the morons who are out there right now nodding knowingly and thinking, "Heavy, Man, heavy." And it's all our fault. Sorry. |
| mgoldman (Wherever you Go, There You Are) | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 17:51 Here is me hitting the PSD..... |
| dave3ld (What a great station!) | Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 07:42 Ugh. Sounds a lot like Moby of so many years ago. Been there, sorry I did that. |
| cShaggy (..in the general vicinity..) | Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 07:42 ..color me impressed.. |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 09:40 kcar wrote: My attention wanders about four songs from the end, but it is a double album. The first 3-4 songs, including this one and "Travel as Equals", are outstanding. It'd been a long time since I listened to a whole album, so I had to work to get back in that groove. I hear you - it takes discipline to listen to a whole record these days, much less a double album. I find that I can put on new music and go about my work; the good songs make a nice backdrop to the day, the great songs make me stop what I'm doing. I stopped what I was doing several times upon listening to this one. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 21:16 Hilarious. It does sound kinda derivative but still OK. |
| Nuance (Winnipeg) | Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 17:15 Jamunca wrote: First! Also, Joseph Arthur has a free download of this double album on his website. Good because I wouldn't pay for this mediocrity. |
| drewd | Posted: Jul 23, 2012 - 11:41 I'm hearing Pet Shop Boys.... ugh... |
| 10th_rock (582 miles SE of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 10:52 Make it Stop! This is the second time I've heard this din. I prefer hangovers. |
| lshinkawa (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 10:49 too much talking in this song |
| kcar | Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 22:19 Bosami wrote: On first listen this entire record was very good. My attention wanders about four songs from the end, but it is a double album. The first 3-4 songs, including this one and "Travel as Equals", are outstanding. It'd been a long time since I listened to a whole album, so I had to work to get back in that groove. |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: May 01, 2012 - 06:49 Jamunca wrote: First! Also, Joseph Arthur has a free download of this double album on his website. On first listen this entire record was very good. |
| clwguy | Posted: May 01, 2012 - 06:47 Moby is very talented. JayGuerette wrote: Nah, more talent than Moby; can actually sing. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Apr 24, 2012 - 10:28 ...yeah, i totally thought this was moby, too... |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 11:41 JayGuerette wrote: Nah, more talent than Moby; can actually sing. heh Have you HEARD him on "Travel as Equals"??? And that's coming from a JA fan! :-) |
| manonfortini (Québec, Canada) | Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 13:24 Jamunca wrote: First! Also, Joseph Arthur has a free download of this double album on his website. Thank you! ![]() |
| JayGuerette | Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 13:16 Nah, more talent than Moby; can actually sing. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 13:13 oldsaxon wrote: Moby called, he wants his ideas back. well played... |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 09:23 Definitely one of those songs that will either intrigue or annoy. I'm going with the first one. This is an 8. Joseph Arthur seems to be reaching for something more in every tune I hear. I could definitely rock out to this. |
| hjh3 | Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 09:22 oldsaxon wrote: Moby called, he wants his ideas back. You beat me to the punch |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 09:20 Moby called, he wants his ideas back. |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 05:37 7 first time prolly go higher. Jangly geetar, Pettyish, late 70's sound, nice. |
| agkagk (Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 05:34 Hmmm? Quite likeable. Worthy of a 7. But do we need another Moby? |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 05:33 First! Also, Joseph Arthur has a free download of this double album on his website. |

