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Initiation (Lamacq Version) Lyrics
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N
I'll follow you home after every show
Perforated into tiny fragments
Heavy breathing's your new fan club
A John Handcock with the safety off after every show
And how this pedestal fits like glove
Such a pity I built no ladder from the roots and above
I'll be hacking off after every show
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N
(Initiation)
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N
(Initiation)
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N
(Initiation)
(Whoa!) What you doin'?
We outside never win
Parting contestants never seem to win (Initiation)
(Whoa!) What you doin'?
We outside never win
Parting contestants never seem to win (Initiation)
Watch you clap your hands by the stage
Lend me your ears, you're just another page
In the book that your friend signed yesterday
And when I told you not to bother to holler
Your telephone's the one that helped me wrap the cord around your neck
You know you're beautiful when you're dead
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N
(Initiation)
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N
(Initiation)
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N
(Initiation)
(Whoa!) What you doin'?
We outside never win
Parting contestants never seem to win (Initiation)
(Whoa!) What you doin'?
We outside never win
Parting contestants never seem to win (Initiation)
I'll follow you home after every show
Perforated into tiny fragments
Heavy breathing's your new fan club
A John Handcock with the safety off after every show
And how this pedestal fits like glove
Such a pity I built no ladder from the roots and above
I'll be hacking off after every show
(Initiation)
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N
(Initiation)
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N
(Initiation)
(Whoa!) What you doin'?
We outside never win
Parting contestants never seem to win (Initiation)
(Whoa!) What you doin'?
We outside never win
Parting contestants never seem to win (Initiation)
Lend me your ears, you're just another page
In the book that your friend signed yesterday
And when I told you not to bother to holler
Your telephone's the one that helped me wrap the cord around your neck
You know you're beautiful when you're dead
(Initiation)
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N
(Initiation)
I-N-I-T-I-A-T-I-O-N
(Initiation)
(Whoa!) What you doin'?
We outside never win
Parting contestants never seem to win (Initiation)
(Whoa!) What you doin'?
We outside never win
Parting contestants never seem to win (Initiation)
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This is the version that ATDI played live at the BBC on Steve Lamacq's show. Instead of singing "there's no restraining order to keep me from you" like on the original Acrobatic Tenement version, Cedric sings "we outside never win". The instruments parts are a bit different for this version, and in my opinion, better. In either version, Initiation is one of my favorte ATDI songs.
what an absolutely awesome post......i cold never make out what Cedric sings in this version when they ommit the Acrobatic Tenement lyrics...now i know! Thanks.
personally, the Lemacq version has an awesome, enlightening sound to it, something the acrobatic tenement version lacks, but this is down to the age of recodring quality between the two. BUT the lyrics "there's no restraining order to keep me from you" are for me, what the song is all about, and to leave them out doesnt do it justice. that lyric in particular is perhaps my favourite ever.
I think it's clear that the omission of "there's no restraining order to keep me from you..." and it being change to "we outside never win," proves once again that people who take ATDI lyrics literally are dumb/silly. The song (even in its original form) is clearly about an artist who obsesses over the popularity of another artist. Perhaps someone younger from the same circle of friends/scene (hence... INITIATION). There is a lot of stalker/violent imagery, but I'm pretty sure that's just supposed to be an insult to this younger person, rather than to be taken as a literal portrayal of events.
Heh, it's funny cuz I used to always my friends who dug TMV and ATDI that their lyrics seemed like a bunch of mishmosh poetry almost. 90% of it seemed to make absolutely no sense, and when I would read explanations most of those didn't help much. What i did notice as I got older, is a lot of these songs are really self-explanatory... hullahoop wounds for example, I doubt I wouldve put that correlation together when I first heard it.
Heh, it's funny cuz I used to always my friends who dug TMV and ATDI that their lyrics seemed like a bunch of mishmosh poetry almost. 90% of it seemed to make absolutely no sense, and when I would read explanations most of those didn't help much. What i did notice as I got older, is a lot of these songs are really self-explanatory... hullahoop wounds for example, I doubt I wouldve put that correlation together when I first heard it.
but this song? I always for some odd reason thought it was about Selena & her tour manager, and that...
but this song? I always for some odd reason thought it was about Selena & her tour manager, and that whole shindig- but for all I know that couldve happened after this song was written. lol I know that I'm probably 100% wrong, but the first time I heard it that's what popped into my head. dunno why. it just sounded right.