Antelope

S. Kilbey / D. Thayer
(Funzalo Music / First Warning Music (BMI))

Appears On:

• Hex - Vast Halos (1990), Track 5
• Hex - Ethereal Message (an anthology) (2024), Disc 2, Track 5
• March 12" single (1990), 2 Versions:
  • Side 2, Track 1 - Antelope (Album Version)
  • Side 2, Track 2 - Antelope (Unreleased Instrumental)
• Compilations Featuring Hex:
  • Dr. Death's Vol. 4: The Marvels of Insect Life, Instrumental Companion (1990) - Instrumental Version
  • Aftershocks (From First Warning Records) (1991?) - Instrumental Version

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. May 28, 2015]

Antelope tramped into town
Twin sons bravado and despair (and despair)
Tiny sounds followed him around
All through the evening air (evening air)

He didn't realize
That time keeps passing on and on and on and on
Hours unsynchronize
Forty years in forty years are gone and on and on and on

In the smallest room I'll think of snow
And seal my chilly envelope around you
While the dusk settles in you know
Some unheard of antelopes without you

Heliotrope behind thick glass
I'd like to take you there some day (some day)
South Dakota comes with icy grass
When the painted backdrop molds away (molds away)

You'll never realize
Time keeps passing on and on and on and on
Memory solidifies
Twenty years in twenty years are gone and on and on and on

In the smallest room I'll think of snow
And seal my chilly envelope around you
You can see you're only free to go
Your sky uncloudy antelopes without you

Antelope sloped out of town
Twin sons bravado and despair (and despair)
Bells were ringing from the underground
All through the evening air

We never realized
While watching time pass on and on and on and on
We never realized
Until the wolves stopped howling what was gone and on and on and on

In the smallest room I'll think of snow
And seal my chilly envelope around you
While the dusk settles in you know
Some unheard of antelopes without you