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Conquering Fools Lyrics
I set out on the voyage of the conquering fools,
Lookin' for the gold and the modern day jewels
It come to pass what was stuck in my head,
If I didn't quit on looking that I'd probably be dead
I hit the road and I rolled up north,
lookin for the origin, the place of my birth,
I didn't notice when I ran a red sign,
hopin' that everything would really be fine
Well people come and people go
but they never know what is going on
So they gotta try to be what they wanna be
What the hell is happenin' to me?
I hit the road and I rolled up north,
lookin for the origin, the place of my birth,
I didn't notice when I ran a red sign,
hopin' that everything would really be fine
Well I set out about an hour ago
Lookin for my gold and I'm sayin a-oh
And I went down lookin for that big that big baby big brass show
So I, I went and then I started to go
Walkin down that same old same old road
Thinkin to myself it's quite a struggle
What am I going to do tomorrow?
I'm gonna find my gold
And conquer me some fools, yeah
A long, long time ago
I found myself looking for fools
And what I did not let myself know
Is that these fools were inside my mind
I loved to do right all the time
But I found there are times when I loved to do so wrong
And I know that the fools are at the bottom of it all
When no substance can control you
You done conquered that fool
And when that alcohol can not own you
You done conquered that fool
And when no one person runs you
You must conquer that fool
And when you're learnin in books everything you need to know
Well you can conquer them fools
You can conquer them fools that's right
Ya'll don't have to go
Lookin' for the gold and the modern day jewels
It come to pass what was stuck in my head,
If I didn't quit on looking that I'd probably be dead
lookin for the origin, the place of my birth,
I didn't notice when I ran a red sign,
hopin' that everything would really be fine
but they never know what is going on
So they gotta try to be what they wanna be
What the hell is happenin' to me?
lookin for the origin, the place of my birth,
I didn't notice when I ran a red sign,
hopin' that everything would really be fine
Lookin for my gold and I'm sayin a-oh
And I went down lookin for that big that big baby big brass show
So I, I went and then I started to go
Walkin down that same old same old road
Thinkin to myself it's quite a struggle
What am I going to do tomorrow?
I'm gonna find my gold
And conquer me some fools, yeah
I found myself looking for fools
And what I did not let myself know
Is that these fools were inside my mind
I loved to do right all the time
But I found there are times when I loved to do so wrong
And I know that the fools are at the bottom of it all
When no substance can control you
You done conquered that fool
And when that alcohol can not own you
You done conquered that fool
And when no one person runs you
You must conquer that fool
And when you're learnin in books everything you need to know
Well you can conquer them fools
You can conquer them fools that's right
Ya'll don't have to go
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don't really care what it means but it's an amazing song live...
i love this song too. well i love anythign these guys put out really. but this one i feel is about somebody going out searching for something. they dont even know themselves. and we all face things that we have to pass on our journey. things to conquor. alchohol, drugs, relationships--heh, education.
i agree with ya beautifulcow. He's trying to find himself beyond the drugs and alcohol and everything else that we feel represents ourselves when really it's not. Great great song, awesome live!
This is my favorite OAR song. I love it until the end part on this version, it's awesome live but i dont like how they added the last part. I like the message more on Risen. I think this is basically about a dude setting out on a voyage to find himself but he keeps looking in the wrong places (finding gold and jewels) and it makes it worse. Eventually he realizes who he really is and conquers the fools. I love the one verse about people coming and going, its so great cause he says how people dont know whats going on and shit but then again he follows it up by say 'well what the hell its happened to me.' just a great way of looking at both sides before you judge people. i love the way this dude thinks.
my bad im high i mean on wanderer
This is a great song, and it really picks me up and gives me hope when all seems lost. I agree with most everyones idea about the song. I feel its about conquering all the foolish, childish things of our youth and finding yourself as an adult through the test of time against all these "fools". I really like the feeling of the song and the message it sends to all those who hear it.
I'm a tournament poker player, and this song is a battle anthem for me—fools representing my table opponents.
Fools are coming at me all day long. When I win that tournament, I can say I conquered them fools.