13th Floor Elevators - Dust

Dust from your skin
Must trust, when it scatters
Only love matters
It's been overjoyed
Scents and perfumes
Whence, since your higher fragrance
Is memory
Incense and never destroy
Every stop we've taken
Is now a wonderous shrine
Where nature is in order
Your sense is sensing mine
As I love you
All the creatures play
As I love you
Now it's safe to say
There's no hang up in our way
The trees in our gaze
will show us the love that we breath in
This shouldn't amaze
They openly love all they are
And love's all they are
Gifts, to begin
Bliss, cliffs of expression
They suit our impression
and every whim.
Taste has got thirst
Faced, waste
Beyond uses,
with so many juices
Were filled to the brim
Our pleasure's not forsaken
we cultivate our bend
More chances re-awaken when beginning meets the end
As I love you,
Now it's safe to say
There's no hang up in our way
As I love you
The faith that we build
Will strengthen our close growing closer
Till waiting is filled
We simply remember we are,
where ever we are.
Clay that we print
May stay as we mold it
but will never hold it
The promise is long
Till we're complete
Will, still is intention
We still need attention to help us along

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 13th
• floor
• elevators
• dust

[legnosobalu]

thank you for the song and the lyrics... I can't explain what this song mean for me and my friends....PEACE

[Deepthroat1990]

@legnosobalu

nice to hear that ;-)

[whitestripebuzz]

i'm falling in love with this band.

[homonculus9]

nice little funereal tune

[artknarf1]

its a great song but the production is terrible

[ejectorerector]

drop a bunch of acid and listen to this song

[KingCondorIII]

Ah its so beautiful,this song kills me every time

[moosey62]

They were not pussies.

God bless all 13th.

They had balls to do that much acid.

[akibubba1]

the Elevators seem to be at thier psychedelic zenith on this album - "Slip Inside This House" is a masterpiece, and many of the other tunes establish great mood portraits - I prefer listening to "Dust", in particular, on those rare occasions when I still get way too drunk - takes me to another dimension...

[EmeraldFlowsion62]

@whitestripebuzz It's hard not to. I heard them probably 4 years ago and loved them but I really fell hard for them recently.

[derby1884]

This album ought to be compulsory listening at every educational establishment the world over. Genius.

[Hanklebury]

We all need attention

To help us along.

[ocmchannel]

I discovered this album at a 1982 yard sale in Denton, TX. It was hidden inside a "Rufus with Chaka Khan" album cover, and it was in horrible contidition, but I listened to it repeatedly, scratches and all. There was a consortium of musicians from local bands who would get together as the "13th Floor Grain Elevators" to pay tribute to the masters. Tito from Brave Combo moved to Austin to play with Roky Erickson. The power of this music is there for those who can hear. Thanks.

[monkstermanjah]

dalgroves10: I grew up with this band in Texas and was a classical and rock and roll musician.

I can say with certitude that there was & never will be any other bands like this, so you'll just have to immerse yourself in them.

They played the Bamboo Hut in Galveston and Benny Thurman (bass) sometimes on the tune Egyptian Eye would do this surreal primal scream outta nowhere.

My band opened for 'em @ the American Legion hall and after their sets there was only silence & polite applause.