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Green Grass of Tunnel Lyrics

Down from my ceiling
Drips gray noise.
It drips on my head through a hole in the roof.

Behind these two hills here
There's a pool.

And when I'm swimming in
through a tunnel
I shut my eyes.

Inside their cabin I make sounds
In through the tubes I send this noise.

Behind these two hills here
fall asleep.
And when I flood in green grass of tunnel...
It floods back.

Down from my ceiling
drips gray noise.

It drips on my head through a hole in the roof.

Behind these two hills here
there's a pool.
And when I'm swimming in
through a tunnel
I shut my eyes.
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To me this song is about how the beauty of a natural environment can transport you out of yourself to an amazing, surreal place. I had an experience like that while listening to this song once... on a classic eastern Sierra weekend, after a beautiful day of hiking, my girlfriend and I drove the dirt back roads up above Mono Lake, towards Parker Lake, and eventually stopped the car at the edge of a vast sagebrush meadow with the towering mountains above to the west and eerie , desolate Mono Lake and the desert below to the east, and we opened the car doors and breathed in the clean air and listened to this song as the sunset colors in the sky melted seamlessly into dusk. With every chord played on the organ the sky seemed more vast and I felt more a part of it. I will never forget that moment as long as I live.

wow that is truely awesome

Haha, that music is so trippy, you can trip just from hearing it apparently : D

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Love this noise.

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i could never explain how this song makes me feel.

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these are the correct lyrics.

Down from my ceiling Drips great noise It drips on my head through a hole in the roof

Behind these two hills here There's a pool

And when I'm swimming in Through a tunnel I shut my eyes

Inside the cabin I make sounds In through the tubes I send this noise

Behind these two hills here Fall asleep And when I float in green grass of tunnel It flows back

Down from my ceiling Drips great noise

It drips on my head through a hole in the roof

Behind these two hills here There's a pool And when I'm swimming in Through a tunnel.... I shut my eyes.

I shut my eyes

@sortilegus based on personal communication with the band, it's actually 'Down from my ceiling Drips gray noise', not 'great noise'.

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Absolutely incredible. I love this band.

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"this song provokes a plethora of emotional responses" NightNeverSleeps

you are dead on. It makes me feel almost to the point of goosebumps.

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pretty pretty. the kind of song that gives you a tingling feeling that goes from toe to the head and leaves you feeling happier

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This song is the epitome of serene

Cover art for Green Grass of Tunnel lyrics by Múm

this is a really, really nice song. the lyrics are a bit kooky and surreal but the song's so relaxing and pretty. i like the cute little tinkly sounds in the background.

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if you wanna talk about a beautiful, dreamy, trippy song that will make your mind wander into a dreamland of visual lucidity then this is it. absolutely mindblowing.

 
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