Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev is an American rock music group, that formed in 1989 in Buffal… Read Full Bio ↴Mercury Rev is an American rock music group, that formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker (vocals), Jonathan Donahue (vocals, guitars), Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak (guitars, clarinet), Suzanne Thorpe (flute), Dave Fridmann (bass) and Jimy Chambers (drums).

With their debut, Yerself Is Steam, the band gained an underground following, particularly in the UK. 1993's Boces was critically acclaimed for its alternative sound, and the band's next album, See You on the Other Side, begins a shift away from the extremes of sonic experimentalism towards the elaborately-orchestrated classic rock blueprint of their later work.

With their early records, Mercury Rev offered experimental, psychedelic rock, which gradually shifted to a melodic, ornate sound. Mercury Rev is often compared to The Flaming Lips, and in fact share close ties: soon after the band's formation, Donahue also joined the Flaming Lips as second guitarist and appeared on two of their albums; and since the 1990 album In a Priest Driven Ambulance, Dave Fridmann has co-produced every Flaming Lips studio album to date except 1993's Transmissions from the Satellite Heart.

Despite considerable critical acclaim, their early releases never gave Mercury Rev more than cult popularity, though they appeared on the smaller second stage at some 1993 Lollapalooza stops. Baker left after their second record, Boces (1993), citing musical and personal disputes; he later recorded an album as Shady. With his departure, the darker, more experimental and less accessible features of their music began to disappear.

The band's first post-Baker album, See You on the Other Side (1995), found them in transition, and the 1998 release of the acclaimed Deserter's Songs (which featured appearances by Garth Hudson and Levon Helm of The Band) made Mercury Rev unexpected pop stars. In the UK, NME Magazine made Deserter's Songs their Album of the Year. Donahue's earnest, high-pitched vocals and concentration on relatively concise, melodic songs gave the band's material an entirely new feel and much increased popularity (Deserter's Songs spawned three UK top 40 singles).

All Is Dream was issued in 2001. It managed a UK top 20 single, "The Dark is Rising," which reached #16 in the UK Top 40.

Mercury Rev's much-anticipated The Secret Migration was released on January 24, 2005. This was followed up in 2006 by a compilation album called The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes 1991-2006 and the film soundtrack album Hello Blackbird. More recently, the band released a pair of albums on September 29, 2008: Snowflake Midnight, and a free MP3 album of instrumentals, Strange Attractor.

In 2011 the band performed Deserter's Songs in it's complete form live at several festivals in the UK.
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Mercury Rev Lyrics


A Drop In Time A year is just a drop in time It cannot touch…
A Kiss from an Old Flame With a wink from a starlet's eye a string of…
Across Yer Ocean And where we go from here is anybody's guess These thoughts…
Afraid You were so afraid You were so afraid For what? You were so…
Arise She has a way that is beautiful to behold Movements of…
Big Boss Man Big boss man Can you hear me when I call? Big boss…
Black Forest If I was a white horse... an' offered you a…
Black Forest (Lorelei) If I was a white horse...an offered you a ride... Thru…
Blue And Black I see blue I see black I see you In a crack I see…
Blue Clouds Feeling your warm body next to mine Feeling this feeling so…
Boys Peel Out Brains on your head Shoes on your feet Life still living [wh…
Bronx Cheer Have you seen her running 'round (have you seen her) And…
Butterfly's Wing I'm beating like a butterfly's wing Unable to sleep I'm beat…



