sketches for my sweetheart, the drunk
primo album postumo, pubblicato un anno dopo la sua morte (in europa il 12 maggio 1998)
Jeff Buckley moriva proprio mentre aspettava il resto della band per registrare il seguito di "grace", "my sweetheart, the drunk"
comprende due cd
sul primo sono state inserite le tracce prodotte da Tom Verlaine,
che sarebbe stato da lì a poco sostituito da Andy Wallace, già supervisore e produttore di "grace"
questo cd contiene tutto quel materiale già composto, ma terminato dopo la morte dell'artista
nel secondo cd sono contenuti tutti i brani registrati su quattro tracce o alla radio e comunque terminati prima del giugno del 1997
secondo l'articolo deThe Black Book di Kevin Birsch (risalente all'estate 1998),
questa seconda raccolta rappresenta ciò che sarebbe stato il secondo album di Jeff
primo disco produced by Tom Verlaine and mixed by Andy Wallace, except "You & I" mixed by Tom Verlaine
secondo disco tracks 1-2 produced and mixed by Tom Verlaine
track 3 mixed by Thom Cadley, Michael J. Clouse & Mary Guibert
track 4 recorded on 4-track by Jeff Buckley in Memphis, TN (spring 1997) mixed by Michael J. Clouse (fall 1997)
tracks 5-10 Recorded on 4-track by Jeff Buckley in Memphis, TN (spring 1997) mixed by Thom Cadley, Michael J. Clouse & Mary Guibert
track 11 recorded live on "The Music Faucet", WFMU-East Orange, NJ (october 11, 1992) produced by Nicholas Hill for The Music Faucet
circle around the
park, joining hands in silence
watch the evil black the sky
the storm has ripped the shelter of illusion from our brow,
this power is no mystery to us now
leave your spirit genocide, the cancer you won't remove
we cast our funeral rose inside and bury the need to prove
our mutilation is to gain from the system
turn your head away from the screen, oh people,
it will tell you nothing more
don't suck the milk of flaccid Bill K. Public's empty promise
to the people that the public can ignore
this way of life is so devised to snuff out the mind that moves,
moving with grace the men despise, and women have learned to lose
throw off your shame or be a slave to the system
I see you take another drag, one more lost soul to raise your flag
the sky is a landfill!
we see you take another drag,
let's see you take another drag
you like to dance to the rolling head of the adulteress,
you sing in praise of suicide. We know you're useless,
like cops at the scene of the crime,
with your steroids and your feedbag and your stable and your trainer,
I got a mail bomb for you, Mr. Strong Arm
throw out the stones from all the cemetery homes,
for the violence of a nation gone by,
for the politics of weakness and the garbage dump of souls
that will now black the sky
their yellow haze and crowds of eyes will plug up the mind that moves,
moving with grace the men despise, and women have learned to lose
we'll share our bodies in disdain for the system
I see you take another drag, one nation bends to kiss the hag
the sky is a landfill
I see you take another drag, I see you take another drag
I have no fear of this machine!
twenty-nine pearls
in your kiss, a singing smile,
coffee smell and lilac skin, your flame in me
twenty-nine pearls in your kiss, a singing smile,
coffee smell and lilac skin, your flame in me
I'm only here for this moment
I know everybody here wants you
I know every body here thinks they need you
I'll be waiting right here just to show you
how our love will blow it all away
such a thing of wonder in this crowd,
I'm a stranger in this town, you're free with me
and our eyes locked in downcast love, I sit here proud,
even now you're undressed in your dreams with me
I'm only here for this moment
I know everybody here wants you
I know everybody here thinks he needs you
I'll be waiting right here just to show you
how our love will blow it all away
I know the tears we cried have dried on yesterday
the sea of fools has parted for us there's nothing in our way, my love
don't you see, don't you see?
