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David Bazan – Bearing Witness Lyrics 16 years ago
The New Atheist movement is not arrogant at all. Quite the opposite. After all, what's more arrogant than claiming to know the entire purpose of the universe and the intentions of its creator? The New Atheists never make truth claims like the religious do, and firmly root every statement in naturalistic materialism/empiricism. You just don't agree with them so you call them arrogant.

Anyway, this is one of my favorite songs from the album. The "gap" between his faith and reality has torn his beliefs apart, and he's sick of living a lie. But what I love most about this track is how positive it ends up being. With the line "let go of what you know and honor what exists" he seems to provide a light at the end of the tunnel, showing how morally and ethically fulfilling non-belief can be.

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David Bazan – Forest Fires Lyrics 16 years ago
turns out these song are autobiographical. hmmm. i stand corrected.

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David Bazan – Hard To Be Lyrics 16 years ago
I can't get over how amazing this album is. This one is the perfect kick-off.

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British Sea Power – Atom Lyrics 16 years ago
it's quantum mechanics. haha.

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The Walkmen – I Lost You Lyrics 17 years ago
I waited a long time
I bore you

has to be:

I waited a long time
All for you

that being said, this is the best song on the new album. so grand.

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Oceansize – The Frame Lyrics 17 years ago
i can hold you all together
you wont fall with the troops that we assembled
and the bond we've forged
though this sketch is getting old now the cracks don't show

time wont change a thing when i'm gone
don't grip the wheel too tightly my son
everything you need is done i woulda thought we'd won by now
but oh no

i have known no other method
so don't presume there's wisdom when all that i am is time now
and the cold
the fruition in the detail is all that drives me

i am not the picture now i am the frame

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Red House Painters – Uncle Joe Lyrics 17 years ago
the live version from the 97 Hultsfred Festival is insanely awesome. gave me a new appreciation for this song.

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Red House Painters – Katy Song Lyrics 17 years ago
Katy isn't his drug dealer...

it's about a girl Mark had a relationship with. she died a couple years ago (much of April is dedicated to her I believe) and this song is about her going back to London. he visits her later in Brockwell Park. just read the forward to Nights Passed Over and he lays out some of the story.

that being said, it's an amazing, sad, beautiful song.

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Low – Like a Forest Lyrics 17 years ago
I've listened to this song hundreds of times, but it still sends chills up my spine. Especially the "to go off in my hands" part at the end. Reminds me of Radiohead's "Let Down" in that it's such a downer but you can't help but feeling triumphant at the end of it. Sort of a "fuck it" sort of feeling.

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The Silver Jews – Trains Across the Sea Lyrics 17 years ago
no comments?!? this is like...the best silver jews song. almost. "in 27 years, i've drunk 50,000 beers." classic.

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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – Missing One Lyrics 17 years ago
an instant classic. my favorite on the new album.

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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – Raining In Darling Lyrics 17 years ago
the greatest song under 2 minutes ever written.

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Sigur Rós – Hafssól Lyrics 17 years ago
the reworked version is their best song, hands down

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Why? – Early Whitney Lyrics 17 years ago
euchre! i love all the Ohio/Cincinnati references in Why? songs. euchre, the racer...

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David Bazan – Forest Fires Lyrics 17 years ago
well, i'll concede that Fewer Broken Pieces has to be autobiographical, but, ya get the picture

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David Bazan – Forest Fires Lyrics 17 years ago
when i saw him perform last fall, he said that NONE of his songs are autobiographical. he was like "i hope you all don't think my life is this terrible...i have a lovely wife and a beautiful kid, and these stories are not about me"

good to know, if these were his stories, that would be hella depressing.

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The National – You've Done It Again, Virginia Lyrics 18 years ago
the saddest fucking song ever written.

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Deerhunter – Like New Lyrics 18 years ago
this is probably my favorite Deerhunter song. one of cox's best melodies in my opinion.

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Damien Jurado – Abilene Lyrics 18 years ago
i don't think there is any notion of negativity in that line. it think it ends beautifully.

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Jens Lekman – I Don't Wanna Die Alone Lyrics 18 years ago
absolutely fantastic! should have been on night falls over kortedala for sure

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Smog – Chosen One Lyrics 18 years ago
peel session/accumulation: none version - the best thing on the planet.

