Talk Talk - Ascension Day Lyrics






Bet I'll be damned
Built the debt, I turned twos up today
Bet I'll be damned
Gets harder to sense, to sail

Farewell, mother numb to and devout to
Reckon luck sees us the same

Weighted my hand
Kill the bet, I'll burn on judgment day
Weighted my hand
Get hard hit to sin, to sail

Farewell, mother numb to and devout to
Double deal a season wrapt too lax to lapse so soon
Reckon luck sees us the same

Bed on my back
Dealt my hell, I've dealt my months of May
Bed on my back
Get parted ascension day

Farewell, mother numb to and devout to
Reckon luck sees us the same
Reckon love deals us the same





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  1. G.... M....

    Incredible scope, incredible skill.

  2. r.... b....

    Those little bursts of Hammond give me goosebumps

  3. a.... ....

    Lo genial y único de Mark Hollis y los últimos discos de Talk Talk es que uno no puede ubicarlos en ninguna época ni estilo. Esta canción no sabés si tiene 35 años o si fué grabada ayer. La música de estos tipos suena siempre actual, siempre fresca. Muy raro que pase eso.

  4. T.... P....

    5:19 engage secondary booster

  5. M.... B....

    The album that solified Post-Rock

  6. m.... d....

    i learn now the dead of Mark Hollis. I'm bewildered and saddened. An icon of my past. RIP dear friend

  7. g.... s....

    only german fans will know that this song is used here https://www.amazon.de/Ein-Freund-von-Daniel-Br%C3%BChl/dp/B01G4E6F9K/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&keywords=mein+bester+freund+daniel+br%C3%BChl&qid=1558035102&s=instant-video&sr=1-1-fkmr0


    at 30min

  8. s.... ....

    This is sublime. Radiohead definitely like this.

  9. m.... ....

    The Beatles' I Want You (She's So Heavy) ended this way already. John Lennon asked the shocked sound engineer to cut the tape.

    m.... ....

    too bad the beatles could never write as song half as well as hollis

  10. C.... A....

    David Quantick, will you please do all serious talk talk/ Mark Hollis fans a favour. Fuck right off!!.

  11. J.... V....

    Composed in a state of grace. Performed with a purpose.

  12. p.... ....

    This track is absolutey brilliant and my favourite part is the drums. RIP Mark your music moved me in ways I can't describe...just Feel

  13. D.... R....

    This is divine music, Talk Talk's last two albums are reaching for the divine and trying to find them in different ways. I see a lot of Radiohead comparisons - Thom Yorke has stated that Talk Talk is a huge influence, and you can hear it on many of their albums, OK Computer in particular for me. This as a B-Sides of any Radiohead album? Not a chance. This is music on an elevated plane, I don't think Thom Yorke is seeking to do anywhere near the same as Hollis and Talk Talk were. I don't think he even could.

    D.... R....

    He got close with "Pyramid Song," imho.

  14. M.... P....

    Grande Mark Hollis..R.I.P. 😢

  15. L.... S....

    Dolce Mark...rip 💗💞😔

  16. T.... ....

    Life sometimes ends as abruptly as this song :(

  17. L.... V....

    I thought OK he died I will get over it. After 35 years of listening I found out it's not that easy. Over those 35 years the only people who were Talk Talk fans were people I introduced them to which is about 3 people. It is nice to read all the heartfelt comments even though they bring tears to my eyes.

  18. J.... C....

    I want you back again

  19. g.... n....

    R. I. P. Mark. You're ascending in the highest sky

  20. I.... M....

    It's A Shame ... R.I.P.

  21. H.... E....

    A timeless masterpiece.

  22. b.... ....

    Thank you mark.

  23. H.... B....

    Rest in peace Mark, your music will be eternal

  24. k.... ....

    25.02.2019. Умер Марк Холлис... R.I.P.

  25. S.... T....

    Ricordo ancora con tristezza e gioia la sera in cui ci conoscemmo e bevemmo gin tonic a profusione in quel bar di S.Remo.
    Rip Mark,un giorno ci rincontreremo.
    Buon viaggio Amico

    S.... T....

    Che gran fortuna averlo anche solo visto... che questo ricordo non ti abbandoni mai...

  26. D.... F....

    Farewell Mark, reckon luck sees us the same

  27. r.... f....

    RIP Mark we got your music until the day we join in the great beyond

    r.... f....

