Day 4:
Coney Island
Are you ready to experience something weird, wild and wonderful? Welcome to Coney Island.
Song Story
Lyrics
She swallowed swords
Dressed like a fever dream
Old black wood stage
10 feet in front of me
I watched the world slip away
A pale reflection in her blade
She drew in flames
Gasoline across her arms
Tongue to the torches
Yet she remained unharmed
Well, I saw a flicker of real life
Dance cross her eyes in the stagelight
And the waves crashed over Coney Island
So fast and so violent
They washed away
Oh they washed away
You said that we
We could ask you anything
You would not lie
You’d answer everything
I kept my questions to myself
I was too afraid to let them out
And the waves crashed over Coney Island
So fast and so violent
They washed away
Oh they washed away
You painted waves on the windowpanes Life you were daring the hurricane
To come back again
And the waves crashed over Coney Island
So fast and so violent
They washed away
Oh they washed away
Conversation
What’s the wildest or weirdest place you have ever visited? When you think of that place, what’s the first thing you remember?
Photo Album
Track by Track
Where’d I find those circus sounds in the middle of a pandemic?
Wear headphones for the best experience.
https://youtu.be/vWGIPSYgs_A
Points of Interest
Extra versions, music videos, behind the scenes and more – every stop has its hidden gems.
Music Video
Stitched together from some incredible ephemeral footage from the Prelinger Archives.
https://youtu.be/9GvbnsQi5Es
Original Version
The original version from my Thrills! EP puts the acoustic guitar in the spotlight. There’s also been a lyric change – can you catch it?
Stream my Thrills! EP
Includes my sideshow love song, Broken Can Fix Broken AND my cover of Tom Waits’ Coney Island Baby.
Feeling a little sensory overload?
Tomorrow we visit a “thin place” for a little restoration.
Your tour guide,
Von Bieker