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Oh, Hello Lyrics
Didn't I know you, mystery man?
Strange as all new thoughts on impotence.
All I want are windows
It wouldn't be the first time.
Didn't I, didn't I know you?
Didn't I, didn't I know you, didn't I know you?
All along, all we've been given is the ugliest tidings.
All along, we've been a mess.
Now quick dilation is the only chance we have left.
A stranger's just someone that you've forgotten.
How will we know if we've met before or done this dance,
Mystery man?
Didn't I, didn't I know you?
Didn't I, didn't I know you, didn't I know you?
All along, all we've been given is the ugliest tidings.
All along, we've been a mess.
Now quick dilation is the only chance we have left.
Strange as all new thoughts on impotence.
It wouldn't be the first time.
Didn't I, didn't I know you, didn't I know you?
All along, all we've been given is the ugliest tidings.
All along, we've been a mess.
Now quick dilation is the only chance we have left.
How will we know if we've met before or done this dance,
Mystery man?
Didn't I, didn't I know you, didn't I know you?
All along, all we've been given is the ugliest tidings.
All along, we've been a mess.
Now quick dilation is the only chance we have left.
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wow thanks now I can finally sing along. Been hearing this, Glorious Nosebleed, and The Lottery incorrectly for the past 10-20 years
I may be crazy, but this seems like yet another reference to "Eternal Sunshine". It seems very much like how Clementine reacted to Joel after the 'memory wipe'. (Albeit a bit more polite.)
Anthony Green has commented that this song was written about the current lead singer of Saosin, Cove Reber. After Green had heard the new recording of his demo "I Can Tell... (There Was An Accident Here Earlier)" with Cove Reber on vocals, it felt like he was listening to the ghost of his former self -- since Reber's voice is very similar to Green's -- hence, "Didn't I know you?" and "A stranger's just someone that you've forgotten. How will we know if we've met before or done this dance, Mystery man?".
However, Green has also admitted that Juturna is indeed based on the plot and of "Enternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", but with his life in mind.
i have to go with what thebeard had commented, i heard that ant was pretty amazed how closely coves voice resembled his
but it does also sound like eternal sunshine for the spotless mind.
pretty fascinating
it could be from eternal sunshine. at the beginning joel and clementine are in a train and she wants to get tto know him. then she says "hi" and joel answers "oh, hello" ... "didn't i know you" is also from this scene. though it is also possible that it is from the scenes after the memory wipe.
"quick dialation is the only chance we have left" ??
"Quick dilation is the only chance we have left."
"Quick dilation is the only chance we have left."
Dilation means to make larger, and when you're talking about eyes, dilating the pupils is making them larger. Referring back to ESOTSM, I think what he's saying is that all we have left is this quick moment of time to see each other before we're gone from each other's lives forever.
Dilation means to make larger, and when you're talking about eyes, dilating the pupils is making them larger. Referring back to ESOTSM, I think what he's saying is that all we have left is this quick moment of time to see each other before we're gone from each other's lives forever.
"quick dialation is the only chance we have left""
that line makes me think of drugs...cause your eyes dilate when you do certain drugs...yaa so i dunno its' like what they depend on or something. i dunno.
I know it's a concept album, but I think it's based on if Anthony was Jim Carey in ESOSP. And how much the movie relates with real life, and how sometimes it would be easier just to wipe the person you love from your mind
"quick dialation is the only chance we have left"" defnitly makes me think or heroin or cocaine
its eternal sunshine. no question. if you havent seen the movie watch it, this will all click