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I’m Sorry I Sang on Your Hands That Have Been in the Grave Lyrics
Carry on, carry on, carry on, ba-dum, ba-dum
Carry on, carry on, carry on, ba-dum, ba-dum
If you are a teacher I am a vessel, oh
So carry on, carry on, carry on, ba-dum, ba-dum
There are ones that lie
And ones that lie underground
The first ones lie;
The second one I lie about.
Carry on.
Think it’s a sign, where we’re shooting the sun? Ba-dum, da-dum
I put a flag where it didn’t belong, ba-dum, da-dum.
You got a heart and I got this big, big, lance
You’re a hunter; I’ll tend the gun, ba-dum, ba-dum.
No learned has seen the lakes
And I know your hands have
Been in the grave
You beat the path down;
Will you beat the path down?
I will follow the hunter and see what you take.
I don’t only want to swim with you;
I don’t only want to swim with you;
I don’t only want to swim, swim, swim
In the water that you claim or has claimed you.
I don’t really want to swim with you;
I don’t really want to swim with you;
I don’t really want to swim, swim, swim
In the water that you claim or has claimed you.
Da-da da-dum-dum…
Carry on…
I don’t really want to swim, swim, swim
In the water that you claim or has claimed you…
Carry on, carry on, carry on, ba-dum, ba-dum
If you are a teacher I am a vessel, oh
So carry on, carry on, carry on, ba-dum, ba-dum
And ones that lie underground
The first ones lie;
The second one I lie about.
Carry on.
I put a flag where it didn’t belong, ba-dum, da-dum.
You got a heart and I got this big, big, lance
You’re a hunter; I’ll tend the gun, ba-dum, ba-dum.
And I know your hands have
Been in the grave
You beat the path down;
Will you beat the path down?
I will follow the hunter and see what you take.
I don’t only want to swim with you;
I don’t only want to swim, swim, swim
In the water that you claim or has claimed you.
I don’t really want to swim with you;
I don’t really want to swim with you;
I don’t really want to swim, swim, swim
In the water that you claim or has claimed you.
Carry on…
In the water that you claim or has claimed you…
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i think there are a few discrepencies but i'm not sure The first ones lie; = The first one's mine;
Think it’s a sign, where we’re shooting the sun? = Think I sang where I shouldn't have sung
I’ll tend the gun = I will put down the gun
anyway i think this song is about burying your sins and then getting baptized
It sounds to me like he says, "if you are a teacher, I am a hustler"
I agree with softdelicious' discrepencies. That vessel/hustler line is really hard to make out, but i like vessel given the context
I'm also hearing:
You got a heart and I got these big, big words
I will follow behind you and see what you take
and i think it's "I don't really want to swim with you" every time.
what the hell is this about!!
I kinda think it's about someone that he follows around, doing whatever they tell him to. And what they do isn't exactly right, I think, and he doesn't agree with them but he goes along anyways. Maybe now he's trying to get out? But don't listen to be. I'm probably way wrong.
^ don't listen to me*
Possible correction: I think that
There are ones that lie And ones that lie underground The first ones lie; The second one I lie about.
Should actually be
There are ones that lie And ones that lie underground The first one's mine; The second one I lie about.
The difference being "the first one's mine." I can't remember where I read it, but somebody had said very matter-of-factly that this was a song about somebody being murdered. If that's the case, my corrected line makes sense. Those that lie would be "mine" (his), meaning he lies. The second one I lie about would be those that lie underground -- the person he killed. He lies about it.
no amount of words can describe how much I love this song. I believe it is "the first one's mine" along with everyone else, and there are a lot of mistakes in these lyrics. the murder idea is a very interesting idea. it makes sense.
I sense murder.
"I put a flag where it didn’t belong"
trying to claim someone/something??
"No learned has seen the lakes" = You know the land and you've seen the lakes I would think?