Destiny Unbound
Destiny Unbound was first played on September 14, 1990 in Providence, Rhode Island, shortly after written by Mike. This song tells the story of Highway BIll and Highway Jill, two lovers who hit the road to be together, but get into a fatal car accident, where both go flying into a ditch. Pretty hardcore.
After it was debuted in 1990, it was taken back by the band to be remastered, and it did return changed on several occasions within that year. Post a year, it was transformed into a more solid piece. Unfortunately, the band thouhgt of it to be too "Grateful Dead," and therefore dropped the piece for good. Many attempts were said to have brought the piece back, but all in vain. This song was not on an album, so if you want it, go trade.
Highway Bill's on the rotary still
and he can't even feel the pain
of a sun dried shoulder
and a scar from a boulder
that cut him right across his vein
now he's suckin' cigar
and he's shovelin' tar
in the crater of a turnpike terrain
He's got only one hope, and he wants to elope,
'cuz Highway Jill is driving him insane.
We gotta get on the road
Destiny Unbound
She's the one for me
We gotta get outta town
Highway Jill was a daffodil
with a cactus sense of pride
at the wheel of a tractor
she was quite an impactor
when the road rocks started to slide
She saw Bill drop his shovel on a pile of gravel
as he climbed up out of his ditch
She was wonderstruck
when he climbed in her truck
He said "I've been havin' this everlasting itch
We gotta get on the road
Destiny Unbound
You're the one for me
we gotta get outta town
At first she was cold
she was ready to scold
this guy from the pit with a thing in his head
but then she thought twice
when he melted her ice
with his passionate eyes
She was energized!
She started the ignition
and without permission
the two of 'em flew down the dusty road
but the road wasn't finished
and the pavement diminished
They soared off the edge
and they plunged in the sludge
She said:
There isn't even any road
Our Destiny was bound
We were the ones for us
but now we're in the ground.