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Great Revelation

by People Eater

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1.
GREAT REVELATION I’ve been praying since October That our troubles would be over But I guess it don’t work that way I’m still waiting for some great revelation To show me the way Thought I inherited your carefree disposition But lately all I do is worry about things beyond my control Promise me I shouldn’t wring my hands over nothing Promise me these thoughts don’t have to corrode my soul Can someone out there throw me a bone? I’ve been holding out for something To point out what I’ve been missing And explain all my worries away I’m still waiting for some great revelation To show me the way There’s just so much I’ll never know So much I’ll never learn about you Sometimes it just destroys me To think of everything I’ll never see Shelter me from the shadows left behind by your childhood I need some clarity What could be so bad that you’d hide it from me? What are the words you won’t say? I’m so scared that I’m colliding With some secret you’ve been hiding I just need to know it’s okay I’m still waiting for some great revelation To show me the way
2.
YOU'RE SO INTERESTING Girl you know you’re so interesting I ain’t got a chance cuz I’m so boring Can’t even keep up appearances I wasn’t prepared for a love like this Before I knew you I was doing great I truly believed that I had it made But my kind of love only goes one way There’s nothing to save once I give it away Girl you know I'm so typical I've gone and put you up on this pedestal My secret impression of you is so skewed I only see all of my flaws in you
3.
MADE IT OUT ALIVE This is the year that put wrinkles on my head Scared of the mirror This is the day I was sure I’d lost it all And it’s hard to start out with something And end up alone Without a single redeeming thought to hold It’s a wonder I made it out alive Fell asleep with the TV and the lights still on Still on top of the covers Woke up and I wondered how long I could just stay still And those days I didn’t wake up I just haunted the room I didn’t care enough about myself to change It’s a wonder I made it out alive And I’m hoping for some luck back on my side Hasn’t picked up in days Sometimes I feel like it’s hopeless Talking to myself Waiting for a sign that never comes And it’s strange, if you asked me in the darkness Why I’m feeling so low I would joke around and laugh it off but now I know It’s a wonder I made it out alive And I’m still praying for some luck back on my side Hasn’t picked up in days Sometimes I feel like it’s hopeless Staring at the sun Waiting for a sign And everybody’s waiting for me to lose my mind And I can’t shake off the feeling It’s only a matter of time ‘Til I go and fly off the handle Like so many other times And once again will I be surprised to find It’s a wonder I made it out alive?
4.
Tough Karma 03:35
TOUGH KARMA I can’t relax because the universe is out to get me Can’t be explained any other way You know I’ve tried to reconcile with the fates But they never show So before you get with me there’s one thing you should know I got this tough karma And I don’t know what to do I got some bad karma And it might rub off on you I can’t be happy cuz the universe is out to get me It’s been made so crystal clear And every time I get ahead something knocks me back To where I started I should know better than to grapple with the fates But it’s hard to always wonder, Is it me? Am I preventing my own satisfaction? I never understood why fortune has it out for me But after this brutal year I know I should steer clear Of all this tough karma When will it ever let up? I’ve got some karma Maybe it’s time to give up And I’ll always stop short Before that thought nestles in my mind I’ve seen the way it gets from those less fortunate than I Yes I’ve learned quite well What might become of this dark spell But so far the plan has been just to rein it in Until I know no one can tell I’ll never rest because the universe is out to get me This close to losing it cuz the universe is out to get me I’m crying out here But it seems I’ve made a missed connection Can’t be explained any other way You know I’ve tried to reconcile with the fates But I’m just a victim of some vast cosmic hate
5.
Mayfly 04:59
MAYFLY Mayfly danced around the room I can’t see, I can’t see Through singe marks on the windowpane Feelers reaching in the dark Go ahead, spiderweb Doesn’t have to be explained No one pay attention now No one make a sound Lying still there in the dark Mayfly comes around Mayfly danced around the fire I can see, flickering Shadows moving through the haze I can smell the hickory On my skin, in my hair Follows me around for days No one pays attention now No one sees, no one sees Mayfly visit past my door She’s a sign of what’s to come No one sees, no one sees What’s my future got in store? No one recognize the signs There before my eyes In the dark I see it all Waiting for the sun to rise And Mayfly danced around the fire
6.
FRIEND OF MINE I never was quite ready for the first cold word to land It was quite a shock when I heard myself let go He’s always hanging around here Looking for some helpless soul where he can grow But he never was a friend to me and I don’t mind I never was quite fond of winter nights stretched out too long I’m getting too familiar with the dark now I guess I know him well enough To tell when he’s gonna sink a fang in me I was never worth much ‘til the day that I found you And my efforts to keep you only make me act a fool It might not be flattering but I know that it’s the truth So come on babe, make my day But he never was a friend to me And he never even tried to be no friend of mine I never was quite ready for those first dead leaves to land It was quite a shock when I couldn’t let you go
7.
Old Soul 04:26
OLD SOUL You are such an old soul Can’t you see it’s true? But all this time you spend away I’d murder every day If I tried to stay with you I should know better than to leave And yet these troublemaking thoughts invade my mind So we should try and keep me reasonable Or just hit me where it hurts Doesn’t matter which comes first We should know better than to speak Last time we did it didn’t go so well We try so hard to understand each other but We can’t communicate through words Our emotions in reverse And you should know better than to ask Cuz you won’t learn a single thing that you don’t know And we’ll just carry on ignoring this until Our four-year bond has been destroyed And it’s each other we avoid And we’re a pair of old hands Old hands, old hearts, and ancient trust But could it be our day-to-day Is standing in the way Of what is best for us?
8.
MIRACULOUS VISION When I was you, long ago My paranoid delusions ran the show When the going got tough I didn’t go anywhere I just lashed out in a panic instead It was all in my head And I just had to wait Miraculous vision came and set me straight And I’ve always been one To put my faith in fate Miraculous vision gonna set me straight And if you tried to get through in any meaningful way I would scoff at any sentiment that you tried to convey Because I couldn’t quite grasp the true meaning of it Until all my past illusions had faded Now it’s awful familiar, the place that I’m in Yeah, times are getting hard just like they’ve always been And when the going gets tough I don’t go anywhere I just practice being perfectly still It’s taken all of my will But I’ll just have to wait Miraculous vision gonna set me straight Cuz I’ve always been one To put my faith in fate Miraculous vision gonna set me straight
9.
It's a Sign! 06:24
IT’S A SIGN! We used to be so close But we’ve become so distant lately We used to be inseparable But lately we’ve turned into two distinct beings And I’ve been thinking maybe it’s a sign My lucky stars misaligned Half the cosmos listen to me whine And I’ve been thinking that after all this time The countless memories rewind Ooh baby, maybe it’s a sign I used to be so full of life But I’ve become so hateful I barely ever speak I used to be self-confident But now I care so much what other people think These cryptic conversations on my phone Will be the end of me, just see Don’t take my words to heart I’m not alive when my emotions swing I used to know how to read the signs but lately I guess the universe got nothing left to say I used to know how to spend my time But now I barely ever make it through the day This year’s reduced me I’m barely even a human being

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A whole lot went into this album. I've been going crazy over these songs for a year, and it's time for someone besides me to hear them. Thanks for listening.

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released December 12, 2015

All songs written and performed by Dan DeMarco.
Special thanks to Hanna Busse for printing and assembling the physical CDs!

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