"The Indifference of Heaven" is a song written by Warren Zevon, which appears on the the 1995 studio albums Mutineer and the 1993 live album Learning to Flinch, as well as on the 1996 compilation album I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology).
About the Song[]
It is described by Warren in the liner notes to I'll Sleep When I'm Dead as:
"The first of many depressing songs about the departure of my flaxen-tressed fiancée. This one owes a considerable debt to the English novelist Martin Amis, who has as yet betrayed no interest in it." After some research, I believe Warren's "flaxen tressed fiancée" to be Julia Mueller.
Lyrics[]
Note: the text of this song's lyrics is not under the same copyright license as the wiki's encyclopedic text, it is used under fair use/dealing.
Time marches on
Time stands still
Time on my hands
Time to kill
Blood on my hands
And my hands in the till
Down at the 7-11
Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven
The past seems realer than the present to me now
I've got memories to last me
When the sky is gray
The way it is today
I remember the times when I was happy
Same old sun
Same old moon
It's the same old story
Same old tune
They all say
Someday soon
My sins will all be forgiven
Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven
They say "Everything's all right"
They say "Better days are near"
They tell us "These are the good times"
But they don't live around here
Billy and Christie don't--
Bruce and Patti don't--
They don't live around here
I had a girl
Now she's gone
She left town
Town burned down
Nothing left
But the sound
Of the front door closing forever
Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven
External Links[]
- "Time on My Hands" Fan Comic: Page One, Page Two, Page Three
