| Radical Face – Severus And Stone Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[sarahw7:17845] this song has nothing to do with the Harry Potter series. The Family Tree trilogy deals exclusively with the Northcotes, a fictional family that Ben Cooper created and sings about. | |
| Radical Face – Bad Blood Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[zeroremission:10519] whether or not Ben ever intended this to be the final song for the project, to me it is a perfect summation of what this whole journey has been about. Especially that final verse. Even though this isn't my favorite song from the project, I don't think there's been a verse that Ben has sung that cut me deeper than that one. | |
| Radical Face – Servants and Kings Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| I think this song falls somewhere within The Family Tree, Volume 2, which has a song covering World War 1 on it. I believe this song, as well, is set during the war, only it follows a soldier who has fallen in love with a fellow soldier or his commanding officer. Unfortunately, both of them are men, and a homosexual relationship is simply unacceptable (due to the time period). The final verse of the song is the soldier recalling the day he tried to confess his love, and how the object of his affection didn't reciprocate, though the soldier doesn't regret having tried. | |
| Coheed and Cambria – I Dissent (Justice Scalia's Dissenting Opinions) Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| They should have called this "I Dissent: the Ballad of Justice Scalia" | |
| Radical Face – The Dead Waltz Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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All of the songs from Radical Face's Family Tree trilogy (roots, branches, and leaves) tell the intertwined stories of a single family's history over the course of a few hundred years. This song in particular tells the story of Abigail and a man named Tom (described as "simple" and referenced in the later songs Always Gold and Crooked Kind). I don't have the full details, but, due to some of the imagery that Ben sings about my belief is that Abigail has some kind of supernatural powers, and that Tom, upon witnessing them, decides to protect her, instead of have her accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake. |
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| Radical Face – Blind In One Eye Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This is a rare track released in 2007 on a Morr music sampler called "Foggy Notions" # 96. You can hear the track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjy4RHfsjD0 | |
| Radical Face – Mountains Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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@[InscrutableTed:731] I edited the lyrics to reflect the proper ones. Just in case the edit doesn't go through (as it needs the lincensor's approval), I'll add them here as well for anyone to reference: I was just a boy, my father seemed a mountain then With a voice that could shake the seas My mother's ghost hung across his shoulders, and He said she was still watching over me My brother was home, just returned on army leave Told his stories with a distant stare And as it snowed the wind was howling through the trees And I spent my night just listening by the fire Her hand smoothed the creases from my brow Soft as a breath Itched like a feather I dreamed of a lonely voice that night Quiet as death Outside my window It sang a sad and lovely tune Clear as a bell Soft as a shiver It said, "I watch you all the time" It said, "I watch you all the time" Goodbye bad thoughts I'm safe under covers So goodbye bad thoughts 'cause I'm safe under covers Now I can see you again |
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| Jimmy Eat World – Higher Devotion Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song is about juvenile difficulties faced by a couple once the "honeymoon phase" had ended. The song is told from the perspective of the man in the relationship, although it is not necessarily favorable to his state of mind. The quiet should be nice, but isn't I guess we're gonna spend the day like this In psychic screaming One of the first things that happens to struggling couples after the lust and magic of fresh love has faded is a breakdown of communication. This verse is the man making note that while once quiet was nice, and a mutual part of their relationship, he now knows that the silence is actually filled with thousands of judgments and harsh criticisms of their love. Don't you feel my eye lasers hit? I stare you down, but God your skin is thick What's it take to notice? This verse follows the same theme, with the man of the relationship recognizing that the silence betrays happiness, and whatever grudge and anger he carries is born by the weight and wrath of his stare. His woman, however, remains completely unaware of what is happening. Show me you can read my mind Give me something that I need You're useless to me if you Don't know the why or how Or what my body needs Give me something I can feel Show me you can read my mind Read my mind, read my mind The chorus is the most telling aspect of the song. The man is claiming that his lover doesn't actually know anything about him. He wants her to prove her devotion to him, hence the title, "higher devotion," because he feels like she doesn't know what he wants, needs, or likes. Because of the tone the chorus is delivered in though, it is apparent that the man is actually as immature and unprepared for love as he claims his lover is. He wants her to go the extra mile, but he has done nothing to deserve it. I'm tired of all the way you bring home I command a higher devotion Better get busy Here is the revelatory statement, where the narrator, the man, reveals that he thinks he deserves a better, more dedicated woman. However, instead of realizing that relationships are mutual efforts, he shows his arrogance by simply commanding his woman to "try harder" at meeting his expectations. What makes you think I'd give in for this? I'm only happy with my happiness If you push me over, it's over Continuing his egotistical rant, the man goes on to proclaim that the only thing he finds pleasing is himself, and what he can do for himself. Her "nagging" and "complaining" (the "war" she brings home) does nothing to reinforce the love that is supposed to exist between the two of them. The repetition of the chorus serves to reinforce that the relationship has truly begun to die, and the man will never be satisfied by his woman's devotion, for the sole reason that he expects more from her than he deserves. |
