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Bronze by gold heard the hoofirons, steelyringing imperthnthn thnthnthn.
Chips, picking chips off rocky thumbnail, chips. Horrid!
And gold flushed more.
A husky fifenote blew.
Blew. Blue bloom is on the
Gold pinnacled hair.
A jumping rose on satiny breasts of satin, rose of Castille.
Trilling, trilling: I Dolores.
Peep! Who's in the... peepofgold?
Tink cried to bronze in pity
And a call, pure, long and throbbing. Longindying call
Decoy. Soft word. But look! The bright stars fade. O rose! Notes chirruping
Answer. Castille. The morn is breaking.
Jingle jingle jaunted jingling.
Coin rang. Clock clacked.
Avowal. Sonnez. I could. Rebound of garter. Not leave thee.
Sweetheart, goodbye!
Avowal. Warm.
When love absorbs.
War! War! The tympanum.
A sail! A veil awave upon the waves.
Horn. Hawhorn.
When first he saw. Alas!
Full tup. Full throb.
Warbling. Ah, lure! Alluring.
Martha! Come!
Clapclop. Clipclap. Clappyclap.
Goodgod henev erheard inall.
Deaf bald Pat brought pad knife took up.
A moonlight nightcall: far: far.
I feel so sad. P. S. So lonely blooming.
Chips, picking chips off rocky thumbnail, chips. Horrid!
And gold flushed more.
A husky fifenote blew.
Blew. Blue bloom is on the
Gold pinnacled hair.
A jumping rose on satiny breasts of satin, rose of Castille.
Trilling, trilling: I Dolores.
Peep! Who's in the... peepofgold?
Tink cried to bronze in pity
And a call, pure, long and throbbing. Longindying call
Decoy. Soft word. But look! The bright stars fade. O rose! Notes chirruping
Answer. Castille. The morn is breaking.
Jingle jingle jaunted jingling.
Coin rang. Clock clacked.
Avowal. Sonnez. I could. Rebound of garter. Not leave thee.
Sweetheart, goodbye!
Avowal. Warm.
A sail! A veil awave upon the waves.
Horn. Hawhorn.
When first he saw. Alas!
Full tup. Full throb.
Warbling. Ah, lure! Alluring.
Martha! Come!
Clapclop. Clipclap. Clappyclap.
Goodgod henev erheard inall.
Deaf bald Pat brought pad knife took up.
A moonlight nightcall: far: far.
I feel so sad. P. S. So lonely blooming.
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Every time the "When love absorbs. War! War! " part comes I get really excited.
In the Sirens episode of James Joyce's "Ulysses," Leopold Bloom gets morose and drunk listening to the lyrics of a song about a cheating wife, while he imagines his own wife is getting seduced by a lover.
Except the song is not about a cheating wife, but a sleepwalking wife, mistaken for a cheat.
So Bloom gets mixed up in his own drunken jealousy, confusion, misinterpreting lyrics carried along by the siren song of music and alcohol.
The "Air War" lyrics (quoted from Sirens) reflect the jealousy ("War! War! The tympanum"), the music ("jingle jingle" "clack clack"), the confusion and drunkenness ("henev erheard inall" - ie he never heard it all) as Bloom mistakes his wife for a Siren Seductress ("A sail! A veil awave upon the waves").
These are the words to the origianl track from the 1950s, taken from Ulysses by James Joyce.
download it here: http://suburbanghettomusick.blogspot.com/2008/05/bronze-by-gold-heard-hoofirons.html
i think this is the most useful comment about this song, people seem to be missing it. I downloaded the vocal track Air War used, and it's evident why crystal castles would want to use it, such a cool track.
i think this is the most useful comment about this song, people seem to be missing it. I downloaded the vocal track Air War used, and it's evident why crystal castles would want to use it, such a cool track.
this is the sickest fucking song ever. i reccomend being high as fuck and just sitting and listening to it realllllly loud. if possible, have someone just drive around and play it loud in a car. haha :)
I always thought it was a kid telling a story of some great battle that they made up because I originally thought they were saying 'ships' and then 'boom boom BOOM!' where it says 'blew. blue bloom...'
But now the lyrics make no sense.
STILL AMAZING THOUGH.
Ugh. A song that not one human being can deciper but it's "amazing." Send me a check for $1,000 and I'll write you a book of non-sensical lyrics.
Ugh. A song that not one human being can deciper but it's "amazing." Send me a check for $1,000 and I'll write you a book of non-sensical lyrics.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........
I was NOT expecting all this. Listening to the song you think the lyrics are pretty unrecognizable. Guess I'll have to listen again, closely.
this song is so addictive!
this song is so addictive!
i dont get it...