more from
Arts & Crafts
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Moment Is A Wild Place

from Lustre Parfait by Gord Downie & Bob Rock

supported by
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 CAD  or more

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Vinyl edition is a 2LP gatefold jacket with 180g black vinyl, all-over matte coated print, plus 20-page lyrics booklet.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Lustre Parfait via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $52 CAD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of Lustre Parfait via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $16 CAD or more 

     

lyrics

Heal.
How?
Faith?
Faith.
Powerless
Against the music
In their helmets.
I
Have done
Such bad work,
I’m greedy for life
Take it,
Steal it.
If you don’t feel it,
I won’t feel it
Let’s kill
War with
Our happy hopes
And comforting myths
‘Don’t
Just do
Something,
Stand there,’
Yea, just stand there

They say, ‘ya gotta live in the moment’
They keep saying, ‘Just live in the moment’
Oh, you gotta live in the moment
What they don’t say,
Is the moment
Is a wild place
Is a wild place

If
I’m free
Why do I
Feel like this?
Is
This all
My dreaming
Accomplishes?
Thus
Began
The longest
Night of our lives
‘Understand?
No but,
It’s brilliant.’*
It’s brilliant

They say, ‘just live in the moment’
They keep saying, I gotta live in the moment
Ah, just live in the moment
But what they don’t say,
Is the moment
Is a wild place. It’s a wild place

Heal.
How?
Faith?
Faith.
Just be
Yourself,
Or be Johnny,
Or be Johnny Cash

They say, ‘Just live in the moment’
They keep saying, “Ya gotta live in the moment”
Oh, why can’t you live in the moment?
But what they don’t say
Is the moment
Is a wild place. It’s a wild place.



* ‘Understand? No, but it’s brilliant’ (from the film ‘The Red Circle’)

credits

from Lustre Parfait, released May 5, 2023
Gord Downie: Vocals,
Bob Rock: Backing Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Percussion,
Sean Nelson: Drums,
Jamey Koch: Bass,
Alan Chang: Keyboards,
Jamie Edwards: Keyboards

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Gord Downie Toronto, Ontario

Gordon Downie was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. He was the lead singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from their formation in 1984 until his passing in 2017.

contact / help

Contact Gord Downie

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Gord Downie, you may also like: