This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
There once was a note, pure and easy
Playing so free like a breath rippling by
The note is eternal, I hear it, it sees me
Forever we blend it, forever we die
I listened and I heard music in a word
And words when you played your guitar
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering
And a child flew past me riding in a star
As people assemble
Civilization is trying to find a new way to die
But killing is really merely scene changer
All men are bored with other men's lies
I listened and I heard music in a word
And words when you played your guitar
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering
And a child flew past me riding in a star
Gas on the hillside, oil in the teacup
Watch all the chords of life lose their joy
Distortion becomes somehow pure in it's wildness
The note that began all can also destroy
We all know success, when we all find our own dreams
And our love is enough to knock down any walls
And the future's been seen as men try to realize
The simple secret of the note in us all, in us all
I listened and I heard music in a word
And words when you played your guitar
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering
And a child flew past me riding in a star
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
Playing so free like a breath rippling by
The note is eternal, I hear it, it sees me
Forever we blend it, forever we die
I listened and I heard music in a word
And words when you played your guitar
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering
And a child flew past me riding in a star
As people assemble
Civilization is trying to find a new way to die
But killing is really merely scene changer
All men are bored with other men's lies
I listened and I heard music in a word
And words when you played your guitar
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering
And a child flew past me riding in a star
Gas on the hillside, oil in the teacup
Watch all the chords of life lose their joy
Distortion becomes somehow pure in it's wildness
The note that began all can also destroy
We all know success, when we all find our own dreams
And our love is enough to knock down any walls
And the future's been seen as men try to realize
The simple secret of the note in us all, in us all
I listened and I heard music in a word
And words when you played your guitar
The noise that I was hearing was a million people cheering
And a child flew past me riding in a star
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
There once was a note, listen
Lyrics submitted by PJ10, edited by mrlucasbrice
Pure and Easy Lyrics as written by Peter Dennis Blandfor Townshend
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Abkco Music Inc.
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pete's pivitol point to the "lifehouse" project, of which he said was so simple and people still don't get and he never can seem to adequately explain.....anyway, this should have been on who's next but was dropped so entweistle could get in on the songwriting money. In any case, this has always been a favorite and was recorded in many different versions by townshend and the who, begining with "who came first" and "odds and sods" albums. I haven't the foggiest what he's talking about, it seems very abstract, but it did inspire me to write a theme about the note of the big bang (begining of the universe)...it was D, by the way...what can I say other than I'm from seattle originally
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If I ever feel miserable, it only takes one spin of "There once was a note, listen!" to bring me back up!
It's basically about music, the note that created and can also destroy everything. Hard to explain, simply because Pete never fully clarified any of the Lifehouse stuff.
like a breath rippling by: this line expresses why i love this song, so beautiful.
meaning: things pass, civilization changes, music remains.
Right on song. That "There once was a note, listen." part always got me. It's like your note paying attention to the song, and ...LISTEN!! It's like, "Oh ok! Sorry man." Or maybe, I sort of thought of it as Pete showing some of the band members his new song, and their not paying any attention so he's sing that part, "There once was a note (looks up) LISTEN!!!" Ha, that's totally wrong but you relate?
...not paying any attention
he's trying to relate god as music and that each of us is a note in the song of humankind...how once it was innocent and pure and over time it's become corrupted and distorted
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