you're just the torch to put the flame to all our guilt and shame,
and I'll rise like an ember in your name
you know I, you know I,
I know everybody here wants you
I know everybody here thinks he needs you
I'll be waiting right here just to show you
let me show you that love can rise, rise just like embers
love can taste like the wine of the ages, babe
and I know they all look so good from a distance,
But I tell you I'm the one
I know everybody here thinks they need you, thinks they need you
And I'll be waiting right here just to show you
I once was open, at
one with a traveling heart
I loved this sweet guide
just like a fiction rushing in your riverbed,
arise like applause in my head
and in the half-light where we both stand
this is the half-light, see me as I am
just like the ocean, always in love with the moon,
it's overflowing now, inside you
we fly right over the minds of so many in pain
we are the smell of blood that brings them rain
in the half light where we both stand
in the half light you saw me as I am
I am a railroad track abandoned
with the sunset forgetting I ever happened
did I ever happen?
beware the bottled
thoughts of angry young men
secret compartments hide all of the skeletons
little girl wants to make her home with him,
in the middle of the shore, she wonders,
"don't know what you asked for"
"don't know what you asked for"
all young lovers know why
nightmares blind their mind's eye
your bluebeard is young and handsome,
so new to your bedroom floor,
you know damn well where you'll go
I've loved so many times and I've drowned them all
from their coral graves, they rise up when darkness falls
with their bones they'll scratch the window, I hear them call,
"don't know what you asked for"
"don't know what you asked for"
"don't know what you asked for"
all young lovers know why
nightmares blind their mind's eye
your bluebeard is young and handsome,
so new to your bedroom floor,
you know damn well where you'll go
stay with me under these waves, tonight
be free for once in your life tonight
your rube is young and handsome,
so new to your bedroom floor,
you know damn well where you'll go
all young lovers know why
nightmares blind their mind's eye
your rube is young and handsome,
so new to your bedroom floor,
you know damn well where you'll go
all young lovers know why
nightmares blind their mind's eye
your rube is young and handsome,
so new to your
bedroom floor,
you know damn well where you will go
ah. ah. ah
through the yard,
through the yard of blonde girls
through the river and the sea
gold sharks glittering
a tree of white breaks the earth
the streets where Lola played..
very sexy, very sexy okay, okay
fear, we may come (X 4)
so run, run, run, run, run, run, run
it's in your heart,
it's in your art, your beauty
even in this world of lies, there's purity,
you've got innocense in your eyes
even in this world of lies, you're still hopeful
very sexy okay, okay
fear, we may come (X 4)
so run, run, run, run, run, run, run
through the yard,
through the yard of blonde girls
through the river and the sea
gold sharks glittering
a tree of white breaks the earth
the streets where Lola played..
very sexy, very sexy okay, okay
fear, we may come (X 4)
so run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
yu sound just like a
scream
I don't know what you mean
your witchcraft's all around me in your ragged pagan scene
you tell me all the ways around my garden that you like
I float just like a bubble heading for a spike
all is well between the breasts of passenger and slave
we'll never make it out alive to join the witches' rave
you'd like to see him suffer for your fantasy and thrill
he fell sick while we made love, he's out there, somewhere, still
oh, I feel the spell that you have cast,
hot, pink, nasty bubble gum, coming down just like a big red coal
oooooooo oooooooo
I can't help from looking outside for a guarantee
I can't help from looking outside for a guarantee
hey! I try to keep
all hidden when you come around
oh, no! The sight of broomsticks sliding on the ground
you're levitating something, 'cause I feel so collectible
we're all lying natural, he's watching from a window up above
I see he loves you, I'll bring you closer..
something in my fate says it's not right for me
tell me, am I cursed or am I blessed? I don't know, oh yes!
