Phish debuted a musical costume last year featuring an album that most of the public had never heard of before October 31, 2018 — Kasvot Växt i rokk. And until the New Year’s Eve run at Madison Square Garden following, fans had no idea if they’d hear some of these songs performed as a full band ever again. The lore was going to run deep with this one.
But by the time the #YEMSG 2018 run finished, nine out of the 10 songs from the musical costume fully returned and sounded as re-energized as anything the band has ever rolled out publicly. It’s pretty safe to say these songs will be with us as Phish fans for a while.
We’ve compiled the lyrics from the album below thanks to some fan help on some message boards. You can also stream the album via Spotify which is embedded below. Hoping they release a vinyl of this someday.
1Turtle in the Clouds
Oooo Oooo Oooo Oooo
Shadows
Shadows follow toward me as I wander
Along the shoreline past the people
And I turn and walk away
House party
Friends are dancing on the hill side
For the first time in a long time
I want to live another day
Oooo Oooo Oooo Oooo
I see the turtle in the clouds
Did I just say that right out loud
Now I’ve got something in my shoe
The green and yellow concrete park
The hot dog vendor in the dark
I rode my bike out in the rain
Imaginary rule book
I keep within my head
Don’t know why I follow
All the things it said
So pay me no attention
As I blend in with the mob
Some people call me clueless
My last name is Wallob
Clueless Wallob
Clueless Wallob
Clueless Wallob (I see the turtle in the clouds)
Clueless Wallob (Did I just say that right out loud)
Clueless Wallob (Now I’ve got something in my shoe)
Clueless Wallob
Clueless Wallob (The green and yellow concrete park)
Clueless Wallob (The hot dog vendor in the dark)
Clueless Wallob (We rode my bike out in the rain)
Clueless Wallob
2Stray Dog
I’m like a stray dog
Loping into town, yeah
Pay me no attention as I trundle around
Punching me down, I’m going to chase you down
I’m like a stray dog
Loping into town, yeah
Hollowin’ wind and the driving rain
Once you look closer, you’ll like what you’ve found
I’m like a stray dog
Loping into town
Pay me no attention as I wander around
Hunting you down, I’m going to chase you down
I’m like a stray dog
Loping into town, yeah
Hollowin’ wind and the driving rain
Once you look closer, you’ll like what you’ve found
It’s over here, it’s over there
It’s over here, it’s over there
It’s over here, over there
Over here, over there
Over here, there, here, there, here, there…
I’m like a stray dog
Loping into town, now
Pay me no attention as I wander around
Hunting you down, going to chase you down
I’m like a stray dog
Loping into town
Hollowin’ wind and the driving rain
Once you look closer, you’ll like what you’ve found
3Everything is Hollow
Take it down now
You take it down
You take it down
You’ve got to lay down
Take it down, oh
Take it down
Take it down
You’ve got to lay down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
You’ve got to lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
You’ve got to lay it down
Bright, white light shining right between my eyes
Bright, white light shining right between my eyes
Woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-woah-oh (Bright, white light shining right between my eyes)
Woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-woah-oh (Bright, white light shining right between my eyes)
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
You’ve got to lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
Lay it down
You’ve got to lay it down
Bright, white light shining right between my eyes
Bright, white light shining right between my eyes
Woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-woah-oh (Bright, white light shining right between my eyes)
Woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-woah-oh (Bright, white light shining right between my eyes)
Bright, white light shining right between my eyes
Bright, white light shining right between my eyes
Bright, white light shining right between my eyes
Bright, white light shining right between my eyes
A Bright, white light shining right between my eyes
Woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-woah-oh (Bright, white light shining right between my eyes)
Woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-woah-oh (Bright, white light shining right between my eyes)
Woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-woah-oh (Bright, white light shining right between my eyes)
Bright, white light shining right between my eyes
4We Are Come to Outlive Our Brains
Everything’s overlapping
To future to the passing
We are only passing through
We’re vapor, light, and liquid blue
Take a look around
It’s exactly how it’s supposed to be
Take a look around
The shapes are hanging over me
Take a look around
The shapes are hanging over you
Take a look around
Stop trying to rush nature
Slow it down
We will come to outlive our brains (I see you in the distance as I frown)
We will come to outlive our brains (I see you in the distance as I frown)
We will come to outlive our brains (I see you in the distance as I frown)
We will come to outlive our brains (I see you in the distance as I…)
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes (woah-oooooh)
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue…
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet
I’m the glue in your magnet (we will come to out live our brains)
We will come to outlive our brains
We will come to outlive our brains
We will come to outlive our brains
We will come to outlive our brains
5Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
My thoughts are frozen like everyone else
you will always be remembered
even life itself
say it to me S.A.N.T.O.S
and try to make it rhyme
say it to me S.A.N.T.O.S
normal moving time
say it to me S.A.N.T.O.S
its off to work we go
Haho aho aho!
