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Five String Serenade Lyrics

This is my five string serenade
Beneath the water it played
And while I'm playing for you
It could be raining there too

This is my five string serenade
Beneath the water it played
And while I'm playing for you
It could raining there too

And on my easel I drew
While I was thinking of you
And on the roof of my head
In came my five string serenade

This is my five string serenade
Beneath the water it played
And while I'm playing for you
It might be raining there too

And on my easel I drew
While I was thinking of you
And on the roof of my head
In came my five string serenade

This is my five string serenade
Beneath the water it played
And though I'm playing for you
It might be raining there too

This is my five string serenade
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Copyright
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Spirit Music Group
Writer
Arthur Lee
Duration
4:21
Submitted by
numb On Jun 21, 2001
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Cover art for Five String Serenade lyrics by Mazzy Star

This is a GREAT song. I can't stress that enough. It's so tranquil, poetic, and haunting (in a good way). The violins are great too. The whole CD is just perfect to (and I know this sounds cheesy...) light candles to, write in a journal, take a bath, sleep, or as a friend of mine put it, have sex to.

Cover art for Five String Serenade lyrics by Mazzy Star

It's actually a cover of a song by Arthur Lee of the psychedelic rock band Love.

I would love to hear the original. I can not find it anywhere. Do you have any insight?

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Cover art for Five String Serenade lyrics by Mazzy Star

Hearing this song always paints a picture in my mind of an old brick apartment building, inhabited by your poetic, star eyed, free flowing types of lovely people. There are large open windows in a New Orleans type fashion, light rain fall, flowing shear white curtains gently blowing. People creating and painting and composing, lovely music from fellow artist drifting in through open windows.

Cover art for Five String Serenade lyrics by Mazzy Star

beautiful song, came on here to see if anyone shared my interpretation and it seems not. Quite clearly (to me), its a song about someone masturbating in the bath whilst thinking about his/her absent lover.

Cover art for Five String Serenade lyrics by Mazzy Star

Couldn't agree with you more, raechick, especially on the last bit....the lyrics are haunting in a way, but not so much that it scares you, just sort of sticks with you...Damn good!

Cover art for Five String Serenade lyrics by Mazzy Star

I agree with pikki mostly. It makes me think of really arty people I didn't want to be pretentious and say 'people like me' in a big airy building, particularly one big room, in the summer, late afternoon, with the windows wide open and people just really relaxed sat on big comfy chairs just living life for the best and unwinding to this song.

This is my favourite song to drive to in the summer! It's just amazing!

Cover art for Five String Serenade lyrics by Mazzy Star

any interpretations on this song? i cant quite follow

Cover art for Five String Serenade lyrics by Mazzy Star

maybe she broke one of the strings on her guitar and someone challenged her to make something beautiful regardless of her handicap...that's what I've always suspected =)

Cover art for Five String Serenade lyrics by Mazzy Star

“Beneath the water we play

Cover art for Five String Serenade lyrics by Mazzy Star

sexy sultry spooky yumminess