Resplendent
I remember the dark clouds raining dust for days on end
Blew all the Earth out to California
Just left us here with the wind
Desperate times, you know everbody's part
It's your own lines you'd like to forget
Till what you were meets what you've now become
And grins and says Hey, haven't we met
Lost my first born that Winter
My wife on the first day of Spring
So I poured my sweat to the Earth
to see what that harvest would bring
And I remember how the fury
just like a plague of locusts
Egypt's punishment for sins of pride
Is that now what has come over us
How much of this was meant to be
How much the work of the Devil
How far can one man's eyes really see
In these days of toil and trouble
Honey, we're all resplendent,
Yeah honey, we are all thrift store
Like a wine-o with a $20 bill
Yeah, forever and eternally yours
And I can make you promises
If you don't expect too much,
You and I will run the distance
If you'll please, please excuse my crutch
How much of this was meant to be
How much the work of the Devil
How far can one man's eyes really see
In these days of toil and trouble
How much of this is failing flesh
How much a course of retribution
My, my, how loudly we plead our innocence
Long after we made our contribution
Resplendent written by Bill Mallonee
posted by windarkwingod | 3:04 PM
9 Comments:
Those images match the poem/song well. Just a tad on the depressing side (which is what I am sure it's supposed to be).
Hey it's good to have you back. "Resplendent" is a pretty good song and you found some good images to go with it
Do you feel like you are going through what the song describes? Has what you were met the you you've now become?
Well, It's weird how a song will grab you and become a conduit for thoughts and emotions that aren't mentioned in the lyrics. But yes, to answer your question I am a wino with a $20 bill but I didn't grow up in Liberal, KS!
Good to have you back on Mr. Gourd-Head. Glad you are feeling (at least somewhat) better.
You should change your picture to a wino with a $20 bill! :)
Great new pic! I love it!
Great song - Bill Mallonee's lyrics always get me in strange ways too. My ancestors lived through the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma.
Dar and I had quite the discussion after listening to this song the other night and started talking about other songs that are about something epic that occured in history. Maybe you could do a whole cd/collection of those type of songs.
Interesting that he posted the lyrics because I wanted to blog about a phrase in this song...so I think I will.
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