No gods or heroes dare to go down
As teardrops from a hole in heaven come
Overhead like ravens dropping down like bombs
Now through the mornings silver frosted glow
Well God says nothing back but I told you so
I told you so
Now God bless the void of my daydreams
Head back in the snow making angel wings
As slow motion dancing lights at dawn
Sail beneath a burning yellow sun
I'm calling out from the deep ends of my bones
Well time says nothing back but I told you so
I told you so
The still waters rising in my mind
Black and deep, smoke behind my eyes
Last night I could not sleep at all
I hallucinated that you were in my arms
To be in your heart I failed my own
Love says nothing back but I told you so
I told you so
I'm still here re-climbing every rung
An' someone saw something
Now Someone speak up
Back over the rotted bridge I cross
Open up these graves, let these bodies talk
Buried under leaves blood red and gold
Well Death says nothing back but I told you so
I told you so
The Wallflowers is an American rock solo project of American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jakob Dylan. The Wallflowers were originally a roots rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1989 by Dylan and guitarist Tobi Miller. The band has gone through a number of personnel changes but has remained centered on Dylan.
Following their eponymous debut album in 1992, the Wallflowers released what would become their best-known and highest-selling album, Bringing Down the Horse (1996), which included the U.S. radio hit "One Headlight," as well as "6th Avenue Heartache," "The Difference," and "Three Marlenas." Their next album, (Breach) (2000), contained "Sleepwalker," their only single to chart the Billboard Hot 100 at number 76 (previous singles did not chart due to Billboard rules at the time). The group released an additional two critically acclaimed albums before going on hiatus. In 2012, the Wallflowers reunited to release their sixth studio album, Glad All Over. Nearly ten years later they released their seventh studio album, Exit Wounds (2021), which charted at number 3 on Billboard's Top Album Sales. Lyrically, the band focuses on Dylan's introspection, exploring themes of nostalgia, heartache, anxiety, purpose and insecurities.
The Wallflowers have sold over ten million albums internationally and have won two Grammy Awards: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Rock Song for "One Headlight" in 1998. "One Headlight" is also listed at #58 in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Pop Songs. The Wallflowers have been nominated six times for "Best Rock Song" and "Best Rock Performance." Billboard named "One Headlight" as the #1 Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Song, and "Sixth Avenue Heartache" as the #37 Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Song. The band has fifteen songs that have reached the 'Top 10' on Billboard's Adult Alternative Airplay list. Members of The Wallflowers have gone on to be in the Foo Fighters, Ozomatli, and Gogol Bordello; two former members have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
It's on my personal playlist now — and I didn't know who he was...
Couldn't have said it better...!!!
This is why I don't like the comments section that much... Who cares, man. Maybe in some other places, but I guess the majority here first listens to the song, then checks it's name, artist and other info.
Yes, thank you.
Besides, the band is called the Wallflowers, not the Jakob Dylan Band.
tell him we all say hi
Good question. Because the music is mediocre at best.
Count me among those who really like Jakob Dylan.
Followed by Patty Griffin's "Little God", then Tori Amos' "God", "God Shuffled His Feet" from CTD, "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" (Coldplay), "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Cash, and ending with that fun little ditty by Joe Henry that is still one of my favorite RP discoveries...
Gotta tell ya, they sounded amazingly great!
My wife thought Jakob sounded better in person than on the original sound tracks
A voice spoke to me the other day it said
"There is no God"