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Borracho Lyrics
Oh...oh (x4)
Trouble comes in slowly
An everlasting light come to shine all over me
Bright in the mornin'
Like all of heaven's love come to shine on me
And to you who never need
Fuck yourselves, I need some more room to breathe
Here comes the devil, prowlin' around
One whiskey for every ghost
And I'm sorry for what I've done
Cause it's me who knows what it cost
It breaks and it breathes, and it tears you apart
It bites and it bleeds
And this desert turns to ocean over me
Here come the devil, prowlin' around
One whiskey for every ghost
And I'm sorry for what I said
I said I just don't care anymore
A fool can feed on the notion
Sees and believes
And this desert turns to ocean over me
Trouble comes in slowly
A neverlasting light come to shine all over me
At the dead end to mornin', darlin'
With all of heaven's love come to shine on me
The fool that feeds on the notion
Sees and believes
And this desert turns to ocean over me
Here come the devil, buy the round
One whiskey for every ghost
And I'm sorry for what I done
Lord it's me who knows what it costs
The fool that feeds on the notion
Sees and believes
And this desert turns to ocean over me
Here come the devil, prowlin' round
One whiskey for every ghost
And I'm sorry for what I said
I said I just don't care anymore
It breaks and it breathes and it tears you apart
Gonna bite, gonna bleed
Til this desert turns to ocean over me
Trouble comes in slowly
An everlasting light come to shine all over me
Bright in the mornin'
Like all of heaven's love come to shine on me
And to you who never need
Fuck yourselves, I need some more room to breathe
One whiskey for every ghost
And I'm sorry for what I've done
Cause it's me who knows what it cost
It bites and it bleeds
And this desert turns to ocean over me
One whiskey for every ghost
And I'm sorry for what I said
I said I just don't care anymore
Sees and believes
And this desert turns to ocean over me
A neverlasting light come to shine all over me
At the dead end to mornin', darlin'
With all of heaven's love come to shine on me
Sees and believes
And this desert turns to ocean over me
One whiskey for every ghost
And I'm sorry for what I done
Lord it's me who knows what it costs
Sees and believes
And this desert turns to ocean over me
One whiskey for every ghost
And I'm sorry for what I said
I said I just don't care anymore
It breaks and it breathes and it tears you apart
Gonna bite, gonna bleed
Til this desert turns to ocean over me
Song Info
Submitted by
ssnake88 On Jul 21, 2006
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The central theme of Mark's oeuvre takes center stage in this one. The battle between the seductions of the Devil and the struggle toward the light. His need turns the desert into an ocean; the better angels have lost the battle again. Is "all of heaven's love" the narrator's brief redemption? Or is it actually the feeling of losing himself to alcohol, to dissipation? Or both?
Borracho is Spanish for a drunk person. That's all I know for sure, hah.
I like to think that it's about the demon in the bottle and how after sobering up in the morning, he realizes all the bad that he's done but he still can't break alcohol's hold on him. In general this song is just pure awesomeness.
It's most definitely about alcoholism, but as usual, Lanegan incorporates self-deprecation, regret and Good vs. Evil like no other. When I heard this song long ago, it got me hooked on all things Lanegan. One of his best, arguably.