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| Radical Face – Second Family Portrait Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Here are the proper lyrics, in the event that the lyric change request doesn't go through: My life started slow, in a town of idle minds Where daydreams filled the space between our simple dramas And my mom was strange, but she always liked to sew And all my clothes smelled like the room I was born in And my dad was calm, never used two words when one would do And my brother's hands were mischief bent, with no will to stop 'em And on the whole we lived simply, and day to day Our fears were trivial, they always died with every sunset When I was twelve my affliction came to light And I was told that some things I heard were only there in my head But I couldn't tell which were real and which we not And the question loomed over all I did, whether I could trust it And I guess over time it became too much And I was sent away at my mom's behest 'cause she'd grown to fear me Now I live up north, in the house for the broken heads And my father comes and visits me whenever he can afford it Sometimes at night, when the voices quiet down I find I hope that I am missed, and that they haven't forgot me |
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| Radical Face – Second Family Portrait Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Thanks for the head's up on that. I know when I originally submitted them they were the correct lyrics. I re-submitted them just now with the proper lyrics again, but Songmeanings said they were being "sent to the owner for approval." Perhaps something in that process is resulting in the mix-up? | |
| Radical Face – Sisters Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Thanks for the input, I think all of your lyrics make a lot of sense. I revised the lyrics to reflect all of those changes, and look forward to any further updates from Ben himself. Feel free to edit them once you know, I don't mind being wrong so long as we get to the right words in the end. | |
| Radical Face – Living In A Vacuum Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This song is from the 2010 album "Lawson Graham" by the Canadian hip-hop artist Factor. Radical Face sings the chorus, and the American hip-hop artist Sole is also featured on the track. | |
| Portugal. The Man – Lay Me Back Down Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song is about the American slave-trade, specifically of Africans. It isn't that hard to work out really: I remember things, not many things I don't remember where my feet touch the ground but I remember every word and every sound This is about the confusion that surrounds the gathering of slaves when they're kidnapped from their homes. As it was often a quick and merciless process, many simply disappeared, ambushed by slave-traders who absconded with them into the night. The narrator doesn't know much of what happened, but he remembers every sensation of being kidnapped and branded. I remember things, not many things I don't remember when the ships hit the sea but I remember my name and what they paid for me This part should be obvious. Slave-ships, prices paid to buy another human being, the whole abominable practice. I don't see how anyone could misinterpret this verse for anything other than the transport and sale of slaves. I remember things, not many things I don't remember presidents or what they did but I remember the wars and just who profited Abraham Lincoln and the abolitionist movement against legalized slavery in America. This is a rather cynical and pessimistic look at the prices paid during the American Civil War, but also not untrue, as racism and prejudice weren't entirely stamped out, despite the attempts of great men. I remember things, not many things I don't remember places in time but I remember the love and just who gave me it Any number of things could be covered here. The Underground Railroad, the abolitionist movement, the men and women who died to end legalized slavery, the love and kindness of supporters. The idea isn't where or when, but who, and the narrator is saying that it wasn't a place or a time that freed them, but the actions of individuals. Lay me back down in the bed with the cold hearted people Listen to them work Lay me back down in the holes and the warmth that we've warmed up Lay me back down Some of this is poetic symbolism, of the endless work of the slave, whose trials and tribulations don't end just because his life has. Laying them down (planting them in the Earth) beside the "cold-hearted" people (slave-traders) so that they can "listen to them work" in the afterlife. I hear them calling me back to the ground I hear them calling me back where I belong Tribal belief systems, ancestral worship, nature-based religions. The ancestors are calling home the spirits of the now-freed slaves, beckoning them back to the Motherland, from which they were ripped and torn. A very spiritual ending to the song, really. |
