A cloud of melancholy hangs over Sea Change, from the world-weary voice Beck employs on most of the tracks to its unfailingly morose lyrics:
These days I barely get by/ I don’t even try,"
Beck sings here, and that’s just the tip of the jagged iceberg that looms ever larger in Sea Change’s periscop...
[Verse 1]
Put your hands on the wheel
Let the golden age begin
The window down
Feel the moonlight on your skin
Desert wind
Cool your aching head
The weight of the world
Drift away instead
[Chorus]
Ohh, these days I barely get by
I don't even try
[Verse 2]
It's a treacherous road
With a desolated view
There's distant lights
But here they're far and few
The sun don't shine
Even when it's day
You gotta drive all night
Just to feel like you're okay
[Chorus]
Ohh, these days I barely get by
I don't even try
I don't even try
The Golden Age was written by Beck.
The Golden Age was produced by Nigel Godrich.
Beck released The Golden Age on Tue Sep 24 2002.