Mercury Rev - See You On The Other Side
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Although the lyrics don't appear in the U.S. version of the CD, they are found
in the UK and Japanese versions.
Empire State (Son House in Excelsis)
Young Man's Stride
Sudden Ray of Hope
Everlasting Arm
Racing the Tide
Close Encounters of the 3rd Grade
A Kiss From An Old Flame (A Trip to the Moon)
Peaceful Night
Empire State
(Son House in Excelsis)
Hard as the
kick in a young man's stride/I stabbed myself back into the night/One heel in
front, one heel behind/Life in the Empire State...Angels and devils before my
eyes/The palms of my hands hung by my side/Helpless I watched them destroy and
divide/Life in the Empire State...Cold were my bones, warm was the fire, white
was yr face cast to my mind/Bright as ever any light that shined/On Life in the
Empire State Into the Void I roared in vain, what if the South's gonna do it again,
promise you'll b by my side for the end Of Life in the Empire State... Shrug off
the shifting weight of home/And hope that the Almight Anchor will hold/Was there
room in yr heart for yr weakest son all along/Whistle sirens the Blind comin'
on...No matter how lion-hearted my will I still stray beyond/I threw up my hands
and swore I'd find more in yr arms/Was the Narrow Way there in our midst all along/Sounds
like the empire State's comin' on...
Young Man's Stride
It feels like
coming in a dream/I see it coming in a flash/And if it comes it comes/But if it
don't I'm gonna crack/Who put the kick back in a young man's stride/There's nothing
like the feel/Of destruction come alive/There's nothing like a drive/Express into
yr mind/Who put the kick back in a young man's stride/I hear you coming with a
scream/I see you coming with a flash/And if you come you come/And if you don't
I won't need to ask/Who put the kick back in a young man's stride
Sudden Ray Of
Hope
You bring a
sudden ray of hope that comes with every lightning bolt, I love to watch them
go up in smoke/You bring a soft summer smile, come in every once in a while, I
wish you'd go the extra mile for me tonight/And everybody knows it but no one
wants to show it they all just want to throw it in my face/You bring a sudden
ray of hope that comes in very can of coke I love to feel it roll down my throat/You
bring a soft subtle style that comes around every once in a while wish you'd go
the extra mile for me tonight/And everybody knows it but no one wants to Show
it they all just want to throw it in my face
Everlasting Arm
And so with
the explorers on my heels I started t'wheel/Stepped aside stone walls, i was sick
of it all/And so I set my sail on yr coattails and yr warm shawl/Up where there's
an Everlasting Arm, sends us out alone, moves us out of harm/Ever-reaching always
sweeping...And though I struggled t'take my place/there stood my mistake/Standing
there like some great big theatre curtain he knew for certain I'd come down on
you softly/Up where.../By and by the gates swung wide/Loved ones came in sight/Storming
down the street like Puerto-Rican kids in a summer rain/Breaking open the hydrants
and going insane/Up where...
Racing The Tide
I'm so close
I'm almost inside/Won't be long before the mystery is mine/I'm so close I'm almost
inside/But there were times I hung my head and cried/I'm so close I'm almost inside,
I'm so close Racing the Tide/I'm so close I'm almost inside/A dream unchained
that can't escape my mind/I'm so close I'm almost inside But there wre times there
was no end in sight/I'm so close I'm almost inside/Those big waves we always knew
I'd ride/I'm so close I'm almost inside I'm so close Racing the Tide
Close Encounters
of the 3rd Grade
See you on the
Other Side...Keep it rolling my friend...Plenty of tape...
A Kiss From An
Old Flame (A Trip To The Moon)
With a wink
from a starlet's eye a string of pearls come to life/Who knows what black and
crazy thoughts swim inside a girlfriend's heart/No brighter jewel is there above
than the gem of a girl still in love/Below the horizon the last crown jewel pales
among the stars at noon/When out of the blue a rainbow rockets thru/A kiss from
an old flame A trip to the moon/Endlessly falling my way downtown someone to throw
both arms around/Who knows what black and crazy names swim around inside her brain/adrift
across the silver screen just imagine you and me/Our strolling make-believe ballroom
glides set the rainbow room afire/Off into the starlit nite two fools rush in
you and I/Feel the rough hand close behind above the Heaven's Open wide...
Peaceful Night
Good morning
sun good morning shine I feel lost all the time/Somewhere ahead must lay my first
peaceful nite/Crimson flames golden shores where I land Don't care no more/Eleventh
hour heart of stone on bended knee facing home/Almighty above Almighty below an
unfortunate end to yr Civil War/Somewhere ahead must lay my first peaceful night.