Musicians, Please Take Heed

all their assaults on my nerve

This song is gorgeous. It's so dramatic, the soft start, the sweeping strings, and huge climax! It definitely sounds like a Belle & Sebastian song. And I absolutely adore the lyric "I pick the soundtrack with immaculate care. So much rests upon it, my life upon a song. You don't know how much I need... musician, please take heed." It's so true! I really don't think this song needs an explanation.

i'm a 19-year-old girl and this song pretty much describes everything in my life atm. wouldn't expect anything less from stuart though......

It's "I bought a leotard and go to the gym"

The second missing lyric is "Old episodes remind her" or something very similar.

@saladay the 2nd missing lyrics are actually: "Old episodes of Minder". It was British tv series: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minder_%28TV_series%29

the lyrics above are actually incorrect in a few places. Here's the true lyrics of the song:

I'm all alone, this is a holiday Some bloody holiday My friends have gone away They're of the temporary sort, I think I will be better without As long as you let me out

To taste the air beside the river I pick the soundtrack with immaculate care Such a lot rests upon it My life upon a song You don't know how much I need Musician, please take heed

I thought I might just write a letter Anything to stay away From books and lessons today Besides it's part of my induction Into the literate world I am a literate girl

I string the words together softly I lay my love upon you with each line A gift of improvising Removes me from revising I made a daisy chain from Phrase, verse, and punctuation

I'll kick this mood off with a change of scene I bought a leotard and go to the gym I couldn't get away with wearing it last summer But I lost a lot of weight I think it's down to leaving meat out of my diet as a rule I won't buy it 'cause it's cruel

And if the nighttime threatens me with pain I will give in to lust I will do what I must I've got a number of a girl I know Who gets hallucinogens from a pair of hooligans

I'll take a dose, I don't mind trying She lets me stay there while I leave the ground Old episodes of Minder I snuggle up beside her Think that I'll stay til morning She's got me started yawning..