| The Decemberists – Rusalka, Rusalka/Wild Rushes Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| Best song of the album! | |
| The Decemberists – Rusalka, Rusalka/Wild Rushes Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| Best song of the album! | |
| The Decemberists – Starwatcher Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| I feel like this could be titled: The Ballad Of A Paranoid Person. | |
| John K. Samson – Virtute at Rest Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[Josi:18677] Thank you for that comment. I heard the song and never thought to connect the dots to old Weakerthan songs. | |
| John K. Samson – Carrie Ends The Call Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| The struggles of a long distance relationship. | |
| Frightened Rabbit – Little Drum Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| I think this song is about living in fear for years, and later realizing that there was nothing to fear at all. | |
| Desaparecidos – Anonymous Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[nnewman158:10400] I actually feel the total opposite. The 1st album didn't really stand out to me but I absolutely love Payola. It feels like the soundtrack for mainstreet. | |
| The Decemberists – Riverswim Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| Wendigo : (in the folklore of some northern Algonquian peoples) a cannibalistic giant; a person who has been transformed into a monster by the consumption of human flesh. | |
| The Tallest Man on Earth – Thrown Right at Me Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[peterc17:6118] I've deleted the extra posts. | |
| The Antlers – Sylvia (An Introduction) Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Correct lyrics: When you were younger, you had nightmares You had scissor-pain and phantom limbs And things that kept you nervous Through that twelve-year interim When you fell crossing that street South of Houston, old Manhattan land Those nightmares fell from building-tops And took you by the hand And you were brought into those rooms With sliding curtains, shining children's heads And one of them, that boy Was not as lucky as you then But he returns to you at night Just when you think you might have fallen asleep His face is up against yours And you're too terrified to speak Oh, Sylvia Oh, Sylvia You may think that I'm not listening But I am, goddamn, I am I won't pretend I understand Because I can't, and know I never will But something makes you sting And something makes you want to kill It made you crawl under that house And stick your head under the stove It's all connected In those complicated nightmares that you wove Oh, Sylvia Oh, Sylvia You may think that I'm not listening But I am, goddamn, I am |
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| Iron & Wine – Minor Piano Keys Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| I think her "Minor Piano Keys" are her sadness, and this song. That is what slips through the screendoor. | |
| Iron & Wine – Quarters in a Pocket Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Like the setting sun And more than anyone You look warmer when you're sinking down Find your favourite tree And come sit next to me I've a sheet that's softer than the ground This time spent with you Feels like charcoal sketches for a painting That you won't let me see But I've come to find That comfort comes like quarters in a pocket I thought were lost to me All your favourite clothes And all the pain we know Came from those you favour for a time Take it off your chest And throw your loneliness In a surly river, cold and wild This time spent with you Feels like charcoal sketches for a painting That you won't let me see But I've come to find That comfort comes like quarters in a pocket I thought were lost to me Lie about your sign And hang your worry line On a missing poster for a dog Find a promise ring And blind affinity For a match the gypsy said was wrong This time spent with you Feels like charcoal sketches for a painting That you won't let me see But I've come to find That comfort comes like quarters in a pocket Discovered accidentally |
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| The Tallest Man on Earth – Singers Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| But we're only gone like singers' are till springtime. | |
| The Tallest Man on Earth – Fields of Our Home Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| Seems to be staying through the hardships in a relationship to reach better times. | |
| Iron & Wine – The Wind Is Low Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Correct lyric : You, strong as a virgin birth Me, keeping your every word Two dots where a single was Three, counting the little one We sail in the smallest boat Sleep just when the wind is low You see from the sparrow's height Me, seeking you every night Two, sailing towards the sun Three, counting the little one |
