| Frog Eyes – Bushels Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Correct lyrics from the liner notes: oh when he stumbled to his wares he stumbled to his wares oh like a peddler who awoke in the fourth course of the night oh when he stumbled to his wares He said I'll sell you in the morning Though the night sails in the mourning with its Quotas and its Bales He called his sister, he called his brother He skipped his father, he scorned his mother He was what the Poor call the Maimed You don't dime dime dime dime, you don't stain, you don't eulogize dirt plains Though there's a colony in song. And though he had lots, lots to do He pulled the flies off of their wings To give the birch birch birch birch back his spring Oh, and though he had Lots to do, he pulled the flies off of their wings Oh to give the birch birch birch birch back his spring Oh with his ankle width and with his collar width And with the blessed forms of blessed bliss And the motorcade with the alter-cade With the steely men with the steely shades Dear I am proud of your gains. Oh with his ankle width and with his collar width And with the blessed forms of blessed bliss And the motorcade with the alter-cade With the steely men with the steely shades I am part of your gates. And though he had lots, lots to do He pulled the flies off of their wings To give the birch birch birch back his spring The wheat's got to last. London, you're cold, but the wheat's got to last. And when am I ever going to feel the sting of your sun? I was a singer and I sang in your home. |
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| David Bazan – In Stitches Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Yes, beautiful song, and ironic that, ownedcore, that he's speaking to "someone" he no longer believes in to tell him why, or at least how it's hurt him to lose his faith, and how angry he is at "god", even though he doesn't believe in him anymore. Pretty powerful stuff. | |
| David Bazan – Harmless Sparks Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is a stunningly beautiful song. I've had the album for a long time, but I never really listened to it carefully until I read a Bazan interview where he admitted that he now considers himself agnostic, which is a major change for a once faithful christian, and that the songs on the album are about his questioning of faith. In that light, I think the meaning of the song is rather obvious. The first verse is about what the other posters have said, that Catholic priests' vows of chastity are so unnatural that it led to the rampant child molestation inside the church, where they should have just been having "harmless sparks" (consensual sex with adults). The second verse seems to be about Bazan's personal questioning of faith, presumably in light of the child molestation scandals (since that's the first verse). In the song on the album, he actually sings in singular: Then a grown man might, be tempted to question his birthright In front of his kids and devout wife I interpret the song to be about Bazan questioning his faith because of the scandals, and the other "millions of small holes" in the logic of religion. His "birthright," also used in "Curse Your Branches," is about the religion he was born into, which he is now questioning, even in front of his kids and wife (who remains devout, in Bazan's real life). And he says once he started questioning, the doubt began, and spread through him like original sin. Just a beautiful song. |
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