"Never Know" began as a folky tune inspired by The Clash and arranged for banjo, mandolin, and guitar. If you listen to this completed version, none of this really makes any sense.
It's a song about life and death; a song about how we as humans often choose to avoid caring about other people. Skye Carrasco came through for us again with the harmonies on this song. Make sure to check out her music.
-S.
lyrics
We got no directions
No shadows to calm us down
The pavement it burns, burns our soles
451 degrees, show me the new witch hunt
Cold sweat and doom as the final die rolls
What was he thinking?
What was he thinking?
Was it friends? Was it family?
Was it “what’s going to be my eulogy?”
We’ll never know
We’ll never know
We’ll never care, he’s just a lousy bum
They’re all the same
Living day to day, half alive
Get up and powder your nose
Frostbite, what a lovely way for the day to start
Distract your eyes, your ears
Divert your sense of morality
For peace is finally obtainable
When the senses are taken apart
What was he thinking?
What was he thinking?
Was it beg? Was it steal?
Was it “what’s gonna be my next meal?”
We’ll never know
We’ll never know
We’ll never care, cuz he’s just a lousy bum
They’re all the same
They ain’t got no name
Going out today
I’m gonna meet the gang
Gonna break some hearts
Break some rocks
Break your back
To earn your pay
Pay it back
Revisit the start
We’re leaving in a labor camp
That’s wearing a gaudy suit and a neon smile
No one knows how bad we look
When we all go out in the same style
What was he thinking?
What was he thinking?
Was it friends? Was it family?
Was it “is this where I want to be?”
They’ll never know
They’ll never know
They’ll never care, cuz we’re all just lousy bums
We’re all the same
We ain’t got no names
credits
from Radio Prohibidas (Single),
released January 11, 2011
Written by GOODE/MEIER/O’GARA/SKRDLANT
Produced by GOLDEN VEINS
Engineered & Mixed by SCOTT O’GARA
Recorded at SMOKING GUN STUDIOS, IOWA CITY, IA 2009/2010
Mastered by DOUG VAN SLOUN
Artwork by Brendan Wells
Vocals on "Never Know" by SKYE CARRASCO
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