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Secret Knowledge of Backroads Lyrics
So you wanted it
price the sword
the ancient craft
i'm so bored with your ancient craft
your ancient laughs
and everyone is laughing at you
Sees it all there
Sees it behind him,
it's behind his southern mind
and it's so new
Haunted call
said to me,
"It's not as good as the first EP"
Beside himself on the shelf
off the blue
and into the grey
Sees it all there
Sees it behind him,
it's behind his southern mind
and it's so new
Kick the sand
Kick the can
Kick it in the face of another man
so you kick it up, it's out of town
I've never felt like I do now
But I know what I want
I know it's behind me
behind my western mind
and it's so new
it's so new.
price the sword
the ancient craft
i'm so bored with your ancient craft
your ancient laughs
and everyone is laughing at you
Sees it behind him,
it's behind his southern mind
and it's so new
said to me,
"It's not as good as the first EP"
Beside himself on the shelf
off the blue
and into the grey
Sees it behind him,
it's behind his southern mind
and it's so new
Kick the can
Kick it in the face of another man
so you kick it up, it's out of town
I've never felt like I do now
I know it's behind me
behind my western mind
and it's so new
it's so new.
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I tried to be as accurate as possible with these lyrics, but corrections are welcome. Really thought it deserved to be up here cos it's probably among the most beautiful songs pavement ever did, it's got a great melancholy quality to it. Lyrically it's standard cryptic SM, but it seems to allude to a musician who's success is all behind him and is on a downward spiral or something.
great little song moving at its own pace. personally i prefer the malk-assisted silver jews version from 'the arizona record' (a great e.p. all the way through from 'secret knowledge...' to the dolorous, clanging 'bar scene from star wars'. the lyrics differ significantly between the two, but either is great.
I think the first line is "so you wanted it/a priceless sword", given that the phrase "The Priceless Swords" appears on the artwork for Watery, Domestic.
And I believe the line in the second verse is "So Hunter called/he said to me" referring to someone critiquing their output who I reckon is the figure the song is mainly about, the gentleman with the southern mind ... There are versions of this song doing the rounds called "Hunter calls" ...
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great little song moving at its own pace. personally i prefer the malk-assisted silver jews version from 'the arizona record' (a great e.p. all the way through from 'secret knowledge...' to the dolorous, clanging 'bar scene from star wars'. the lyrics differ significantly between the two, but either is great.