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I go out in public now more than you might think,
But only after several drinks
That's how I remember.
Then if I see any girl I've ever met before,
I run like hell for the door
That's how I remember.
Memory records selected shorts and interpretations,
Then later plays them back as gospel fact.
That's how I remember
That's how I remember
With one eye open,
You can focus like a camera on
Whomever you are capturing.
Without exception I prefer it as a way to document
The objects of my interest
Red and yellow, black and white
Are precious in his eyes
But who he roots for in a fight
That's how I remember
So everytime I find a girl
Beaten, gagged, and bound,
I let her go and write it down
That's how I remember
That's how I remember
But only after several drinks
I run like hell for the door
Then later plays them back as gospel fact.
That's how I remember
You can focus like a camera on
Whomever you are capturing.
Without exception I prefer it as a way to document
The objects of my interest
Are precious in his eyes
But who he roots for in a fight
Beaten, gagged, and bound,
I let her go and write it down
That's how I remember
Song Info
Submitted by
thewalrusami On Jul 23, 2006
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Yaaaaaaaaay my first posted lyrics!
Anywho, this song is yet another example of Bazan's amazing ability to write songs and tell stories. I don't know if there's any hidden meaning in here, but lines such as "then later plays them back as gospel fact" show the quality of lyrics that this man writes.
In the acoustic version of this song he says "but only after pills and drinks" instead of "several drinks". Just thought this was an interesting change, although it may have little to do with the song. this song is yet another testament of the mans genious songwriting.
He changes the lyrics in a lot of acoustic versions.
He is talking about his selective memory, especially when intoxicated, (you kinda remember talking to an attractive woman so in the morning you assume you were a stud) A camera lens only focuses on one part of what is happening, only one eye open. He focuses on what he wants to remember. The red yellow black white stanza refers to the way people might know what the Bible says about God loving everyone, but we still look at the world with an ethnocentric persepective (we must spread democracy because our way is better than everyone else's), we only absorb a limited part of the Bible and ignore some of the broad meanings(love God, love others as yourself).
He is talking about his selective memory, especially when intoxicated, (you kinda remember talking to an attractive woman so in the morning you assume you were a stud) A camera lens only focuses on one part of what is happening, only one eye open. He focuses on what he wants to remember. The red yellow black white stanza refers to the way people might know what the Bible says about God loving everyone, but we still look at the world with an ethnocentric persepective (we must spread democracy because our way is better than everyone else's), we only absorb a limited part of the Bible and ignore some of the broad meanings(love God, love others as yourself).
okay, okay.
but what about this creepy line :
"So everytime I find a girl Beaten, gagged, and bound, I let her go and write it down"
????
^^^^ an allusion to the old west, tied to the train tracks type thing. He writes his good deed down, that's all he remembers even though he may be doing terrible things at the same time.
Recently he has been using "pills and drinks" more than "several drinks"