This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Animals on TV singing about some pain that they once felt
There's no one I disapprove of more or root for more than myself
I wanted to pretend that it was better, better, better on the phone
I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous and alone
So we talk about ourselves in hell
To forget the love we never felt
All the old jokes that work so well
Universal truth was a moment's lie
Don't try to stop us
Don't try to stop us
Don't try to stop us
Get out of the way
Got to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see
She sees her father in that old man's eyes while secretly he stares at her thighs
Animals on TV singing about some pain they felt at some point
I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous, what's the point?
As I watch the velvet drapes appear
And the door was closed for forty years
As we hide what we don't wanna hear
As we hide what's really in our ears
He is coming from a part of hell
Where lightning blue eyes don't go down well
He can tell that we're oblivious
It's addiction of routine as well
Making fools out of the best of us
Making robots of the rest of us
Innocence itself in America today
Is a crime just like Cornel West might say
Don't try to stop us
Don't try to stop us
Don't try to stop us
Get out of the way
There's no one I disapprove of more or root for more than myself
I wanted to pretend that it was better, better, better on the phone
I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous and alone
So we talk about ourselves in hell
To forget the love we never felt
All the old jokes that work so well
Universal truth was a moment's lie
Don't try to stop us
Don't try to stop us
Don't try to stop us
Get out of the way
Got to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see
She sees her father in that old man's eyes while secretly he stares at her thighs
Animals on TV singing about some pain they felt at some point
I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous, what's the point?
As I watch the velvet drapes appear
And the door was closed for forty years
As we hide what we don't wanna hear
As we hide what's really in our ears
He is coming from a part of hell
Where lightning blue eyes don't go down well
He can tell that we're oblivious
It's addiction of routine as well
Making fools out of the best of us
Making robots of the rest of us
Innocence itself in America today
Is a crime just like Cornel West might say
Don't try to stop us
Don't try to stop us
Don't try to stop us
Get out of the way
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Dude I get the last verse. The devil is coming from hell to destroy the world because we're all oblviious to the fact that we're made into robots and fools by the powers that be through the routines of going to work or being addicts or whatever trite and meaningless things people do with their lives.
Even people who just show up at work everyday and are "innocent" in America are guilty too because of the massive sins that this country commits and the fact that they don't try to do more to stop it, making no one innocent.
It's a lot like the last album closer Red Light "Do it for the peole that will die for your sake, 7 billion people who got nothing to say." and some of the lyrics on 11th Dimension "If you believe in this war then no one has died in vain but don't you dare get to the top and not know what to do."
I think he feels like I do--that all the technology and slow disintegration of morals in the world will be the slow end of it--the lightning blue eyes thing--the seemingly startling beauty and convenience of all these things, but how they come fron hell to destroy us.
Jules really hates the war and the shit this country and all humanity really is guilty for. In that sense, he thinks a lot like George Carlin, another true saint/ poet/ philosopher/ genius artist and, incidently a member of the D.(ead) I.(dealistic) D.(esperate) I.(nventor) P.(ioneer) P.(hilosophers).
I think it's pretty much about the end of the world. GREAT SONG!!! GREAT ART! Jesus, I wish he was still composing all the music to that band.
p.s. I know this comment is really long and no one will ever read it. (I never read really long posts) But anyway, it felt great to write it.
good point.....
good point.....
Amazing post... Props.
Trust me. I read this, and agree. You don't even have to be religious to see this world is coming to an end, in some way. But, I am. And, sorry if this comes off as weird or crazy, I sort of realize I'm a terrible person, and a sinner. But, I am asking for change. I continue to make mistakes, but hopefully can be saved, through knowledge and forgiveness.
