Neutral Milk Hotel – Circle of Friends

General CommentThis song is so good, it's definitely one of Jeff's more underated songs.

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  @eyelinerislife

General CommentThis song is amazing. According to Jeff, it's about all the sh*ty moments between friends sometimes.

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  @wingedfeetxc

General CommentTotal agreeance here. Jeffery Mangum astounds me. The lyrics are wrong however. they're fine until the third verse. It isn't "But i will secure myself in blue, and get this disease that you embrace". The correct lyrics are, "But I will secure myself and *blow*, *against* this disease that you embrace"... its been a pleasure.

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  @ideulogy

General Commentnot to be a dick, but you totally stopped trying to get the lyrics right starting somewhere in the middle. haha. at the end of verse three its "embrace, and waste away."... As for the fourth verse, "empty artics flow"???... "empty hearts explode". or eyes. could be eyes. THANKS. ha.

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  @ideulogy

General CommentIdeulogy is definitely right. The ly4rics above make no sense, and it pisses me off. We should be able to change these, dammit. (It is almost certainly 'hearts' by the way).

Also, there are some small-but-obvious things that are wrong; you leave out 'and' a lot, which is fine, but then why include it in the second verse? Also, it's "some things YOU can't know". Sorry if I sound pedantic, but on the other hand I'd get pissed if I read lyrics to 'All Along HIS Watchtower', or 'I WAS The Walrus' - different words shape meaning

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  @sammy_mendel

General CommentThe lyrics are a lot easier to pick out if you're listening through headphones. =P
I hadn't noticed a few of these mistakes until recently.. but yeah, the last three posters are right, as far as I can tell. Full complete lyrics, as far as I have them. Corrections welcome:

Greet all your friends and they say hello
They tie all your ends until they tie
Yourself in again into something whole
Something secure and lost inside
And climb
Away…

All of the forces we uphold
And all of the dangers we escape
You wonder sometimes how long we’ll hold
Till all of this anger shows its way
Embrace...

Away…
I'm okay…
I'm okay…
I'm okay…

There are just some things you can't know
There are just some things you can't face
But I will secure myself and blow
Against this disease that you embrace
And waste
Away…

And beginning again takes so much time
And all of your friends come to watch you go
And as your machine pulls from the drive
You watch as their empty eyes [hearts?] explode
And blow
Away…
Away…
I'm okay…
I'm okay…

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  @PureSophist

General CommentI think PureSophist has it right. As for the line you "You watch as their empty eyes [hearts?] explode," I'm pretty positive it is 'hearts.'

Jeff says on the recording that it's about sh*tty moments between friends. So, yeah, basically what everyone else said.

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  @t3mpus_fugit

General CommentWhere can I listen to this song?

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  @GetInspired
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  The only recording is in his old "Beauty" demo. They're all on youtube if you can't find a download.

  Flag Geekmuffinon September 28, 2012