Walsh, Joe - The Confessor Lyrics






If you look at your reflection in the bottom of a well,
What you see is only on the surface.
When you try to see the meaning, hidden underneath,
The measure of the depth can be deceiving.
The bottom has a rocky reputation

You can feel it in the distance the deeper down you stare.
From up above it's hard to see, but you know when you're there.
On the bottom words are shallow.
On the surface talk is cheap.
You can only judge the distance by the company you keep
In the eyes of the Confessor.

In the eyes of the Confessor,
There's no place you can hide.
You can't hide from the eyes (of the Confessor)
Don't you even try.
In the eyes of the Confessor
You can't tell a lie,
You cannot tell a lie (to the Confessor)
Strip you down to size,
Naked as the day that you were born,
Naked as the day that you were born.

Take all the trauma, drama, comments,
The guilt and doubt and shame
The "what ifs" and "if onlys"
The shackles and the chains
The violence and aggression,
The pettiness and scorn,
The jealousy and hatred,
The tempest and discord,
AND GIVE IT UP!





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  1. K.... O....

    be careful where you step there's no telling what's under the rocks.

  2. G.... H....

    In the Eyes of the Confessor you can not tell A lie.

  3. R.... S....

    saw the James Gang way back in 1970 at the Ohio State Fair. Got in free, ate free, and smoked the best weed free and also got there and back free from Canton....LOL

  4. S.... W....

    If this isn't one the most epic, greatest songs I've ever heard I don't know what is. Joe Walsh is not that stupid ass "Life's Been Good." He's way beyond that!

  5. c.... ....

    Walsh always had the BEST modulated guitar tone. Phaser, flanger etc. His guitar sounds like a jet engine.

  6. C.... C....

    Naked as the day that
    I was bornd

  7. J.... D....

    Estees was really cool back then now it's just another product to California

  8. J.... D....

    Had a good day with him at the Wagon Wheel bar Estes Park Colorado showed me his fishing license it said Joe Walsh we smoke good bud drank a lot of good tequila we were supposed to go trout fishing on Thompson Creek all we did was catch a Buzz I thought he was bullshiting but I delivered him to his Ranch Neverland Ranch push the buttons and he was in interesting day

  9. P.... C....

    I fell so said when I hear this song. I was a mess on acid and cocaine at that time. I lost all my friends and started hanging out with the wrong crowd. Thank God it didn't last long and I've been clean for 20 years now.also it's funny it says old stuff on the title. To me this is new stuff. Compared to all of walshes career.

  10. G.... M....

    Free concert in heart plaza after pistons won championship pouring rain 90 degrees he played full concert

    G.... M....

    Bad boys

  11. B.... H....

    We’re listening

  12. L.... o....

    Always listening great fucking song catch up and walk away

  13. D.... E....

    I here right now!!!!!!!

  14. W.... C....

    YALL BETTER GIVE IT UP ROD

  15. R.... R....

    Until i push the play button then i knew how bad ass the song is. 2019 and on still rock n roll!!

  16. J.... B....

    U can't hide !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From the EYES OF THE CONFESSOR.

  17. G.... S....

    This tune is just "bullshitly" grand...! Just saying............

  18. W.... C....

    THE VERY END OF SONG WITH A VERY LOUD SCREAM. AS IT FLYS OVER WERE IS MY eagle in the pictures ANYWAY HE IS SCREAMING GIVE IT UP

  19. W.... C....

    GIVE IT UP ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROD

  20. L.... J....

    I seem to remember there was a pretty good video to this song back when MTV used to play music videos.

  21. T.... S....

    This song has meaning to it. Just listen to it and you'll understand.

    T.... S....

    Yes!... she'll pay!

    T.... S....

    Yes. She'll pay.

  22. M.... H....

    Stays crunchy, even in milk.

  23. H.... T....

    Mindgasm

  24. R.... K....

    I have always thought this song must have been inspired by Kahlan Amnell from The Sword Of Truth series. One of my favorite reads of my life.

  25. S.... b....

    It is nothing more than the low spark of high heeled boys

  26. T.... S....

    love the slow rock

  27. S.... C....

    there are no secrets kept from the collective. all truth must be revealed, if you choose not to look then there is no one to blame for your deception but you, so wake up and seek the true universal GOD OF ALL IN ALL. gods speed to us all in ALL.

