More songs by Jeff Buckley
Description
Lyricist, Guitar, Composer: Michael Tighe
Recording Engineer, Vocal, Associated Performer, Guitar, Lyricist, Composer: Jeff Buckley
Mixing Engineer: Thom Cadley
Mixing Engineer: Michael J. Clouse
Mixing Engineer: Mary Guibert
Assistant Engineer: Jim Caruana
Assistant Engineer: Joe Lizzi
Lyrics and translation
Original
So farewell.
Night, sunny Jim, and your defenseless winning smile.
What do you hope to win when bliss lays down defended? Oh, love's down Demon
John.
In hell town the boy cannot be long.
Oh, why did you come here?
Is it to excavate all your sins?
Boy within slaughtered and the daughter of the devil sent me.
I have to deal, you called me here.
Couldn't say that you were juiced the night that you were introduced to Demon
John. Oh no.
Gonna take him with you when you go.
Dust down slow all the way down.
You cannot escape the bar side angel dissector.
You hunt through your life too much cocoon.
Who's your protector?
Walk past the city when the white girls walk by.
Down below we rise just like fireflies.
You called me here. Come on here.
Follow me, dear, past cascades of rage and fear. You called me here.
Couldn't say that you had been juiced the time that you were introduced to Demon
John.
Yeah, you knew you had to wanna go.
Pressed down slow by the light of the sun.
Murder comes day or tonight.
Better get yourself together and transcendent amongst tonight.
Blaze lies into me.
The wrong breaks through here right now.
So murder by the light of the sun.
Please, don't get too close to me.
You said you are for real. It's not pretend.
All memory is stolen. Know this for yourself.
How'd you like to be the happiest man in the world?
Though I'm the withered field hands whose blistered paws harvest cotton for wedding clothes they'll never wear.
Marching down a road that was never there.
It takes place on a silent face with a backbone broken.
Please bring us knives.
Demon John. Take you,
Demon John.
Take him with you when you go.
Oh
English translation
So farewell.
Night, sunny Jim, and your defenseless winning smile.
What do you hope to win when bliss lays down defended? Oh, love's down Demon
John.
In hell town the boy cannot be long.
Oh, why did you come here?
Is it to excavate all your sins?
Boy within slaughtered and the daughter of the devil sent me.
I have to deal, you called me here.
Couldn't say that you were juiced the night that you were introduced to Demon
John. Oh no.
Gonna take him with you when you go.
Dust down slow all the way down.
You cannot escape the bar side angel dissector.
You hunt through your life too much cocoon.
Who's your protector?
Walk past the city when the white girls walk by.
Down below we rise just like fireflies.
You called me here. Come on here.
Follow me, dear, past cascades of rage and fear. You called me here.
Couldn't say that you had been juiced the time that you were introduced to Demon
John.
Yeah, you knew you had to wanna go.
Pressed down slow by the light of the sun.
Murder comes day or tonight.
Better get yourself together and transcendent amongst tonight.
Blaze lies into me.
The wrong breaks through here right now.
So murder by the light of the sun.
Please, don't get too close to me.
You said you are for real. It's not pretend.
All memory is stolen. Know this for yourself.
How'd you like to be the happiest man in the world?
Though I'm the withered field hands whose blistered paws harvest cotton for wedding clothes they'll never wear.
Marching down a road that was never there.
It takes place on a silent face with a backbone broken.
Please bring us knives.
Demon John. Take you,
Demon John.
Take him with you when you go.
Oh