'cause all is well between the breasts of passenger and slave
I'll never make it out alive to join the witches' rave
ooooooooo oooooooo
I can't help from looking outside for a guarantee
(7x)
for a guarantee
oooooo
fall in light, fall in light
fall in light, fall in light
feel no shame for what you are (X 5)
as you now are in your heart
fall in light
feel no shame for what you are
feel no shame for what you are
feel it as a water fall
fall in light, ooh
fall in light, fall in light,
fall in light, ooh
fall in light, fall in light
fall in light, grow in light
stand absolved
behind your electric chair, dancing
stand absolved behind your electric chair, dancing
past the sound within the sound
past the voice within the voice
ah ah ah
leave your office, run past your funeral,
leave your home, car, leave your pulpit
join us in the streets where we
join us in the streets where we
don't belong
don't belong
you and the stars
throwing light
oooooo
(repeat)
fall,
fall.
ooooo
fall in light, fall in
light
fall in light, oooo
fall in light, fall in light
fall in light grow in light
time takes care of
the wound, so I can believe
you had so much to give, you thought I couldn't see
gifts for boot heels to crush, promises deceived
I had to send it away to bring us back again
your eyes and body brighten silent waters, deep
your precious daughter in the other room, asleep
a kiss "Goodnight" from every stranger that I meet
I had to send it away to bring us back again
morning theft. Unpretender left ungraceful
true Self is what brought you here, to me
a place where we can accept this love
friendship battered down by useless history,
unexamined failure
what am I still to you?
some thief who stole from you?
or, some fool drama queen whose chances were few?
love brings us to who we need, a place where we can save
a heart that beats as both siphon and reservoir
you're a woman, I'm a calf
you're a window, I'm a knife
we come together making chance into starlight
meet me tomorrow night, or any day you want
I have no right to wonder just how, or when
you know the meaning fits. There's no relief in this
I miss my beautiful friend
I have to send it away to bring her back again
lady, all the
troubles of my fright, I disgust you
feel the power
you cut the
truth into you
why? do you think I'd hidden out? on this rely -
I could kiss you, with lines of escape in my mouth
please, let me bring back these gifts of mine to the woman
his eyes shined on my back as I slept and knew you
you didn't leave it all. You made an even call
my belly released the stars and tears between the scars
ooooh
we're where we belong, it should end here, until the end of time,
beyond the moment that ends our bondage
I am your failed husband contender, I'm your loan shark of bliss
this dream you've ridden on turns your world to explosions
I need to be alone to heal this bleeding stone
now, smell he rain of London, it still insists
that we beg for our purity,
as if we are pure in the rain of our contentment,
as if I can think of this no more
you and I
ah, the calm below that poisoned river wild,
you and I
tears that dry on a rude awakened child
where you look down
I've walked before, burning holes
with eyes of liquid brown
if we had only known, in a way
we wouldn't reach this ground
you were my only home, silver eyes
I want to see you shine
and we will feel the weight
fall away from us in time
searching our past for the true
you and I, you and I, you and I
all for you
where you think you'll fall,
I adore you
where you shut your soul,
I will open for you
if we had only known, in a way
we'd never reach this ground
I'll know, silver eyes,
I can see us shine
I said, we will feel the weight
fall away from us in time
searching our past for a true
you and I, you and I, you and I
all for you
your wish is my
command!
have you heard this talk about eye contact
gonna be the downfall of this town
first the photographs take you to the right hands
leads you to the authority mold
paranoia will write the world prayer
make sure that you fit in the right hole
but when you take their offer you're done for,
done for, oh!
phantoms in pockets,
we're in panic,
making order in total disgust
oh, they read a list of all who cannot stay
take you down, on the ground
make sure you learn
to beware your neighbor
bolt the doors and hire your guards
suck your life with their virus called language
someone told you this all would go down
and the last thing you see is the luster,
hold the razor, goodbye to your friends
would your underground please call the mayor?
call the neighbor, call your friends
well, when he first
saw you, you'd need no protection
eyes trained on your mouth, you're gonna learn to take him
hmmm
it's a brand new power!
my friend had her
questions right
beware your neighbor
haven't you heard, haven't you heard
that we're done for
oh
learn to beware your neighbor
and the right mode
haven't you heard?
haven't you heard,
that we're done for, done for?
oh!
when I count down from ten
you'll feel the lead in your lids,
you'll have no need to resist,
and wake up refreshed
ah!
