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Cryptomnesia Lyrics
I sold you for parts
you get what you want, bet I wanted to
I know who you are, don't know who you're not
I don't dare ask
come back, use the stove
we'll make plans in the back of your pickup truck
oh, why no one told?
she crowns my lips and waits up
her look of dissent, watching bird's eye
that's when I dropped and oh, my hands were behaving like maps six five
these rags have been kept, my body is spent
can't stop and rest, oh no
your comfort blessings, I see it in 3-D
you can't dream so slow, don't check the index for reference
'cause the sky, Lord give me heads, I search the place for your prince
I feel your cryptomnesia, cryptomnesia
you get what you want, bet I wanted to
I know who you are, don't know who you're not
I don't dare ask
come back, use the stove
we'll make plans in the back of your pickup truck
she crowns my lips and waits up
her look of dissent, watching bird's eye
that's when I dropped and oh, my hands were behaving like maps six five
can't stop and rest, oh no
your comfort blessings, I see it in 3-D
you can't dream so slow, don't check the index for reference
'cause the sky, Lord give me heads, I search the place for your prince
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Nathan Willet said on the dvd that comes with the cd what this song was all about: "I came across the word in a reading about someone. He was being sued because of plagerism but it turned out to be cryptomnesia. Which is when your conscience is copying something but you really don’t remember where it came from. As I was writing the lyrics I listened to an old demo of us writing the song where I was singing nonsense words and tried to write the lyrics to what those words sounded like to kinda stay true to the idea of cryptomenisia." what a way to end an album.
Nathan Willet said on the dvd that comes with the cd what this song was all about: "I came across the word in a reading about someone. He was being sued because of plagerism but it turned out to be cryptomnesia. Which is when your conscience is copying something but you really don’t remember where it came from. As I was writing the lyrics I listened to an old demo of us writing the song where I was singing nonsense words and tried to write the lyrics to what those words sounded like to kinda stay true to the idea of cryptomenisia." what a way to end an album.
non-sequitur, great idea for lyrics plus nathan just makes it all work with his singing
my fav of the new album, so far...
Best song on the album. I nearly CRIED when I heard it first.
I think just because it's the last song on the album, people have overlooked it, but eventually everyone will realize how absolutely incredible this song is.
I can't get over how amazing this song is. Nathan's voice, everything. I got the goosebumps listening to this and my eyes stung just a bit. (:
beautiful song. i did in fact over look this song. but the second time listening to it i fell in love when i got the chills at the end...
jacobstorm, does that mean the song doesn't even have a meaning to nathan? because that would make sence since i don't know wtf he is trying to get across here but i love it still
Nathan might not have known it, but what he was doing when he listened to his old song and made a new one from the lyrics is English-to-English homophonic translation, where you translate based on what the word sounds like, not what it means. It's not easy, and it worked out really well for this song.