    ❤🧡💛💚💙💜💖

  28. R.... R....

    RIP Master Mark Hollis.
    Your music did alter me forever and I rejoiced in it time and time again.
    It was never with a sad face that I listened to you, but today I do.
    Thank you and forever rest in peace.
    A Life (1955 - 2019).

  29. A.... H....

    RIP To Mark;
    Today is the day of your ascension.

    A.... H....

    ❤🧡💛💙💜💖

  30. J.... C....

    Rest in peace, music god, incredible and unique genius 😿😿💔💔.

  31. R.... P....

    RIP Mark Hollis its your ascension day :(

    R.... P....

    ❤🧡💛💚💙💜💖

  32. C.... C....

    R.I.P Mark 😥

  33. F.... ....

    RIP Mark Hollis

    F.... ....

    🧡💛💚💙💜💖

  34. V.... 3....

    Gutted. Absolutely gutted. Rest in peace, Mark Hollis. and thankyou for decades of listening pleasure.

    V.... 3....

    ❤🧡💛💚💙💜💖

    V.... 3....

    Whaattt whaaat ?!?! I didnt knoowww :(
    Now I'm sad !!

  35. D.... M....

    RIP MARK HOLLIS

  36. M.... P....

    RIP Mark Hollis

    M.... P....

    ❤🧡💛💚💙💜💖

  37. E.... A....

    RIP Mark Hollis 😢

  38. E.... E....

    Always loved TalkTalk, this is an amazing piece of music, never thought ide like this sort of music but i just cant get enough. Headphones on, late evening, fire glowing, my troubles drift away. Thank you Mark Hollis for the gift of real music

  39. J.... ....

    so now i know where Radiohead got a lot of there ideas.

    J.... ....

    I don't know much about Radiohead, but Yorke's duet with Michael Buble was transcendent.

    J.... ....

    @Mason Miller Who said Radiohead is terrible. Nice false dichotomy. Just Kid A is terrible.

    J.... ....

    Radiohead, the most hyped and probably the most over-rated band of the decade, upped the ante for studio trickery.

    J.... ....

    @hokieguy95 Kid A terrible? Bro, that you don't like doesn't mean it's terrible, it's prolly their most acclaimed album

    J.... ....

    Both Talk Talk and Radiohead got their sound from Can, which influenced post-rock.

  40. i.... ....

    One day, I will be a late night radio DJ who plays moody, nocturnal music right until the break of dawn, and this will be on my playlist.

  41. k.... ....

    First time listening to this song, I literally said "AW!" when the song cut

  42. B.... G....

    So much love.

  43. D.... A....

    Reckon I hear it the same and fresh - as New Grass - yet again, on this Ascension Day.
    10/5/18

  44. P.... D....

    What´s here more brilliant, the music or the vocals of MH?

  45. J.... F....

    Some of my favourite ever guitar playing in this one, the last 45 seconds have some of the best guitar on record for me. I can never quite tell - is it just one chord hit in loads of different ways? Down strokes, up strokes, strummed, hard, soft, letting different strings resonate for the different overtones, changing the pickup selector? Utterly magical whatever he's doing.

    J.... F....

    Love the Hammond too

    J.... F....

    I'm pretty sure that it is just the one chord he's playing - some variant of Am I think? But you're right, the way he plays it makes it sound like it is constantly shifting, so expressive and intense, surely one of the greatest moments on the record, and of guitar music in the 90's!

    J.... F....

    I hear downstrokes

    J.... F....

    Probably strumming different spots on the fretboard to get different harmonics.

  46. T.... ....

    BET I'LL BE DAMNED

    T.... ....

    Yes Tom! Reckon luck sees us the same. 💜🐝

  47. p.... ....

    Very underrated album, it's a masterpiece

  48. T.... S....

    Astonishing.

  49. e.... ....

    Fantastic this !!!!!!! so glad i just ordered it on a good vinyl re-pressing XD

  50. A.... E....

    This album is awesome. I've been trying to get People to acknowledge it for years - but it's hard, since it's only available on vinyl and on a computer. Can't even play these videos on the iPhone....Someone make them available!

    A.... E....

    I happen to own both albums (Spirit, and this one) on CD's bought at the time they came out. With a leaflet including handwritten lyrics which are honestly as hard to read as they are hard to understand when Mark sings them. But I'll be pleased to help you get a copy or something if you wish. No monetary interest, just to share these beauties, except of course P&P. I live in Switzerland, so you know...regards.

    A.... E....

    I've got that bloody leaflet. It might as well be written in mandarin. The cassette came with clearly-written lyrics, but good luck finding one of those. That aside, it's a great album.

