if you should doubt
my heart
remember this
that i could lie to you
if i believed it was
right to do
if you should think
instead
i would forget
all the lies i said
were not meant for me
and meant for you
that would be the test
i could not forgive
only that
to doubt the only way
that what was true before
is true today
what i have learned
of you
does not assure
you bow before my will
but i believed it then
believe it still
oh, i believed it then
believed in still
my heart
remember this
that i could lie to you
if i believed it was
right to do
instead
i would forget
all the lies i said
were not meant for me
and meant for you
i could not forgive
only that
to doubt the only way
that what was true before
is true today
of you
does not assure
you bow before my will
but i believed it then
believe it still
oh, i believed it then
believed in still
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it's gotta be "all the LIES i said" not "lives"
and probably the last line is "believed IT still"
it does really just make sense that way, so i'm going to change it. (BUT, does it not sound like she's saying LIVES? there's a V sound going on there, wouldn't you agree?)
it does really just make sense that way, so i'm going to change it. (BUT, does it not sound like she's saying LIVES? there's a V sound going on there, wouldn't you agree?)
as for the last line, i'm not positive... but i like it better the way i heard it originally, so i "say what the hell, i'm gonna keep it." i'm sure jenn wouldn't object :)
as for the last line, i'm not positive... but i like it better the way i heard it originally, so i "say what the hell, i'm gonna keep it." i'm sure jenn wouldn't object :)
corrections welcomed...
Such a quietly powerful song... I hear it as "all the lives i said / were not meant for me / and meant for you"
Such a quietly powerful song... I hear it as "all the lives i said / were not meant for me / and meant for you"
yes, indeed -- you are correct. thank you.
yes, indeed -- you are correct. thank you.
according to Wye Oak:
if you should doubt my heart, remember this: i could lie to you if i believed it was right to do. if you should think instead i would forget all the lives i said were not meant for me, and meant for you. that would be the test. sadly i could not forgive only that. to doubt the only way that what was true before, is true today. what i have learned of you does not assure you bow before my will. but i believed it then, believe it still. oh i believe it then, believe it still.