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Melody Lyrics
She knows I can’t read
She knows I can’t write
But these are the letters from melody
Show me how to read
Show me how to write
These are the things you can do for me
These are the things you can do for me
These are the things you can do for me
Why did you kill that poor old man, melody
Why did you kill that poor old man, melody
She said, “He was never good to me”
She said, “He was never kind to me”
Tell me how she was dressed that day, my melody
Don’t show me how she touched her face, my melody
She said, “I would never do it again. Give me another chance.”
I said, “Why didn’t you come to me? Why didn’t you talk to me?”
She knows I can’t write
But these are the letters from melody
Show me how to read
Show me how to write
These are the things you can do for me
These are the things you can do for me
These are the things you can do for me
Why did you kill that poor old man, melody
She said, “He was never good to me”
She said, “He was never kind to me”
Don’t show me how she touched her face, my melody
She said, “I would never do it again. Give me another chance.”
I said, “Why didn’t you come to me? Why didn’t you talk to me?”
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corrected lyrics:
she said, "he was never good to me" she said, "he was never kind to me"
The dream-scenarios in these songs' lyrics don't always gel, for me. Here they really do. The descending scale melody also is lovely.
I love all their songs - but "Melody" is my favorite. Here the autobiography (the accident at the face of poor singer Makino) and the surreal are beautifully intertwined. Check also the videoclip: it's a sophisticate little jewel which visually resembles old Scopitone movies and it's packed full of metaphors on the themes of appearance and identity. Probably my favorite musical video ever.
This song makes my type on my keyboard.
Intense, yet lovely.
My favorite of these songs.
This was my favorite song when I was in the 9th grade, that was so long ago...
@zombiewakeup okay so I'm in 9th grade now and this song is my favorite too Reading your comment felt strange in a good way like I was meeting a version of myself from the future and I don’t really know why but something makes me want you to hear this song again Maybe it’s silly, but it feels important somehow. important enough to just make an account and reply to this hehe
@zombiewakeup okay so I'm in 9th grade now and this song is my favorite too Reading your comment felt strange in a good way like I was meeting a version of myself from the future and I don’t really know why but something makes me want you to hear this song again Maybe it’s silly, but it feels important somehow. important enough to just make an account and reply to this hehe
It paints the scene of a person standing in their kitchen staring at letters from their recently-jailed loved one, who out of the clear blue sky had apparently been struggling with something serious enough to murder someone over. But there was no indication of any problem at all up until to the arrest and subsequent trial.
And it's just baffling to that person standing in that kitchen that nothing seemed unusual or out of the ordinary, that Melody never seemed bothered or mentioned this huge issue in her life (old man being unkind) at all prior to or after killing him. If there was such a significant issue, and apparently there was, how did you not sense anything at all was wrong? Who is this person if she can keep such significant things from you without a pause? Who are you in a relationship with?