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No Light to Be Found (Fare Thee Faith, The Path Is Yours) Lyrics
I've got something that my baby wants
And I've got something that my baby wants
And she's got something that I want too
Baby and I are through
I've been down to the bottom
With a bad, bad man
Down to the bottom babe
With a bad, bad man
Lay me down with your gentle hand
Well he said this darkness, it was untrue
And first he said this darkness, darlin',
It was untrue
And that there was no light to be found in you
But I know, darlin', that that's not true
And I had a dream so black
That I could not tell
Oh, honey, I had a dream so dark
That I could not tell
But I know that's just as well
And I don't know, babe,
Just where you've been
I don't know, darlin',
Just where you've been
But I've hung myself heavy here
Babe, I don't know where the hell I am
I thought that man, babe,
He might have something that I need
I thought that man, darlin',
He might have something that I need
But he had no anger
For you or for me
And, babe, I swear
That man never even knew I was here
Some of these friends of mine
How I miss them so
Good Lord, these sweet friends of mine
How I miss them so
But some of these, others beg
Well they're driving me around
On some cold, dark, and strange
And deathly roads
Take me down to your river
I want to see how it runs
Down to your river, darlin',
I want to know just how it runs
But if that man
Waits on the path
Then I know for good
That I'm done
And I got a feeling
That man, he's just begun
And I've got something that my baby wants
And she's got something that I want too
Baby and I are through
With a bad, bad man
Down to the bottom babe
With a bad, bad man
And first he said this darkness, darlin',
It was untrue
And that there was no light to be found in you
That I could not tell
Oh, honey, I had a dream so dark
That I could not tell
Just where you've been
I don't know, darlin',
Just where you've been
Babe, I don't know where the hell I am
He might have something that I need
I thought that man, darlin',
He might have something that I need
For you or for me
And, babe, I swear
That man never even knew I was here
How I miss them so
Good Lord, these sweet friends of mine
How I miss them so
Well they're driving me around
On some cold, dark, and strange
And deathly roads
I want to see how it runs
Down to your river, darlin',
I want to know just how it runs
Waits on the path
Then I know for good
That I'm done
That man, he's just begun
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Truly beautiful and sad song. Must be about drugs.
why must it be about drugs?
I can agree it's beautiful, though I don’t think it’s necessarily about drugs though. I think he is either talking about another man that some how got in-between his relationship with a girl, Or the other man he is talking about him self, The actions he will or doesn’t know to take ..with a girl involved. Though I suppose it could be anything for anyone, but I don’t think of drugs when I hear this song. More self sabotage.
Well, that sounds pretty clear to me:
But some of these, others beg Well they're driving me around On some cold, dark, and strange And deathly roads
Take me down to your river (...)
But if that man Waits on the path Then I know for good That I'm done
I am pretty sure the verse goes like this:
But he had no anchor For you or for me And, babe, I swear That man never even known the sea
dark and haunting, but the big idea of it all is so beautiful. there's so many misguided truths in this world and all he knows the truth is really in her. "that there was no light to be found in you But I know, darlin', that that's not true"
there's a sense of fear because this path may be dangerous, but damn dont we know it's worth it.
I love the lyrics from this song which are lifted from a mediocre Bob Dylan song from the late 70s.
(see: "Baby, Stop Crying" -- track 4 from 1978 album "Street Legal")
ex:
"You been down to the bottom with a bad man, babe"
and
"Go down to the river, babe..."
-- it's always great to hear the influence of great poets on future great poets.
Lyrically this one definitely outshines Dylan's "Baby, Stop Crying".