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13th Floor Elevators – Slip Inside This House lyrics

Bedoin tribes ascending From the egg into the flower, Alpha information sending State within the heaven shower From disciples the unending Subtleties of river power They slip inside this house as they pass by

If your limbs begin dissolving In the water that you tread All surroundings are evolving In the stream that clears your head Find yourself a caravan Like Noah must have led And slip inside this house as you pass by. Slip inside this house as you pass by.

True conception, knowing why Brings even more than meets the eye Slip inside this house as you pass by.

In this dark we call creation We can be and feel and know From an effort, comfort station That's surviving on the go There's infinite survival in The high baptismal glow. Slip inside this house as you pass by.

There is no season when you are grown You are always risen from the seeds you've sown There is no reason to rise alone Other stories given have sages of their own.

Live where your heart can be given And your life starts to unfold In the forms you envision In this dream that's ages old On the river layer is the only sayer You receive all you can hold Like you've been told.

Every day's another dawning Give the morning winds a chance Always catch your thunder yawning Lift your mind into the dance Sweep the shadows from your awning Shrink the fourfold circumstance That lies outside this house don't pass it by.

Higher worlds that you uncover Light the path you want to roam You compare there and discover You won't need a shell of foam Twice born gypsies care and keep The nowhere of their former home They slip inside this house as they pass by. Slip inside this house as you pass by.

You think you can't, you wish you could I know you can, I wish you would Slip inside this house as you pass by.

Four and twenty birds of Maya Baked into an atom you Polarized into existence Magnet heart from red to blue To such extent the realm of dark Within the picture it seems true But slip inside this house and then decide.

All your lightning waits inside you Travel it along your spine Seven stars receive your visit Seven seals remain divine Seven churches filled with spirit, Treasure from the angels' mine Slip inside this house as you pass by. Slip inside this house as you pass by.

The space you make has your own laws No longer human gods are cause The center of this house will never die.

Draw from the well of unchanging Its union nourishes on In the right re-arranging Till the last confusion is gone Water-brothers trust in the ultimust Of the always singing song they pass along.

One-eyed men aren't really reigning They just march in place until Two-eyed men with mystery training Finally feel the power fill Three-eyed men are not complaining. They can yo-yo where they will They slip inside this house as they pass by. Don't pass it by.

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Songs I Wish I’d Written: “Slip Inside This House” by the 13th Floor Elevators

Songs i wish i’d written: slip inside this house.

Some bands have an influence on rock all out of proportion to the impact they actually made during their existence. Case in point: The 13th Floor Elevators. Though now somewhat less obscure than they were 20 years ago, they aren’t exactly a household name. Shame, that. But you can hear echoes of the Elevators strewn throughout American alt-rock from 1975 all the way up to the present day.

Television covered the 13th Floor Elevators’ “Fire Engine” on their live album The Blow-Up . Probably about a million bands, including more than one that I’ve been in, have covered the Elevators’ one hit, “You’re Gonna Miss Me.” But I’ve always thought “Slip Inside This House,” the first cut off the Elevators’ second album, Easter Everywhere, was their best moment. Every time I hear it, I wish I’d written it.

There are so many things I love about this song, starting with the slippery Stacy Sutherland guitar riff that starts it off.  Then there’s the relentless chug of the Elevators’ rhythm section, and the otherworldly electric jug playing of Tommy Hall (here for once not sounding like a bizarre novelty but rather an integral part of the composition). At last, of course, you hear the inimitable wail of America’s own version of Syd Barrett,  Roky Erickson .

But many of the Elevators’ songs combine those powerful elements.  What puts this one over the top — way,  way  over the top — are the lyrics.  As detailed extensively in Paul Drummond’s great biography Eye Mind, the band’s psychedelic shaman Tommy Hall tried to put his entire philosophy into this six-minute trip, and goddamn if he doesn’t almost pull it off.

(And by the way, if you haven’t already read  Eye Mind , do yourself a favor and pick it up now.  Seriously, stop reading this and do it.  It’s not just a great rock book, it’s a great book  period , full of unforgettable characters, unbelievable-yet-true happenings, and great insight into what psychedelia meant — and just how revolutionary and dangerous that was — in the middle of Texas circa 1966.  You don’t have to love or even like the Elevators to get a great deal of pleasure from this book.)

Of course, Tommy Hall’s philosophy was something of an acid-addled mess, and that certainly comes through loud and clear in the lyrics.  Especially at first listen, it almost seems like Erickson’s singing at random, throwing out words that barely connect.  But he throws them out with such passion, such undeniably honest belief, that you’re compelled to begin paying closer attention.

And when you do, you understand that when Roky, delivering Hall’s lyrics as Hall would never be able to himself, throws out references to Bedouin kings and four and twenty birds of Maya being baked into an atom that you polarize into existence it’s, remarkably, not as nonsensical as it would appear on the surface.

Drummond (and others) already did an excellent job of decoding the symbology that Hall incorporates in  every line of the song , so I won’t rehash that here. Suffice it to say that there are layers upon layers of meaning and possible interpretations, all of which and none of which may really matter.

Maybe this song could be the centerpiece of the next  Dan Brown  novel.

But for all the mystery and portent and references to eastern tradition that Hall’s built into the verses, the chorus couldn’t be more clear:  “Slip into this house as you pass by,” Erickson exhorts us.  And yeah, it’s clear even without having read Eye Mind that he’s talking specifically about turning on as a shortcut to enlightenment, which is at this remove from 1967 a notion that’s, at best, quaint. Heard only in that light, “Slip Inside This House” is pure anachronism.

