EVOL

also appears on:

• Live in Texas (live '86)
• Hold That Tiger (live '87)

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar/vocals
Kim - bass
Lee - guitar
Steve Shelley - drums

Lyrics   status: confirmed

My violence is a dream, a "real dream"
A skinny arm, a crush on living sin
My violence is a sleeping head
Nodding out to rising bliss
I left home for experience
Carved "Suk For Honesty" on my chest
My violence is the number
Coming out of prayer
Find it in the father
Find it in a girl

There's a thing in my memory
Holding on for dear life
With a feeling of secrets
Beating up under my flesh
My tongue is tied
I'm sleeping nights awake
Tom Violence is a dream
Coming out of a girl

NOTES:

• Working title: "Dear Life"
• This song remains one of the most frequently performed songs in SY's set.
• "TV" likely a reference to Television's Tom Verlaine..
• Jim O'Rourke played guitar on this song while he was in the band.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

• On "Live in Texas" - LIVE - 4:32

  Recorded live on 4/12/86 in Austin, Texas @ the Continental Club. First live performance!

• On "Hold That Tiger" - LIVE - 2:43

  Recorded live on 10/14/87 at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago, Illinois. Listed as "Tom Valence".