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Human Hands Lyrics
I've been talking to the wall and it's been answering me
Oh darling how I miss you
I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness
I crave the silhouette of your kiss
With only the blue light of the TV on
Lip reading threats and false alarms
There's a boy somewhere holding hands with himself
And a girl in a window on the Reeperbarn
Whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt
That it's you that I'm dreaming about
Do I have to draw you a diagram?
All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands
With the kings and queens of the dance hall craze
Checkmate in three moves in your heyday
But the girls don't listen to your line anymore
Now you're part of someone else
On the factory floor and you still say "Wheres the action?"
Now you manufacture happiness
And get sold on the cheap for someone's satisfaction
(chorus)
All you toy soldiers and scaremongers
Are you living in this world sometimes I wonder
In between saying you've seen too much and saying you've seen it all before
Tighter and tighter I hold you tightly
You know I love you more than slightly
Although I've never said it like this before
(chorus)
Oh darling how I miss you
I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness
I crave the silhouette of your kiss
With only the blue light of the TV on
Lip reading threats and false alarms
There's a boy somewhere holding hands with himself
And a girl in a window on the Reeperbarn
Whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt
That it's you that I'm dreaming about
Do I have to draw you a diagram?
All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands
Checkmate in three moves in your heyday
But the girls don't listen to your line anymore
Now you're part of someone else
Now you manufacture happiness
And get sold on the cheap for someone's satisfaction
Are you living in this world sometimes I wonder
In between saying you've seen too much and saying you've seen it all before
You know I love you more than slightly
Although I've never said it like this before
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This song is great (and from Dan in Real Life). This is basically a song about reassuring someone that, yes, they still like them. It's sort of a feel good song about that awkward phase of "I like you, you like me, but we aren't together-- yet. I hope we will be..."
You know?
hey,hotexcelsior, you are now no longer lonely
i like makin folk happy.
I LIKE PIE
Hahah, I wanna join too! And I prefer cake.
Love this song, btw.
For the last five years Elliott Smith has been the sole source of incredible, heart-breaking, thouht-provoking music. At long last he has a challenger in Sondre Lerche. While both of them have profoundly meaningful lyrics, touching sentiments and remarkable vocals, Sondre is a much more positive artists in that his hope appear to be justified - it really is just a matter of time before he finds the love he's looking for. With Smith each song is a painful journey into self-doubt and near-obsession, but one that is often worth taking if for no other reason than to find solace in shared sorrows. Sondre comes across as the more empassioned artists as a result of this difference, but both of them are telling the same incredible stories in their songs, albeit in very different ways.
I wonder if any of you have noticed this odd parrallel between Smith and Lerche?
great song. sondre lerche does a fab job, but you know it's an elvis costello song right?
couple corrections here:
i crave the celluloid of your kiss
...and a girl in the window on the Reaperbahn
checkmate in three moves and you're hated