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| Prize Fighter Inferno – Blood Machine Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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While this song and "Run Like Hell" are considered Prize Fighter Inferno demos, there are other ways of interpreting them as well. We know that this song was being worked on during the album "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3", and that album has a three-song suite (the Camper Velourium trilogy) featuring Al, a psychopathic serial killer. Al, an intelligent card-shark, kidnaps women whom he thinks look like Luci, his ex-girlfriend, and mental-obsession. These women are then restrained with a potent knock-out drug, put on ice, and hanged from hooks in the freezer aboard his ship (see Issue 11 of the IKSSE3 graphic novel). I believe that "Blood Machine" and "Run Like Hell" may have originally started as demos for the Camper Velourium saga. This one, the earlier of the two, would have given the listener a bit more insight into the character of Al, who, throughout this song, is seen killing people, using formaldehyde to preserve their bodies, and generally playing with their corpses. A very morbid and unsettling set of images. |
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| Bleubird – Time 4real Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I discovered Bleubird through this song because he paired with Radical Face (one of my favorite artists) to produce it. I'm not at all familiar with Bleubird's music, but greatly enjoyed this song, and as such, did my best to transcribe the lyrics. If you find errors, please feel free to correct them, as I myself would like to know what exactly is being said. | |
| Brand New – Daisy Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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And we sing this morning that wonderful and grand old message And I don't know about you, but I never get tired of it Number 99: "Just As I Am" I'm a mountain that has been moved I'm a river that is all dried up I'm an ocean nothin' floats on I'm a sky that nothin' wants to fly in I'm a sun that doesn't burn hot I'm a moon that never shows its face I'm a mouth that doesn't smile I'm a word that no one ever wants to say Beyond the standard lot of desperation, loss, and not living up to your full potential, there's an interesting layer to these initial verses, at least to me. As a mythographer (someone who studies world myth and religion) it is interesting that Jesse chose a mountain, river, ocean, sky, sun, and moon for the analogies, as all of those were once personified as deities in almost all of the Earth's ancient cultures. The god of the mountain, the god of the river, the god of the sky, and all the others also share a common thread though: they're all dead and gone. A sun that doesn't burn hot is a dead sun; a moon that doesn't reflect light is one that has no sun; a mouth that doesn't smile, and a word that no one wants to say: dead; dead and gone. From a mythographers perspective these two verses are all about the things that we, as a people, once put our faith in, and now no longer believe in. Uh, by the will of thee He wasn't finding anybody when he was on a shelf I saw him when I dreamed I'm a mountain that has been moved I'm a fugitive that has no legs to run I'm a preacher with no pulpit Spewing a sermon that goes on, and on, and on Continuing with the theme of "faith lost", Jesse is here bringing us forward, the idea of "moving mountains by prayer alone" coming from the Bible. But, like the "dead gods" of the ancient faiths, Jesse compares his faith to a preacher without a pulpit, an endless sermon without a congregation. These notions make him a "fugitive", a heathen, a faithless among the faithful. This, however, segues into the ending of the song. Well, if I take all these things and then bury them fast And then pray that they turn to seeds, to roots, and then grass It'd be alright; it's alright; it'd be easier that way Or if the sky opened up and started pouring rain Like it knew it was time to start things over again It'd be alright; it's alright; it'd be easier that way All of which are statements of renewal. Not complex renewal though, not the intricacies of modern faith, with its dogma and rhetoric and layered creeds. What Jesse is expressing here is a simpler faith, a more holistic approach of natural growth and experience. The process of grass growing is not wild or dense, it is simple and straightforward. Life grows, life is beautiful. That is the message Jesse is trying to get across, in opposition to the winding paths which modern religions offer to salvation. Further support for this may come from the backing vocals, which, admittedly, I may have wrong, but, this is what I hear: You don't have to be saved But you are gonna miss out We don't know our right But He's the greatest of love Don't say you aren't scared And don't mention all it took And don't say He's not love He's the greatest of love Again, the idea comes back to a simple, core truth: love. Nothing more, nothing less. Forget being "saved" or all that salvation takes. Love is all you need. Love is everything. Daisy, ultimately, being a song about renewal. Our movement from a simple faith, to a complex and dense one, and back to our roots (quite literally the "grass roots" of faith). |
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| Radical Face – If You Come Back to Haunt Me Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Two versions of "Patients" currently exist. The first appears on "Patients,Vol. 1", released in 2009. The second, an almost acoustic version, appears on "Once A Hue, Always A Hue", a Japanese compilation album that saw limited release in 2010. | |
| Radical Face – Cinnamon Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Available on the 2002 album "Typecast" by the embryonic Radical Face vs. Phalex Sledgehammer, "Cinnamon" is currently unavailable for purchase. | |
| Radical Face – Missing Teeth Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| This song was briefly available on iTunes as a part of the 2010 compilation "Do Fun Stuff, Vol. 1" but has since been removed from iTunes, and is (as of January, 2014) no longer available for purchase. | |
