Haiku Lyrics
A haiku for you
Some things I just can't do
Asian poetry
Or maybe it's just me
This haiku just right
All night for you alright
In the sauce we spilled
That never got refilled
of formulaic verse anyway
End rhymes are not my fort-
This haiku just right
All night for you alright
But you're hard to write down right
So I pen these trite attempts
At haikus for you tonight
La da daddum doo
Diddle dum doo la deedle
I wrote a haiku for you
Well I tried at least
And that's not so bad
I'm working here
Can that be said for you?
But you're hard to write down right
So I pen these trite attempts
At haikus for you tonight
They trip me up all night
I'm just trying to write for you
But you're hard to write down right
I love how he keeps failing at his haikus. Haikus should follow a 5/7/5 pattern. Look at the verses. The first one should be written like:
I / have / been / try/ing To / write / a / hai/ku / for / you Some / things / I / just / can't / DO
See the word "do"? It's a sixth syllable! And he can't get it right until he does the nonsense verse. That's so cool.
you're absolutely right!
you're absolutely right!
my favorite part is
my favorite part is
"I've never thought much of formulaic verse anyway and rhymes are not my fort-" <forte=strength, something someone is good at :) clever!
"I've never thought much of formulaic verse anyway and rhymes are not my fort-" <forte=strength, something someone is good at :) clever!
However, note to the editor Mr. BlackSPY407
However, note to the editor Mr. BlackSPY407
the song might make more sense if it were typed using the haiku formula
the song might make more sense if it were typed using the haiku formula
for instance
for instance
5 La / da / dee / did/dum 7 La / da / dad/dum / doo / did/dle 5 Dum / doo / la / dee/dle
5 La / da / dee / did/dum 7 La / da / dad/dum / doo / did/dle 5 Dum / doo / la / dee/dle
Please, do the song some justice! :)
Please, do the song some justice! :)
Hey, I'm just saying what it means. And that's the whole point. Other than that, there's no meaning. So there you go. No need to be rude.
I'm pretty sure it's "Maybe you're beyond ancient Asian poetry" rather than "big on."
cough Talk about point of the song...
in the beginning, in the background noise. there's a guy that says "I forgot it was called walled lake western" i love it.
anyways. i love this song, all their songs are so easy to sing along to, i love bands like this.
"I've never thought much of formulaic verse anyway and rhymes are not my fort-"
"I've never thought much of formulaic verse anyway and rhymes are not my fort-"
It's supposed to be "end rhymes are not my fort", and for the longest time I figured that he just didn't know how to pronounce forte, but then I saw the brilliance...
It's supposed to be "end rhymes are not my fort", and for the longest time I figured that he just didn't know how to pronounce forte, but then I saw the brilliance...
I don't think that you can say that that's the only point of the song. It would be more correct to say that it's the style of the song. It's a typical love song, basically stating that the person being sung about is too great or too complicated to express through words. The haiku format add a special touch to the song that makes it unique and interesting.
I feel the best verse is where he finally gets the syllable count correct for a haiku, but only by messing up the rhyme by singing "fort" instead of "forte". ????
It's too bad you didn't arrange the lyrics in haiku form like they're supposed to be.
yea..thats sorta the point of the song -_-