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| Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[coolcrowe:4143] That's great! Thanks. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – All of Me Wants All of You Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I wonder about the timeframe of this song. If its about Sufjan's childhood then it's 25-30 years ago when there were no cell phones and texting. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – Blue Buckets of Gold Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I think this song is about struggling to believe, after you realize that what you believe in his a myth. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – Eugene Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| The song is about his childhood and his want/need to be near his mother, who never really pays enough attention to him. He remembers incidents fondly, but each is overshadows by the need/want to simply be near his mother. | |
| Modest Mouse – The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I think this is the best song on the album. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – The Only Thing Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I think this song is about dealing with the grief after the death of a loved 1, and contemplating suicide. The veil he speaks of is the veil between life and death. |
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| Modest Mouse – Sugar Boats Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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@[NotYetThere:2497] Feel free to correct them/add your version. |
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| Modest Mouse – Wicked Campaign Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| It's about politics and deceitful politicians. | |
| Modest Mouse – Sugar Boats Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Correct lyrics : This rock of ours is just some big mistake, And we will never know just where we go, Or where we have came from, These veins of mine are now some sort of fuse, And when they light up, and my mind blows up, My heart is amused, So this heart of mine is just some sort of map, That care about or worry about Where the hell you’re at But you're right there. Well, I've been meaning to dismiss you, yeah, I had some plans to dismiss you so, Stand by, by, by, by, by, by, Where's my sugar boats? As soon as you paint every last grain of sand as soon as you Soon as you paint every star in the sky, sky sky, sky sky Where's my sugar boats? So I’m swatting at mosquitoes as they’re orbiting me, I'm growing in the sun, And this goes on and on and on you see, This heart of mine is just some broke machine, And when it gets going and it often gets going, and blowing steam, Here we go again. This rock of ours is just some big mistake, And we will never know just where we go, Or where we have came from, This watch of mine is just some sort of book, Because when I look in and I shouldn't look in, I see it swallow my time, oh no. Well, I ain't getting on no fast plane, Hell I ain't getting on no stuffy train, My sugar boats on the Atlantic are fine, The sugar boats they're just fine, I'll stand on the decks so you could see, I'll stand on the decks so you could wave, Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, Here's a ghost that goes and waves bye, Bye, bye, bye, bye, Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye. I'm the ghost that goes and waves bye, Bye, bye, bye, bye. Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye |
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| Modest Mouse – Lampshades on Fire Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Is it just me or does this have the same rhythm as Float On? | |
| The Decemberists – A Beginning Song Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Correct lyrics : Let's commence to coordinate our sights And get them square to rights (Get them square to rights) Condescend to calm this riot in your mind Find yourself in time (Find yourself in time) If I am waiting, should I be waiting? If I am wanting, should I be wanting? And all around me (All around me) Document the world inside his skin The tenor of your shins The timbre of your limbs Now commence to kick each brick apart To center on your heart Starting with your heart (bright heart) If I am waiting, should I be waiting? If I am wanting, should I be wanting? And all around me (All around me) It's it sunlight, it's it shadow It's the quiet, it's the word It's the beating heart It's the ocean it's the boys It's you, my sweet love (my sweet love) Oh, my love (oh my love) And the light, bright light And the light, bright light Bright light, bright light It's all around me It's all around me It's all around me |
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| The Decemberists – Till the Water's All Long Gone Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Correct lyrics : They came down from the mountain They strained too long from the fountain And all the while All the while they longed for us But I won't betray No, I won't betray No, I won't betray Our water No, I won't betray No, I won't betray No, I won't betray Our water Till the water's all long gone And you, my sweet flower And how you grew more sweet by the hour And loath those eyes Loath was I to lose you My tender rose My limber rose My slender loathing daughter My tender rose My slender rose My limber loathing daughter But my daughter's long, long gone They came down from the mountain They strained too long from the fountain Oh, my girl Oh my love, I've lost you But I won't betray No, I won't betray No, I won't betray Our water No, I won't betray No, I won't betray No, I won't betray Our water Till the water's all long gone |
