This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Now the lounge is full of farmers for the 7:30 draw
Teammates all left before they had to buy a round
When they pull the 50/50 and I've lost again, I'll go
Maybe have one more brown one for the snowy road
All the championship banners going yellow on the wall
And my name when it gets closer to last call
So Elvira brings my bottle, hold it up and let it bend
Figures of two rinks battling in extra ends
And I'm peeling off the label as they peel a corner guard
Dance down the sheet to the tune of "Hurry, Hurry Hard"
And my popcorn squeaks with the question, wonders why I'm not at home
Where you wait beside a silent telephone
Doodle circles within circles all alone
Have to stop myself from climbing on the table full of empties to yell
"Why, why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?"
"Why can't I ever stop where I want to stay?"
I slide right through the days, I'm always throwing hack weight
Right off, no never never ever ever
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never never never ever
Right off, no never ever never ever
Right off, no never never ever ever
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never never never ever
Right off, no never ever never ever
Now the senior Bonspiel winners circa 1963
Are all staring, glaring disapprovingly
From their frame in that old photograph
And I know you're out there waiting
For an answer, I can't give you
So tell me
"Why, why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?"
"Why can't I ever stop where I want to stay?"
We roll right through our years
We drift right through our months
I slide through our days
I'm always throwing hack weight
Right off, no never never ever ever
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never ever never ever
Right off
Teammates all left before they had to buy a round
When they pull the 50/50 and I've lost again, I'll go
Maybe have one more brown one for the snowy road
All the championship banners going yellow on the wall
And my name when it gets closer to last call
So Elvira brings my bottle, hold it up and let it bend
Figures of two rinks battling in extra ends
And I'm peeling off the label as they peel a corner guard
Dance down the sheet to the tune of "Hurry, Hurry Hard"
And my popcorn squeaks with the question, wonders why I'm not at home
Where you wait beside a silent telephone
Doodle circles within circles all alone
Have to stop myself from climbing on the table full of empties to yell
"Why, why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?"
"Why can't I ever stop where I want to stay?"
I slide right through the days, I'm always throwing hack weight
Right off, no never never ever ever
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never never never ever
Right off, no never ever never ever
Right off, no never never ever ever
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never never never ever
Right off, no never ever never ever
Now the senior Bonspiel winners circa 1963
Are all staring, glaring disapprovingly
From their frame in that old photograph
And I know you're out there waiting
For an answer, I can't give you
So tell me
"Why, why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?"
"Why can't I ever stop where I want to stay?"
We roll right through our years
We drift right through our months
I slide through our days
I'm always throwing hack weight
Right off, no never never ever ever
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never ever never ever
Right off
Lyrics submitted by Luke Hailey, edited by Auje
Tournament of Hearts Lyrics as written by Jason Tait John K Samson
Lyrics © MOTHERSHIP MUSIC PUBLISHING
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The Tournament of Hearts is the annual Canadian women's curling championship.
Most of the song is curling terminology/references: "extra end", "peel a corner guard", "sheet", "hack weight", "bonspiel", etc. Much of the rest uses curling metaphors to question a relationship and/or one's life:
Why can't I draw right up to what I want to say? Why can't I ever stop when I want to stay? We roll right through our years We drift right through our months We slide through our days And always throwing hack weight
The "Right off, no never ever" things is the skip yelling at the sweepers to stop sweeping
dance down the sheet to the tune of hurry hurry hard... must be the sweepers rushing to keep ahead of the stone, avoiding previous throws, sweeping hard, trying to save momentum.
player dawdling in the lounge, not wanting to face relationship issues. i can almost see those old banners & pictures, must be from bowling alley cafeterias here.
Gotta love the fact that they used the Canadian sport of curling to symbolise a failed relationship. Props for nationalistic symbolism
I am deeply impressed with this song. I love the double meanings. I guess curling must be much more in our (Canadian) culture than elsewhere because I just can't imagine not knowing what the phrase "hurry, hurry hard" means! It does make them brave to be singing a song that only a certain culture will really understand.
One line that hasn't been commented on: "Doodle circles within circles all alone"
Above the obvious meaning that he's doodling, I think the circles within circles is also a reference to the circles on the rink.
Best song ever written about curling.
Thanks Luke. That's cool of you to explain that stuff. I was thinking it was like the card game Hearts, which I didn't think made any sense at all. This explains a lot.
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Without some cursory knowledge of curling, you probably won't ever appreciate how good this sonf is
"hurry, hurry. hard" are commands the skip gives to the sweepers...too give the stone more weight (speed) by reducing the co-effcient of friction of the ice.
It's a "tune" because these commands are given verbally. ..
All Weakterthans fans who have never watched or who know little or nothing of curling should watch 30 minutes of so of it (find it on the Canadian Broadcast Network).
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"hurry, hurry. hard" are commands the skip gives to the sweepers...too give the stone more weight (speed) by reducing the co-effcient of friction of the ice.
It's a "tune" because these commands are given verbally. ..
CBC even used this song during broadcasting of the tournament. I think the band is actually in a curling club in MB.
their. T-H-E-R-E.