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Travel the seaside Michigan
Walk on the water with a friend
On the pretty waves

I've been a real bad family man
Sucking the white light Indians
On the mountain

But I'm gonna try
I'm gonna pave the way at night
Singing the gospel in my mind
Walking on blue waves, blue waves
Radiate and drive...all my life

Make me real life hurricane
Follow a straight line to the brink
On the good days

You've been a teenage runaway
Carry the people that you hate
In a suitcase

Well I'm gonna try
I'm gonna pave the way at night
Nothing but gospel in my mind
Walking on blue waves, blue waves
Radiate and drive...all my life

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madison5 On Sep 21, 2004

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Ophelia

Primitive (The Way I Treat You)

Heavy Lifting

Stay Where You Are

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2004-09-21 19:10:45

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by ThePython

21y ago

Something about this song reminds me of Beautiful Way by Beck. At least, the singing. And the slide guitar.

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by iwishiwas

21y ago

I love the part where he goes "blue waves"... bliss~

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by slacker7667

19y ago

I think that the lyricist is illustrating his hypothetical suicide. The first indication of this is that the opening verses depict someone who is depressed. He then lists his flaws and promises that he's going to "fix" everything he'd done wrong. Then, the actual verse where he theoretically completes the deed is the one that starts, "But I'm gonna try / I'm gonna pave the way at night..." It says that he's praying ("singing gospels") and then he sounds relieved when he says, "Walking on blue waves," he is "out of his misery."

I may be wrong on this, so if anyone has anything else: they might be right. This is just what I got out of it.

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