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| The Decemberists – Mistral Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Correct lyrics : So we already wrecked the rental car And I’ve already lost my way My feet entombed in this tourist bar For a day, anyway So lay me out on the cobblestone And unfurl this aching jib The streets all built on ancient bones And the crib, are the ribs Won’t the mistral Blow it all away? Won’t the mistral Blow away? Won’t the mistral Blow it all away? Won’t it blow, won’t it blow, won’t it blow So it’s me and you and the baby boy And a Ford to share the weight Reeking out a little joy What a waste, back to the States Won’t the mistral Blow it all away? Won’t the mistral Blow away? Won’t the mistral Blow it all away? Won’t it blow, won’t it blow, won’t it blow Won’t the mistral Blow it all away? Won’t the mistral Blow away? Won’t the mistral Blow it all away? Won’t it blow, won’t it blow, won’t it blow Won’t the mistral Blow it all away? (Won’t it blow it down?) Won’t the mistral Blow away? Won’t the mistral Blow it all away? (Won’t it blow it down?) Won’t it blow, won’t it blow, won’t it blow |
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| The Decemberists – Better Not Wake the Baby Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Correct lyrics : Kick a hole in the hallway While singing like a painted lady Use your skull like a cannonball But it better not wake the baby How long will this go on? How long, indeed? You can bang a drum 'till the money's all gone But it better not wake the baby Make your moan of your lot in life Split your mind half crazy Gouge your eyes with a butter knife But it better not wake the baby How long will this go on? How long, indeed? You can bang a drum 'till the money's all gone But it better not wake the baby Drown yourself in crocodile tears Curse the gods what made 'ye Pine away for your better years But it better not wake the baby How long will this go on? How long, indeed? You can bang a drum 'till the money's all gone But it better not wake the baby How long will this go on? How long, indeed? You can bang a drum 'till the money's all gone But it better not wake the baby |
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| The Decemberists – Lake Song Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Wrong lyrics again. Here are the correct lyrics : Down by the lake We were over-turning pebbles And upending all the animals alight And I took a drag From your cigarette and pinched it 'tween my finger and my thumb Till it had died And the sun burned low On the radio Say that you will Say you will or will you won't or you whatever You prevaricate your whole life, don't you? And this much I can say I would have waited 'till the oceans fell away and all the sunken cities would Reveal themselves to you But you won't will you? Because you never do And the sun burned through Sweet as honeydew And I Seventeen and terminally fey Well I wrote it down and threw it all away Never gave a thought to what I'd paid And you All sibylline, reclining in your pew You tattered me you tethered me to you The things you would, and the things you wouldn't do To tell the truth I never had a clue Now we arise To curse these young suburban villains And their ill-begotten children from the lawn Come to me now And on this station wagon window set the ghosts of your two footprints that they might Haunt me when you're gone And when the light broke dawn You were forever gone But I remember you: You were full... You were full and sweet as honeydew And I Seventeen and terminally fey Well I wrote it down and threw it all away And never gave a through to what I'd paid And you All sibylline, reclining in your pew You tattered me you tethered me to you The things you would, and the things you wouldn't do You notice now I never had a clue Never had a clue You were full and sweet as honeydew You were full and sweet as honeydew |
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| The Decemberists – Philomena Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I've edited lyrics with the correct version, hopefully that'll get approved soon. In the mean time, I've also posted them in a comment. | |
| The Decemberists – Philomena Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Correct lyrics : Oh Philomena, are you in a tawdry gown? Lean to your window, let's slip a ribbon down A cure to your boredom If only you'd let me go down Down, down Long summer days can lead to lazy vices, Boys all at idle, left to their own devices. Open up your linen lap and let me go down Down down All that I wanted in the world, Was just to live to see a naked girl, But I found I quickly bore I wanted more I wanted more So I'll be your candle And I'll be your statuette And I'll be your lashing loop of leatherette Oh Philomena, if only you'd let me go down Down down All that I wanted in the world, Was just to live to see a naked girl, But I found I quickly bore I wanted more Oh, so much more So I'll be your candle And I'll be your statuette And I'll be your lashing loop of leatherette Oh Philomena, if only you'd let me go down Down, down Go down Down, down Go down, down, down Go down |
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| Radical Face – Sisters Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Me too. I hate listing to a song and not knowing the lyrics. I'll update them if I get the official. | |
