Let the shoppers darken the day-after.  We’re still leavened by the light of thanksgiving.  Craig Finn (of faves, The Hold Steady) captures it well in his song, One Single Saviour, as performed earlier this year on Minnesota Public Radio.  Check it out below, followed by the lyrics.  Thankfully, Finn will soon be making his way around the US solo (well, without the Hold Steady backing) in support of his impending new solo album,  “Clear Heart Full Eyes” on Vagrant Records.  After One Single Saviour, check out the first track (Honolulu Blues) released by Finn of the new album and then its lyrics.

“One single savior
One way to be right
I said one simple prayer towards the darkness
I took two steps into the light
Your soul left my body
Your sight left my eyes
I turned my back on the business
I quit picking up shipments
Pretty sure we’re all gonna die

And the road, it keeps bringing me
All the things we want and need
We don’t really want them anymore

So your lay your head down on my ribs
Listen to the life I’ve lived
Listen to the love I have to give to you
Dance a little closer, let me rescue you

One single savior
Some friend on the phone
One for the road, one for the team
Too tired to get up, too broke to stay home
One simple devotion
One way to get right
I pulled the shades on the sunshine
Now it’s just me time
I’m pretty sure we’re all gonna die

On the highway up ahead of us
Are all the things we wanted but
Nothing really matters anymore

So pull a chair up to the bed
Put your hands up to my neck
Put my mouth up to your broken wing
Listen to the songs that I sing

Listen to the songs that I sing
Under my breath
As I die a peaceful death
These are all the songs that really got to me

You and me both
As we wait in joyful hope
Deliver us Lord from our anxiety
As we wait in joyful hope
As we wait in joyful hope
As we wait in joyful hope
as we wait in joyful hope”

Craig Finn – Honolulu Blues by Vagrant Records

Honolulu Blues

“A man darkened our doorway. He said he’s here to share the good news. He had a smile straight from the movies. But when I looked down at his shoes. There were holes and they showed his toes. The right was left. The black was brown. And later on in the garage I couldn’t find my chainsaw. In the distance I heard trees just falling down.

I was underneath the city. I was riding around on trains. Fell asleep before Nassau Ave. And I ended up in Maine. There were big tall trees and rocky coastline. And the waves came in so wild. But for all the natural beauty there were still so many kids that were asking me for something that could help them to get high.

We’re all good. We’re all bad. We’re euphoric and we’re sad. We roll the rock away and check the tomb. We’re awake and we’re aware that we’re confused and cold and scared. And the cross reminds us that He died for me and you. Woke up in the ocean with the Honolulu Blues.

Joan Didion and Graham Greene. Said roughly the same thing. You bring your Jesus to the jungle. Try to teach people to sing All the hymns that you love because you learned them as a kid and they make perfect sense to you. There’s a point in time when thousands die. And you’ve got to maybe think that maybe Jesus isn’t getting through.

We’re freezing in the forest. There’s no wood to heat the house. We took axes to the furniture. We pulled the floorboards out. There’s animals scratching at the door. And they know we’re gonna die. There were big tall trees and rocky coastline. And the waves came in so wild.

We’re all wild. We’re all free. We’re all back from Tennessee. With the souvenirs to prove that we were there. We’re flying around in planes. We’re riding around in trains. Searching out those panoramic views. Woke up in the ocean with the Honolulu Blues.

We’re all good. We’re all bad. We’re euphoric and we’re sad. We roll the rock away and check the tomb. We’re awake and we’re alarmed at the scars scratched in your arm. The cross reminds us that He died for me and you. Woke up in Oahu with the Honolulu Blues.”