| Dance Gavin Dance – Doom & Gloom Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| This seems like one of the more coherent songs DGD has put out on any of their albums. It's pretty clear that it's about someone who is set in their ways, emotionally, but they're still haunted by the past failures they've had in relationships. It's a voluntary torture they're doing to themselves, though, since they are in isolation and "prepping for the ghost" (mistakes) that will haunt them as long as they are this way. Absolutely amazing. | |
| Dance Gavin Dance – Demo Team Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Will Swan said in an interview this was supposed to make fun of all the other "post-hardcore" bands, especially on Rise Records, that autotune and add unnecessary breakdowns to all their music. He also said it almost got left off the album, but it made DGD laugh too much for them to not put it on. For what's supposed to just be a short shitshow of them trying not to sound like themselves, I really love it. |
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| Dance Gavin Dance – Uneasy Hearts Weigh the Most (feat. Nic Newsham) Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Jonny wasn't in the band for this album. It was Kurt Travis, and they had Nic Newsham as a guest vocalist for this song. | |
| Dance Gavin Dance – Turn Off the Lights, I'm Watching Back to the Future Pt. II Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| The best end to a DGD album yet. This song alone makes me glad that Tillian is in the band now. | |
| Dance Gavin Dance – Honey Revenge Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| While the lyrics seem to represent the idea of rape and the processes that lead up to it, it could also be seen through the Robot's eyes. With the Robot being someone whose feelings were not innate, and who did not have someone to teach it the right way to go about things, this seems to make sense to me. | |
| Hands Like Houses – Lion Skin Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Through months and months of listening to this and the other two HLH singles, I've come to realize that their songs romanticize everything. This song is about insomnia, interpreted in a very imaginative way. "Sleeplessness is for the restless." "The lights are out, but I walk these halls the way I've walked before." "Cast the sheep out of your mind, count the wolves and we'll sleep tonight." Basically, it describes how he goes from having too many things going through his head and not wanting to be restless, to practically being scared into sleep by how different things are than usual. If that makes any sense? Instead of going to sleep in peace, he goes in fear, and I think it all ties in to all of the restlessness and creativity that illustrates the rest of the setting. |
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| The Dear Hunter – Fall and Flee Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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We all become memories after having gone. Dancing in the light flickering behind their eyes. / I’m hoping it’s showing my heart never stopped growing. I’ll take comfort in knowing... / ... this melody has never been sung with these words. / We come and then we go. Goodbye. Our hopes will tend to fall and flee awry. / Trying to make the most even after we all know we’re giving up the ghost. A final glow before we burn. Goodbye. |
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| The Dear Hunter – Too Late Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Pages burn on a porcelain plate. The smoke fills the air as if all along it was our fate that brought you and I near. Green shag carpets damp from last nights beer. You signed your glass with a kiss. The scent of lipstick everywhere. Now it rests on a water stained chair. And the last remaining pieces of you... / Dirty on the ground, and nothing left to be found between us. Struggling to relive those moments lost. / You lost a bet when you met me dear, but I thought I’d won the lottery. The smell of smoke still in the air. Last night proved how wrong I’d be. / Lost and dead on the ground with nothing left to be found between us. Breathing in one last breath as I inhale the scent of you. / Stale cigarettes and red wine residue. A haunting suggestion of you on the tip of my tongue. | |
| The Dear Hunter – Too Late Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Pages burn on a porcelain plate. The smoke fills the air as if all along it was our fate that brought you and I near. Green shag carpets damp from last nights beer. You signed your glass with a kiss. The scent of lipstick everywhere. Now it rests on a water stained chair. And the last remaining pieces of you... / Dirty on the ground, and nothing left to be found between us. Struggling to relive those moments lost. / You lost a bet when you met me dear, but I thought I’d won the lottery. The smell of smoke still in the air. Last night proved how wrong I’d be. / Lost and dead on the ground with nothing left to be found between us. Breathing in one last breath as I inhale the scent of you. / Stale cigarettes and red wine residue. A haunting suggestion of you on the tip of my tongue. | |
| The Dear Hunter – Mandala (Indigo) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I lost my place in the world; It left me behind. Now my soul is unbound and my mind is free to roam around and around. / Thoughts drip down to words on a page scrawled in a foreign tongue. Circles tending towards the center lead you back to none. You can cry, you can beg, you can plead, you can pray... / Y ou may doubt it, a pathetic, but you never had control. You saw what you wanted, but the rest was terrible. Pull back the curtain and reveal the guilty, so the veil can be lifted. The well will overflow. / You’ve been here before. You’ve seen it all, but you’re conscience won’t recall. And your eyes are barely wide enough to recognize what your heart keeps giving up. / And someday it might win if your mind’s giving in. Just try to lose yourself; do your best ‘til then. | |
