Nothing At All Lyrics
I really like the line "Such a danger so we gotta slide, into the depths of the salt mine." Salt is often used to mean wit, so it happens to be a very witty line.
oh dear. i thought i had every shins song ever recorded! looks like i will be placing an order with subpop...
Just heard this one on Pandora. It's off the Phantom Limb single. Awesome song, proving once again that it's virtually impossible to make a bad song that has hand claps.
The chord progression, melody, and rhythm sounds identical to their cover of "We Will Become Silhouettes."
ENEP, i agree! i forgot that i downloaded this song and when i was letting the album play, i got to it and thought; "what the hell, shins. what the hell." it's disappointing. mostly because i love their cover of "we will become silhouettes" so much.
Just some lyric corrections.
"I see that you can finally see" is actually "You cut your eyes so you can finally see."
And in the chorus, is might be "flaw," but I hear
"There must be a fault in this fable, I Have to contend with you all night."
And as far as this song being disappointing goes, it's not. The chord progression does sound the see, which really isn't that hard considering it's probably written in the same key. The melody itself is not the same, perhaps the theme, but not the range. Perhaps this song was inspired by Silhouettes, it's not uncommon to manipulate the same tones and themes from a piece that inspired the piece being written.
The song in itself, especially with James' lyricism, is awesome.
yup, yup. Mattford, I think you're right on the lyric updates.
yup, yup. Mattford, I think you're right on the lyric updates.
Also... in the part originally missed and labeled [huh], I believe it's:
Also... in the part originally missed and labeled [huh], I believe it's:
"Your mom, she culled you all on T.V. and you could still hit a ball."
"Your mom, she culled you all on T.V. and you could still hit a ball."
Seems to me to be referring to someone's wasted childhood, but that the person in question is still alright. I love the use of the word "cull". It seems to imply that the person was ditched by mom. ah, so sad.
Seems to me to be referring to someone's wasted childhood, but that the person in question is still alright. I love the use of the word "cull". It seems to imply that the person was ditched by mom. ah, so sad.
As to how this relates to the rest of the song... I have no idea.
As to how this relates to the rest of the song... I have no idea.
This song, being probably a cull from Wincing the Night Away, fits into the whole theme of that album - the guy becoming disillusioned with life philosophies.
It's basically pretty self-explanatory, but I've no idea about some bits - what does the salt mine mean?
I first heard this and immediately thought of a book, i had read by the Dali lama, these lyrics sound like some Buddhist concepts . such as : "Well there's an ideal inside of me, That we're nothing at all."
Buddhists say that there is "no self", like you are nothing at all.
by realizing this you are free: 'There's nothing threatening controlling me, In fact there's nothing at all.'
the wheel is another idea, and a fairly common symbol plus death rebirth etc. like the cyclical existence carries on till you are a baby again: 'And still the wheel turning's all I'll be, It carries on til you crawl.'
another idea in Buddhism is that you have to overcome your desires for material things, because the are what controls you and makes you suffer: 'You want to put your trust in some solid thing, Yeah, its a drug to us all.'