there's no easy
answer, none to blame or forgive
two cripples dancing to the end we live
I'm not with you, but of you
not with you, but of you
you are soft and young to me
I am the ghost who comes and goes
and I hope I'll catch you in the throws
of one last look at the wonder,
one last look at the wonder
o, God, I love you
and all the past we once knew
some other love becomes you
whatever else we come to
I know we could be so happy, baby
if we wanted to be
you are soft and young to me
I am the ghost who comes and goes
I'm hoping that I'll catch you in the throws
of one last look at joy that we've become
but there's no easy answer, none to blame or forgive
we were two cripples dancing, to the bitter end we live
I'm not with you, but of you
I'm not with you, but of you
o, God, I loved you
and all the past we once knew
some other love becomes you
whatever else it comes to
I know we could be so happy, baby
if we wanted to be
we had a birthplace in common
we had separate beds and lives
I'll just sit here and glow,
break out the oldest pictures,
hang your ruined letters out to dry
we had a birthplace in common,
and separate beds and lives
I know that we could be so happy, baby
if we wanted to be
I know that we could be so happy, baby
yeah, oh
would you like to
meet the villain somewhere
underneath the skull of a moon
fire burned his eyes out 'cause his chains are too long for you
someone has to pay for the damage done
no-one's gonna love you now
your whole family's splintered,
you're a slave to it all, now
oooooo ahhhhh
oh, you're a slave to it all now
you're a slave
welcome down to paradise rock
there is no single entrance,
with the stars to revolve around,
there is no real underground
no stars to revolve around
here, they're fashioning the noose
sickened by the knell of the graveyard bell
you know it's not long for you
sick of all the vomit childhood,
not a trampoline for the freaks,
not even a slave to your father
you're a slave to it all, now,
oh, you're a slave to it all, now
welcome down to paradise rock
there is no single entrance,
for the stars to revolve around,
there is no real underground
and there is no single entrance
there's no stars to revolve around
there is no real underground
you're a slave to it all, now
ah...slave....oh...
you're a slave to it all, now
happy, happy, happy, happy,
happy, happy, happy, happy,
I see faces and
traces of home
back in New York City
so you think I'm a tough kid
is that what you heard?
well, I like to see some action,
and it gets into my blood
well, they let me out of Pontiac
when I was just seventeen
I had to get it out of me
if you know what I mean, what I mean
they say I must be crazy
'cause I don't care who I hit, who I hit
'cause I know it's me that's hitting out
and I'm not full of shit.
down by my bottle, filled up high with gasoline
you can tell by the night fires
where Rale has been, has been
as I cuddled the porcupine
he said I had none to blame but me
gave my heart, deep in hell,
time to shave, shave it off, it off
no time for romantic escape and your
fluffy heart is ready for rape
no, no time for romantic escape
and your fluffy heart is ready for rape
off we go
off we go
off we go
you're sitting in your comfort
who don't believe I'm real
you cannot buy protection
for the way that I feel
your progressive hypocrites
handing out their trash
it was mine in the first place
so I'll burn it to ash
when I've taken all the strongest meats
and laid them down in colored sheets
laid them down in colored sheets
well, who needs illusions,
of love and affection when you're out
walking in the streets, your mainline connection
connection
as I cuddled the porcupine
he said I had none to blame but me
held my heart deep in hell
time to shave, shave it off, it off
no time for romantic escape and your
fluffy heart is ready for rape
no
no time for romantic
escape
and your fluffy heart is ready for rape
no
no time for romantic
escape
and your fluffy heart is ready for rape
no time
back in New York City
don't you wanna let
go of your heart
or you resist the beds of bliss
fortune makes fools of us all
my dear materialista, silence was insane,
the parting was mutual
don't you want the rocket to rock out?
there's room for us both to fly
tell the man I'm never coming back again
tell the man I'm never coming back again
why should you notice at all?
gone again beside you will fall
down to the sea out of the skies
of gold cards and casual tears
I have only come to see you shine
feminine smiles the right side is wise, more than I
I wanna be your lover,
lipstick my name across your mirror
blood red with flaked gunshot glitter
and be one with all you disowned in your young life
you paranoia politician diva
you paranoia politician diva
will you let go of
your heart,
left behind a hypnotizing swirl
the semi's left behind
don't you want to
rocket to rock?
