Every once and a while I'll sort through my collection of CD's and mixes looking for some stuff that I havenâ??t listened to in a while. Sometimes I'll find a gem that will get stuck in my stereo for a week or two. Today I was going through some old CD's that I had burned - some mixes, as well as some hard to find stuff that I had downloaded years ago. In my hunting I found a burned copy of Chagall Guevara's one and only self titled album. For a number of years all I had was a quickly deteriorating cassette, then a few years ago, thanks to the internet, I was able to find someone who had this album available for download, as well as every other known Chagall Guevara tune. It is, in my opinion, one of the best rock albums from the early 90's. This is a band that should have been huge, but because of record label bickering, and very little promotion, no one has ever heard of them.
Treasure of the Broken Land
Posted by on Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 1 comment
As I've been listening to this album today, one track in particular [which isnâ??t actually on the album but was on a tribute] has been on repeat for the past half hour. I had forgotten that this version of the song even existed. It's a great cover of a Mark Heard song called â??Treasure of the Broken Landâ?. You know how some songs can have an actual physical impact on you? Well, for some reason, that song on this day is doing that. I cant seem to stop from crying every time I hear it. And it's not that it's a sad song. In fact, I guess it's quite the opposite. Either way, I wanted to at least share the lyrics with you. If I had high speed, and the space online, I would post the song. It's too good of a song for so few people to have ever heard it.
TREASURE OF THE BROKEN LAND
I see you now and then in dreams
Your voice sounds just like it used to
I know you better than I knew you then
All I can say is I love you
I thought our days were commonplace
Thought they would number in millions
Now there's only the aftertaste
Of circumstance that can't pass this way again
Treasure of the broken land
Parched earth, give up your captive ones
Waiting wind of Gabriel
Blow soon upon the hollow bones
I saw the city at its tortured worst
And you were outside the walls there
You were relieved of a lifelong thirst
I was dry at the fountain
I knew that you could see my shame
But you were eyeless and sparing
I awoke when you called my name
I felt the curtain tearing
Treasure of the broken land
Parched earth give up your captive ones
Waiting wind of Gabriel
Blow soon upon the hollow bones
I can melt the clock hands down
But only in my memory
Nobody gets the second chance to be the friend they meant to be
I see you now and then in dreams
Your voice sounds just like it used to
I believe I will hear it again
God how I love you
Treasure of the broken land
Parched earth give up your captive ones
Waiting wind of Gabriel
Blow soon upon the hollow bones
TREASURE OF THE BROKEN LAND
I see you now and then in dreams
Your voice sounds just like it used to
I know you better than I knew you then
All I can say is I love you
I thought our days were commonplace
Thought they would number in millions
Now there's only the aftertaste
Of circumstance that can't pass this way again
Treasure of the broken land
Parched earth, give up your captive ones
Waiting wind of Gabriel
Blow soon upon the hollow bones
I saw the city at its tortured worst
And you were outside the walls there
You were relieved of a lifelong thirst
I was dry at the fountain
I knew that you could see my shame
But you were eyeless and sparing
I awoke when you called my name
I felt the curtain tearing
Treasure of the broken land
Parched earth give up your captive ones
Waiting wind of Gabriel
Blow soon upon the hollow bones
I can melt the clock hands down
But only in my memory
Nobody gets the second chance to be the friend they meant to be
I see you now and then in dreams
Your voice sounds just like it used to
I believe I will hear it again
God how I love you
Treasure of the broken land
Parched earth give up your captive ones
Waiting wind of Gabriel
Blow soon upon the hollow bones
Comments
will - August 23, 2008 6:54 PM
Hey man,
props on recognizing a great album/band in Chagall... that song always gets to me, too. And people say Christian music sucks (just because 99% of it DOES).