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.

Dear Departed

from The Promise of Power by Eric Blowtorch

/

  • Streaming + Download

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

      $0.50 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Solo vocal/guitar album with special guests Matt Norberg (vocal), Dan Flynn (guitar) & Celeste Verhelst (saw).

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Promise of Power via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days

      $5 USD or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    27
    releases

    Get all 27 Eric Blowtorch releases available on Bandcamp and save 40%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Been So Down, Bluegrass Kas, Too Many Dues, Quality Items, Groping in the Dark, Straight to Hell, Most Dangerous Man, Salt Water, and 19 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $66 USD or more (40% OFF)

     

lyrics

Your lives were short and merciless
You must have seen the worst in us
Every day another long quest for food
as you tried to provide for the brood

In your footsteps we lumber through
and so we yet outnumber you
From northern latitude we send our gratitude
We stare up at the same star

Frescoes tall on cave and teepee wall:
history and/or tales tall?
Hailstorm, hazard, horror, heat exceeding
could not best your restless quest for meaning

In your footsteps we lumber through
and so we yet outnumber you
From northern latitude we send our gratitude
We owe you everything we are

I would, if I could, kiss that bloodied hand
of that hairy, scary, muddied man
who pushed and prodded us into the present
and slam the brakes on our succession

I couldn’t, I could not kill me a mouse,
much, much, much, much less a grebe or grouse
I don’t know how, I don’t know how to dowse
If I were you I would’ve never left the house

We wish you all could come back and see
your freaky, fruitful family tree
You could help us, maybe set us free,
and tell us how we came to be

credits

from The Promise of Power, track released December 25, 2011

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Eric Blowtorch image

Eric Blowtorch Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. ... more

contact / help

Contact Eric Blowtorch

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Eric Blowtorch, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now