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THE DIRT EATERS EP

12" vinyl BAD 2005
compact disc single BAD 2005 CD
April 20, 1992, 4AD



01. Man On The Silver Mountain
02. Are We Still Married?
03. Is This The Way The Tigers Do?
04. We Hold The Land In Great Esteem
05. The Dirt Eaters

All songs by His Name Is Alive (Perforate My Heart Music/BMI, Temperance Music/BMI, Abrakapokus Music/BMI, Christian Hearse Music/BMI) except track 1 by R. Blackmore/ R. Dio (Owl Music Ltd.) and track 5 by Melissa Elliott. All tracks produced by His Name Is Alive. Recorded and mixed at Warren's house, Livonia, Michigan except track 2 mixed by Ivo Watts-Russell and John Fryer at Blackwing, London. Karen Neal sings "The Tigers" (courtesy Inside Out, a Detroit rock band). Denise James sings "The Dirt Eaters" and part of "In Great Esteem". Design by Vaughan Oliver and Chris Bigg at v23. Front sleeve is a detail from "The First Salon" screenprint (1982) by Terry Dowling.

Thanks to Scott, Davin, Sheri, Ivo, Vaughan, The Brothers Quay & Bootsy X. The video for "Are We Still Married?" directed by The Brothers Quay.

01. Man On The Silver Mountain
i'm a wheel i'm a wheel
i can roll i can feel
and you can't stop me turning
cause I'm the sun I'm the sun
I can move I can run
but you'll never stop me burning

come down with fire
lift my spirit higher
someone's screaming my name
come and make me holy agai
i'm the man on the silver mountain
i'm the man on the silver mountain

i'm the day i'm the day
i can show you the way
and look i'm right beside you
i'm the night I'm the night
i'm the dark and the light
with eyes that see inside you

02. Are We Still Married?
are we still married
are we still?
i'm kinda gettin shot at
i'm kinda gettin hurt
i'm tired of all the blood dear
i'm tired of gettin hurt
in pieces unfamiliar - it shatters all the world
crashing down moments - will this tear us in two

03. Is This The Way The Tigers Do?
east east dark eyes east
dark eyes eat the deep chinese
predict it will fall
and it will crash in your house
its not just a heart
but your hands that i need
the soul is in the head
just like the bones in your hand
prepare for i'm clutching you
hitting tearing touching you
is this the way the tigers do

rise up in your anger
rise up against the rage
love the way you struggle
when i hold you underwater

04. We Hold The Land In Great Esteem
my resources say - we are endless things
i sang - i sang all day
i sing a small sing
wolf calls and bleeds
the coat is real
dedicated in skin
there will be much blood
lets just start and see
how far we get

we hold the land in great esteem
we hold the land in great esteem
my heart is red and sweet
i know its sweet because
its not the blood that bothers me

05. The Dirt Eaters
do you know the
smell of your own face?
will you eat the
will you eat the world?
gone to a place thats rotten
feast on whats in the way
going to an open, to a clearing
the soil is sour and unforgiving
we buried our guilt
i think i left the shovel there
any sick brain
knows an unknown fellow
makes me think about things