Fischerspooner

Emerge

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Hi
Huh-i
Hyper
Hyper-media-ocrity
You dont need to
Emerge from nothing
You dont need to
Tear away
You dont need to
Tear away
Feels good
Looks good
Sounds good
Looks good
Feels good too
Feels good too
(Uh-huh thats right)
Feels good too
(Uh-huh thats right)
You dont need to
Emerge from nothing
You dont need to
Tear away
You dont need to
Emerge from nothing
You dont need to
Tear away
(Uh huh thats right)
(Uh huh thats right)
You dont need to
Emerge from nothing
You dont need to
Tear away
You dont need to
Emerge from nothing
You dont need to
Tear away
You dont need to
Emerge from nothing
You dont need to
Tear away
You dont need to
Emerge from nothing
You dont need to
Tear away
[Modem noise]: Look alive!
You dont need to
Emerge from nothing
You dont need to
Tear away
[repeat chorus until fadeout]

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polynotre On Sep 16, 2002

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2002-09-16 11:58:35

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by FuriousSwan

19y ago

If you were a buddhist you would understand this, It is about the emptiness and how you have emerged from it when you were born. All existence is suffering, so buddha was trying to say the same thing that this song. That you don't have to emerge from nothingness, in fact you never left it. You don't exist and life is just a dream. To see dream as reality is to suffer, to see dream as a dream is freedom. You don't have to emerge from nothingness and suffer - that is what it says. But people are to afraid of nothingness as it was their enemy. Ha! what a tragic mistake...

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by tamtimestwo 13y ago

The beauty of the song lies within the fact that so many interpretations can surface from reading the lyrics. "You don't need to emerge from nothing, you don't need to tear away" can be interpreted in many ways... to define it limits it... just be you, have your interpretations and embrace them. There is no right or wrong until you define it, so embrace this reality and respect others experience of it but at the same time don't let others hold a magnet to your inner compass that guides your direction.

by Glittersnipe

19y ago

When I first heard this great song I thought it was an argument against people who try to prove the existence of God by saying "You can't have something emerge from nothing." Well, you don't have to emerge from nothing, right?

However now I think the song is just about mediocrity. You can be mediocre and it still feels pretty good. PRETT-AY, PRETT-AY, PRETT-AY, pretty good.

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by joobacca 16y ago

dangit, now I want to watch Curb your Enthusiasm...ftw

by zzzfilesk1

3y ago

During their Coachella concert in 2003, Casey Spooner specifically says during the intro "This isn't for you, and this is not for me. This is for the little Us's across the land, that don't know where to go, that don't know what to do, that don't like to play football, that aren't girl scouts and have nowhere to turn. Let's fuck it up together! Let's fuck it up!" For this reason, here is the song should be taken in the context of an anthem for a person feeling mediocre in society:

'Hyper-mediocrity' = of moderate quality / not very good / average
'You don't need to emerge from nothing / You don't need to tear away.' = Advice to not feel over-pressured to fit in or be successful. Then advice on not needing to resent society, go into isolate or go off the deep end.
'Feels good, looks good, sounds good' = The state of being when you follow the advice and gain contentment with yourself.

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by enjoisway

23y ago

This song is great. I don't know if the lyrics really have anything to do with how I feel, I think it's more about the ambient noise and then that bounce noise. But anyways this song makes me feel like jumping up and making out. I like the beginning when he's like "Hi"

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by xx.

23y ago

its sad that is the only song that they have on here, cause the rest of the cd is better. check out the dvd that comes with the cd...its quite insane.