  51. A.... F....

    excelennte

  52. C.... ....

    " The Who" came to my mind somehow, when i first heard this song.

  53. D.... S....

    talk talk tune is out of nowhere,incredible.

  54. J.... H....

    I cant stop listening to this

  55. D.... V....

    This record is a masterpiece. What a way to go.

    D.... V....

    Dilip v honestly... it's perfect.

    D.... V....

    One of my all time fav records, essential, unique, haunting. Bless your heart and soul Mark, his music meant a lot to so many, I'm just one; genius is oft over used but he was certainly one, rip

  56. g.... ....

    this is the kind of music that is made when you just go with your instincts and feelings - as opposed to doing what other people expect you 'should' do.........and boy did they get it right with this album!!! whhhooooaaahhh :)

  57. C.... M....

    Bliss. No words.

  58. R.... D....

    Hi, gorgeous piece of music, dare i say the great Paul Weller may have been listening to this before the equally great Stanley Road was penned? & just for subjectivity's sake throw in a bit of Quadrophenia, any thoughts or connections anyone ?, Love to the world, Stop Fighting , Start Talking, No Victory can be claimed in a fight fought with cowerdess and deception, & no belief or faith will ever quench the untimely tears of a grieving mother, My thoughts are with all those souls, lost or found, in the recent tragic events that seem to be an all to frequent part of our so called "normal" lives........ Au Revoir x

    R.... D....

    Yeah definitely even Wellers Vocals are similar. Saw him on that tour, sadly never saw talk talk live.

    R.... D....

    I was going to post something similar but as much as I love Paul Weller vocally he's no match for Mark Hollis.

  59. A.... ....

    I swear, this album and Spirit of Eden were way ahead of their time. They both still sound very modern nowadays.

    A.... ....

    +Apocoloptogon Meme Central It manages to capture that indescribable timelessness.

    A.... ....

    It fucking came out in 1991. Do you consider the 60's ancient history?

    A.... ....

    indeed! Brilliant! Kind of reminding me of Bowie's blackstar at times.

    A.... ....

    @jane williams I actually was thinking the same thing! Blackstar/ ambient jazz soundscapes owe a lot to this record.

    A.... ....

    Aaron THANK YOU, I get so sick of people who seem to think that the world was created in 1963.

  60. F.... ....

    I love the way the song just swan dives into pure chaos

  61. T.... O....

    Oh how I love this song. Oh how I hate the abrupt end.

    T.... O....

    +Tako Ov Hell This is the perfect end to reach climax and to transition to the next piece in my opinion

    T.... O....

    @Alan Space
    yeah... i guess somehow  it grows on you. still not my favorite, tho.

    T.... O....

    That ending is so natural within the album tho

    T.... O....

    It sets up the mood for the next track: "After The Flood", the best track of the album imo.

  62. O.... V....

    como una cancion tan pasiva puede tener una percussion ritmica y unos razgados de guitarra pueden sonar tan convincente , tan complejos en su minimalismo, como si narrara el exilio de un castigo casi eterno, o la redencion divina aun planeta con sus seres vivos , la verdadera musica es la ventana a la libertad espiritual, y Talk Talk  solo mostraron un indicio, oh Mark hollis realmente necesitamos mas musica de este nivel

  63. r.... f....

    las palabras que Mark Hollis usa y la forma en que las canta tiene un peso absoluto, es como si uno pudiese ver las palabras salir de su boca como artefactos perfectos y totalmente nuevos y extraños a la vez 
    se siente como si al cantar esta canción delante de un muro de concreto, de la forma que lo hace Mark, el muro volaría en mil pedazos !

    r.... f....

    es mas para ser una banda de los 80s esta musica esta mas adelantado para su epoca y epocas venideras es por q mark hollis y su banda si eran unos VISIONARIOS en la musica y joder deseo q vuelvan a componer mas disco de esa tendencia q ya lograron q mucha pocas bandas pueden componer, expresar el CIELO EN MUSICA

  64. L.... L....

    So this song really cuts off like that at the end? I thought it was my mp3 file...

    L.... L....

    Yup. The song is about Ascension Day. Hence it suddenly disappears.

    L.... L....

    I know it's been 4 years since you said that
    but actually they didn't run out of tape or choose to cut the improvisation
    The power was out and they thought it kept recording, and when they listened to the version were the ending was cut out they liked it

    L.... L....

    It's apparently a message to Def Leppard to just stop.

    L.... L....

    Thank You Mark .

  65. c.... j....

