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Modern Mystery Lyrics
It's a pointless, small place,
On a map in outer space.
Every second, every day you're gone,
I've got a job, but I can't keep working on it,
Yeah.
I think you are so anointed,
That's why you get so disappointed.
I swear you are so important,
Nothing you do is pointless,
Yeah.
There is no modern mystery,
No mystic chords of memory.
There is no modern mystery,
We're making up our history.
Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah.
Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah.
And I'm so loud I don't hear you say no.
And I'm so loud I don't hear you say no.
You could really put me in my place,
On a map in outer space.
You've got a real cool constitution,
and it's a come on, but it's not an illusion,
Yeah.
There is no modern mystery,
No mystic chords of memory.
There is no modern mystery,
We're making up our history.
There is no modern mystery, (Oooh)
No mystic chords of memory. (Oooh)
There is no modern mystery, (Oooh)
We're making up our history. (Oooh)
There is no modern mystery,
No in-between ancestry.
I didn't mean to hurt ya.
Thought I was dumb/done?,
But I heard ya.
There is no modern mystery, (Oooh)
No mystic chords of memory. (Oooh)
There is no modern mystery, (Oooh)
We're making up our history. (Oooh)
Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah.
Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah.
And we may fight with each others shadows,
It's not so bad, I don't hear you say no.
Yeah,
I'm not so bad, I don't hear you say no.
I'm not so bad, I don't hear you say no.
On a map in outer space.
Every second, every day you're gone,
I've got a job, but I can't keep working on it,
Yeah.
That's why you get so disappointed.
I swear you are so important,
Nothing you do is pointless,
Yeah.
No mystic chords of memory.
There is no modern mystery,
We're making up our history.
Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah.
And I'm so loud I don't hear you say no.
On a map in outer space.
You've got a real cool constitution,
and it's a come on, but it's not an illusion,
Yeah.
No mystic chords of memory.
There is no modern mystery,
We're making up our history.
No mystic chords of memory. (Oooh)
There is no modern mystery, (Oooh)
We're making up our history. (Oooh)
No in-between ancestry.
I didn't mean to hurt ya.
Thought I was dumb/done?,
But I heard ya.
No mystic chords of memory. (Oooh)
There is no modern mystery, (Oooh)
We're making up our history. (Oooh)
Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah, Woah-oowoah.
It's not so bad, I don't hear you say no.
Yeah,
I'm not so bad, I don't hear you say no.
I'm not so bad, I don't hear you say no.
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cynical_catastrophy On Mar 09, 2008
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:) The intro is surely similar to Pink Bullets by the Shins.
If you see corrections, because these probably aren't 100% accurate, PLEASE tell me so I can fix them. Thanks (:
Just a few corrections... I don't have the liner notes in front of me, but I believe the first two lines are:
I think you are so anointed, That's why you get so disappointed.
He sings those T's as D's which is why it sounds as you posted...
yep, it is anointed and disappointed :) i just got my preorder in the mail today (after it was lost for a week) and i'm looking at the lyrics.
i was reading a quote by abraham lincoln and the phrase "mystic cords of memory" was used which triggered my recollection of this song
"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.”
Anyone have any ideas as to what they're singing about?
Anyone have any ideas as to what they're singing about?
on that allusion to Lincoln's speech, they might be singing about human nature (the better angels of our nature) and how modern society has disregarded it thinking we're all blank slates moulded by our societies ('there is no modern mystery (to human existence); we're making up our own history (we can change history as we like it to shape huamnity) ...and how we're all the worse off because we don't accept the individuality arising from an acceptance of our innate nature ('im so glad you say no' (a sort of...
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on that allusion to Lincoln's speech, they might be singing about human nature (the better angels of our nature) and how modern society has disregarded it thinking we're all blank slates moulded by our societies ('there is no modern mystery (to human existence); we're making up our own history (we can change history as we like it to shape huamnity) ...and how we're all the worse off because we don't accept the individuality arising from an acceptance of our innate nature ('im so glad you say no' (a sort of defeated acceptance of the chorus line) but if you did say no you'd give meaning to his individual existance 'you could put me in my place on a map in outerspace'
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yeah....=) my two cents, i really started to like this song after i interpreted it this way
Gotta love a Lincoln reference. God I love this band. Is there another song that has an opening really really similar to this one (and I know it's not Pink Bullets that I'm thinking of, although I agree they are similar). The first time I heard this song I could have sworn I'd heard that part before, although I didn't recognize the rest of the song.
that's been driving me nuts too. i think it's something from tarzan? haha, i know that sounds ridiculous, but i really feel like it is.... i'll research more.
that's been driving me nuts too. i think it's something from tarzan? haha, i know that sounds ridiculous, but i really feel like it is.... i'll research more.
Lovely, lovely music.
I just like how this song feels! Haha, I wish I had better input than that, but that's all I have.
The intro and outro guitar parts are VERY similar to Beirut's Elephant Gun.
I kind of always though that it had to do with religion because of the line "I think you are so anointed, that's why you get so disappointed" Anointing usually refers to religious ceremonies. So maybe it's saying that people put too much faith in the existence of the unknown rather than living their life for themselves.