Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
withered rope you hang what's empty
can't remain to put it
simply in time cry the
hollow words to sing with false disguise
smothered hope fly from sorrow for a new divine tomorrow
i just don't want to know anymore
life shifts up and down everybody knows it's wrong
why don't you care? now do it seem fair?
it's not in the rhyme or reason
so it goes with every season
crawl to top fall through bottom
first hand love is really rotten
slice of life find what's plenty
inch towards a sanctuary
light with me inside the womb
i know everyone everybody knows it's me
it's my voice, my voice cries out obscenity
sightless eye regard my past sometimes it should
i just don't want to know anymore
can't remain to put it
simply in time cry the
hollow words to sing with false disguise
smothered hope fly from sorrow for a new divine tomorrow
i just don't want to know anymore
life shifts up and down everybody knows it's wrong
why don't you care? now do it seem fair?
it's not in the rhyme or reason
so it goes with every season
crawl to top fall through bottom
first hand love is really rotten
slice of life find what's plenty
inch towards a sanctuary
light with me inside the womb
i know everyone everybody knows it's me
it's my voice, my voice cries out obscenity
sightless eye regard my past sometimes it should
i just don't want to know anymore
Lyrics submitted by lastrites
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The way this song speaks to me🥺🥺when I sing it I feel like I relate
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In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
according to this one thing i read..its about his pet mouse hope that he smothered with a pillow when he was a kid
no ya see...it wasnt on purpose and thats why he wrote the song...he felt like shit....hence..life shifts up and down..everyone knows its wrong
This has to be their best song! Why cant mainstream music be this intellegent?
I just listened to David's Bowie "Stay" and noticed the intro and the riff is very similar to those of "Smothered Hope", but with a disco flavor. It's much more than just a coincidence. Does anyone know if is it explicitly an inspiration?
@Alieno I don't know it for a fact, but I do think it was an inspiration, yeah. After Bowie passed away this year, cEvin posted on Facebook that seeing him in concert in 1976 was a life-changing moment for him. That would have been the Station to Station tour, which indeed is the album Stay is from. Rest his soul, Bowie was a hugely syncretic artist who was always borrowing inspiration from other musicians in any genre and inspiring them in turn.
my best guess is that it's about suicide. losing all hope and killing yourself.
I really like this song (hell yeah Skinny Puppy). I think its about an outsider who commits suicide-and in many ways cuz they're unpopular
Omg - on purpose ?! Guess the pro-animal rights attitude was a later development.
now this too... is a song.