Miles above your circumstance there's water on your mind
I've wrestled with convictions and I've settled with the tide
It's more or less uncertainty but still you play the game
A pedicure won't change the score, but all of this will fade

So low, better get on
Everything's stopped (down)
So slow, better get on
Everything's slowed (down)

So low, better get on
Everything's stopped (down)
So slow, better get on
Everything's slowed (down, down)

Take a bath with consecrated water from the shrine
And wash away the mud of all the miles you've left behind
Triplicates and wedding rings both lethal to obtain
So batten down the credit cards, the devil's in the den

So low, better get on,
Everything's stopped (down)
So slow, better get on
Everything's slowed (down)

So low, better get on
Everything's stopped (down)
So slow, better get on
Everything's slowed (down, down)

So low, better get on,
Everything's stopped (down)
So slow, better get on
Everything's slowed (down)

So low, better get on
Everything's stopped (down)
So slow, better get on
Everything's slowed (down, down)


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Transmissions From a Lonely Room Lyrics as written by Robert Emile Deleo Dean Deleo

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    I think it is about him sometimes feeling alone while dealing with his heroin addictions.

    sethynatoron September 19, 2004   Link
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    Amazing song, best on Shangri-La Dee Da in my opinion. Definitely seems to be Scott talking about facing his addiction and trying to put it in the past and move on. I would bet the "lonely room" he is referring to is being in jail...cuz he was locked up for awhile before this album came out.

    creedudeon April 21, 2010   Link
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    sounds like scott could have been dealing with alienation with his bandmates and the time this was written

    STPJUNKIE55on May 30, 2010   Link
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    A pedicure won't change the score

    ^^ trippy line

    supernaut45on June 01, 2010   Link
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    not many people know this song apparently... its a good song so i dont know why

    thewho9001on June 01, 2010   Link
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    only five comments for the best song on shangri la dee da? damn... this song is so groovy and love that intro

    StonedPilot69on June 03, 2010   Link
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    what??? i expected more comments here... the best off of shangri la dee da for sure... this song is the trippiest song they ever did.... even more trippy than anything they did on tiny music

    grungedude44on June 04, 2010   Link
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    song sounds like an acid trip

    miceandmenon June 07, 2010   Link
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    how can you not love that intro?

    roamingsidewayson June 13, 2010   Link
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    how can you not love that intro?

    roamingsidewayson June 13, 2010   Link

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