Passenger

Lyrics: Peter Monk
Music: Phil Lesh

See also <A HREF="http://arts.ucsc.edu/GDead/AGDL/pass.html">David Dodd's Annotated Lyrics Site</A> entry for this song.


> Firefly
> Can you see me?
> Shine on, glowing
> Brief and brightly
>
> Could you imagine
> One summer day
> That same night
> Be on your way
>
> Do you remember?
> Hearts were too cold
> Seasons had frozen us
> Into our souls
>
> People were saying
> The whole world is burning
> Ashes were scattered
> Too hard to turn
>
> Chorus
> Upside out
> Or inside down
> False alarm, the only game in town
> No man's land, the only game in town
> Terrible, the only game in town
>
> Passenger
> Don't you hear me?
> Destination
> Seen unclearly
>
> What is a man
> Deep down inside
> But a raging beast
> With nothing to hide
>
> [chorus]
>
Out-takes from the Terrapin Station album sessions reveal that when the song
was being developed, the lyrics after the first chorus were sung in a
different order and included additional verses:
> [Slippery] shadows
> Fill the sky
> Just like the [?]
> Man [ain't] to die
>
> What is a man
> Deep down inside
> But a raging beast
> With nothing to hide
>
> [chorus]
>
> Passenger
> Don't you hear me?
> Destination
> Seen unclearly
>
> Ask me no questions
> Sing you no names
> No more mysteries
> Simple games