there's room for both of us to fly
same show everyday, don't have to blow up in the sky
so I just came from Hicks town,
left my coins behind
maybe some poor cloths pony will himself a life
why should you care if I crash your affair?
why should you notice me? I really wanna see you shine
I wanna be your
lover,
lipstick my name across your mirror
now, be one with all you disown,
true love has come to us all
blinded by the flame, right side smiles,
organized male, love, my silence was insane
the parting was mutual the moment I became
a paranoia politician
diva
a paranoia politician diva
a paranoia politician diva
a paranoia politician diva
diva, diva, diva
say farewell, g'night,
Sonny-Jim,
In your defenseless, winning smile
what do you hope to win?
and bliss face down, defended
well, now stoned Demon John
there's no town the boy cannot belong
why did you come here?
is it to excavate all your sins? Boil within?
slaughter like the daughter of the devil you send me
I have to deal, you called me here
you couldn't say that you were juiced
the night that you were introduced
to Demon John
gonna take him with you when you go?
dance down slow. Oh, way down
you cannot escape the bar-side angel dissector
you undo you life with too much cocoon, who's your protector?
dark as the city where the white girls walk by,
down below your eyes, just like fireflies
you call me here, come on here, follow me dear,
past cascades of rage and fear
you called me here
you couldn't say that you had been juiced
the time that you were introduced to Demon John
well, you knew you had to want to go, dance down slow
by the light of the sun, murder comes
today or tonight
better get yourself together and transcend it, a burst of light,
blaze stars into me, while the love breaks through here and now
so, murder by the light of the sun
please, don't get too close to me
you said you are for real, it's not pretend
all memory is stolen, know this for yourself
how would you like to be the happiest man in the world?
behind the weathered field hands, whose blistered paws
harvest cut, for wedding clothes they'll never wear,
marching down a road that was never there
it takes place on a sunlit face and the backbone broken
please bring us light, Demon John
you, Demon John
take him with you when you go
I want to tell you a
story
about a little kittty
she's ass-slappin' pretty
and voluptuous fingers
wanna let her lick me
stick the thick of my pussy
ah there she's across the street
she looks good enough to eat me
kitty! your flesh is nice
your flesh is nice
let me take a bite
your flesh is so nice.
oh, I take off my belt
oh, I whip the staircase
(whip the staircase)
kill all the men
everything's dead to them
you're the only one I follow
come on and let me give you that "o"
your flesh is nice
I wanna take you twice
your flesh is nice
oooo your flesh is nice
your flesh is nice
'wanna take a bite
your flesh is so nice
your flesh is so
your flesh is so
your flesh is so
your flesh is so
nice
(repeat)
I know you're a
woman by the way you burn below
I'll tell you secrets so good, you'll never tell a soul
come closer, my bonfire holds his life like stones
my years, my life unknown
diamonds from the pavement where the broken glass had been
just like these troubles that I'm leaving to the wind
like sapphires in boxcars speeding towards the end
like thieves, my bad luck grows
jewel box of sadness,
bring to catch your tear
crystallized illusions shine, forgot I'm here
jewel box of sadness, bring to catch your tear
oh, you left some stars in my belly
star crossed child's
love on the bands of wedding gold
silver studs of promise hide in the red crushed velvet folds
inaction, intention, like emeralds I stole
my speech of costumed gold
I think I ought to know
jewel box of sadness, bring to catch your tear
crystallized illusions shine, forgot I'm here
jewel box of sadness, bring to catch your tear
oh, you left some stars in my belly
you left some stars in my belly
you left some stars in my belly
how many times have
you heard someone say
if I had money, I'd do things my way,
but little they know that it's so hard to find
one rich man in ten with a satisfied mind
money can't buy back
your youth when you're old
a friend, when you're lonely, or peace to your soul
the wealthiest person is a pauper at times
compared to the man with a satisfied mind
when my life is over
and my time has run out
my friends and my loved ones, I'll leave them no doubt
but, one thing's for certain, when it comes my time
I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind
one thing's for certain, when it comes my time
I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind
satisfied mind