this is a song about dumb kids, doing drugs, swimming in the ocean stoned, falling in love with each other and believing that they and their friends are the world-changers, the center of the universe, endowed with a divine and tragic mission.
lyrics
All of us famous, all of us clean
Our dreams will be real now, and our lives will be dreams
All of us central, none of us caged
We’ll rage against labels now, a machine against rage
Shit damn, I will lead you, when I get my shit together
Smoker, actor, drunken dancer
Tycho Brahe was the master.
Shit damn, we used to be
Some of us were dumb enough to buy it
Smokin’ rolled-up maple leaves
Some of us were dumb enough to try it
A generic voice is sighing
You know it’s not your fault
But you’d derelict your duty
To admit my guilt
See, I was charged to care for this
This secret God had sculpted with
To wreak upon the world
She fell before she knew
Shit damn, we used to be
Some of us were dumb enough to buy it
Smokin’ rolled-up maple leaves
Some of us were dumb enough to try it
Hanging down in Trenchtown
You went swimming in the sea
And God was mad
Among the clouds
Many faces could be seen
You feel the giant fingers
Of undines who swim below
But the devils in your head now
Will tell you where to go
Shit damn, we used to be
Some of us were dumb enough to buy it
Smokin’ rolled-up maple leaves
Some of us were dumb enough to try it
credits
from Stone Bull,
released July 13, 2013
Jonah erikson: lead guitar, Peter Irvine: drums, Josiah Erikson: bass, Jesse Sterling Harrison: guitar and vocals
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