@ALBUM: Rift By Phish: Page McConnell, keyboards and vocals Mike Gordon, bass and vocals Jonathan "Tubbs" Fishman", tubs Trey Anastasio, guitars and vocals Pedal steel on "Fast Enough for You" -- Gordon Stone Produced by Barry Beckett for Beckett Productions Lyrics transcribed partially from CD insert, partially from recording by Jason Merrill (jason@jarthur.claremont.edu) Copyright 1993 Elektra Entertainment @SONG: Rift Written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall [Liner note: ...and so fell the weight I never can lift behind us the darkness between us the rift ] Last night in the moments my thoughts were adrift And coasting a terrace approaching a rift, Through which I could spy several glimpses beneath Of the darkness the light from above could not reach I spied wings of reason herself taking flight And upon yonder precipice saw her alight And glare back at me, one last look of dismay, As if she were the last one she thought I'd betray So much the better I said to myself And drawing quite close to the top of the shelf I struggled with destiny up on the ledge And gasped when defeated he slipped off the edge And silence, contagious in moments like these, Consumed me and strengthened my will to appease The passion that sparked me one terrible night And shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite [instrumental] So much the better I said to myself And drawing quite close to the top of the shelf I struggled with destiny up on the ledge And gasped when defeated he slipped off the edge And silence, contagious in moments like these, Consumed me and strengthened my will to appease The passion that sparked me one terrible night And shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite [x 6] Aah @SONG: Fast Enough For You Written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall If time were only part of the equation And you could draw the boundaries of our cage You wouldn't pile another stone upon me And I'd be happy just to watch you age But everything is in its own dominion And waiting in the shallows as I do Appeases me as water slowly trickles out Which isn't nearly fast enough for you [Chorus:] It isn't nearly fast enough for you It isn't nearly fast enough for you It's what I was afraid of I stumble into view But it isn't nearly fast enough for you It isn't nearly fast enough for you [Chorus] It isn't nearly fast enough for you Ooh, fast enough for you [x 10] @SONG: Lengthwise Written by Jonathan "Tubbs" Fishman When you're there, I sleep lengthwise And when you're gone, I sleep diagonal in my bed [repeat] @SONG: Maze Written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall The overhead view is of me in a maze And you see what I'm hunting a few steps away But I take a wrong turn and I'm on the wrong path And the people all watching enjoy a good laugh Embarrassed with failure I try to reverse The course that my tread had already traversed So doing the trauma engulfing my dream Invaded through what was an unguarded seam The torrent of helplessness swept me away To the cavern of shame and the hall of dismay Inside me a voice was repeating the phrase You've lost it you'll never get out of this maze You'll never get out of this maze [repeat] [instrumental] You'll never get out of this maze [repeat] @SONG: Sparkle Written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall The pressure builds You buy a gift You're hoping that your dread will lift It glitters on her like a glass You shudder as it comes to pass Apologize To 'Luce and 'Lill Converse with Ed, a drive with Jill Your friends confine you in their worlds One by one a string of pearls Confused you say This isn't me You hover in their unity Ashamed you slowly lose your grasp Release the links, undo the clasp The skin that drips down off the tree Or peels back slowly from your knee Erupts into your lung and heart You laugh and laughing fall apart Laugh and laughing fall apart [repeat] @SONG: Horn Written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall White wine, car horn Now that you've deceived me And played my name around And hung those nasty fliers On all the buildings in town Dribbled my possessions In a ring around the earth And bought and sold my self control For less than it was worth Now I know the reason That I'm feeling so forlorn I'll pick you up at eight as usual Listen for my horn [instrumental] White wine, car horn @SONG: The Wedge Written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall We're bobbing on the surface And a shadow glides below They say she feels my heartbeat Oh, but how I'll never know [repeat] [Chorus:] That it's the ocean flowing in our veins Oh, that it's the salt that's in our tears Oh, 'cause we could have come so very far Oh, in at least as many years Take the highway through the Great Divide Take the highway through the Great Divide I'm building you a pyramid With limestone blocks so large I dragged them from the mountaintop You need a two-car garage [repeat] [Chorus x 2] @SONG: My Friend, My Friend Written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall [instrumental] My friend, my friend, he's got a knife A statement from his former life When he was easy but alone Beside him was an empty throne But what of Silva's silken blade A pixie's gaze, his features staid Grasps the handle, clips the cable One steps up, sits at his table My friend, my friend, he's got a knife My friend, my friend, he's got a wife My friend, my friend, a clever ruse Persuasion through his thoughts peruse A hidden relic from his past That wasn't there when he looked last He feels it ticking like a bomb Feeding fear, assaulting calm Takes the object, starts the game Moves it closer to the flame My friend, my friend, a clever ruse My friend, my friend, he lights the fuse [instrumental] My friend, my friend, he's got a knife [repeat ad nauseam] Mife [laughter] @SONG: Weigh Written by Mike Gordon I'd like to cut your head off so I can weigh it, what do you say? Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds I'd like to go to your house and gather all your razors and pick off the little prickly hairs so I can weigh them, what do you say? Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds I'd like to gather all your friends and squish them into a small swimming pool so I can weigh them, what do you say? Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds Why weigh on a sunny day So much to do, so why oh why weigh On a sunny day, why oh why weigh, hey Why weigh, why oh why weigh I'd like to hear my options so I can weigh them, what do you say? Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds Why weigh on a sunny day So much to do, so why oh why weigh On a sunny day, why oh why weigh, hey Why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why Why weigh @SONG: All Things Reconsidered Written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall [instrumental] @SONG: Mound Written by Mike Gordon [Liner note: a boy cut his bloody gum on the mound the witchcraft man, it seems, broke his little witchcraft heart trying to photograph the mound a boy nearly froze his brain thinking about the mound grab the mound and leave for town ] The old man knows very well Go down round the snowbank, there's a mound A mound that an old man knows good Look who raises his shoe over this mound Right over the world in another rewind [Chorus:] And it's time, time, time for the last rewind For a broken old man and a world unkind He buried all his memories of home In an icy cloak of lies beneath the ground No one knows how far he travelled Oh, I heard he walked miles from the little mound Can he find some shelter? He doesn't know to be old, what the cold frost can do At the last 'till he realized he had circled back around Round a back circle, round a back realized [Chorus] [instrumental] Ice is all he was made of The bitter blue, it's rollin' through He went over to the mound Reclining down his final thoughts Were drifting to the time his life had shined [Chorus x 2] @SONG: It's Ice Written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall I press on the elastic sheet I'm breathing through a slice "Are they worms or are they serpents?" Bubbled through the ice The source was quite invisible The everpresent voice While skating both legs tracing different shapes I made my choice I'm mimicking the image in whose radiance I bask I'm tied to him or him to me depending who you ask None the less reluctantly reflections tumble in I slide with all the others On the wrong side of the skin [Chorus:] He's fallen on the ice It cracks Will he plunge in and join me here He meets my eyes To my surprise He laughs in full light of my frown My double wants to pull me down Slipping on the friction slide My skin peels to the bone The flesh I leave behind is something that is not my own I beg my mirror image for a moment with my soul He's pleading back time to attack it's me who's in control Every move I make he's got a hand up just in time He's throwing several punches And he's blocking most of mine Defeated now I sulk and squirm In mud with frozen mice Waiting calculating Till next he ventures on the ice [Chorus] @SONG: Lengthwise Written by Jonathan "Tubbs" Fishman When you're there, I sleep lengthwise And when you're gone, I sleep diagonal in my bed [repeat] @SONG: The Horse Written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall It's time I sling the baskets off this overburdened horse Sink my toes into the ground and set a different course 'Cause if I were here and you were there I'd meet you in between And not until my dying day, confess what I have seen @SONG: Silent in the Morning Written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall My glance is always darting, when I stroll the avenue Avoiding all the obstacles that terrorize my view And if you are there with me, I trust you to lead the way But when you're not I follow you, and always go astray You're silent in the morning Suspended in the trees When lunch time comes you've found your voice It brings me to my knees The volume just increases The resounding echoes grow Till once again I bask in morning stillness, I love so The target that I shoot for seems to move with every breath I tighten all my arteries and make one last request Divine creation hears me, and he squashes me with fear I think that this exact thing happened to me just last year You're silent in the morning You found your voice, it brings me to You're silent in the morning You found your voice, it brings me to You're silent in the morning You found your voice, it brings me to You're silent in the morning You found your voice, it brings me to my knees [repeat] [overlay previous refrain with:] I can not dismiss you Shelter you, speak with you Smile at you trusting me Laugh and brush you off, and I agree [repeat twice]