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So Strange I Remember You (Bootleg from PNC Arts Center) Lyrics
So strange I remember you in protest of a prayer,
and falling back from seas we fear to sail.
I swear I saw the shooter, gold teeth and a double dare,
Postmodern warnings seem inclined to fail.
Feigning an apology.
Those words they never left your lips.
Those 5 years in Bermuda slide by like the lights of passing ships,
So strange that I remember you,
knee deep in Nietzsche's lies
my throat was an open grave i drank your stained glass eyes
and they taste like dead cathedrals
that are crumbling beneath a weight, ten thousand jaded tourists
who've traded in their hearts and hands for
disposable cameras, set to document to decay,
set to capture just enough of life to catalogue the things we throw away.
(...breathing the fumes of our machines...)
We've lost our way.
(...breathing through television dreams...)
If we could only see us now.
If we could only see us now.
The words of the dead ring in our ears,
but its only a lie.
The voice in your head brings you to tears,
but you don't know why.
The words of the dead ring in our ears,
but its only a lie.
The voice in your head brings you to tears,
but its only a lie,
yes, its only a lie,
...isn't it?
and falling back from seas we fear to sail.
Postmodern warnings seem inclined to fail.
Those words they never left your lips.
Those 5 years in Bermuda slide by like the lights of passing ships,
So strange that I remember you,
knee deep in Nietzsche's lies
my throat was an open grave i drank your stained glass eyes
that are crumbling beneath a weight, ten thousand jaded tourists
who've traded in their hearts and hands for
disposable cameras, set to document to decay,
set to capture just enough of life to catalogue the things we throw away.
We've lost our way.
(...breathing through television dreams...)
If we could only see us now.
but its only a lie.
The voice in your head brings you to tears,
but you don't know why.
The words of the dead ring in our ears,
but its only a lie.
The voice in your head brings you to tears,
but its only a lie,
yes, its only a lie,
...isn't it?
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wow, rarely can a band redo a song and have it be so reminiscient of the orginial, yet different enough to hold your attention. This ver. is just as great as the original, i'd put it up on a level with Incubus' remake of a Certain Shade of Green into a funk version, which i also highly recommend, this CD overall is pretty kick ass, the live versions of thier songs i think add a new dimension to the lyrics, he sounds a little more personally attached to them
wow. i like this one better than the original. the emotion in his voice when he sings this is almost unbearable. i love it so much.
This version of the song compliments the lyrics MUCH better. The lyrics themselves are a true work of art, but things in this version like the organ bring the image of the 'dead cathedrals' into mind. I still never really figured out what the like about "five years in Bermuda" meant.
at the beginning of the song he deals with being lost and bermuda triangle is associated with mystery and being lost. i.e. he spent five years being lost.
at the beginning of the song he deals with being lost and bermuda triangle is associated with mystery and being lost. i.e. he spent five years being lost.
that's just my take. this song paints an amazing picture of how the church now is mostly regarded as something of the past that people just take pictures of and it doesn't really mean much anymore. i am a christian so don't take that the wrong way please. ha
that's just my take. this song paints an amazing picture of how the church now is mostly regarded as something of the past that people just take pictures of and it doesn't really mean much anymore. i am a christian so don't take that the wrong way please. ha
This version blows away the original in every way.