BIG STAR - Holocaust

Third / Sister Lovers, 1978
Produced by Jim Dickinson
Holocaust is written by Alex Chilton
http://www.frontlinearts.com/bigstar/third.html

Your eyes are almost dead
Can't get out of bed
And you can't sleep
You're sitting down to dress
And you're a mess
You look in the mirror
You look in your eyes
Say you realize
Everybody goes
Leaving those who fall behind
Everybody goes
As far as they can,
They don't just care.
They stood on the stairs
Laughing at your errors
Your mother's dead
She said, "Don't be afraid."
Your mother's dead
You're on your own
She's in her bed
Everybody goes
Leaving those who fall behind
Everybody goes
As far as they can
They don't just care
You're a wasted face
You're a sad-eyed lie
You're a holocaust.

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Music

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• big star
• holocaust
• chilton
• stephens

[saikanonojutsu]

After hearing this, I can no longer allow Lady Gaga to be played within my earshot.

[tubeadelic]

MAN WE SURE LOVE AND ALREADY MISS ALEX......I looked up cool, and right there man was The Box Top's and Big Star's front man William Alexander Chilton's picture.....rest in peace my friend......maybe we can jam on the night shift when I get up there maestro.....two hearts are better than one.....BUT hey, we won't need old dusty hearts any ol' way..........just a little bit a soul baby.

[Toughguysdontdance12]

@teargarden What a newfag... 

[Toughguysdontdance12]

@armpits17 Newfags, newfags everywhere...

[bloke2dollar]

Kim Salmon and The Surrealists do an excellent version too

[armpits17]

sounds like radiohead but good

[APerfectAsss]

@bmgfl

I wouldn't rule out cough syrup abuse, either. This song has "Robitussin" written all over it. With a chaser of Terpin Hydrate. On top of the daily use of opiates!

[bmgfl]

@APerfectAss Superb observation. Wow! The third record sounds like its drenchced in opiates.

[rothr]

For a new twist on the mysterious beauty of this, listen to The Iveys (Badfinger) 'Water Lily' by Tommy Evan, which actually predated this gem by about 7 years, I think. Both are haunting enough to shiver your timbers.

[rosalbina188]

omg such great lyrics! maybe placebo made a better version (especially for the music), but the writer must have been very very talented

[teargarden]

please do not hate me for loving This Mortal Coil's version more....