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The Police – Message In A Bottle Lyrics 18 years ago
more like the BEST song on Guitar Hero II

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12 Rods – Make-out Music Lyrics 18 years ago
the lyrics look so ridiculous but when you listen to the song it makes so much sense.

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Great Lake Swimmers – Great Lake Swimmers Lyrics 18 years ago
serene. beautiful.

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Low – Over the Ocean Lyrics 18 years ago
the most beautiful song ever written

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R. Kelly – The World's Greatest Lyrics 18 years ago
bonnie prince billy takes this song and makes love with it, and makes it not suck

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Why? – Crushed Bones Lyrics 18 years ago
being from Cincinnati i know what the Backwards Racer reference is.....King's Island ftw

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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – I See A Darkness Lyrics 18 years ago
great song or greatest song...? hard to decide.

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Pela – Waiting on the Stairs Lyrics 18 years ago
feelingeverfine really fucked these lyrics up. way to be no help at all...

here's the lyrics though:

i had a sideways stare like a signal flare
she’s waiting on the staircase hey, hey!
you got skin like porcelain, skin like porcelain
tips me like a domino on some days
but we could jump off of a cliff into a wedding ring
and if the heat pipes are shut off
our walls would never sting

you got a small town stare like a signal flare
i’m hiding in the bathroom hey, hey!
skin like porcelain, skin like porcelain
poisoning me on most days

we should jump off of a cliff into a wedding ring
and if the heat pipes are shut off
our walls would never sting
they’d begin to sing

i can’t stand that record
i can’t stand you breaking down
i can’t stand that record
i can’t stand you breaking down

come sit next to me
i am not your enemy
come sit next to me
i am not your enemy
come admit it to me
have i become your enemy?
come admit it to me
that i have become your enemy

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Pedro the Lion – Transcontinental Lyrics 18 years ago
"The luxury of having been
Spared the hard part
You'd think would be enough
For me to pull this off"

He didn't have to saw his own legs off to save himself, but he still doesn't save himself. Genius.

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Jens Lekman – A Higher Power Lyrics 18 years ago
this song is perfect

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Radiohead – Airbag Lyrics 18 years ago
you were born in 1991, should we really take your opinions very seriously?

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Radiohead – Arpeggi Lyrics 18 years ago
I love it when people make every Radiohead song political

sure a good number are but hunting among the metaphors with that in mind is pretty lame

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Radiohead – Bodysnatchers Lyrics 18 years ago
and for the record beardy1991 is an asshole

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Radiohead – Bodysnatchers Lyrics 18 years ago
OFFICIAL:

I do not
Understand
What it is
I've done wrong
Full of holes
Check for pulse
Blink your eyes
One for yes
Two for no

I have no idea what I am talking about
I am trapped in this body and can't get out
Ooooohhhh

You killed the sound
removed backbone
A pale imitation
With the edges
Sawn off

I have no idea what you are talking about
Your mouth moves only with someone's hand up your ass
Ooooohhhh

Has the light gone out for you?
Because the light's gone for me
It is the 21st century
It is the 21st century
It can follow you like a dog
It brought me to my knees
They got a skin and they put me in
They got a skin and they put me in
All the lines wrapped around my face
All the lines wrapped around my face
And for anyone else to see
And for anyone else to see

I'm a lie

I've seen it coming
I've seen it coming
I've seen it coming
I've seen it coming

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Sigur Rós – Hljómalind Lyrics 18 years ago
the old live version was so much better.

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Oceansize – Superfluous to Requirements Lyrics 18 years ago
it's a shame no one has commented on this beast of a track. another one of those aching songs that vennart is so good at writing. i can see why this is a b-side (doesn't really fit with any other 'size songs) but it's a shining moment in their catalogue that shouldn't be overlooked.

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Oceansize – Music For A Nurse Lyrics 18 years ago
the links to christianity fall flat - look at last wrongs, new pin, heaven alive...

anyways, this song is amazing. so beautiful.

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Hammock – Raising Your Voice... Trying To Stop An Echo Lyrics 18 years ago
my corrections:

You swore you'd never be them
You're just like them
You're just like them now
All the times you said you hate them
Just to hide that
You're just like them
You're just like them now
Such a cold place that you live in
When you blame them
You're just like them
Still the stars shine down on your skin
Do you see them?
You're just like them now

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Do Make Say Think – In Mind Lyrics 18 years ago
live, this song is a fucking explosion...a fucking orgasm. everything was so loud and all members of the band were screaming it into one mic....it was beautiful.

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