| Radical Face – Sisters Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I think he last line is "it's an empty empty place" I'm posting these as comments rather than editing the lyrics because I'm not sure if they are correct. I have just made 1 edit to the lyrics which I am absolutely sure of. I also requested Ben for the official lyrics. |
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| Radical Face – Sisters Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| "You had held my hand while the wind whistled our dreams in the dark" | |
| Radical Face – Sisters Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I think this is "and the dull work of peace across your face". | |
| Radical Face – Sisters Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I'm pretty sure it's "She watched you scrub through our window panes". | |
| Clone – Act 4 - The City, Daytime Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| This should be Act 3. Sorry. | |
| Conor Oberst – Kick Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I wonder who this is about. | |
| Conor Oberst – Governor's Ball Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| "Klonopin eyes" I love that. | |
| Conor Oberst – Desert Island Questionnaire Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Brilliant song. I feel like it needs another verse to properly conclude though. | |
| The Antlers – Director Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Feels like it talks about much the same things as "Palace". | |
| The Antlers – Palace Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| I think this is just a song about growing up and how much of yourself you loose when the child inside you becomes an adult and has to face the world. | |
| Cocoanut Groove – Seven Flowers Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| These are actually the lyrics to North Country Summer, I mistakenly put in the wrong title, and now I can't seen to change it. Sorry about that. | |
| Arcade Fire – Normal Person Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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More than the social sense of the word "normal" I think he was criticizing how the upper class has always resembled the way things should be. For example he talks about things like "They take their tea at two", dreaming in "Proper English", never being overly expressive "When they get excited, they try to hide it". All that really speaks more about the upper class, and the top-down social order of things rather than a basic schoolyard sense of the word "normal" Other than that the song is pretty self explanatory. It points out that being normal isn't necessarily a good thing, and questions why we even have this pre-determined sense of what is "normal". |
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| Arcade Fire – Porno Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I think this song is about how hard it is to make real love last in the modern world where everything is ephemeral and superficial. Porn is used an an embodiment of this modern love, and in doing so the singer/song states that all love and relationships in this age are comparable to little boys looking at porn. The singer and his partner are looking for something real, true, lasting love, but since everybody else is just looking for the quick fix they are forced to wonder if perhaps they are wrong. Then don't know what to do or where to go. "Little boys with their porno But this is their world Where can we go? Makes me feel like something's wrong with me Makes me feel like something's wrong with me" |
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| Arcade Fire – We Exist Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I read in 1 of the comments that this was about homosexuals and their struggle to "exist", especially in some cultures. However my initial interpretation of the song was that it was about kids in the 1970s and 80s, who were different from their parents before them. They were more rebellious, adventurous, open, wore different kids of clothes, were into different types of music and, in the end, gave rise to a new kind of social culture. So I can imagine this song being about a teenager during that era, struggling to explain his way of life to his parents and society in general. Overall though, the song can be just about any socially victimized or outcasted group. The struggles they all go through are, in a general sense, much the same and the song never goes into any details for us to make out who exactly he is referring too. |
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| Sufjan Stevens – Christmas in the Room Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Beautiful. | |
| Sin Fang – It's Not There Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| I really wanted the lyrics for this...........even messaged Sin Fang on Facebook and asked him.....in the end I tried to do them myself from what I could make out............I know it's not great.....so feel free to add to and edit it. | |
| Radical Face – The Crooked Kind Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Makes me think of the song The Dead Waltz, perhaps this is a decent of the women who danced with the dead..............also makes me think of Second Family Portrait.....perhaps that's the conclusion of this song and the fate of the boy who heard voices. | |
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