| Radical Face – Southern Snow Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| According to an interview with Paste Magazine this song began as a memory of the one time in his life that Ben experienced snow while living in Florida. Unfortunately, Ben didn't elaborate on the more mysterious elements of the song during the interview. | |
| Radical Face – The Gilded Hand Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| At the Oct. 15 show in Chicago where Ben premiered this song he explained that it is about the early 1900s, before child labor laws had come into existence and relieved children of hard labor. According to Ben it is meant to convey the hopelessness and horror that accompanied that period in American history, and serve as a warning to the future about the need to protect children. | |
| Radical Face – Always Gold Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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At the Oct. 15 show in Chicago Ben said that Always Gold was about the adventures of two brothers, one who is good and caring, the other who is mischievous. He explained that plenty of songs deal with the latter brother, and all of the trouble he gets in to. Few songs though, according to Ben, deal with the former brother, who always has to stay at home and be an anchor for his troubled half. Always Gold is about the love between two brothers, and the extent to which they will go to take care of each other, no matter how serious the bad brother's problems become. While not explicitly stated, I believe that "The Crooked Kind" from the second Family Tree album follows up on these two brothers as their lives have advanced. Mainly I believe this because of the line in Always Gold where Ben sing: "And they said you were the crooked kind That you would never have no worth But you were always gold to me" In "The Crooked Kind" the brothers get into some serious trouble that may, or may not, involve the massacre of several other people. At the end of the song the good brother comforts his other half while sitting in a pile of bodies and absorbing the bloody and tragic history of his family. |
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| Radical Face – Ghost Towns Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| At the Oct. 15 show in Chicago Ben explained that Ghost Towns is about a drifter who has left behind his family and friends. He now travels across the country by train, taking odd jobs and refusing to settle down. The song deals with coming to terms with the finite nature of life, and that all things eventually go away. On the second album of The Family Tree the song "Reminders" revisits the character from this song, and explains how he has become a bitter, jaded, cruel man after abandoning his family and losing his belief in the inherent good in men. | |
| Radical Face – A Pound of Flesh Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| At the Oct. 15 show in Chicago Ben opened with this song and explained that it was about a man who had just committed his first murder. The title is a reference to the pound of force required to break the skin. The song deals with overcoming the weight of a guilty conscience that accompanies having just committed such an atrocious act. | |
| Radical Face – Black Eyes Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| At the Oct. 15 show in Chicago Ben elaborated on this song. According to him the song is about spousal abuse. Specifically, it is about an abusive alcoholic who beats his wife. One day, fed up with taking it, she packs up all her belongings and flees. Outraged by her unwillingness to be submissive he sets out to find her and punish her for disobeying him. | |
| Radical Face – West Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I agree that it ends too soon. My theory though is that this song leads directly into "The Crooked Kind," which I also believe is a follow up to the characters from "Always Gold." The coda of "The Crooked Kind" features the two brothers from "Always Gold" sitting, laughing, surrounded by bodies of something that they've killed. Possibly the wild dogs that attack them at the end of this song. Just a theory, of course. | |
| Radical Face – Second Family Portrait Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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In an interview with Paste magazine, found here: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2013/10/album-stream-radical-face---the-branches.html Ben Cooper does discuss how a lot of The Family Tree trilogy began with real life events, which he then turned into music and stories. |
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| Anatomy of a Ghost – Birth Of A Mile Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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It's unfortunate I discovered your comment here 6 years after the fact. More so that I didn't actually discover the band until nearly a year after they had disbanded. I would have loved to take you up on the offer in this comment, because I feel this album is an unsung masterpiece of conceptual work. Oh well, c'est la vie! |
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| Port O'Brien – Tree Bones Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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There are several versions of this song floating around, on a variety of releases from Port O'Brien. On the "official" version, from their final album, "Threadbare," the song has a lo-fi outro of Cambria singing: Mmhmm, mmhmm, mmhmm You still fluttered home with me |