  28. G.... G....

    joe has a guitar sound that'a all his own. always been a big fan of his tunes

  29. B.... G....

    Yes I'm still Listening December 2019 but' it's so hard to beat Funk 49!!!!!!!!

  30. R.... G....

    Joe Smokes🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  31. 1.... ....

    The beginning sounds just like it was COPIED by Bon Jovi - Dead or Alive... and this came out just a few months earlier so it WAS definitely on Bon Jovi's mind as he was seeking new material for his upcoming album.

  32. B.... K....

    Joe, You are one stoned some-bitch.

  33. G.... P....

    Underrated song in the Joe Walsh canon, but one of his best

  34. P.... O....

    Affirmative

  35. W.... P....

    If you ain't Joe Walsh, you ain't shit.

  36. D.... ....

    What a fucking solo...

  37. K.... w....

    Sounds so much like the intro to blaze of glory by bon vagi... I wonder if Joey ever called them up in Jersey and blasted them? Hey Jersey jaws! You stole my riffs!

  38. S.... B....

    Bring it on Confessor

  39. K.... H....

    Yea,come on widit.

  40. V.... F....

    Right Here ... Right Now! Flashing Back! J/S  :)

  41. D.... L....

    Joe the Great!

  42. 5.... M....

    I listen to all of the 70's and 80's in the parking lot of my kids school and you'll be surprised how many times I get the thumbs up . KEEP THE MUSIC ALIVE ND JAM THE SHIT OUT OF IT

  43. C.... D....

    What GOD Wants GOD Gets

  44. A.... W....

    Honest I soooooo crazy totally newer heard this before!?!Soooooo HOT

  45. S.... ....

    this has all the studio tricks from the late 70s, early 80s

  46. H.... S....

    Songs that carry the timeless truth's seem even more treasured. Congratz to Joe; we do not all receive such Gifts.

  47. 1.... ....

    And maybe I'm uniformed, but how did Jermaine Dupri get credit for writing on this song?
    His entire life, discography and career never mentions this, only that he began in 1990-1992. *Please let me know why his name is listed here as a writer of this song. *And Usher was also a writer on THIS song??? - Really? How? - When? - Thank you.

  48. 1.... ....

    Just look it up - Joe Walsh released this in mid 1985 - and then Bon Jovi released "Wanted Dead or Alive" in 1986, actually in 1987, just months later. So QUICK to copy Joe. --- What a JOKE Bon Jovi were/are - and using every bit of MTV and young girl-fans as they could, when back then most kids never even heard of Joe. SAD, truly pathetic of Bon Jovi.

  49. 1.... ....

    It's so obvious how Bon Jovi copied this... When we were 15, watching MTV, we were laughing at Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive"video and how they "TRIED" to act as if they had been through it all, as if they were the Eagles or The Rolling Stones, when in fact they were nothing and still are, always were. ;)

  50. D.... M....

    OH YEAH!!

  51. K.... B....

    Man the memories

  52. M.... S....

    668 thumbs downs who need to do some confessing.

  53. S.... J....

    To Govenor Michael J Dunleavey, for appointing thief Ben Stevens as cos. Go fuck yourself Mike, you are a follower.

  54. C.... W....

    This song is the shiznit now Walsh is one of the greatest atrist alive

  55. S.... ....

    Anybody listening November 2019

    S.... ....

    Happy 2020 Everyone ✌

    S.... ....

    born in 2000 and love this music listen to early rock more then hip hop or rap

    S.... ....

    Sleepwalker still listening

    S.... ....

    December 27,th 2019 11.41 pm...

  56. D.... N....

    Joe's best

  57. A.... ....

    Can’t get enough, Rock On 🤘🏻

  58. J.... B....

    What's wrong convicting ?

  59. J.... B....

    True dat. May The Creator Bless

  60. M.... M....

    And the liars shall inherit the earth
    ,, apparently. Sad!

  61. s.... ....

    the name of my husbands 75 455 cutlass supreme the confessor

  62. M.... M....

    😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  63. M.... S....

    One of the best 😍
    Take me back to a place where I once lived.🤘😎🎤🦟🎶🎶🎶🎶

  64. d.... ....

    Volume to 11 please!

  65. J.... D....

    This is his Anthem Song for sure

  66. B.... K....

    Out of this world sound and music.

  67. P.... E....

    This album is so AWESOME!!!!

