This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Circonstances seem so fool : it’s what I think about
as the morning come on a new fuckin’ day
exactly the same as the day before
the day before you leave the place
to go thousand miles away from me
I fall so down , in a pool of memories
Drowned deep into my regrets and suffering
Chorus :
Tell me why I have to stay alone to face this fuckin’ pain
I guess you’ve tried , but nothing replace the emptiness
Now you’re gone , there’s only tears that now remain into my heart
I will exchange my soul just to see you one more time
And I can see the gun , shinning so bright
I can feel the hole
the shadows covering your eyes as your body die
The blood sheded on the floor , and this vision makes me sick
I couldn’t excepted this will end in tears
I fall so down , in a pool of memories
Drowned deep into my regrets and suffering
Chorus
I am to condamned to realize , to stand alone with my weakness and fears
Reality fall to pieces , my mind is bleeding , I’ve lost the will to live now
Why ? ... god ... destruction ... salvation ... destruction
I am to condamned to realize , to stand alone with my weakness and fears
Reality fall to pieces , my mind is bleeding , I’ve lost the will to live
as the morning come on a new fuckin’ day
exactly the same as the day before
the day before you leave the place
to go thousand miles away from me
I fall so down , in a pool of memories
Drowned deep into my regrets and suffering
Chorus :
Tell me why I have to stay alone to face this fuckin’ pain
I guess you’ve tried , but nothing replace the emptiness
Now you’re gone , there’s only tears that now remain into my heart
I will exchange my soul just to see you one more time
And I can see the gun , shinning so bright
I can feel the hole
the shadows covering your eyes as your body die
The blood sheded on the floor , and this vision makes me sick
I couldn’t excepted this will end in tears
I fall so down , in a pool of memories
Drowned deep into my regrets and suffering
Chorus
I am to condamned to realize , to stand alone with my weakness and fears
Reality fall to pieces , my mind is bleeding , I’ve lost the will to live now
Why ? ... god ... destruction ... salvation ... destruction
I am to condamned to realize , to stand alone with my weakness and fears
Reality fall to pieces , my mind is bleeding , I’ve lost the will to live
Lyrics submitted by FeLKoN
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