But “Slip Inside This House” is also talking, in more general terms, about being open to experience, about not shutting yourself down, about retaining curiosity.  About striving for a feeling of connection with others.  About finding a purpose.  About always moving forward.  About being aware that you’re alive and not just going through your days on fucking autopilot. About using your consciousness to differentiate yourself from all the other animals on the planet.

That’s a message that doesn’t get old.  So slip inside this house, and then decide.

Don’t pass it by.

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I wish I’d written “She Lives in a Time of Her Own.”

Another great one! Damn, “Easter Everywhere” is just a fine, fine record. I like it much more than “Psychedelic Sounds of…”

I imagine one day in the future that enlightment thru chemicals will be accepted and indeed a necessary pathway to understanding the bare essence of being human. what we are at our core.

the glimpses LSD peyote and even marijuana give us are thought provoling and unpredictable. Which is why our society fears these windows into the human mind. Alcohol is much more predictable and probably much more dangerous but it just makes the mind goofy slow and well drunk. whereas the pure power of LSD is awe inspiring. And Tommy Hall and the Elevators tried to paint a musical picture of the trip. Sadly most weren’t ready and couldn’t see it clearly.

And of course the excesses of this drug aren’t pretty. Still it is undeniable- the realities that beckon are so strange and some frightening but perhaps just as real as our comfort zone of sitcoms and car commercials and football.

There is more to us than that- there has to be. And LSD can be the window to the other worlds.

BTW, I saw the Elevators a few times – as a ninth grader I was fascinated by the volume, the electric jug and the strangeness of the whole scene. I will never forget it..

I was in the Army at Fort Hood, Texas 66-68. Me and a bunch of my fellow army “water brothers” hitchhiked down to Austin’s Vulcan Gas company as often as we could to catch the Elevator and the Conqueroo… always fueled with acid & mescaline… Incredible journeys! (I loved the Conqueroo’s version of Spoonful… very heavy. I’ve never found a recorded version of it anywhere. I think they are a really underrated band.) I ran the 2nd Army Division’s “Coffee House” while I was there. Most people don’t know a coffee house actually existed it existed on the base. Im not sure why the Army thought it was a good idea or that they had any real idea what was going on in there along with the blues & folk. Just saw Roky Erickson up here in Boson at the Brighton Music Hall, September 11, 2017. He slipped inside it then ROCKED THE HOUSE! I’m writing a book about my experiences in the Army… It’s like therapy. Bob Augustine

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Bedoin tribes ascending From the egg into the flower, Alpha information sending State within the heaven shower From disciples the unending Subtleties of river power They slip inside this house as they pass by If your limbs begin dissolving In the water that you tread All surroundings are evolving In the stream that clears your head Find yourself a caravan Like Noah must have led And slip inside this house as you pass by. Slip inside this house as you pass by. True conception, knowing why Brings even more than meets the eye Slip inside this house as you pass by. In this dark we call creation We can be and feel and know From an effort, comfort station That's surviving on the go There's infinite survival in The high baptismal glow. Slip inside this house as you pass by. There is no season when you are grown You are always risen from the seeds you've sown There is no reason to rise alone Other stories given have sages of their own. Live where your heart can be given And your life starts to unfold In the forms you envision In this dream that's ages old On the river layer is the only sayer You receive all you can hold Like you've been told. Every day's another dawning Give the morning winds a chance Always catch your thunder yawning Lift your mind into the dance Sweep the shadows from your awning Shrink the fourfold circumstance That lies outside this house don't pass it by. Higher worlds that you uncover Light the path you want to roam You compare there and discover You won't need a shell of foam Twice born gypsies care and keep The nowhere of their former home They slip inside this house as they pass by. Slip inside this house as you pass by. You think you can't, you wish you could I know you can, I wish you would Slip inside this house as you pass by. Four and twenty birds of Maya Baked into an atom you Polarized into existence Magnet heart from red to blue To such extent the realm of dark Within the picture it seems true But slip inside this house and then decide. All your lightning waits inside you Travel it along your spine Seven stars receive your visit Seven seals remain divine Seven churches filled with spirit, Treasure from the angels' mine Slip inside this house as you pass by. Slip inside this house as you pass by. The space you make has your own laws No longer human gods are cause The center of this house will never die. There is no season when you are grown You are always risen from the seeds you've sown There is no reason to rise alone Other stories given have sages of their own. Draw from the well of unchanging Its union nourishes on In the right re-arranging Till the last confusion is gone Water-brothers trust in the ultimust Of the always singing song they pass along. One-eyed men aren't really reigning They just march in place until Two-eyed men with mystery training Finally feel the power fill Three-eyed men are not complaining. They can yo-yo where they will They slip inside this house as they pass by. Don't pass it by.

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No comments?? This is a great song, a bit creepy but very very cool, and a good listen, I love it.

It's a cover of 13th Floor Elevators song.

What does he say at the beginning? It sounds like "Bedouin", but I'm basing that on the fact that the opening line of the 13th Floor Elevators song is "Bedouin tribes ascending from the flame into the...". Also, Subtleties is pronounced "Subtle-ties", very funny.

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Simone Biles competes on the uneven bars at the United States Gymnastics Olympic Trials on Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

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