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Born from the night in the roaring wind
Cast out of the shadows by an unknown hand
Warmed by the light of these falling limbs
drunk on the sadness of a universe unmanned
Across the water she clings to me
and in the rising karma I feel her at my side
My father's singing in the fallin' leaves
about the complicated beauty of a river run dry
Sit down by the fire
Sit down by the fire
It's hard to say
but I think you'd better
just Say you don't love me
you don't love me anymore
I been waiting in line
now I know I'll never
Overcome this madness
if I don't know for sure
Across the water she clings to me
and in the light of dawn
I see her at my side
and my father's singing in the fallin' leaves
there's no way out of this old world even if you try
So just sit down by the fire
sit down by the fire
there ain't no way to get what I want
Sit down by the fire
oh, sit down by the fire
There ain't no way to get what I want
Some day
a little rain is bound to fall
Some day
a little rain is bound to fall
Some day
a little rain is bound to fall
Some day
Over my head my heart and my feet
I'm drawn insane
you know I need you now
Over my head my heart and my feet
I'm drawn insane
Sit down by the fire love
sit down by the fire
there ain't no way to get what I want
Sit down by the fire love
sit down by the fire
there ain't no way to get what I want.
Oh, there ain't no way to get what I want.
Cast out of the shadows by an unknown hand
Warmed by the light of these falling limbs
drunk on the sadness of a universe unmanned
Across the water she clings to me
and in the rising karma I feel her at my side
My father's singing in the fallin' leaves
about the complicated beauty of a river run dry
Sit down by the fire
Sit down by the fire
It's hard to say
but I think you'd better
just Say you don't love me
you don't love me anymore
I been waiting in line
now I know I'll never
Overcome this madness
if I don't know for sure
Across the water she clings to me
and in the light of dawn
I see her at my side
and my father's singing in the fallin' leaves
there's no way out of this old world even if you try
So just sit down by the fire
sit down by the fire
there ain't no way to get what I want
Sit down by the fire
oh, sit down by the fire
There ain't no way to get what I want
Some day
a little rain is bound to fall
Some day
a little rain is bound to fall
Some day
a little rain is bound to fall
Some day
Over my head my heart and my feet
I'm drawn insane
you know I need you now
Over my head my heart and my feet
I'm drawn insane
Sit down by the fire love
sit down by the fire
there ain't no way to get what I want
Sit down by the fire love
sit down by the fire
there ain't no way to get what I want.
Oh, there ain't no way to get what I want.
Lyrics submitted by UncleJoe
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Fuck.... My truest love had to move to Europe ;
"Across the water she clings to me" "just Say you don't love me you don't love me anymore"
and "Over my head my heart and my feet I'm drawn insane you know I need you now"
Hits the target ...
Seems like the humbling feeling of holding the pain close until you almost cherish it
love love love
Simply beautiful.
"drunk on the sadness of a universe unmanned" = god is dead.
Or there never was one
God is not a man. It could be referring to the fact that the vast majority of us (men) are, at this point in time, bound to this rock until death.
Firstly, this song is very much existentialist. The existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre's concept of the 'forlorn' helps to explain the first verse. Basically were are thrown into a world not of our choosing and abandoned here without explanation or reason for being. This results in an emotion which he terms 'fornlornness'. <br /> <br /> Now, "drunk on the sadness of the universe unmanned". Yes, this does refer to the non-belief in God. Unmanned as in unattended. Yes, again, God is not a man, its a myth. Again forlornness is a sad emotion because you feel abandoned (remember the unmanned part?), but again the drunkenness refers to the next step in the existential crisis- existence precedes essence. If God didn't create us then we do not have a defined essence hence the responsibility for creating what or who we are is up to us. Again a mixed emotion - the absolute terror and delight of freedom and the responsibility that comes with it. <br /> <br /> Now, "there ain't no way to get what I want". To me this refers to death, or rather eternal life, which he can't get since, as we already know, God does not exist.<br /> <br /> @Obscurely. Please explain why its sad that man has not colonised the universe? This 'rock', as you call it, seems to me to be by far the best place for man to be. Now I already hear your reply about Heaven. Please go to China and martyr yourself so that you can go there and I can enjoy my rock with a bit less overpopulation.
Firstly, this song is very much existentialist. The existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre's concept of the 'forlorn' helps to explain the first verse. Basically were are thrown into a world not of our choosing and abandoned here without explanation or reason for being. This results in an emotion which he terms 'fornlornness'. <br /> <br /> Now, "drunk on the sadness of the universe unmanned". Yes, this does refer to the non-belief in God. Unmanned as in unattended. Yes, again, God is not a man, its a myth. Again forlornness is a sad emotion because you feel abandoned (remember the unmanned part?), but again the drunkenness refers to the next step in the existential crisis- existence precedes essence. If God didn't create us then we do not have a defined essence hence the responsibility for creating what or who we are is up to us. Again a mixed emotion - the absolute terror and delight of freedom and the responsibility that comes with it. <br /> <br /> Now, "there ain't no way to get what I want". To me this refers to death, or rather eternal life, which he can't get since, as we already know, God does not exist.<br /> <br /> @Obscurely. Please explain why its sad that man has not colonised the universe? This 'rock', as you call it, seems to me to be by far the best place for man to be. Now I already hear your reply about Heaven. Please go to China and martyr yourself so that you can go there and I can enjoy my rock with a bit less overpopulation.
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