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Revelations

by Zedidiah Word

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1.
You've got the air of a careless Christian, secure in knowing where you're going. But surely you've forgotten just where you've been? Wasn't that you in that sin? Serpents lie, they can't walk without their legs. You crawl inside the fire, still on your knees to beg. Do you even know what you're heading toward? You can choose your punishment, never your reward. Dip your finger in the cool, cool water to find some relief. Memorize mechanized, anesthetized beliefs. There are no perfect circles from a child's hand. Go through the larger gate and find your Promised Land. From the pew to the couch in 40 seconds flat. Worship at the altar of the Cowboys early game. Eat the flesh of nacho chips and drink the blood of whatever's on tap. No holy bastard can serve two selfish masters.
2.
Revelations 04:52
I'm about as blunt as a baseball bat bearing the brunt of a broken bone, or a bully baring his soul to a battered nose. And I know some day I'll have to meet my maker. I just hope it's on a Sunday with all the fakers. 'Cause I'm having revelations about making reservations at a place where they call me sir and park my car. As I flip the table over hors d'oeuvres I whisper to myself, "Don't you people get it? There's not a goddamned one of you who's still alive! We all died back there on the battlefield. There's no way any of you survived." I'm about as blunt as the business end of a bullet out for blood and a bit of vengeance on a body. And I know some day I'll have to face my maker. I just hope it's somewhere quiet where we can talk. 'Cause I'm having reservations about faking revelations. Get up out of the casket and stand before the gathered. I will flip the table over, desert and shout at the ceiling demanding answers to every goddamned question I ever had. We all died back there on the battlefield. There's no way any of us survived. Why am I allowed to be alive?
3.
Baby 03:15
Baby, what's one more mouth to feed? We'll never have everything we need, like health or wealth or food on our plate. We'll learn to do without, it's never too late. Baby, what's one more cross to bear? We can make it through, this to you I swear. I'll work extra shifts down at the mill. I'll do anything I can to pay the bills. And baby, what's going on in your head? This might not be the most comfortable bed, but dreams will find you no matter where you sleep and promises are only as good as the words that you speak. Please baby, baby don't you weep. They're turning off the lights, we have more fun in the dark. They're coming for the car, but it barely makes a spark. They're shutting off the gas, I guess we'll shiver in the cold. They can come and take the house, but they can never take our home.
4.
My Own Ghost 04:15
I've been living with my own ghost for too long. My past haunts me 'cause I've done wrong. I can't escape these chains, I'm bound. I once was lost never to be found. I am fear in the hearts of those who are near. I am pain in the hearts of the restrained. I am death and the heart has nothing left. I've been living with my own ghost...
5.
Angry men make angry men and angry women too. Bad situations make for fallen tears and turn boys into volunteers. I was one who gave everything. Gave up on women too. Clenched my fist, signed my life away to fight in service of the U.S. of A. Out in the field they're all fair game, women and children too. War is hell don't let them lie to you in the name of the red, white and blue. I pray for our souls to keep. Pray for our women too. Pray for the girls that we have back home and for our mothers by the telephones. Men can judge me and cast their stones. Same goes for women too. I close my eyes and I turn away so I can live to fight another day. In my bible are pictures of home and some of women too. Sometimes I take comfort there and sometimes it feels like empty air. Out here you lose everything. Lose your religion too. If you're lucky you just lose your life and not your soul, your limbs or your wife. Every time the bombs go off, the lapsed atheists sing, "Oh, my God! Oh my God, won't you help me? Won't you help me?! We're all gonna die!!"
6.
You were timid and tame. I was livid, insane. I needed temper and tempestuousness. You said it best when you said, "Maybe it's best if we go our separate ways. Maybe we've had enough todays." I was a lion, I was a beast. You were lying at the feast of yourself. I was a lion, I was a beast. I was trying not to be the least of me.
7.
The Beast 01:48
"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy."
8.
Suddenly the sky was bathed in blood. The differences between you and me seemed trivial. I accept the things I cannot change in others. I made matchstick promises to kerosene dreams. The last time that I was bombed, I caused a scene. Suddenly the sky was bathed in fire. The distance between you and me was a state of denial. I traced sparkler punks in the fog of my own self-contempt. "I am not depressed," is a depressing delusion. The next time that I am tanked, I'm taking you down with me.
9.
We spent a lifetime together. I wish I could have helped you, but these things happen. You moved on without me. I did what I could but I was hopeless, helplessly watching you go. Goodnight, goodnight, goodbye. Go rest in love and light and know the darkest night is through with you. Go rest in love and light and know the dawn is breaking over you. Go rest in love and light and know the sun will always shine on you. The air around us feels so cold. The story ends before it's told. And you know it, and you know it, and you know it to be true. Go rest in love. Go rest in light.
10.
They turned off all the lights, it was no fun in the dark. They drove off with the car, I forgot where it was parked. They shut off the all the gas, left us huddled in the cold. Now they're coming for the house, but they can never take our home. They came into the house without knocking on the door. They took all that we had, left us sitting on the floor. You said you'd had enough, left me cold and all alone. An empty shell of a house, and a man without a home. Please baby, baby I'm all alone.
11.
Two Roads 03:28
I see eyes in the well and scratches on skin. I see fingers outstretched don't know where to dig in. I see fear in the face of a mother who is missing her kid. I see bodies in the grass with blood at their feet. I see bone sticking out just beneath the knee. I see terrible pain in the ones who are forced to leave. I see teeth on the pavement where petals once fell. I see stillness in places that once raged like hell. I see shadows grow longer on faces who will never tell. I see coffins filled up with nothing but time. I see holes in the ground too deep to be climbed. I see priests on their knees forever confessing their crimes. I see church pew pillars with salty flesh. I see them praising "god" in their Sunday best. I see kids being taught to fake faith if it gets them blessed. I see shadows on the wall that dance and pretend. I see darkness in corners and it welcomes me in. I see two roads ahead and I don't know where to begin. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound when a missile from a drone impacts the ground. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound when eternal peace can finally be found.
12.
You stayed up all night 'til dawn's early light. The futility seemed all too real to you. Ate some eggs and cold steel. The regrets, they bounced around inside your head with bits of bone and molten lead. You stayed up all night. Nothing ever felt so right. The end. Amen.

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2nd full-length album from Denton, TX singer/songwriter Zedidiah Word!!

"With lyrics bordering on the literary and compositions conjuring up the sophistication of Damien Jurado and the gentle psychedelic vibe of Syd Barrett, there’s a certain magic that jumps right out at you in the album’s opening track, Selfish Masters." — What’s New with Gini Mascorro — Dec. 4, 2017, KXT 91.7 FM.

“... Zedidiah demonstrates a real gift for witty, intelligent lyrics with bite.” — Ten for Your Attention: 12/12/17, Ghost of Blind Lemon, Dallas Music Blog.

Music video for "Two Roads": youtu.be/fl9idlOfBsQ

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released December 8, 2017

All songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by Zedidiah Word (BMI) in an attic studio in Denton, TX known as "Hotter Skull Radiations", except:
Drums on "We Are All Going To Die" and "Go Rest In Love And Light" recorded and performed by J.K. Cole.
Additional drums on "Selfish Masters" and "Baby" recorded and performed by James Carmichael Dooley.
Mastered by Lydian at Landr.
Design/Layout by Tony Ferraro.

Thanks to all who put up with my foolishness. Special thanks to all who inspire. Extra special thanks to you- you not only put up with my foolishness, but you inspire me. Thank you.

Dedicated to the memory of S.T., G.C., G.D. and R.D.

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I make folk music for folks, and rock music for rocks.

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