The Jesus and Mary Chain – Darklands
“Darklands”
The Jesus and Mary Chain
FROM
Darklands
(1987)
My new WSMB radio station project, which generates a Spotify playlist pulled from my last.fm library, has been serving up some interesting songs, like this one.
I previously listened to this song only once before, on Feb 24, 2016 but it surfaced today and I quite enjoyed it. I have heard the name but I know absolutely nothing about this band so I’ll pick an album and give it a listen tomorrow.
I love this radio / playlist project, it is making me curious about music again, digging deep and listening to things I don’t really know. Not everything is great (I have a “Nope” list to filter out the unlistenables) but it is helping me out of a bit of a rut brought on by the unimaginative mixes and stations that Spotify offers. My mixes are way better.
I previously listened to this song only once before, on Feb 24, 2016 but it surfaced today and I quite enjoyed it. I have heard the name but I know absolutely nothing about this band so I’ll pick an album and give it a listen tomorrow.
I love this radio / playlist project, it is making me curious about music again, digging deep and listening to things I don’t really know. Not everything is great (I have a “Nope” list to filter out the unlistenables) but it is helping me out of a bit of a rut brought on by the unimaginative mixes and stations that Spotify offers. My mixes are way better.
Lyrics
I’m going to the darklands
To talk in rhyme
With my chaotic soul
As sure as life means nothing
And all things end in nothing
And heaven I think is too close to hell
I want to move, I want to go
I want to go
Oh, something won’t let me
Go to the place
Where the darklands are
And I awake from dreams
To a scary world of screams
And heaven I think is too close to hell
I want to move, I want to go
Oh, I want to go
Take me to the dark
Oh God, I get down on my knees
And I feel like I could die
By the river of disease
And I feel that I’m dying
And I’m dying
I’m down on my knees
Oh, I’m down
I want to go, I want to stay
Oh, I want to stay
To talk in rhyme
With my chaotic soul
As sure as life means nothing
And all things end in nothing
And heaven I think is too close to hell
I want to move, I want to go
I want to go
Oh, something won’t let me
Go to the place
Where the darklands are
And I awake from dreams
To a scary world of screams
And heaven I think is too close to hell
I want to move, I want to go
Oh, I want to go
Take me to the dark
Oh God, I get down on my knees
And I feel like I could die
By the river of disease
And I feel that I’m dying
And I’m dying
I’m down on my knees
Oh, I’m down
I want to go, I want to stay
Oh, I want to stay
— William Adam Reid, James Mcleish Reid
The Conversation