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| Coheed and Cambria – Carol Ann Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This was probably one of my three favorite songs off of the complete Afterman experience. Oddly, it's one Coheed chose not to include on the main album. I personally feel like this song belongs between "Vic the Butcher," and "Evagria the Faithful" The basic story line, I believe, follows the events of a girl named Carol Ann, a young lover who dies tragically in an unexpected, violent, car accident. Perhaps the car accident element, which shows up as a main theme in the second half of "Descension" is why Coheed left this one off? Interpretation: These are the words, from my Carol Ann The girl I broke in half Of her, I'm afraid there's nothing left No pieces to put back in place I was the monster The things that I did I regret, I dismiss Oh, it's a shame about Carol Ann And all she could have been She soared with such grace as her body sailed Through the windshield from the passenger seat I was the monster Through neglect I replaced her love For these lonely days These are Sirius' interpretation of what is happening: his soul is being invaded by a new entity, that of a young girl who died in a car accident, thrown through the windshield. He, Sirius, is also reflecting on how his own soul is trying to reject her's; someone who has suffered and hurt so much that they've become content with their labyrinth. First he dismisses what happened, and then he realizes his dismissal has changed her contentment with being dead into something else. Oh, she'll be forgotten... Oh, she'll be forgotten... A moment of grim honesty perhaps? That the greatest of personal tragedies, in the afterlife, is meaningless. However haunting and horrible what happened to Carol Ann was in life, no one knows who she is, or was, now. She will be, and is, forgotten. Her death no more meaningful than the next girls'. Young hearts belong, to a love that everybody wants But we can't have it all, so we take what little we can This is coming from the entity again now, she's again being honest about her existence in the Keywork. Pure, unadulterated love is something which both the living, and the dead, want, but cannot necessarily attain. When humans cannot, they cause grief; when the dead cannot, they take it from the living. Which is why the entities are digging into Sirius: he possesses love, and life, and all those things which they lack. Mother, did you see him coming; did you see him? Mother, did you see him sneaking through the back door? Stealing the time we wish we spent, but lost it all Mother, did you see him coming; did you see him? Mother, did you see him sneaking through the back door? This time, we'll reinforce the walls I'm not sure who "mother" is, but I believe that this addresses the other entities of the Keywork. Carol Ann is essentially saying: Did anyone see the living man come in? How could we have missed his entrance? Let's reinforce the door, this way he can't get out again. Don't turn the page, love It's words don't hold your fate But soon we'll become one And from their world you'll escape The final revelation: the entity wants Sirius' body, his vitality. It will take his body, and escape from the Keywork; free to live again. His fate is not set in stone, because while his individuality, his personality, will wander among the Keywork forever, his body will live; with a new soul in it. Through the walls of your heart I will tear you apart Through the walls of your heart I will tear you apart Through the walls! The entity is digging in, clawing its way into Sirus' body, his heart; his soul. It's going to remove his essence from his body and escape with it. This also gives new meaning to the opening lines of "Evagria: the Faithful" where Sirius says: "sinking warmth through obscurity," caught between "where you are (Evagria)" and "What you're doing (Carol Ann)" And that's my interpretation of what I like to think is "Key Entity Extraction IV: Carol Ann" |
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| The Receiving End Of Sirens – Intermission Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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We could be anywhere but here… We have tested The buoyancy of loyalty You left our lungs for canteen You left our ankles for anchors We thought your arms Were tied behind your back But elastic bands tied your hands You swim with reckless abandon Abandon ship! |
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| The Republic of Wolves – Greek Fire Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| You're welcome. There's some extra lyrics at the end of "Tanzih" as well. Unfortunately I can't quite make them out just yet. | |
| The Republic of Wolves – Grounded, I Am Traveling Light Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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So, we were living out our days In an old abandoned palisade Sweepin' chimney 'til our backs hurt And singin' 'til our throats were dry Scraping the red from every rusty nail Stitching the carpet's tails We kept our salty voices hushed You looked loveliest all dressed in dust I cleared the cobwebs while you slept Set a fire that we both regret You woke up coughing up a storm And we never made it out the door 'cause I, for one, was taking my time I think it's time you and I Should come home It's been three years And I can feel it in my bones If turning back means I am turning back alone Then I guess I'm on my own I'm on my own It was six-hundred degree We had nothing to protect our feet From the glowing embers hot under our soles Our burning bed of coal But that fever that we shared Wsn't nothing that we couln't bare Yeah, we just wrapped around each other And we sweat it out, our worst nightmare And that's when I was born In your arms during a firestorm We were perfectly in place We were filling up the empty place But you were tired of wasting your time Your spirit fled from All those bad ideas we bled I twisted up all of your words And I turned to brass While you were tearing down the past Now I'm trailing, I'm traveling light And losing my memories I think it's time you and I Should come home It's been three years And I can feel it in my bones If turning back means I am turning back alone Then I guess I'm on my own I'm on my own There you go man, nice job otherwise. |
