The Waterboys - "In My Time on Earth" (Live at Rockwood Music Hall) 

Soul, beauty, transcendence, heart. Everything everyone's saying.

Total, utter genius!!

Do you see that young pretender With the tear marks on his face His dark eyes burning when he talks I knew him in his splendour I've known him in disgrace Who'll cut him down from this rock He says bring me my horses My symbols and my wheels And we'll speak with our souls for a while 'Cause I'm sick and I'm torn And I long to be healed And the truth's been too long out of style In my time on this earth I will speak the secret In my time on earth I will tell what is true In my time on earth I will say what the heart knows In my time on earth I will say I am you I'm so tired of the sound My old fingers make As they tease and torment my guitar And the man on my screen Is an actor and a fake Yet he preens like a golden superstar I cried in her arms When the darkening day was done And I smelt the burning city in her hair And the word on the tips Of a thousand million tongues Went unspoken While a lie sped everywhere In my time on this earth I will speak the secret In my time on earth I will tell what is true In my time on earth I will say what the heart knows In my time on earth I will say I am you Now November is here With its carpet of leaves And the songs of the dead fill my ears All the champions are fallen All the heroes are deceived And the world they made has disappeared So let's tell it like is, man Let's nail it on the line Let's be clean with our tongues from here on in For we're deep in the heart Of the enemy's design Just waiting for the breakout to begin In my time on this earth I will speak the secret In my time on earth I will tell what is true In my time on earth I will say what the heart knows In my time on earth I will say I am you In my time on earth I will say I am you In my time on earth I will say I am you

So moving. The last song Rita Houston chose to play in her final WFUV show.

tears running down my face.

Mike Scott is truly a treasure- and way under appreciated. Tremendous musician and Waterboys an incredible band. Hard to believe this is a live performance. Brilliant

Perfect song!!

Great Band, Great Song Lyrics, Great Talent x

Brilliant. Great band. Great sound

A deep deep song for our times, beautiful and heart-rending

The tears; they burn.

Released in late 2019, I hope this song helped people who lost loved ones in what was to be a death-stricken 2020. This song is slightly reminiscent of Lou Reed's Coney Island Baby.

Yep

Brilliant ❤️👏👏👏

Love you mike

Brilliant

Lindo 💛

🙏🏻

So underrated !

Mike, you were keen to ''speak the secret'' in your time on this earth. Where have you been this last 18 months? Do it asap, please.

What a great great great song. I love you God. There couldn't be a song like that without God

Now you have me introducing this to my mother

Medicine.