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Farewell Transmission
Songs: Ohia Lyrics


The whole place is dark
Every light on this side of the town
Suddenly it all went down
Now we'll all be brothers of the fossil fire of the sun
Now we will all be sisters of the fossil blood of the moon
Someone must have set us up

Now they'll be working in the cold grey rock,
Now they'll be working in the hot mill steam,
Now they'll be working in the concrete
In the sirens and the silences now all the great set up hearts -
All at once start to beat

After tonight if you don't want us to be a secret out of the past
I will resurrect it, I'll have a good go at it
I'll streak his blood across my beak and dust my feathers with his ashes
I can feel his ghost breathing down my back

I will try and know whatever I try, I will be gone but not forever
I will try and know whatever I try, I will be gone but not forever

The real truth about it is no one gets it right
The real truth about it is we're all supposed to try
There ain't no end to the sands I've been trying to cross
The real truth about it is my kind of life's no better off
If I've got the maps or if I'm lost

We will try and know whatever we try,
We will be gone but not forever
Come on let's try will try and know whatever we try,
We will be gone but not forever

The real truth about it is there ain't no end to the desert I'll cross
I've really known that all along

Mama here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws
Must be the big star about to fall
Mama here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws
Must be the big star about to fall

Long dark blues
Will o the wisp
The big star is falling
Through the static and distance
A farewell transmission
Listen

Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB.
Written by: Jason Molina

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Kunal singh

LYRICS
The whole place is dark
Every light on this side of the town
Suddenly it all went down
Now we'll all be brothers of the fossil fire of the sun
Now we will all be sisters of the fossil blood of the moon
Someone must have set us up

Now they'll be working in the cold grey rock, 
Now they'll be working in the hot mill steam,
Now they'll be working in the concrete
In the sirens and the silences now all the great set up hearts - 
All at once start to beat

After tonight if you don't want us to be a secret out of the past
I will resurrect it, I'll have a good go at it
I'll streak his blood across my beak and dust my feathers with his ashes
I can feel his ghost breathing down my back

I will try and know whatever I try, I will be gone but not forever
I will try and know whatever I try, I will be gone but not forever

The real truth about it is no one gets it right
The real truth about it is we're all supposed to try
There ain't no end to the sands I've been trying to cross
The real truth about it is my kind of life's no better off
If I've got the maps or if I'm lost

We will try and know whatever we try, 
We will be gone but not forever
Come on let's try will try and know whatever we try, 
We will be gone but not forever

The real truth about it is there ain't no end to the desert I'll cross
I've really known that all along

Mama here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws
Must be the big star about to fall
Mama here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws
Must be the big star about to fall

Long dark blues
Will o the wisp
The big star is falling
Through the static and distance
A farewell transmission
Listen



It's Jeremy Marroquin

The whole place is dark
Every light on this side of the town
Suddenly it all went down
Now we'll all be brothers of the fossil fire of the sun
Now we will all be sisters of the fossil blood of the moon

Someone must have set 'em up
Now they'll be working in the cold grey rock
Now they'll be working in the hot mill steam...
Now they'll be working in the concrete
In the sirens and the silences now
All the great set up hearts
All at once start to beat




After tonight if you don't want this to be
A secret out of the past
I will resurrect it, I'll have a good go at it
I'll streak his blood across my beak and dust my feathers with his ash
I can feel his ghost breathing down my back
I will try and know whatever I try
I will be gone but not forever
I will try and know whatever I try
I will be gone but not forever

Real truth about it is
No one gets it right
Real truth about it is
We're all supposed to try
There ain't no end to the sands
I've been trying to cross
The real truth about it is my kind of life's no better off
It's got the maps or if it's lost
We will try and know whatever we try
We will be gone but not forever
Come on let's try and know whatever we try
We will be gone but not forever

Real truth about it is there ain't no end to the desert I'll cross
I've really known it all along
Mama here comes midnight
With the dead moon in its jaws
Must be the big star about to fall
Mama here comes midnight
With the dead moon in its jaws
Must be the big star about to fall
Long dark blues
Will-o'-the-wisp
Long dark blues
The big star is falling
Long dark blues
Will-o'-the-wisp
The big star is falling

Long dark blues
Through the static and distance
Long dark blues
A farewell transmission
Long dark blues
Listen
Long dark blues
Listen
Long dark blues
Listen
Long dark blues
Listen



AI

The outro is extremely powerful.

"Long dark blues
Will-o'-the-wisp
Long dark blues
The big star is falling
Long dark blues
Will-o'-the-wisp
The big star is falling
Long dark blues
Through the static and distance
Long dark blues
A farewell transmission
Long dark blues
Listen
Long dark blues
Listen
Long dark blues
Listen
Long dark blues
Listen"

It creates vibrations that I can't really explain but they most certainly travel through the static and distance, so listen.



Magnus Tennøe

Last night during a cloudburst I heard this song for the first time, and I'm still recovering from it. Outside there were frequent lightning strikes, and I could tell by the thunder they were getting closer for each minute. As the song faded to the "long dark blues" there was a huge flash and an instant BAM! as the whole neighborhood went dark – except for the low Norwegian midnight sun.

This morning electricity was back (except from a fried water pump), and the lyrics I found hit different:
The whole place is dark
Every light on this side of the town
Suddenly it all went down
Now we'll all be brothers of
The fossil fire of the sun

RIP Jason Molina, still with us in the clouds, gone but not forever

Edit: I just noticed the lightning on the album cover, this just doesn't stop



All comments from YouTube:

Sarah Rock

this has got to be one of the most perfect songs ever in existence. it brings up feelings you didnt even know you could feel anymore. rip jason. you gave the world something noone else ever can.

James Goodman

Agreed. It’s perfect like a Mozart concerto. I still remember the first time I heard it playing and said WTF is that? Blown away…

Kyle Donahue

literally one of the best songs ever made

New Pope

I concur

David Evans

@christopher smith "Polish" should be capitalized. What do you have against the people of Poland? First with all the jokes and now this.

CJ H

Literally. Late to the party but I can not stop listening.

mojots

@Light-Eater thank

Kyle Donahue

@Light-Eater thank

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Kreutz

This song was recorded with 12 people in one room, live, unrehearsed, and in one take. 

church mouse

@eternalwormdevours 9 years now…I love YouTube for this reason. Raising the ghosts.

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