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| The Republic of Wolves – Greek Fire Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The ending of this song is actually... (When you wash up, I will fold my hands) (And contemplate the ways) Through all that pitch and resin (To keep you in your place) You were somehow still breathing (To keep you in your place) But why have you been mourning (When you wash up, I will fold my hands) Ever since we fixed your head (And contemplate the ways) We're nothin' but receding figures (To keep you in your place) Robbing each other of our final thoughts (To keep you in your place) |
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| The Republic of Wolves – Oarsmen Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Thanks for offering your corrections. "I woke up sweating on the calming mountain wilds" "my granite heart will not forget what it once was" "a coffer full of your love that I couldn't bury" "we were unnerving earth before the first unsettled word fell" "they drew the devils out of secrets between your brow" After listening again, with your ideas in mind, that is what I got and have edited it so.Any idea on the ending screaming section? I have no idea. |
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| Coheed and Cambria – Elf Tower, New Mexico Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I'm going to guess no one looks at this song for lyrical interpretation anymore, but, here's my stab at it after siphoning down some of the noise/static to try and get his voice clearer. Before I really knew about Coheed and Cambria a friend of mine used to play this track, and the acoustic release of "Junesong Provision", so this has always been one of my favorites from them. It's a shame they never fit it back into the storyline. Anyway, here you all go, my stab at the words: Elf Power… New Mexico… Elf Power… New Mexico… Well, thank God you’re still angry at me I’ve got a better chance of seeing you Dead in the rain, yeah Thank her for this one last big mistake It’s your turn, come shoot for me If you win, well You can lead the way, yeah Midday subway into New Jersey Did you think… maybe I… Was doing quite well Without you in the frame Stay… I killed in defense Caught with a cold, you run up to her I’m giving you up, go on, find someone new ‘til then pretend You’ve touched me for your last I’m giving you up, go on, find someone new Dear Nikki, what What if I could have found a better half Here in New… Well, I merely came here, in Elf Power… New Mexico… Elf Tower… New Mexico… Stay here in our last standing Hourglass circumstance Devoted here in the midst of the wearied eyes Lost and buried here In your big surprise in the ground Will your fingers find my bag Familiar fit in the questions That I had to ask Did you think… maybe I… Was doing quite well Without you in the frame Stay… I killed in defense Caught with a cold, you run up to her I’m giving you up, go on, find someone new ‘til then pretend You’ve touched me for your last I’m giving you up, go on, find someone new Dear Nikki, what What if I could have found a better half Here in New… Well, I merely came here, in Elf Tower, New Mexico Oh, farewell, tonight You are run out of air Well, I’ll give my words in one lesson Dear God, before I heard That this is your intention Before I could have figured out Over and over, see Dear, there’s Coheed and then Cambria An innocent merger Absence makes the heart grow fonder Thank God they recovered Your body in New Mexico Three days it spoiled, love I miss you in every way You could have been dear Wish you were here Still in the frame Stay… I killed in defense Caught with a cold, you run up to her I’m giving you up, go on, find someone new ‘til then pretend You’ve touched me for your last I’m giving you up, go on, find someone new Dear Nikki, what What if I could have found a better half Here in New… Well, I merely came here, in Elf Tower, New Mexico |
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| Thursday – Time's Arrow Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Anyone else get all fancy like me and take Geoff's writing of the song literally? The song is actions played in reverse, culminating in the event occurring. So I popped the song into Audacity and played it backwards. Sure enough, the second half of the song has backing vocals and music that play forward when run backward. When played forward the lines "The slap got pulled right off of it We all fall back into bed again" are repeated numerous times backward. Anyone else notice this? |
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| The Republic of Wolves – Oarsmen Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I know several of these lyrics are wrong, so if anyone has any info on what is being screamed in the [?] lines I'll edit it. Also, some of the second verse doesn't sound right to me, but I can't make out everything they're saying during this part. Any corrections would be much appreciated. |
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| Coheed and Cambria – Far Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Anyone else catch the backmasked part of this one around 2:45ish? Claudio sings the chorus and then very lightly whispers the word "listen" before there's a weird electronica-sounding segment, then the song picks up again. I reversed it and he sings: Lord, we are damned, save us Not sure if it adds anything to the interpretations, but, thought people might like to know. |
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| Band of Horses – (Biding Time Is A) Boat To Row Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Here's my stab at what he's sayin' in this one: Dilly I, I never wanted you Sleeping out on the ground tonight Day now, now that I'm coming home Dilly, you got someone to answer to Fallin' out in our way Clothes are on Fallin' out and around Companions now Dilly I made up My mind long ago Shoulda known Shoulda known I shoulda known Dilly I, I never wanted to I'll tell, won't lie to you Dilly I, I ain't ashamed of you It's a pity I broke my fist in two Strung out no where Clothes are off Fuckin' around no where Close my eyes Dilly I made up My mind long ago Shoulda known Shoulda known I shoulda known Biding time is a boat to row That's you and I Shoulda known Shoulda known I shoulda known Dilly I made up My mind long ago Shoulda known Shoulda known I shoulda known Biding time is a boat to row That's you and I Shoulda known Shoulda known I shoulda known Dilly you, you've been called lazy boy Starin' out at bedroom walls Anytime you feel like comin' out I ain't too proud, ain't to proud To say hello |
