| Veruca Salt – Number One Blind Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| "It is time, it is time, it is time, oh, oh" is a tribute to the Pixies. The lyrics and melody of the line are directly from the album Bossanova's "Stormy Weather" | |
| Panda Bear – Slow Motion Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Last one, I promise... My latest hearing of the last lyric is: "It's counting. I'll be sure it counts." Glad I'm just commenting on my own comment and not bothering anyone else! |
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| Panda Bear – Slow Motion Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Two more things, maybe now I'm hearing, "it counts through how we show it counts." And that's different enough to make me wonder if any of the above is correct! And sometimes it sounds like he's saying, "it's counts [???] you slow it down" on the live bootlegs. | |
| Panda Bear – Slow Motion Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Correction: I think the "say what" lyric above in the middle of the song is a phantom made up of the "s" on "counts" and the "what" of "what counts." Nevermind about that. | |
| Panda Bear – Slow Motion Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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My draft of the lyrics as I currently hear them. I used both the studio version and the Dublin bootleg, but erred with the studio version if I heard differences. This is being labeled as a "lyric correction," but assuming I have gotten the lyrics mostly correct here the song is a pretty clear statement against people who just spout cliches, aphorisms, and maxims (the first four lines, plus the idea that everyone knows what "they" say). It's is saying that if you really believe in something you should show it with action ("step up" and "it counts in how you show it counts"), not words. Only action gives your opinion meaning. Here you go: So they say practice makes you perfect So they say you can't teach an old dog So they say have an apple a day So they say better safe than sorry Everyone knows what they say... And when I slow it down it's clear just how it's what they don't say that's what counts... Deep down... Deep down (what counts) Deep down (what counts & say what)... Step up, step up, step up, step up Step out, step out, step out, step out So they say practice makes you perfect So they say you can't teach an old dog So they say have an apple a day So they say better safe than sorry Everyone knows what they say... And when I slow it down it's clear just how it's what they don't say that's what counts it counts in how you show it counts... it counts, it counts i'm counting... it counts in how you show it counts... it counts, it counts i'm counting... |
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| Beirut – Elephant Gun Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Initially the narrator is talking about leaving his hometown, burying all his/her dreams there and getting out. Later, it turns out that s/he has indeed gone "far from home." In this context I imagine that the "elephant" crashing around the campsite at night are his regrets over his abandoned dreams and that he's calling on his fellow lost souls to pick up an elephant gun and kill their buried dreams (now that they've followed them). "Let the season(s) begin" is a call to end childhood fantasizing and kill off those dreams once and for all. |
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| Panda Bear – Bros Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The song is a dialogue (not necessarily literal, but could be) between two brothers, one older and one younger. I suppose it could be autobiographical but the general sentiments are vague and universal enough to be applicable to any sibling relationship. Older brother's statement: "hey man what's your problem" through" "but i know that i'm trying" Younger brother's response: "i know myself" through "i want to hold on to you for always" Change in POV made obvious by musical shift. |
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