Lanegan, Mark - Wish You Well Lyrics

He wrote her name with a needle gun
In black and blue
Your eyes are stone, she said
Beautiful and dead
And I wish you well
I took a turn on this carousel
How long ago
Now I never can tell
I never stopped to wonder
Maybe a morning
Maybe a thousand years
I only walk high wires
I tend an eden of magnolias dying
Although I'm coarse and primitive
I wish love Lord
I wish love could live forever
What I once saw burning bright as hell
Now here comes that weird chill
I don't stop to wonder
I threaded her name through the needle's eye
As it frayed
Tied the ends and stitched it up
and hung my head down and wept
But I wish you well
Who'll pray for the killer's sake
I used to be wide awake
Like certain mornings that last a thousand hours
Although I'm coarse and primitive
I wish love lord
I wish love could live forever
I'm burning bright as hell
Here comes that weird chill
But I wish you well
Your eyes are stone, she said
Truly beautiful and dead
I wish you well
I only ride on this carousel
I never really stop to wonder

screaming trees redux, and that's a good thing. a very good thing…...

Another masterpiece.

here comes that weird chill, fuck.

I have only recently 'found' Mark I'm glad to have passed this Love on to other family members who also appreciate this amazing musician/singer/songwriter.......why did I never find Screaming Trees just Nirvana and A.I.C back in the day

@jenovella70 Thanks, I haven't had a chance to hear it yet. I can't wait though, long overdue solo album, to say the least... Love his collaborations with Isabel, Gutter twins, his young mentor Josh lol... I've been a fan since I seen Trees open for A.I.C. here in St. Louis, they blew me away and through time Mark has been a constant. He is Aces, your Right I know it won't it's next on my list. Had to get the knew Jay Farrar, Will Johnson etc. Tribute to Woody Guthrie 1st. St. Louis boy :)

@jczother Get the new cd - I just got mine from my pre-order & it's aces. I'm a hardcore, longtime Lanegan fan & it does not disappoint.

Makes me want that new CD !!! The man with the pipes of a dirty Angel w/ lyrics so real they're scary !!!

Favourite song off that record, so intense. Long may he run.

I read my comment from a year ago, it still holds the truth for me....Nice to hear bits and pieces making it to movies, being out there....Obviously I type this because his music means so much, as with all of you we get it....I am getting old but since my introduction to his music with the Screaming Trees and then my "Bible" Whiskey for the Holy Ghost...his words, titles, tone have become a feeling a way to cope.... Take care all..I wish you well...

So is that the sound of a lighter at the start of this song?

Hehe. No that's just random editing noise. It's not on the original.

@gradedloser There all great, how do you put this over Whiskey and Bubblegum? He's a Genius !!!

The range of emotions I feel listening to his music is insane. Cry, Laugh, Go for a Walk, Lay in bed forever......it all makes sense.

Fine Art for fine people

Lanegan is a LEGEND!!!

Threaded her name
Through the needle's eye
As a frame
Tied the ends and stitched it up
And hung my head down and wept
But I wish you well
Who'll pray for the killer's sake
I used to be so wide awake
Like certain mornings
That last a thousand hours

his voice gives me weird chills.... fkn awesome!!

I do what ever I can to give this guy the props that he has deserved. Lanegan has such a strong feeling in his music, it really does not get old.

One day many will realize how important he was to music.

Stellar freaking song. Been at the top of my play list for many many years and still doesn't get old.

thank you sir, i lost my copy of this album. by far one of mark's best albums.