  68. J.... S....

    We're gonna get you cranked up on some chemo and radiation.For what,I'm terminal.Id like to center now.Notice a birdsong in the morning,smell the air.Whatever I was taking for granted.

  69. J.... S....

    I confess that if I was diagnosed terminal,I know where to get a hot shot.You ain't cleaning up puke and shit behind me.Wearing the agitator out on the Kenmore,or wet wiping my ass crack.Thats a suicide with dignity.

  70. S.... D....

    When I first heard this song I was 14 years old. It had a very fucking profound effect on me, as that the least I have to say about it!

  71. b.... j....

    I remember when this song came out ...even watched it on MTV.... Still a favorite of mine...

  72. e.... k....

    Watched Joe's performance opening for Tom Petty on his 40th anniversary & last tour, unforgettable

  73. o.... ....

    2019 and I am STILL trying to find the meaning hidden underneath... Perhaps I need to stop trying so hard?

    o.... ....

    Read the Bible and you'll figure it out 🙂

  74. D.... C....

    Right wrong
    Black or blue
    Hers mind
    Yes no

  75. e.... s....

    Your can't hide from the eyes don't you even try 😲

  76. C.... L....

    Day one with hearing aids, streaming Joe!
    Long live Rock!

  77. T.... U....

    Joe knew...what to do

  78. d.... p....

    great song

  79. A.... W....

    a pretty cool jam that blows me away every time I've listened to it. ✌

  80. j.... s....

    🤘🏻

  81. C.... D....

    Bravo ⚘

  82. B.... T....

    I hopeing joe remembers the balloon starship enterprise we had let go at the concert we had to beg ,and bribe security!!!

  83. B.... T....

    I remember joe playing this my ears were ringing for hours thank you joe I wouldn't have it any other way

  84. a.... m....

    joe's guitar rocks

  85. a.... s....

    The solo's are awesome!! Joe rules!

  86. j.... ....

    Shaped most personality at age 6 on house stereo, thanks be to the Lord Jesus it subconsciously planted that this place was temporary or warmup game for what really matters. Thank you Lord Jesus

  87. j.... ....

    All praise, honor, and glory to the most high Father and son Jesus Christ forever and ever, andtheir will be done always. Aka The original Confessor you cannot tell a lie naked as the day WE WERE MADE

  88. M.... S....

    Aww what a trip!!!!😎

  89. W.... G....

    645 assholes down thumbed this great classic from Crazy Joe Walsh, probably Jay-Z fans.

  90. W.... C....

    The measure of the depth can be deceiving

  91. J.... M....

    This song is shit!!

    As in the shit!! Hell yeah!!

  92. S.... T....

    If I eye was a doctor I would be helping people not laying up in a bed designed to be under sixteen satalighss that are for a girl named Shonda Cooper and would.an she is and your your abdomen wouldn't be in such pain if it wasn't working towards helping a female get her liver straightened out or hair growing back what's going to happen is you're going to wind up dead in about 2 years for being selfish and sucking up all the electronic elements that are designed to save a woman's life name Shonda Deanne Cooper and you laugh and it's okay if Jenny's they're getting an ox knocked out of her arm because even the shot you gave me while I was asleep is gone everything they've given me to OD me has done nothing but fucking bounce out any bud up ticking in a fuck you better bet I'm going down to drop some blood off but I got to get a transfusion first cuz I've worked so hard to fight every goddamn fucking disease areas keep on thinking I'm crazy but what's even crazier and that's when that dog run straight to Danny Smith's house cuz that's who he is running around with the name of Eric and he is the God damn dumbass delays in their selfishly sucking up female goddamn help because I have denied it and then they're moving more in trying to look for who they're fucking really supposed to work on and when they get done with you I don't know what you're going to end up like their Eric but you need to treat women with respect

  93. S.... T....

    I'm just gonna say uncle now close is friends like Joe and I can't remember now who said that no this is Joe Walsh not the who

  94. o.... ....

    I was 7 or 8 when this came out.. and it sticks in my memory.. my brother used to play this in the car

  95. G.... H....

    Sorry Law Enforcement,,, I am A Snitch.

  96. G.... H....

    You mean they let me stay out long enough for me to sell to Undercovers, Yea and I will hide you from the Cops when they come by, Don't Worry.

  97. H.... I....

    brilliant use of synths, killer blues guitar riffs