| PJ Harvey – When Under Ether Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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From Part III of T.S. Eliot's "East Coker" I said to my soul, be still, and let the dark come upon you Which shall be the darkness of God. As, in a theatre, The lights are extinguished, for the scene to be changed . . . Or as, when an underground train, in the tube, stops too long between stations And the conversation rises and slowly fades into silence And you see behind every face the mental emptiness deepen Leaving only the growing terror of nothing to think about; Or when, under ether, the mind is conscious but conscious of nothing-- |
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| Mew – Bamse Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is what I hear: [Bastian/Bo] Ahh, ahh She was twenty-five(?) Ahh, ahh See things glowing (???) [Bo] Hello. Don't be afraid. I'm just here to thank you for what you've done. I know things have not been perfect, but they are what they are. And it's no place to hide for what we feel. Friends... We'll always be friends, you and I. And we will not try. Just be...us. And it'll be okay. It'll be okay. [Jonas] I don't wanna (?) Always say you will tonight I'm sleeping tight in your arms The sun is coming up [Bo] Sun for they don't know (?) Sun for they don't ever know (?) It's so hard to tell just from live recordings on Youtube. |
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| Mew – Apocalypso Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Actually, it wasn't his childhood dentist (if we are thinking of the same interview?) - it was when they were recording Kites in LA in 2004. Apparently the lyrics were already written at that point though so the whole thing is just a coincidence. Still neat, nonetheless. | |
| Mew – White Lips Kissed Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| "White Lips Kissed is about two things: the ending of a relationship and my own general way of thinking. Everybody experiences hurtful things and some people are sensible enough to not linger and to just move on. I was never that sensible. I tend to see the glass as half-empty. I am getting better though. This song was a bit of therapy for me, it's really about never allowing yourself to feel happy because it only means you have that much deeper to fall. The unstableness of happiness versus the certainty of sadness. Relationships are difficult in my line of work, there's a lot of traveling, a lot of time apart. This was the last song we recorded, the only one we didn't record in LA. We felt like the album needed this song." | |
| Mew – Bones (Song for Albert) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"Unless you were talking about the depth of the lyrics." That is indeed what I meant. It's a simple, but sweet song. |
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| Mew – Apocalypso Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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On the meaning of the title... Jonas: "Silas, our drummer, had been talking to me about the West Indies and the image of skeletons dancing, and he had been inspired to add more of a Caribbean flavour to this song we were working on. We tried it out and the song actually found a darker feeling though the rhythm became more life-affirming. So that's why we called it Apocalypso, like calypso music celebrating the end of the world.” |
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| Mew – Bones (Song for Albert) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Albert is the name of Silas' dog...I guess they wrote a song for him. Not the greatest song to say the least, but it's rather cute don't you think? | |
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