When the contact high from the real life adventures wear off,
You find, in the tiny moments that bomb, your old files rain down from the sky
And would they fall down, like cymbal crashes, would the alarm bell sound?
Would your eyelashes keep all this in time? If not, I won't mind

It can be impractical

So can you tell me why in every version of the events shown here,
There's another season that crawls by like years, from blown speakers clear?

It came out magical

Just a contact high, one in every mood I've ever declined to fight
One in every single exchange you might find
From blown speakers, time came out magical

It came out magical, out from blown speakers


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From Blown Speakers Lyrics as written by Carl Allan Newman

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    Definitely a great song! My read on it is that it's about those moments when you do come down from some big moment in life, and all of a sudden these old ideas and ambitions that you've tucked away (your "old files") come flooding back. Maybe it's a good idea to pursue them, maybe not. Ultimately, though, I think that the idea of something magical coming from blown speakers suggests that sometimes the best things come out of the worst, most confusing situations--kind of like the lotus in the mud metaphor. Even from a bad mood or an "exchange," which I take to mean an argument, you can get something great. So I guess maybe it's saying that you should go ahead and take whatever risk you're afraid of. But don't worry if you don't--Carl won't mind.

    magicaemmyon April 03, 2008   Link

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