This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Too late
Yeah baby it's too late
And time has made the spell obey
And now it's time to desecrate
But we had a dream
And it was meant to be
And we were kissing gods
Against all the odds
Now it's a crying shame
And it's a crying shame
You don't know who to blame
We'll never be the same
And it's a crying shame
Too much
And we demolished too much
And yeah we really fucked it up
And yeah baby you've lost your touch
But we had a dream
And it was meant to be
And we were kissing gods
Against all the odds
Now it's a crying shame
And it's a crying shame
You don't know who to blame
We'll never be the same
And it's a crying shame
And it's a crying shame
Yeah baby it's too late
And time has made the spell obey
And now it's time to desecrate
But we had a dream
And it was meant to be
And we were kissing gods
Against all the odds
Now it's a crying shame
And it's a crying shame
You don't know who to blame
We'll never be the same
And it's a crying shame
Too much
And we demolished too much
And yeah we really fucked it up
And yeah baby you've lost your touch
But we had a dream
And it was meant to be
And we were kissing gods
Against all the odds
Now it's a crying shame
And it's a crying shame
You don't know who to blame
We'll never be the same
And it's a crying shame
And it's a crying shame
Lyrics submitted by Diarrhoea
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first chorus is 'made the spell abate' but apart from that it's all good =]=]
It's simply about a good relationship which got fucked up because the woman pushed things too far: "yeah baby you've lost your touch" And yes, Muse B-sides are AWSOME!!!!!!!
Heh, "Crying shame" must be an idiom, it's a way of saying something's a really great shame, but I think it sounds quite ironic in this song myself. Shame as in disappointment, I'm pretty sure.
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I love it! "too late, your bid is too late, when you’re cut to the tear, " means something big! Probly a relationship or cormmand?
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I can't wait until they record a studio version!
the correct lyrics are:
Too late Yeah baby it's too late And time has made the spell obey And now it's time to desecrate
But we had a dream And it was meant to be And we were kissing gods Against all the odds
Now it's a crying shame And it's a crying shame You don't know who to blame We'll never be the same And it's a crying shame
Too much And we demolished too much And yeah we really fucked it up And yeah baby you've lost your touch
But we had a dream And it was meant to be And we were kissing gods Against all the odds
Now it's a crying shame And it's a crying shame You don't know who to blame We'll never be the same And it's a crying shame And it's a crying shame
what a falsetto at the end, so amazing how he can do that
This song is about how his relationship is ending and how they messed up somewhere along the lines of it and now things are different.