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AKA M80 The Wolf Lyrics
Through crooked teeth and mouthed up ties
They spit you up river just like all those lions
That walked the banks
They said, "Paint me that river
And would you only use blues
Brilliant big black mouth and
Lengths of pines that route the river through
Through and through"
Fashion, fashion ballrooms of the leaves
We’d like to watch the ghosts dance
We’d like to watch the ghosts dance
"Paint me that arm
That lies directly over mountains
Where the glaciers climb so tall.
One absent of the scars passing boats and ships and oars
Tend to leave the veins will be the tributaries."
All the sounds of the ocean, the ocean.
Fashion, fashion ballrooms of the leaves
We’d like to watch the ghosts dance
We’d like to watch the ghosts dance
Fashion, fashion ballrooms of the leaves
We’d like to watch the ghosts dance
We’d like to watch the ghosts dance
I am but a man
But a proud, proud man
But a proud, proud man
Silver bells that line the way
Baited trails we’ll find you there
Silver bells that line the way
Baited trails we’ll find you there
I am but a man
But a proud, proud man
But a proud, proud man
you need to look at the title, its pretty much explaining itself: the song is about the helicopter hunting on wolves in Alaska. M80's are personal helicopters from whom rich people shoot the wolves. it's the bands complaint about this awful destruction of the beautiful nature.
i love this song so much, it's on of my favorite portugal. the man songs because of it's beauty and truth, i don't think it's about the music business though to me, it's about how a person is being told how to live their life and being restricted to "only use blues" it's an absolutely beautiful song that i just can't stop listening to
i agree totally. the whole thing of watching the ghosts dance could relate to how people let their creativity die and just conform to whatever will make them more money.
Yeah I agree with all of you guys and this song is awsome!!!
Howcome no one else seems to be posting....awel
they'll see, they'll all see one day these guys will be bigger than a whole country like porugal but small like one man......Portugal, the man.....
I dont think this song represents the relationship between record execs and artists. "Would you only use Blues" doesnt seem to be a demand, and rivers usually are blue. "Paint me that arm That lies directly over mountains" seems to be talking about the sky and theres no demand or suggestion on how to paint it. The way he delivers the lyrics give me the feeling hes asking someone to paint him a picture. but i cant detect the meaning. While i think most of you are wrong it is what you want it to be. To each his own.
For me, this song was always about environmentalism, about nature.
Actually I'm almost posotive this song is about a Ghost Ship from the early 1900s, There were ony about 6 survivors, & over 500 people on board. I don't remember the name of it it though. "They said, "Paint me that river And would you only use blues" - well all the passangers on that ship were blue bloods (people with old money), & most of the bodies were thrown over board & were found on the banks of a river, also "Fashion, fashion ballrooms of the leaves, We’d like to watch the ghosts dance" well I think that line is pretty self explainitory...
could be yes i agree with above. i like this project better than the other one. way more actually.
"paint me that river, and would you only use blues?"
Not only are they telling you what to create, but how to create it.
THe first verse i think is about the suits of the music businaz turning bands into all the other bands that have sold out their music before