This is what space smells like
you will always remember where you were
This is what space smells like
you will always remember where you were
My thoughts are frozen like everyone else
you will always be remembered
even life itself
say it to me S.A.N.T.O.S
and try to make it rhyme
say it to me S.A.N.T.O.S
In normal moving time
say it to me S.A.N.T.O.S
it’s off to work we go
Haho aho aho!
6The Final Hurrah
Sitting on the jungle gym
The shapes become unhinged
Try to cover up,
Hush money in the cup,
That much i know.
I am in a square,
dangling in mid-air,
so i split my eyes
there may only be a few
That much i know
Taste the humidity
You can recycle
I see you in the distance
you can recycle
the final hurrah
Taste the humidity
You can recycle
I see you in the distance
you can recycle
the final hurrah
the final hurrah
the final hurrah
the faceplant
into rock
7Play by Play
Down below my feet
Last forever
Down below my feet
As for ever
Down below my feet
Last forever
Dark and scary
I double down
I was there I ran away
I was in the news
When I heard the play by play
I wanted to be used
When I heard the play by play
I wanted to be used
Perception is spoon fed
I open up my mouth
Perception is spoon fed
I open up my mouth
Perception is spoon fed
I open up my mouth
Perception is spoon fed
I open up my mouth
I hope someone notices
I hope someone notices
I hope someone notices
I hope someone notices
I hope someone notices
I hope someone notices
I…..
I…..
I hope someone notices (sweet longing freezes time)
I hope someone notices (sweet longing freezes time)
I hope someone notices (sweet longing freezes time)
I hope someone notices (sweet longing freezes time)
Sweet longing freezes time
Sweet longing freezes time
Sweet longing freezes time
Sweet longing freezes time
I hope someone notices (sweet longing freezes time)
I hope someone notices (sweet longing freezes time)
I hope someone notices (sweet longing freezes time)
I hope someone notices (sweet longing freezes time)
8Death Don’t Hurt Very Long
Death Don’t hurt very long
Death Don’t hurt very long
Death Don’t hurt very long
Death Don’t hurt very long
Oh Yeah
Frozen in place, cast into space
Transported too fast, you know it don’t last
Up on the ground, shakin’ my sound
Descended from apes, you’re just changin’ shapes
Death Don’t hurt very long, Death Don’t hurt very long, Death Don’t hurt very long
Death. Don’t. hurt. very. long.
Death Don’t hurt very long
Its only your perception, singin’ this song
Death Don’t hurt very long
Its only your perception, singin’ this song
9Cool Amber and Mercury
Cool Amber and Mercury
Pay me no attention
When the night turns into day
Sometimes when I’m moving
I still miss this place
what a fool I was
what a fool I am
what a fool I’ll be
Cool Amber and Mercury, Cool Amber and Mercury, Cool Amber and Mercury
Pay me no attention
When the night turns into day
Sometimes when I’m standing still
Thing don’t feel alright
Cool Amber and Mercury, Cool Amber and Mercury, Cool Amber and Mercury
You say the most hurtful things
10Passing Through
Passing Through
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
The world is waiting
We are among the [?]
Let’s go forever
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Sonic sea vibrations
Passing over you
Let go forever
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey
Heeeeeey
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
Hey (way-oh, way-oh)
