| Johnny Flynn – Sweet William (part 2) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Just some corrections... though, naturally they're pure guess... I thought the missing word is "swoon" .. "cried willie who swam in a room full of swoon" ... in some way it makes sense, some very off way... and later, "'it's not what i came for' cried will with disdain for the din and the clamour of CORSETS undone" ... and the shout vocals are "put it down" and then "pick it up." I also think it's "still the fiddle blithely sung" I'm not listening to the song right now, so everything could by entirely wrong... The first verse after the first shout vocal, I hear "no heed to desist .... who had seen all for naught." There's a few other questionable lines/words, but I've not thought as to what they could be... Thanks for posting everything. It helps immensely. |
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| Johnny Flynn – Amazon Love Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| also... "Samson's will is the fiend." Biblically, even after Samson's power was lost with his hair, be brought down the pillars and destroyed the Philistines. I think "will" makes sense... | |
| Johnny Flynn – Amazon Love Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I do think it's "the dusty prints of last year" ... as in photographs... Maybe not. | |
| Johnny Flynn – Barnacled Warship Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| also... and this is even more unsure... but I thought it might be "opened-up thoughts and a new religion burning through my head" | |
| Johnny Flynn – Barnacled Warship Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Could it be... "the water downtown gave me cold cold fingers" ...? | |
| Johnny Flynn – Howl Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| "with their principles binned to the courts of above." It is "a bomb," right? Am I wrong... | |
| Johnny Flynn – Howl Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| "courts of a bomb" definitely... other mistakes I don't know the truth. | |
| Johnny Flynn – Barnacled Warship Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| hmm... I thought it was "opened up the thoughts and a new religion" but I'm wrong rather often. .. | |
| Johnny Flynn – Churlish May Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I think it's "same" not "saying" | |
| Johnny Flynn – Been Listening Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I think it's "symphony sans right or wrong" ... and maybe "beer and wine" ... maybe not | |
| Johnny Flynn – Eyeless in Holloway Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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hmm... maybe it's about his dad. According to the other songs, his grandfather died when his father was around nine... And when a boy's dad dies, everything changes and he has to fill and do without roles other kids do not. |
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| Johnny Flynn – Eyeless in Holloway Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I wish I knew what this song was about... or at least had a stronger inkling... but I love the line "she is when and he is always how." It gives me the chills. Maybe it's about someone whose future has been decided for him at a young age, and he's trying to eschew from it. "Collared off at the modern age of nine, summoned up for walking down the line." The line is the expectations, but if the line is what's between the crooked dream and sinking sand, then it would make sense that it's the best way. But maybe that's the whole point... trying to find his own way, not one that's been laid out for him. The second verse... "filled his boots"... lived up to expectations... or rather chose for himself and performed adequately (since he filled his own boots rather than someone elses)...the whole verse seems whimsical and happy... like the man enjoyed himself... The third verse... "nothing left but walking down the line" ... sad but "what join the dots might be to walk the line" seems victorious... not staying on any straight and clear path, but trying different things... And it's also about a relationship,too. Hmm... I'm really at a loss... sorry for these fragmentary and sometimes contradictory thoughts. I'm trying to hash out the meaning. And not making much progress. I've been waiting for a few months hoping someone would put something up here... but since no one has, I decided I might as well... Does anyone know if there's any historical significance to the chorus and Holloway? |
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| Johnny Flynn – The Wrote and the Writ Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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IceIce... I never considered that the song was entirely about God. Maybe it's true (it's certainly sensible), but I think it is about a woman, too. What I love about it is how he takes two seemingly unrelated snapshots and intertwines them perfectly. Different facets of life intersecting into this gorgeous lament... Religion and love, each falling short in some aspect. This man's way with words is remarkable, some of the lines are so cutting yet so simple. He doesn't waste words. |
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| Mystery Jets – The Boy Who Ran Away Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Waterloo Sunset" is a song by the Kinks... I don't know if it has anything to do with this song, but it might. It's sort of the opposite of "The Boy Who Ran Away" "But I don't feel afraid. As long as I gaze at Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise. Waterloo sunset's fine." |
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