I too think that technology will be the end to the world. People are concerned with curing diseases. Is no one concerned with over population? We've already screwed with the circle of life enough, it's a matter of time before it catches up with us.<br /> <br /> P.S. I so tired of people talking all this shit about America. Yeah we're fucked up but so is every other country in the world
Animals on TV singing about something that they once felt There's no one I disapprove of more or root for more than myself I wanted to pretend that it was better, better, better on the phone I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous and alone
So we talk about ourselves and how To forget the love we never felt Oh, we owed jokes that work so well You never were so sure, was the moment
Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop us Get out of the way
Got to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see She sees her father in the old man's eyes while secretly he stares at her thighs Animals on TV singing about something they felt at some point I wanted to tell you it was better, better, better, but what's the point?
As I watched the bell with drapes appear
And I don't withclose for fourty years 'cause we hide what we don't wanna hear As we hide what's real, hear, hear
He is coming from a part of hell Where like Nanbu I don't go down well He can't tell that when oblivion It's a ditch strung out, routine as well
Making fools out of the best of us Making robots of the rest of us In that sense I tell in America today There's a crack, just like going out westward
Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop me Get out of the way
Thank you. I'll change the lyrics.
These lyrics are more intriguing and definitely fit better. Thanks again!
Oh, we owed jokes that work so well
All the old jokes that work so well
The wait is over.
Official Lyrics:
Animals on TV singing about some pain that they once felt There's no one I disapprove of or root more for than myself I wanted to pretend that it was better, better, better on the phone Didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous and alone
So we talk about ourselves in hell To forget the love we never felt All the old jokes that work so well Universal truth was a moment's lie
Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop us Get out of the way
Got to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see She sees her father in that old man's eyes while secretly he stares at her thighs Animals on TV singing about some they felt at some point I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous, what's the point?
As I watch the velvet drapes appear And the door was closed for 40 years As we hide what we don't want to hear As we hide what's really in our ears
He is coming from a part of hell Where lightning blue eyes don't go down well He can tell that we're oblivious It's addiction of routine as well Making fools out of the best of us Making robots of the rest of us Innocence itself in America today Is a crime just like Cornel West might say
Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop us Get out of the way
Source: Lyrics sheet by Julian Casablancas goo.gl/fiqv0
As I watched the velvet drapes appear And that door was closed for 40 years 'Cause we hide what we don't want to hear As we hide we our dream, near here
He is coming from a part of hell Where light green-blue eyes don't go down well He can tell that we're oblivious It's a diction and routine as well
Making fools out of, the best of us Making robots of, the rest of us And our silence itself, in America today Is a crime just like, going out westward
Thanks for the corrections!
You never were so sure, was the moment
Universal truths, (?????)
Got to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see She sees her father in the old man's eyes while secretly he stares at her thighs Animals on TV singing about something they felt at some point I wanted to tell you it was better, better, better, but what's the point?
I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous and alone
These lyrics sound off in a few places, but I am sure something substantial will come out since the album is dropping soon.
Yeah, a friend and I were trying to figure out what he says, but it's kinda tricky with so many different suggestions. These lyrics are based on the live SNL version.
PS: I think this might be my favorite song off the album, right ahead of Gratisfaction.
Julian is singing:" Animals on tv singing about some pain that they once felt" , it's not "something" but "some pain".
Animals on TV singing About some pain that they once felt There's no one I disapprove of more or root for more than myself I wanted to pretend that I was better, better, better on the phone I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous and alone
So we talk about ourselves in hell To forget the love we never felt All the old jokes that work so well You never were so sure, was the moment
Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop us Get out of the way
Got(?) to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see She sees her father in the old man's eyes while secretly he stares at her thighs Animals on TV singing about some pain they felt at some point I didn't want to tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous, what's the point?
As I watched the velvet drapes appear And the door was closed for 40 years As we hide what we don't want to hear As we hide our dream, near here (?)
He is coming from a part of hell Where (?)-blue eyes don't go down well He can tell that we're oblivious It's a diction and routine as well
Making fools out of the best of us Making robots of the rest of us In that sense, I tell, in America today There's a crime, just like going (?)
Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop us Don't try to stop me Get out of the way