Car Wash Hair Wanna ask but I just stare Can I run my hands…
Chains I remember their faces I remember their stares I remember ho…
Chasin Those seducers [4x] Bombed out lovers, gallant red flocks of…
Close Encounters of the 3rd Grade See you on the Other Side... Keep it rolling my friend... …
Coney Island Cyclone No, I won't chicken out Hey, wait, babe Wait up now Hey babe…
Continous Drunks And Blunders "Space Patrol, uh... I gotta be brief. I said 'cheese!'…
Continuous Trucks Space patrol, it's out there I'd better get my pants back…
Continuous Trucks And Thunder Under A Mother Space patrol, it's out there I'd better get my pants back…
Courtyard Said he'd build me a courtyard He promised he would And spen…
Dark Is Rising I dreamed of you on my farm I dreamed of you…
Delta Sub Bottleneck Stomp Sea t' corporal sea atlantic's too specific Haven't time t'…
Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp Sea t' corporal sea atlantic's too specific haven't time t's…
Diamonds Look how the sun, captured by the rain Glimmers and falls,…
Down Poured The Heavens Down poured the heavens Down fell my love The brightest of b…
Downs are Feminine Ballons Ya gotta give me a scene from your battle sky…
Dream Of A Young Girl As A Flower In the green grass a young girl dreams She's like a…
Dreams of a Young Girl as a Flower In the green grass a young girl... dreams She's like a…
Empire State Hard as the kick in a young man's stride I stabbed…
Everlasting Arm And so with the explorers on my heels I started…
Faraway From Cars There's a little part of you Faraway from cars Faraway fro…
First-Time Mother's Joy Everywhere you turn you are surrounded by the sound Of wint…
First-Time Mother's Joy (Flying) Everywhere you turn you are, surrounded by the sound, Of win…
First-Time Mothers Joy Everywhere you turn you are surrounded by the sound Of winte…
First-Time Mothers Joy (Flying Everywhere you turn you are surrounded by the sound Of wint…
Frittering I've seen you eat away Slow as a glacier makes its…
Girlfren [anyone want to help with this one? a lot of…
Goddess on a Highway well, I got us on a highway and I got…
Goddess on Hiway Well, I got us on a highway, I got us…
Good Times Ahead The first hint of morning, someone's snoring The cat upstair…
He Was a Friend of Mine He was a friend of mine He was a friend of…
Hercules In the morning your face cracks and falls to the…
Hi Clouds taste better than dirt That's why you must evaporate …
Holes Time, all the long red lines, that take Control, of all…
Hudson Line Y'don't need much money t' ride th' silver train Just enough…
I Only Have Eyes for You My love must be a kind of blind love I can't…
In A Funny Way On a summer day you can hear her call But in…
In The Wilderness Has she found a way to make her man work…
it Into a dream, I took a turn, and promised to…
It's a man's man's man's world This is a man's world This is a man's world But it…
Lincoln What explodes like a fractal Pops like a light bulb Looks …
Little Rhymes Stairs, to nowhere climb I take them, all the time Crawlin…
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees…
Memory of a Free Festival The Children of the summer's end Gathered in the dampened gr…
Meth Of A Rockette Mounds of feeble trouble drop from the skies I've seen an…
Moving On You gotta start movin' on It will be better in the…
My Love Ain't it amazing when the seasons began to change Someone b…
Nite & Fog If God moves across the water Then the girl moves in…
Nocturne for Norwood Scott Norwood, rarely raises his voice above a whisper. H…
Ode To Billie Joe It was the third of June, another sleepy dusty Delta…
Okolona River Bottom Band La, la, la, la, la Ooh, hey, hey, hey La, la, la,…
Opus 40 Well she tossed all night like a ragin' sea woke up…
Parchman Farm My man's over there on Parchman Farm Sittin' there on Parchm…
Peaceful Night Good morning sun good morning shine I feel lost all…
Penduli Pendulum Penduli pendulum Swing around, beat the drum In July, I'll d…
People Are So Unpredictable Opened up by a stranger At an uncertain hour You opened your…
Racing the Tide I'm so close, I'm almost inside It won't be long Before t…
Refractions I had a most distressing dream last night I dreamed I…
Reunion Mama, can I huh, mama, can I huh Mama, can I…
Runaway Raindrop Runaway Raindrop Why so many tears There's nothing left to…
Secret For A Song Dawn brought a wild light back into her tired eyes Like…
Senses On Fire Senses are on fire Senses are on fire Senses are on fire …
Sermon Let me set the mood, set the situation Imagine that you're…
Snorry Mouth Sunday night Sunday night The killer of the week Sunday nigh…
Snowflake In A Hot World Snowflake in a hot world Don't let them get to you Don't…
Something For Joey Crash land in an obscene movie And find yourself on an…
Spider And Flies Plans and schemes Thoughts and dreams Who cares what they me…
Spiders & Flies Plans and schemes Thoughts and dreams Who care what they m…
Spiders And Flies Plans and schemes Thoughts and dreams Who care what they mea…
Spiders and Flies (live) Plans and schemes, thoughts and dreams, Who cares what they …
Streets of Laredo Gathered in the dampened grass We played our songs and felt…
Sudde Ray of Hope You bring a sudden ray of hope that's comes with…
Sweet Oddysee Of A Cancer Cell T Onto the ice flow Where all the [?] [?] Where heaven put…
Sweet Oddysee Of A Cancer Cell T' Center Of Yer Heart Onto the ice flow Where all the [?] [?] Where heaven put…
Sweet Oddysee of a Cancer Cell t' th' Center of Yer Heart Onto the ice flow Where all the [?] [?] Where heaven put…
Sweet Odysee Of A Cancer Cell T Onto the ice flow Where all the [?] [?] Where heaven put…
Syringe Mouth So you come dripping from the hive Glittering as you arrive …
The Climbing Rose Lover lift me up, high enough To see the star of…
The Dark Is Rising I dreamed of you on my farm I dreamed of you…
The Sun Machine The children of the summer's end Gathered in the dampened gr…
Tides Of The Moon The threads that run through your live Hang from your sleeve…
Tonite It Shows Into a dream, i took a turn, an' promised t'…
Trickle Down You think You think You think too much I think I think you…
Vermillion An unseen force behind the turning leaves Drives them all ve…
Very Sleepy River (0:00) (1:00) I sensed a new scent So innocent and bent. …
You Siren with a song in your eye Slashing through my ear…
Young Man's Stride It feels like coming in a dream I see it coming…


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