its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
Don't you cherish me to sleep
Oh
Never keep your eyelids clipped
Hold me for the pops and clicks
I was only for the father's crib
Hair, old, long along
Your neck onto your shoulder blades
Oh
Always keep that message taped
Cross your breasts you won't erase
I was only for your very space
Hip, under nothing
Propped up by your other one
Face 'way from the sun
Just have to keep a dialogue
Teach our bodies, haunt the cause
I was only trying to spell a loss
Joy, it's all founded
Pincher with the skin inside
Oh
You pinned me with your black sphere eyes
You know that all the rope's untied
I was only for to die beside
So it's storming on the lake
Little waves our bodies break
There's a fire going out
But there's really nothing to the south
Swollen orange and light let through
Your one-piece swimmer stuck to you
Sold, I'm ever
Open ears and open eyes
Oh
Wake up to your starboard bride
Who goes in and then stays inside
Oh, the demons come, they can subside
Oh
Never keep your eyelids clipped
Hold me for the pops and clicks
I was only for the father's crib
Hair, old, long along
Your neck onto your shoulder blades
Oh
Always keep that message taped
Cross your breasts you won't erase
I was only for your very space
Hip, under nothing
Propped up by your other one
Face 'way from the sun
Just have to keep a dialogue
Teach our bodies, haunt the cause
I was only trying to spell a loss
Joy, it's all founded
Pincher with the skin inside
Oh
You pinned me with your black sphere eyes
You know that all the rope's untied
I was only for to die beside
So it's storming on the lake
Little waves our bodies break
There's a fire going out
But there's really nothing to the south
Swollen orange and light let through
Your one-piece swimmer stuck to you
Sold, I'm ever
Open ears and open eyes
Oh
Wake up to your starboard bride
Who goes in and then stays inside
Oh, the demons come, they can subside
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Calgary Lyrics as written by Justin Deyarmond Edison Vernon, Matthew Boutwell McCaughan
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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This is one of the most thinly veiled Christian songs I've ever heard. Calgary = Calvary.
Father...die beside...waves on a lake....ropes untied???
Biblical allusions everywhere.
Wake up to your starboard bride? Mary Magdalene! Who is rumored to be Jesus's wife. Demons?
What goes in [the tomb] and stays inside....
If you read it within the context of the crucifixion and resurrection, the song makes incredible sense.
Nice catch...! I hear it fresh now!<br /> <br /> That said, I think here this usage is a metaphor in rather brilliant song multi-layered in metaphors. There is a current also of bitter love, cynical & used. <br /> <br /> There are also lines that allow themselves to be quite specific about some situation.
Oh my, get a grip. You are so far off. I bet you see Christian references in a a lot of things, don't you?
lostatlimbo - if you want to hate, stay away. It's pretty much accepted that this song has religious allusions. Offer an opinion, not hate. Damn!
There are a few liens. What grabbed me in the religious aspect was:<br /> <br /> <br /> "So there's a storm on the lake,<br /> little waves, our bodies break."<br /> <br /> a reference to Peter walking on water with Jesus?
Why is everybody so quick to ascribe religious context to songs?? Do we even know if Justin's a Christian? There's a lot in music would lead me to believe otherwise. I don't buy the religion thing anyway.