In trouble with the dogs
Yapping like the trogs on that tape
Getting stepped on like a baby
Maybe slept too long
Is that so wrong?
So at sunrise we blew dawn
By lunch the storm had gone away
I didn't swim
But I watched the waves
While others stayed
Under for over an hour
While lovers hovered around my towel
We washed our mouths at the riverbed
When we noticed something glowing
And it was growing
Things are going to change
A hard rain falls made of magma
Melts Alaska
And in icy Argentine they say now I've seen it all
Who knew? Volcanoes!
In trouble with the gods
We did it our way, misbehaved
Where the sun shone, now it's gone
We've been waiting for so long
Now it's on.
And we thought that we would do ourselves in
Funny how things work out in the end
I never learned to swim
Now I'm wasted, I'm too old
Just hold on for as long as you can
I'm so afraid to die
We washed our mouths at the riverbed
When we noticed something glowing
And it was growing
Things are going to change
A hard rain falls made of magma
Melts Alaska
And in icy Argentine they say now I've seen it all
Who knew? Volcanoes!
The frogs, the frogs got it first
And the birds all knew it too
The worst was the worse smell on earth
Silver in snow
Silver in snow
Don't breathe
Don't breathe
Don't breathe
Don't breathe
We washed our mouths at the riverbed
When we noticed something glowing
And it was growing
Things are going to change
A hard rain falls made of magma
Melts Alaska
And in icy Argentine they say
Now I've seen it all
Who knew? Volcanoes!
Who knew? Volcanoes!
Yapping like the trogs on that tape
Getting stepped on like a baby
Maybe slept too long
Is that so wrong?
By lunch the storm had gone away
I didn't swim
But I watched the waves
While others stayed
Under for over an hour
While lovers hovered around my towel
When we noticed something glowing
And it was growing
Things are going to change
A hard rain falls made of magma
Melts Alaska
And in icy Argentine they say now I've seen it all
We did it our way, misbehaved
Where the sun shone, now it's gone
We've been waiting for so long
Now it's on.
And we thought that we would do ourselves in
Funny how things work out in the end
Now I'm wasted, I'm too old
Just hold on for as long as you can
I'm so afraid to die
When we noticed something glowing
And it was growing
Things are going to change
A hard rain falls made of magma
Melts Alaska
And in icy Argentine they say now I've seen it all
And the birds all knew it too
The worst was the worse smell on earth
Silver in snow
Silver in snow
Don't breathe
Don't breathe
Don't breathe
When we noticed something glowing
And it was growing
Things are going to change
A hard rain falls made of magma
Melts Alaska
And in icy Argentine they say
Now I've seen it all
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Corrections, from the liner notes:
a. so at sunrise we blew dawn by lunch the storm had gone away ... While lovers hovered around my towel
b. then we washed our mouths at the riverbed when we noticed something glowing and it was growing things are going to change a hard rain falls, made of magma
c. we did it our way, misbehaved ... they've* been waiting for so long ... and we thought that we should do ourselves in
d. then we washed our mouths at the riverbed ... and it was growing things are going to change a hard rain falls made of magma melts Alaska
e. Silver in snow Silver in snow
f. and* it was growing, things are going to change a hard rain falls, made of magma
This will always be one of the most beautiful songs written..I love the imagery and it's pretty damn self explanatory I would think.. We can get so caught up thinking we'll ruin the earth and then outta nowhere mother nature will just claim back what is hers in her ever changing landscape. Imagine thats how it ends?
Who knew? Volcanoes!
Best.
The intro to this song freaks me out.
i know ! i'm scared of 2007... but i love it.
I had just watched White Noise and when I heard the beginning of this song I was all, "OMG! AVP! Nooo!"
But I listened anyway. And I love it. Yay for Islands!
I just bought "return to the sea" the other week. It's so great, this is one of my favourites on the album! It's just too darn catchy though I've had it in my head all day!
i freaking love this cd.
spooky intro it sounds like the lyrics are pushing an idea of the world freakishly going into volcano destroy mode, but can that really be it?
its on the surface, but i dont know
I find the intro funny.
I think the song is just about people experiencing the end of the world, as described in the intro.