Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mercury Rev
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jeff Mercel
Composer
Jonathan Donahue
Composer
Grasshopper Mackowiak
Writer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dave Fridmann
Producer
Jeff Mercel
Producer
Jonathan Donahue
Producer
Sean Mackowiak
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
In the morning, your face cracks and falls to the sea
The sun follows your step and leads you back to me
You keep telling yourself that you're here, but you're not alone
And you get the feeling your mind is not your own
[Verse 2]
In the evening, the sun's red gown turns to brown
The moon follows you to the beach, then it swallows you down
Strange how you change and end up at her feet
You keep telling yourself, but you know that you're not to be believed
[Verse 3]
You and me and Hercules in between
You and me and Hercules in between
[Verse 4]
Shadows rise from the plain, fifty men row
In the distance, the ships in the waves cash in their loads
On the hill, stands colossus and your mind can't feel
Clouds from your past now, at last, open to reveal
[Verse 5]
You and me and Hercules in between
You and me and Hercules in between
[Verse 6]
Across the desert sand, no one knows your name
And you wish you were somewhere else with some kind of fame
What appears as your shadow is formless as a mist
You keep telling your friends you know it exists
[Verse 7]
One becomes two, then before you, turns to three
And words climb your tongue like a ladder to speak
Drifting as you go, but you row till it seems
All is one, all is mind, all is lost, and, you find, all is dream
[Verse 8]
You and me and Hercules in between
Written by: Grasshopper Mackowiak, Jeff Mercel, Jonathan Donahue