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In The Rushes Lyrics
barefoot, passing through
I knelt down to get a better view
of what grew there
well what grew there?
scared, heard a terrible sound
lay down played dead
that's when I heard it clearer
in the rushes a voice said:
you could walk around forever
and never notice me
a little closer in the rushes
hiding down among the reeds
a seed
I swallowed
it digested quick
but not enough to not make me sick, I lost it
it tasted like a light going off inside my mind
then suddenly I was out of harm's way
forgetting the desire to remember
trans tourist vanished
finished damaged playback
I felt myself unraveling at a racetrack
I felt myself unraveling at a racetrack
then I coughed up blood
scraped it off my tongue
sucked it off my thumb
but it was rotten
care, to care
I knelt down but you weren't there
anymore
I was pushed into a bush
in the rushes on the screen
it was all acting
can't believe it
believe that I had seen it
remembered who was in my arms
remembered when I had arms
it's like a dream
the way that it unfolded
like I'd been in the rushes without knowing
I kissed it but I must admit
I missed it now I do forget
like I'd been in the rushes without knowing
you've been forgotten
you've been forgotten
You are forgotten
it's been forgotten
you're all forgotten
I knelt down to get a better view
of what grew there
well what grew there?
scared, heard a terrible sound
lay down played dead
that's when I heard it clearer
in the rushes a voice said:
you could walk around forever
and never notice me
a little closer in the rushes
hiding down among the reeds
a seed
I swallowed
it digested quick
but not enough to not make me sick, I lost it
it tasted like a light going off inside my mind
then suddenly I was out of harm's way
forgetting the desire to remember
trans tourist vanished
finished damaged playback
I felt myself unraveling at a racetrack
I felt myself unraveling at a racetrack
then I coughed up blood
scraped it off my tongue
sucked it off my thumb
but it was rotten
care, to care
I knelt down but you weren't there
anymore
I was pushed into a bush
in the rushes on the screen
it was all acting
can't believe it
believe that I had seen it
remembered who was in my arms
remembered when I had arms
it's like a dream
the way that it unfolded
like I'd been in the rushes without knowing
I kissed it but I must admit
I missed it now I do forget
like I'd been in the rushes without knowing
you've been forgotten
you've been forgotten
You are forgotten
it's been forgotten
you're all forgotten
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I love the recycled riff-thingy-bit from the Unicorn's Emasculate the Masculine.
are you referring to 5:15-5:20 in the song? i think that sounds more like jellybones, not emasculate the masculine.
are you referring to 5:15-5:20 in the song? i think that sounds more like jellybones, not emasculate the masculine.
"...a seed I swallowed it digested quick but not enough to not make me sick, I lost it it tasted like a light going off inside my mind then suddenly I was out of harm's way forgetting the desire to remember..."
Sounds like Morning Glory seeds to me.
Love this sound.
You are FORGIIIVEEENNNN :)
Did anyone notice how the end of the song turns into "A quick one while he's away" by the Who?
@evilsocks I just heard that song for the first time last night and thought the same thing! I'm glad I wasn't the only who noticed lol
@evilsocks I just heard that song for the first time last night and thought the same thing! I'm glad I wasn't the only who noticed lol
I know this is going to sound absurd, but I think he's talking about Horton Hears a Who by Dr Suess.
"scared, heard a terrible sound lay down played dead that's when I heard it clearer in the rushes a voice said: you could walk around forever and never notice me a little closer in the rushes hiding down among the reeds"
^ He's just discovered the who.
"a seed I swallowed it digested quick but not enough to not make me sick, I lost it it tasted like a light going off inside my mind"
^ Accidently swallowed Who-ville?
"then I coughed up blood scraped it off my tongue sucked it off my thumb but it was rotten care, to care I knelt down but you weren't there anymore"
^ Talking about killing the who?
And then it turns into a THE WHO song! I know it's a crazy interpretation, but I sort of think I'm right, haha.
REMEMBER WHEN I HAD ARMS?