    Wish someone would upload it to tablets and just not pcs! Very annoying.

    c.... j....

    +chris james wtf are you talking about

    c.... j....

    A lot of these later Talk Talk songs are not available on mobile devices, including this one.

    c.... j....

    Try enable desktop view

  66. B.... L....

    I missed this at the time. How did I overlook such an amazing sound. 

    B.... L....

    Because EVERYONE else did. Makes you wonder which albums there are today like this?

    B.... L....

    @Bacon and cheese has been stuffed into a crust  nah not me....i got this the day it came out......and even though i got it back then it was still very alien sounding at the time and didn't hit me for a bit......now some 20 odd years later i regard it as a timeless masterpiece and even now its not known really by that many.

    B.... L....

    @Ady Cardiac Timeless indeed. 

    B.... L....

    @Bacon and cheese has been stuffed into a crust when i'm asked what my fave albums are i always say this and spirit of eden....mostly to looks of "never heard of them" or they think its talk talk of the 80's that most people know....i just feel lucky to one of those that does get it and revels in its beauty :-)

  67. g.... ....

    pioneer! 

  68. F.... M....

    so do I

  69. E.... V....

    the phil brown drum sound...

    E.... V....

    Phil Brown is a massive dude

  70. E.... ....

    I already know where Radiohead took the inspiration for The King of the Limbs.

    E.... ....

    ElAullidoDeLaNada tkol is not that good tho

    E.... ....

    It is if you listen to The Basement session

  71. F.... ....

    is there any tabs anywhere for this album? :(

  72. s.... ....

    well played , sir

    well played

  73. B.... ....

    I went here to hear if the end was really that way

    B.... ....

    BlueVangaCovers yep

  74. d.... ....

    Actually I think anything from The Bends could be a B-side of this.

    d.... ....

    Not even similar style lol.. you think fake plastic trees and Street spirit ought to be B sides to anything?. talk talk sure have a pretentious fan base.

  75. j.... ....

    ten wokal Hollisa ma coś w sobie z melodyjek saksofonowych Colatrane`a - łatwiej da się je zanucić niż zapisać w nutach :)

  76. k.... ....

    tez czytales artykul na screenagers? ;P mnie jakos nie bardzo przekonuje to porownanie, ale faktycznie, brzmi ciekawie.

  77. T.... ....

    does anyone else think that this could be a b-side from radiohead's the bends?

    T.... ....

    More like In Rainbows

  78. P.... S....

    Thanks CoS for including lyrics...always wanted to know. WOW! What a heavy duty song!

  79. F.... K....

    What a ridiculous understatement.

  80. j.... ....

    Mark Hollis=the next generation Coltrane?

  81. J.... S....

    i LOVE MARK JUST SPITS THE LYRICS OUT IN ONE BREATH!

  82. B.... A....

    HEAVY. Real heavy but really rewarding too.:)

  83. B.... L....

    I really do prefer their other work from 1982 and 1984, but I like diversity, great artist, not going to ignore their other work

  84. r.... ....

    I will always remember the day i first heard this!

  85. g.... ....

    This is so spacious. I can her so much influence of this in later music, from post rock to Radiohead to Tool, etc..

  86. s.... ....

    sounds like late 90s-2010 sonic youth to me, which means I like it a lot.

  87. R.... A....

    CAN ANYONE WORK OUT GUITAR TABS FOR THIS?

  88. P.... B....

    The top comments are ridiculous.

  89. F.... K....

    Ugh. So fucking original. What the hell.

  90. R.... Z....



    Get parted ascension day


    Farewell, mother numb to and devout to

    Reckon luck sees us the same

    Reckon love deals us the same


  91. s.... ....

    Thanks for the upload man!

  92. O.... ....

    This is absolutely phenomenal!

  93. S.... D....

    This could easily be among the best of the late 60s psychdelia records, and would have been were it not recorded in the 90s

  94. F.... K....

    @NbaioX Yep. Same with Pygmalion / Slowdive.

  95. j.... ....

    @mally125 I am giving the main stream a big "f**k off" by not even releasing my music. I am doing music for what I love, not for the money, not for the Fame, purely for the MUSIC. I would be your favorite band of all time because I have more integrity than this band, who you love for all the reasons i stated.

  96. s.... ....

    These songs are a good length, yet they seem to go by so fast because you find yourself so immersed in the atmosphere and they don't conform a basic structure. This is a listening experience absolutely unlike anything.

  97. S.... ....

    love that album but always hate the way this song just stops. I NEED TO HEAR MORE