| The Matches – To Build A Mountain Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I just came up with a story that might possibly be something for the fox, but it is a bit of a stretch. A priest comes to a farmer and tells him he needs to pray more. The farmer says that with a wife, children, and a farm, he has no time to pray. The priest tells him all the horrors that will come of not putting the lord first and then leaves. From then on the man does nothing BUT pray. His wife gets angry with him, and the man goes into the mountains. In the mountains (While he is praying. Imagine that) he sees a fox. He follows it to a garden that is silent save for the sound of a river. There are to pretty girls sitting there playing go. He pimply watches them. After 300 years of watching them (He thinks it is but a few hours) He yells out when one of them makes a bad play. The two ladies turn into foxes and run away. He sees that he is old, stiff, and his beard is down to his feet, and panics. He runs back to town and finds his house gone, and his wife, kids, and their kids, dead and buried. The moral is- Don't be stupid, and work when you need to. This, like I said, is a stretch but... The foxes DID destroy him. I'm just musing with ideas for this song. Sorry for the double post! |
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| The Matches – To Build A Mountain Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I don't know about the fox, but I'm pretty sure the 'Frog and scorpion' line, as well as the 'Bloodhound and mirage' line refer to different folk tales. The story of the frog and the scorpion, in a nutshell, goes like this; The scorpion needs to cross the river. The frog offers to help, but only if the scorpion promises not to sting him. The scorpion promises. Half way across the river the scorpion stings the frog and they both sink to their death. The scorpions last words are, "I couldn't help it! It's my instinct!" The bloodhound story is longer, but basically; There is a magic rabbit that is messing up the mens hunt. They ask a sage, and she tells them to send a black bloodhound after it. They do, and the bloodhound wounds it just before it runs into a cabin. The men break down the door to find an old lady trying to bandage her heel. The men leave and never speak of the incident again. |
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| Jack's Mannequin – I'm Ready Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This song had me hooked in the first two seconds. The way they started it caught me, and throughout the song, never let me go. I know everyone has said this, but I love the monologue. It made me grin, because of how real it all sounds. Just random thoughts that go through everyones head when they feel like that. I love this song. | |
| The Summer Obsession – 8 am Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I really love the song. Only thing is that two of the lines are "You are the best thing that I've ever needed Safe in this world that is restless and greedy" instead of you are the best thing that I'm never needing safe in this world that is restless and feeding" I even looked it up in the CD booklet-thing just to make sure! |
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| The Academy Is... – Slow Down Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I love this song! It's rare to find a song that helps me write songs, but several from TAI seem to! Deffinateley a new fave on my part! ^o^ | |
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