The first song on Build to Spill’s 1997 album Perfect From Now On, “Randy Described Eternity” is, as its title succinctly states, a poetic description of eternity as told to lead singer/lyricist Doug Martsch by the leader of his Christian youth group. In a blog post, a fan estimated that it would ta...
Every thousand years
This metal sphere
Ten times the size of Jupiter
Floats just a few yards past the Earth
You climb on your roof
And take a swipe at it
With a single feather
Hit it once every thousand years
'Til you've worn it down
To the size of a pea
Yeah, I'd say that's a long time
But it's only half a blink
In the place you're gonna be
Where you gonna be?
Where will you spend eternity?
I'm gonna be perfect from now on
I'm gonna be perfect, starting now
Stop making that sound
Stop making that sound
I will say I forgot it
But it was only yesterday
And it's all you had to say
Randy Described Eternity was written by Doug Martsch.
Randy Described Eternity was produced by Phil Ek.
Built to Spill released Randy Described Eternity on Tue Jan 28 1997.