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Looks Like Dark To Me

by Timbuk3

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This was recorded in 1992 on a 4-track cassette machine after i accidently put a tape in upside down and it played what was on it, but backwards. I liked the sound so i overdubbed bass, some acoustic guitar, and vocals. Barbara added some drum loops, and in September of 1993, Wally and Courtney added percussion.

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THERE’S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
WE’RE MOVIN RIGHT ALONG
THERE’S A BRIGHT STAR ON THE HORIZON
IN THE DARK BEFORE THE DAWN
POTENTIAL FOR PROSPERITY
AS FAR yesAS THE EYE CAN SEE
THE FUTURE’S BEEN BRIGHT FOR SO LONG NOW
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE DARK TO ME

WE’RE BLISSFUL IN OUR IGNORANCE
RECKLESS IN OUR YOUTH
WE’RE AS GOOD AT FIGHTING FALSEHOOD
AS WE ARE AT AVOIDING THE TRUTH
YOU COULD SAY I’M A HOPEFUL CYNIC
IF I MAY SPEAK CANDIDLY
THE FUTURE’S BEEN BRIGHT FOR SO LONG NOW
IT LOOKS LIKE DARK TO ME

THIS FLIRTATION WITH THE SUBLIME IS LIKE
SOME KIND OF COSMIC TEASE
SOME DAYS I’M LIKE A HOLY MAN
SOME DAYS I’M JUST A SLEAZE
IT’S A TRICKY PROPOSITION
IN A STICKY SITUATION
TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROCK OF URGES
AND THE HARD PLACE OF ASPIRATION

THE WINDS OF CHANGE BLOW FREELY NOW
BUT NOT WITHOUT A PRICE
WE’LL HAVE OUR PRECIOUS PROGRESS
BUT NOT WITHOUT SACRIFICE
YES, SWEET RELIEF WILL SURELY COME
YET SOMEWHAT PAINFULLY
THE FUTURE’S BEEN BRIGHT FOR SO LONG NOW
IT LOOKS LIKE DARK TO ME

THERE’S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
WE’RE MOVIN RIGHT ALONG
THERE’S A BRIGHT STAR ON THE HORIZON
IN THE DARK BEFORE THE DAWN
POTENTIAL FOR PROSPERITY
AS FAR yesAS THE EYE CAN SEE
THE FUTURE’S BEEN BRIGHT FOR SO LONG NOW
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE DARK TO ME
LOOKS LIKE DARK TO ME...

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released April 10, 2020
Written by pat mAcdonald, played by Timbuk3 (pat mAcdonald - guitar, bass, vocals; Barbara K - loops; Wally Ingram & Courtney Audain - percussion). Mixed by Gary Moon, Barbara K & pat mAcdonald at Congress House, Austin TX. Mastered by Ken Lee at Rocket Labs, San Francisco. New cover art by Ben Spatol; Editing and remastering by pat mAcdonald in the Boom Clozet, Sturgeon Bay, WI

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pat mAcdonald Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

From my bedroom to barrooms to Timbuk3, to exile in Spain with an album in the can & no plan, I was always chasing increasingly trivial triumphs & glorious failures. A midlife German label deal enabled European tours from home base in Barcelona. From Legendary Sons of Crack Daniels to Purgatory Hill &back, i now live and work projex out of the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. ... more

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