Concealer

The Afghan Whigs

Had to go back to HOW DO YOU BURN? for thirds today because this song and melody has been making it’s way through my mind and stirring my emotion. Not even three minutes, this still might be the stand out track on a record with many stand-outs. I love the little classical guitar at the beginning and how some of these lyrics feel like real hope, uncontrived. It reaches for the spiritual, the sublime —>

I’m going to take you where the consciousness bends

I love the transition at 1:30 — those little pianos + electric guitars — then that kick bass carrying us all the way out. A jewel of a song that feels like an awakening, a transformation and one of the most hopeful in the Whigs canon.

I'm gonna take you on a mystery ride
Hustle for the corner and slip over the side
Ancient was the light, like a song on the stereo
We played bones and I'm yellin domino

I'm gonna take you where the consciousness bends
Come pull the lever, let the story pretend
Long gone now, here come the breeze in a cameo
Long gone, every which way you go

And by the way, am I the way? Am I the way?
You say you're only just a shadow to the sky (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
And by the way, am I the way? Am I the way?
You say you're lonely, you are the echo of my mind
And I'm feeling fine

And now we come into awakening, child
Ain't so far, ain't so far away
As you become a silhouette to the sky
Whisper to the wind as she's circling by

And by the way, am I the way? Am I the way?
You say you're only just a shadow to the sky (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
And by the way, am I the way? Am I the way?
You say you're lonely, you are the echo of my mind