Been looking for 17 years for this band/song! Always wanted to buy/explore this band but never found out who it was, even called the station at the time i but wasn’t able to pin it down. I’ll be pretty darn impressed if someone knows it.
Recorded in the Fall of 1991 off of KTSB 91.7 cable fm UT Austin Texas. It is a female vocalist---college/alternative indy sound. Other stuff on the tape to give you a feel: Throwing Muses, Let’s Active, Pixies, Velvet Crush, Mekons, Joy Division, Kelly Willis, The Wannabes, Psychic TV, Lida Husik, The Golden Palominos, Heidi Barry, Barbara Manning… to name a few
It is possible it was a local Austin band and may be lost to history, still, if it’s out there would love to support this band and put this mystery to rest once and for all. The lyrics are as follows:
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Just today I looked away
Afraid of what I learned
You didn’t have a word to say
Your expression gives you away
I can tell you what you might find
I can use some peace of mind
You’re looking for someone to show you
You’re alive
You’re alive
You’re alive
I know that if you go now
If you go
You’ll not return
You will not return
Yesterday I took a train
Back to my return
If I could go back
I would not go back
Not to my return
Yesterday I looked away
Afraid of what I thought you’d say
I’m looking for someone to tell you
I’m alive
I’m alive
I’m alive
And so it was (?) it’s only love
And so it was (?) it’s only love
That was not returned
That was not returned
When I looked into the sky
Like a thousand past (?)
Then I turned my sight inward
The question’s unanswered
Today I took from innocence
Away from my return
‘cuase I’m looking for someone to show me
I’m alive
I’m alive
I’m alive
I know that if you go now
If you go
You’ll not return
You will not return


