“Attics of My Life,” was written along with “Ripple” and “Brokedown Palace” in 1970, when Garcia was twenty-eight, and Lesh was thirty. All three songs portray emotional reaction resulting from a personal age where the inevitable deaths that accompany adulthood, and the rituals of succeeding generat...
[Verse]
In the attics of my life
Full of cloudy dreams unreal
Full of tastes no tongue can know
And lights no eye can see
When there was no ear to hear
You sang to me
I have spent my life
Seeking all that's still unsung
Bent my ear to hear the tune
And closed my eyes to see
When there were no strings to play
You played to me
In the book of love's own dream
Where all the print is blood
Where all the pages are my days
And all my lights grow old
When I had no wings to fly
You flew to me
You
Flew
To me
In the secret space of dreams
Where I dreaming lay amazed
When the secrets all are told
And the petals all unfold
When there was no dream of mine
You dreamed of me
Attics of My Life was written by Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia.
Attics of My Life was produced by The Grateful Dead & Steve Barncard.
The Grateful Dead released Attics of My Life on Sun Nov 01 1970.