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Running Joke Lyrics
When I was a little boy I looked under the stairs
The king and the pawns were caught unawares
Standing in the shadows
A whisperer to be
Just fishing in the darkness
Oh, possibilities.
Just look, at you now
Yeaaaaah
Look at you now
Yeah
Ooooh
Look at you now
Among such style and grace,
Our highest hopes.
Long standing still,
The running joke.
Where goes the warm embrace? It fades
Without return, prepares to slip through fingertips and burn.
Just look at you now
Oooooooh
Look at you now
Ooooooh
Look at you now
Ooooooh
Look at you now
The king and the pawns were caught unawares
Standing in the shadows
A whisperer to be
Just fishing in the darkness
Oh, possibilities.
Just look, at you now
Yeaaaaah
Look at you now
Yeah
Ooooh
Look at you now
Our highest hopes.
Long standing still,
The running joke.
Where goes the warm embrace? It fades
Without return, prepares to slip through fingertips and burn.
Just look at you now
Oooooooh
Look at you now
Ooooooh
Look at you now
Ooooooh
Look at you now
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Anybody here listen to a band called Murder By Death? I know Josh Homme is really fond of having guest artists on the QOTSA albums, and it really sounds to me like MBD's singer on this track.
im not 100% sure, but i think homme sings "were caught unawares" instead of "on the wires", althought unawares is incorrect grammar =3 also i think it's "Of possibilities", not "Oh the possibilities", but i could be wrong. Great song by the by!
Is it just me, or do the Horns at the end of "Long, Slow Goodbye" sound like they would synch up exactly with the end of this song?
bicycle runaway, I believe that the horns at the end of LSGb are meant to synch with this song.
Another correction, I think anyway; The line 'None standing still, a running joke' I think is actually 'Long Standing, still the running joke'. Firstly it is definitely 'the' not 'a' and then I think it's 'long' instead of 'none', it's just how he sings it isn't that easily decipherable. It makes far more sense for it to be the 'long standing running joke'. I think the second verse is about being ambitious and being mocked for aiming so high and the 'effect without return' is you never achieving what you set out to no matter how hard you try, then your hopes and opportunity slipping through your fingers as you get old.
oooooohhhh LONG standing. nice catch, i think that works
oooooohhhh LONG standing. nice catch, i think that works
Yeah, this really does sound kind of like the guy from Murder By Death, but I'm pretty sure its just Josh Homme's voice compressed a little.
hate to say it, but it seems he happen to witness an older man molesting male children. hence he is the "whisperer to be".. his standing still (in my opinion) refers to his arrested sexual development, as he wasn't certain what exactly he was seeing or whether he was excluded deliberately...
just another view... don't beat me up too badly
Domino_p is right. Its "were caught unawares". Why is the song so short? I dont demand long songs, but when they are this good it should be longer.