I Will Return

Daniel Amos * Track #4 On Kalhoun

Download "I Will Return"

Album Kalhoun

ALBUM

Daniel Amos

1991

I Will Return by Daniel Amos

Release Date

Thu Jul 04 1991

Performed by

Daniel Amos

Produced by

Terry Scott Taylor & Daniel Amos

Writed by

Terry Scott Taylor & Tim Chandler & Greg Flesch

About

Most of the lyrics to “I Will Return” are a close paraphrase of Czeslaw Milosz’s poem “And the City Stood in Its Brightness,”, though the song has vastly different themes from the poem’s.

Milosz, a Polish Catholic poet, is a particular favorite of lead singer Terry Scott Taylor, who references him...

I Will Return Lyrics

[Verse 1]
And the city stood
In a glowing splendor
'Til her ashes were laid in an urn
Beneath a fast-food counter

[Chorus]
I will return

[Verse 2]
The descendants were born
And they danced their dances
Then the sound of their stumbling was great
Tilting the world on its axis

[Chorus]
I will return

[Bridge 1]
And the women gazed in their mirrors
Suitors brought them vials of perfume
(Quiet lives of desperation)
Then golden-haired locusts with the faces of angels
Sealed each of them up in a metal cocoon

[Verse 3]
And the life ran out
Just when it all seemed better
Here is a display in a granite museum
A shame on view forever

[Chorus]
I will return
I will return

[Bridge 2]
And the birdcage was eventually opened
A great flock of nuns flew away
(Meeting no one's expectations)
And the saints who had slept on a head of a pin
Came down from the sky at the end of all days

[Verse 1]
And the city stood
In a glowing splendor
'Til her ashes were laid in an urn
Beneath a fast food counter

[Chorus]
I will return

[Outro]
I will be coming like a thief in the night
I will be coming like a thief in the night
I will be coming like a thief in the night
I will be coming like a thief in the night
I will be coming like a thief in the night
I will be coming like a thief in the night
I will be coming like a thief in the night
I will be coming like a thief in the night

I Will Return Q&A

Who wrote I Will Return's ?

I Will Return was written by Terry Scott Taylor & Tim Chandler & Greg Flesch.

Who produced I Will Return's ?

I Will Return was produced by Terry Scott Taylor & Daniel Amos.

When did Daniel Amos release I Will Return?

Daniel Amos released I Will Return on Thu Jul 04 1991.

What did Daniel Amos say about "I Will Return"?

The liner notes to Kalhoun say of “I Will Return”:

Apocalyptic blues in the big city. The Mall All Over the World finally meets the wrecking ball. Christ returns. Metal cocoons sprout flying nuns. (the graves were opened?) Finis.

NOTE: No hallucinogens were taken during the writing of this song.

Your Gateway to High-Quality MP3, FLAC and Lyrics

― DownloadMP3FLAC.com ―

Support: [email protected]