| The Dear Hunter – What Time Taught Us Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Love you crawl. It’s all coming back now, but the thing of it is that it never really was. Intuition never suited so I kept it outside. / Be alive, ‘cause nothing lasts for good, or like you thought it would. Nothing’s as it seems, or what you thought it’d be. | |
| The Dear Hunter – The Inheritance Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Mouths to feed wont sleep till he arrives, so he brings his work home. Late nights waste away plotting a plan. Tracing the steps he needs to take till he says, / “My job is done. You’re old enough, it’s time to leave this home and go on your own. I know it’s hard, but it’s not my problem anymore. Not anymore” / Eyes closed children rest unaware, so he keeps their lights dim. Angels hold their tongues up above with a scowl shaking their fists when he says... / “We had our run, now you’re old enough to go run down your track, so don’t look back. I know it’s hard but it’s not my problem anymore. Not anymore.” | |
| The Dear Hunter – But There's Wolves? Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Wide smiles baring teeth can’t fake what’s underneath cause I don’t want to waste any time. You’ve got crooked speak. Broke words from suffering but I don’t mean to make any lies. / I’m not waiting here. Ankles bound to cinders watch them burn. / You’ve got rare appeal with conscience atrophied ‘cause you don’t need to waste any time. I’m not the kind to wait, model to instigate but always end up towing the line. / In just a moment we can let it all decay, or we can step out into the sun. Don’t shutter, own it, or you’ll find out a ny moment that you’ve lost it all before its begun. |
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| The Dear Hunter – Stuck On A Wire Out On A Fence Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I’m standing still staring at the sun fashioning ends of oblivion, but its just a common misconception. I’m screaming in but I’m silent out. My best to suss what I’m all about. Leaving breadcrumbs back to central station. / Stuck on a wire, and out on a fence. Putting it up to second chance. Suffering through the common sense. Losing it all to gain it back. / I’m coming in, but I’m leaving out everything you get on about. Speak in tongues seducing fabrication. I’m throwing curse like I’m throwing stones, and checking sins that I can’t atone. | |
| The Dear Hunter – Echo Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Swaying back and forth, drunk, looking for more. / Pressing my tongue to my teeth, no sound. / Skin begin to crawl. Stomach start to fall. / Feeling my lungs quicken pace and blood begin to run. / Echo a name in the night. Bodies alone battle cry. Are we in love, or did we cross the line. Maybe we’re passing time one on one. |
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| The Dear Hunter – We've Got A Score To Settle Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Calm down, you won’t gain any ground if youre shaking from head to toe. And if you’d wake up you’d be weary to lie ‘cause discerning eyes will know. Your words carry the weight of the world, and they’re waiting for that shoe to drop. So you sit down, you give in, and they get up, then they yelled. / Someone’s got blood on their hands. With a stone cold glare and a crooked grin. You know exactly what we’re saying when we say “Forget about truth and consequence we’ve got a way to deal with this.” / And if you’re good maybe they’ll be light on you. Long as you dance just like they want you to. Just shelter that look in your eyes and think about staying alive. Sit down, give in, when they get up and they yell. |
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| The Dear Hunter – We've Got A Score To Settle Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Calm down, you won’t gain any ground if youre shaking from head to toe. And if you’d wake up you’d be weary to lie ‘cause discerning eyes will know. Your words carry the weight of the world, and they’re waiting for that shoe to drop. So you sit down, you give in, and they get up, then they yelled. / Someone’s got blood on their hands. With a stone cold glare and a crooked grin. You know exactly what we’re saying when we say “Forget about truth and consequence we’ve got a way to deal with this.” / And if you’re good maybe they’ll be light on you. Long as you dance just like they want you to. Just shelter that look in your eyes and think about staying alive. Sit down, give in, when they get up and they yell. |
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| The Dear Hunter – A Curse Of Cynicism Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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It’s a curse in a cycle of misbelief, and it keeps on ha ppening. A tradition, a trail of deceit. I never stopped and questioned ,”Why is it so damned hard to find anyone who can get behind such a simple plot?” Keep your eye on the prize. / Think what you want. Believe what you think. Know what you believe ‘cause its all misconceived. I asked you for nothing. Nothing but , ”Why?”. “Because” isn’t answer, it’s just a reply. / It’s a cure. A disciple of belief and it keeps you here with me, and it keeps on happening. And I never meant to kill the prize like an unreliable fire. Anyone can get behind, ”keep your eye on the prize.” / I am cynical. It’s a curse. / I am cynical. I’ve got nothing you want. Take everything. Don’t leave anything. Hollow me. Take the core. Leave nothing at all. I’m cynical. Nothing left. |
