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Spinning Away Lyrics
Uppon a hill, as the day dissolves
With my pencil turning moments into life
One by one (one by one), all the stars appears (all the stars appears)
As the great winds of the planet spiral in
Spinning away (Spinning away), like the night sky
In the million insect storm, the constellations form
On a hill, under the raven sky
I have no idea exactly where I been
Some kind of change
Some kind of spinning away
With every single line, moving further out in time
Spinning away, like the night sky (some kind of spinning away)
I have no idea exactly where I been (in the stars in the stars in the stars in the stars)
Im here (stars stars stars)
Im there (stars stars)
Im here (stars stars stars)
Im there
Some kind of spinning away
I'm here
I'm there (some kind of spinning away)
I'm here
I'm there
I'm here
I'm there (some kind of spinning away)
I'm here
I'm there
I'm here
I'm there
I'm here
I'm there
With my pencil turning moments into life
One by one (one by one), all the stars appears (all the stars appears)
As the great winds of the planet spiral in
In the million insect storm, the constellations form
I have no idea exactly where I been
Some kind of change
Some kind of spinning away
With every single line, moving further out in time
I have no idea exactly where I been (in the stars in the stars in the stars in the stars)
Im here (stars stars stars)
Im there (stars stars)
Im here (stars stars stars)
Im there
I'm there (some kind of spinning away)
I'm here
I'm there
I'm here
I'm there (some kind of spinning away)
I'm here
I'm there
I'm here
I'm there
I'm here
I'm there
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I've never heard the Sugar Ray version, but here's my comments on the original Eno version:
As i was listening to this song for the billionth time, it suddenly dawned on me what the hell Eno is singing about: what it must have felt like to Vincent van Gogh as he painted his stunning “The Starry Night”. If you don’t know the painting, google it--you won’t be disappointed. The stars in the night sky are swirling in such a stylized manner they end up resembling the yin/yang symbol. It was painted shortly before he offed himself, while living in an insane asylum. Clearly, he had lost all interest in rendering reality in any kind of objective sense, but his ability to manifest his inner reality reached its peak in this painting. My fav part of the song is that Eno captures the passage of time within the song: in the first verse, the sun is setting, leaving the sky violet; in the second verse, the stars appear one by one; by the third verse, Vincent now is reflecting on his finished painting, as he stands under a black (raven-colored) sky. Eno’s biggest clue to this song’s meaning is that it takes place in Arles, where Vincent lived his final years. For me, Eno’s choice of subject matter is especially fitting since his lyrics tend to be Impressionistic, like Vincent’s paintings. An extraordinary painting, an extraordinary song.
@evolved1 The Sugar Ray version oddly drops the reference to Arles.
@evolved1 The Sugar Ray version oddly drops the reference to Arles.
this song is a cover tune from The Beach Soundtrack. the original is by Brian Eno i think? anyway there is 2 versions of this song, one is on the soundtrack and the other is an exclusive to the film itself; as its a remix by Angelo Badalmenti and William Orbit...but that remix is nowhere to be found.
This is one of the most amazing songs ever, maybe just because it reminds me of the Beach which is such an amazing movie. This song is just so beautiful and free to me. I adore it.
A raver("raven/r sky") pumped full of drugs gets lost at a festival, stumbling through the intense scene.
You hold something for a moment and then that moment is gone and you realise that the moment was all you had...