Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan & Wendy Rae Fowler
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
[Verse 1]
When all is done and turned to dust
And insects nest inside my bones, I see
I stagger in a daze outside my tent
No time for being alone to bleed
[Chorus 1]
The hopeless singing of a round, that much we know to do
Before we go back underground
No easy action
[Verse 2]
Sparks fill the air some nights
Crows look for food behind my skin, they need
We try our best to dig it in
And keep the cold away, we see
[Chorus 2]
That the sky is a vanishing place
And yet there's nothing to miss
No time to get out of the ice
No easy action
[Verse 3]
Although all else may turn to dust
And insects nest inside my bones, I see
Stagger in a daze to find what you meant
Where it's good to be alone to bleed
[Chorus 3]
The hopeless singing of a round
Before that vanishing place
Before we're back underground
No easy action
No Easy Action was written by Mark Lanegan.
No Easy Action was produced by John Agnello & Martin Feveyear.
Mark Lanegan released No Easy Action on Tue May 08 2001.
In his book I Am the Wolf, Lanegan revealed his inspiration for the song:
I wrote [“No Easy Action”] after reading two stories in the newspaper one morning. The first covered an exhibition of photos from Ernest Shackleton’s failed Antarctic expedition, and the second described the studio apartment...