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| The Dear Hunter – Take More Than You Need Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Torn away from the one thing I can rely on. Beaten down to the core. Just as long as there’s enough to go around. / Take more than you need. Take enough to hollow me out. / You give, and you give, and you give till there’s nothing left to give just a hole and the sin of the charitable. I’ve been around long enough to remember why I don’t give anymore. / Now wave goodbye and pray for piece of mind. |
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| The Dear Hunter – Filth and Squalor Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Somewhere there’s a choice being made, for the mass by the will of a broken few. Guided by the hand of the guilty. Praised as a cure for a curse. When really this is all catastrophic, and we’re tethered to the hull of a sinking ship, scratching for a breath at the surface, praying for the ropes to slip. / I always knew that the damned would inherit the earth. As soon as they learned to speak we would be suffering. Sucking on the scraps of the wicked wealth, we were bound by need to vicious villainy. / Tear it down, start again, erasing every trace so stale scars can mend. Then we will sing,”The way things used to be”. / I always knew that the damned would inherit the earth. As soon as they learned to breed we would be suf fering. Choking on the scr aps of the wic ked wealth. We we’re bound by need to vicious villa iny. |
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| The Dear Hunter – Never Forgive, Never Forget Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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i've got the full digital booklet pulled up now. all your stuff is literally one or two words away everytime haha. i'll start posting em. Man, you’ve got a cold dark heart, and it burns with a guilty smoke. You tell me ‘just give in’, and ‘you’ve got nothing to lose’, and I guess I would never know. But I was damned from the very start and bound by crooked plan, then I was left for dead with my head to the ground and my hands behind my back. / Oh, you want to watch me crash? You want to see me burn? Just enough to fall apart, and then, you want to see me crawl? You need to watch me beg and lose it all. / Is it easier to take a hit than it is to throw the stone. Better blood on your face; better blood on the ground; well i guess that i’ll never know... / Cause its best not to give a shit, and to speak in a timid tone. Keep my tongue to my teeth; keep my ear to the g round and a blind eye to everyone. |
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| The Dear Hunter – Mr. Malum Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| i just looked it up on the digital booklet from itunes. it says "You had your chance, but you turned away again." twice and then "You turned your eyes away again." | |
| The Dear Hunter – Mr. Malum Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| i just looked it up on the digital booklet from itunes. it says "You had your chance, but you turned away again." twice and then "You turned your eyes away again." | |
| The Dear Hunter – A Curse Of Cynicism Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| i am too, just hearing what they're saying. great job for the most part though. | |
| The Dear Hunter – A Curse Of Cynicism Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"misbelief" not "disbelief" in the first line. the verse aftre the first verse is actually: "Think what you want, believe what you think. And know what you believe, 'cause it's all misconceived. I asked you for nothing, nothing but "why?". Because isn't an answer, it's just a reply." the next part's line where it says something other than "How can i rely that anyone can get behind", i'm just not sure exactly what is said. |
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| The Dear Hunter – But There's Wolves? Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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if i'm hearing it right, it's "ankles", not "echos" bound to cinders and "toeing" not "towing" the line. also it's "In just a moment we can let it all decay", not "collided and decay". |
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| The Dear Hunter – Mr. Malum Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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there are a couple of corrections with this. instead of "His trials pessimist, but he's no less content. When the world rolls in the grip of his hands" it is "He's triumph's pessimist, but he's no less content. With the world in the grip of his hands". instead of "Say we can warn him to help you" it is "Say we don't want him to have it all". the first "pawns" in the next line should be "puppets". that's all that i can find, besides a couple of the to's needing to be too's. |
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| The Dear Hunter – Misplaced Devotion (Yellow) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| pretty straightforward, just looking into one end of a love triangle of sorts. guy wants girl, girl already has guy, original guy doesn't care. well done though, this song reminds me a lot of Mumford & Sons. | |
| Alexisonfire – Dog's Blood Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| i think his saying that was geared more toward actually selling the album. there really wasn't as much spirit in OC/YC as Crisis. like you said, a few good tracks like Midnight Regulations and (in my opinion) The Northern stood out, but it wasn't that great. artists have to advertise for themselves to make sure their fan base is even still there. labels not only encourage it but sometimes force it to happen. not saying anything against the powers that be over AOF, but that's just how business operates. i agree wholeheartedly though, it's great to see some of their roots again. | |
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