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| Manchester Orchestra – Shake It Out Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I suspect that "make it clean" is the appropriate lyrics. But part of me wants to believe the line is: I can see, I can see Standing, we were seventeen Naked, clean Anyone else think so? |
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| Manchester Orchestra – Shake It Out (Acoustic) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Youtube - Andy Hull - Shake It Out - ZIA Records 2 performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsFxyYlTOY4&feature=related He doesn't have any of the lyrics wrong. The one off of "Fourteen Years of Excellence" is not acoustic, it is the alternate version. |
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| Modest Mouse – The Whale Song Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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There are three vocal portions to this song. Naturally, everyone can only ever seem to transcribe the first two. The original vocal track sings: I guess I am a scout, so I should find a way out So everyone can find a way out And I know I am a scout, and I should find a way out So everyone could find a way out I know I am a scout, I should've found a way out So everyone can find a way out The second vocal layer sings: They keep us in, to pull us out I'm rising up, wish I was sinking down And it's not like there was warning, we were happy And it's not like there was mourning in the warning Instead of seeing a neighbor out God, I wish I would've found a way out It's the last time we were happy, ever happy But there's a third "megaphone" voice, singing something else between these two. I can't make out all the words, but it sounds like he's singing something along the lines of: No one's going to find a way out No one get's out on the first try Anyone have a better time deciphering it then me? |
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| Modest Mouse – You'll See Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I don't gurantee complete accuracy, but I've sat down to listen to this song a lot. Here's the best I could get for what he's saying. I think they're incredible lyrics: ------ In the faces you see You’ll see, you’ll see You’ll see the place Where you’ll die And you’ll see where you want to be And every place you go You’ll see the faces Of the people you know And you’ll see, you’ll see You’ll fall in love and die On a place you know And our heart and souls You’ll rust, you’ll rust You’ll rust and sleep You’ll rust, you’ll rust You’ll rust and sleep In the places you go You’ll see you know You’ll see you know You’ll see you know You’ll see you know You’ll see you know You’ll see you owe your friend and You’ll see you are your friends and You’ll see you are the place that you live in You’ll see you know You’ll see you know You’ll see you know you are The friends that you met And you are; you’ll know, you know You’ll know you own, and you know You’ll know you are the place you live in And who you met, and I can You’ll see; you’ll see you’re getting’ nowhere You’ll see; you’ll see you’re nowhere You’ll see you are my army You’ll see you’ll know you knowing You’ll see when you die knowing On the last second of life, you’ll see well You’ll see you are your mother You’ll see you are your father You’ll see you are your friends You’re all the city you live in You’ll see you’ll need it You’ll see anything you want to You’ll see you are all the people Who you ever met and You’ll see you are all the people You loved the life you hate now You’ll see you’re all you needed I know where you end and you’ll see In the last seconds of your life You’ll see who you are They’ll show you how it works They’ll show you how it works And you’ll see You’ll see you’re all you needed You’ll see you know you got it You’ll see your family sitting down You’re ugly just like they were You’ll see where you need to be at You’ll see your grieving cousins You’ll see the things you wanted You’ll see you hate, not loved it You’ll see why you were going You’ll see why you were talking You’ll see why you were walking You’ll see why you were working You’ll see why you were thinking You’ll see why you went to see that movie You’ll see why you were listening You’ll see why you were takin’ that photo of me You’ll see why you were standing You’ll see why you were waiting You’ll see why you were Looking out at the trees and You’ll see you need a part-job You’ll see you are a part of You’ll see you are a part of all our cities You’ll see you were a wash-out You’ll see you blamed the wrong folks You’ll see you sat on your head You’ll see you mean to love and You’ll see you need to die and You’ll see it while you’re waiting You’ll pace around this building You’ll pace around this planet You drive around for hours You never take no showers You’ll take a million showers You’ll bleed your mother’s blood and You’ll bleed your own blood and You’ll breathe Napolean’s air You’ll see why you weren’t thinking You’ll see why you weren’t the only one You’ll see, you’ll see You’ll see, you’ll see |
