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Only Talking Sense Lyrics
There's a wild thing in the woolshed
and it's keeping me awake at night
a devil in the closet
and a feeling I'd prefer to hide
he is religion
he won't hear me when I cry for help
he has a vision of me
but I am somebody else
we talk
there are times when I'm tied up to the fence
and I'm only talking sense
There's a mirror lake before me
but I'm frozen when it's time to jump
It's like, maybe I'm afraid of what I'll find
when independence comes
you steel my shadow
you make my blood run dry
we are true only when we talk the pillow
there are times when
I'm tied up to the fence
only talking sense
Did you suffer as a child
that's why you want to make me cry
you are afraid of me
that's why you're so unkind
you won't deny it
when your child is tied up to the fence
and I'm only talking sense
lonely when we talk the pillow
and your child is messed up in the head
I'm only talking sense.
and it's keeping me awake at night
a devil in the closet
and a feeling I'd prefer to hide
he is religion
he won't hear me when I cry for help
he has a vision of me
but I am somebody else
we talk
there are times when I'm tied up to the fence
and I'm only talking sense
but I'm frozen when it's time to jump
It's like, maybe I'm afraid of what I'll find
when independence comes
you steel my shadow
you make my blood run dry
we are true only when we talk the pillow
there are times when
I'm tied up to the fence
only talking sense
that's why you want to make me cry
you are afraid of me
that's why you're so unkind
you won't deny it
when your child is tied up to the fence
and I'm only talking sense
lonely when we talk the pillow
and your child is messed up in the head
I'm only talking sense.
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interlude On Mar 21, 2005
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great song by quality artists. this speaks very honestly to me on a deep level. the desolation, loneliness and helplessness of his situation is so compelling. i think its about being a contradiction and about a relationship he's going through with that he finds necessary, but there's a hidden despair in it. i could be completely wrong, please tell me what you think.
Neil and Tim have produced stunning songs together and this has to be one of the best.
For those not looking, this song will probably evade most as it is tucked away on a non-commercial brothers album of generally very experimental songs. What a shame.
Stunning, understated, deep, raw, musically brilliant and, as the last post said, honest.
It sounds to me like Neil is wrestling with voices from the past. They will always be a close part of him, but have perhaps damaged him in some way. This is a solemn self confession.
If you play guitar, tune 'G' down half a tone and work this one out using B minor (bar) and G minor (bar) shapes. It flows beautifully.
Perfection in every way.