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| Coheed and Cambria – The Black Rainbow Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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You were all that we needed To believe in our doubt The hurt we allowed We had sworn to believe them And scattered across Our memories found You were all that we needed To believe in our doubt The worst, I’m afraid The hurt we allowed We defined the lines and crossed Into a great unknown to read all The words we left out In all we are, we’re truly afraid In all we are, of the one thing we can make In all we are, we’re truly afraid Wishing one day we could be stronger It’s over, it’s over; it’s all coming apart While you were sleeping We were stealing your home It’s over, it’s over; it’s all coming apart Now I’ll never let this go, I say It’s over, it’s over; it’s all coming apart While you were sleeping We were stealing your home It’s over, it’s over; it’s all coming apart Now I’ll never let this go, I say It’s over, it’s over; it’s all coming apart (coming apart, coming apart) While you were sleeping We were stealing your home It’s over, it’s over; no more, truly no more It’s over, it’s over; coming apart You know, you know, you know (it get’s too garbled for me to make out individual lines anymore after this) |
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| The Republic of Wolves – Wood/Bricks Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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| HRVRD – An End Weight Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The line you're unsure about is: I keep cool like a fool with a stitched mouth |
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| Archers of Loaf – Dead Red Eyes Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Dead, red eyes - flickering half bright Went on for a ride in slick silk They were onto my circumstantial slide Blow by blow, chip off shell and bone Trip and talked around it Could not fall through a crowd of Careful lies busting open wide Sensible, fact or fable Watched us fall from your favor Since you knew too much about it Dressed in wax, you lit the town in Candle light, flickering half bright Well, I held it in my hands And now it's gone, gone, gone Saw it with my own two eyes, just pass me by Took a walk, through a town of half-stoned Cold, bound and gagging Joke, by joke, they spot erase you Heard their news, but it did not phase you One little bit, not one little bit So I meet you by the light of main street Stranded ghosts where I've been waiting Kill it fifty times or more Before I'm through, I'll kill it fifty times more Just to bring it back to life And bust it open wide again Well, I held it in my hands And nwo it's gone, gone, gone Blinded by the neon in your dead, red eyes |
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| Mansions – All Eyes On You Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Anyone know what he's singing in the backing vocals during the chorus? There's 3 lines and I can't figure them out. | |
| Manchester Orchestra – Where Have You Been Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The lyrics on this one change all the time. Here's a combo of some live versions, the studio, and acoustic performances of the song. Make what you will of it: ** [studio version] ** They call holidays an option for a reason And I heard you're coming back to life just for the Fourth Well, I've been catching all your ghosts for every season And I pray to God you won't come back here anymore Do you pray with Him too? Well, they should deliver all my blessings In small, brown, paper handbags near the porch Oh, I wished I'd known that you were bleeding While I sat and watched you reading with the Lord You know, I read with Him too 'cause when you look at me I'll be digesting your legs 'cause I can hardly see what's in front of me These days, and those days too I've got to take what I'm making And turn it into something I've got to take what I'm making And turn it into something for you I've got to break what I'm making And turn it into nothing I've got to break what I'm making And turn it into nothing for you 'cause when you look at me I'll be digesting your legs 'cause I can hardly see what's in front of me These days, and those days too If they call holidays an option, it's pretentious So I'll deliver all my presents for the Christians With those lions a'comin', oh, they're comin' Those lions a'comin', oh, they're comin' ** [studio version] ** ** [Coachella Festival 04/27/2008] ** And this is the price I pay I'm not ashamed of the guns I'll take to push You away This is the fashion-conscience religion about You And this is the price I pay I'm not ashamed of the guns it takes to push You away This is the fashion of conscience, religion Oh God, it's true This is the price I pay I'm not ashamed of the guns it'll take to push You away This is the fashion-conscience religion, or is it true? This is the price I pay I'm not ashamed of the guns it'll take to push You away This is the fashion-conscience religion Oh God it's... This is the price I pay I'm not ashamed of the guns it'll take to push You away This is the fashion-conscience religion This is the price I pay I'm not ashamed of the guns it'll take to push You away This is the fashion-conscience religion Oh God, it's true ** [Coachella Festival 04/27/2008] ** ** [The END 11/09/2007] ** God, where have You been? God, my God, where have You been? And God, where have You been? And God, God, my God, where have You been? And God, my God, where have You been? And God, my God, my God, where exactly have You been? Child, my child, where have you been? And God, my God, my God, where exactly have we been? ** [The END 11/09/2007] ** ** [House of Bricks 12/02/2008] ** And I woke alone for an hour or so 'til you began to fill the room with Your Holy Ghost Just because I did not see the man that I was being It doesn't mean I won't ever see You I don't mind if you arrive soon I wouldn't mind hearing from you 'cause I sit nights, wondering bedside Not sad, or even happy, just kind of mixed up And I hope that you still love me The way I love you And I hope that you still need me The way I murdered you And I hope that you still eat me The way I ate you 'cause in the end we're just dogs Through and through 'cause in this moment I am alive again And now I need You all the time 'cause in the moment I was finally alive again ** [House of Bricks 12/02/2008] ** |
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