Lover I remember
Laying out a map
Throwing our possessions
In the van
Your tapes piled on the backseat
And a camera in your hand
Dressed for our arrival
In the Strangeland
Strangeland blind
You got no reason, you got no rhyme
You give no time
To put things right (x2)
You drove across the border
As the winter rains ran dry
And only fateful birdsong
Filled the sky
You threw your head back screaming
As we raced across wet sand
And lept into the waters
Of the Strangeland
Strangeland blind
You got no reason, you got no rhyme
You give no time
To put things right (x2)
You wound the rope around me
And you pulled the knots in tight
And shook me like a bad dream
From your sight
And now the things I've done to forget you
Well it's not what I had planned
The sweetest thoughts get twisted
In the Strangeland
Strangeland blind
You got no reason, you got no rhyme
You give no time to put things right
To put things-
Strangeland dreams
You tore my baby away from me
We get no time
To put things right (x2)
You give no time
To put things right (x4)
Laying out a map
Throwing our possessions
In the van
Your tapes piled on the backseat
And a camera in your hand
Dressed for our arrival
In the Strangeland
Strangeland blind
You got no reason, you got no rhyme
You give no time
To put things right (x2)
You drove across the border
As the winter rains ran dry
And only fateful birdsong
Filled the sky
You threw your head back screaming
As we raced across wet sand
And lept into the waters
Of the Strangeland
Strangeland blind
You got no reason, you got no rhyme
You give no time
To put things right (x2)
You wound the rope around me
And you pulled the knots in tight
And shook me like a bad dream
From your sight
And now the things I've done to forget you
Well it's not what I had planned
The sweetest thoughts get twisted
In the Strangeland
Strangeland blind
You got no reason, you got no rhyme
You give no time to put things right
To put things-
Strangeland dreams
You tore my baby away from me
We get no time
To put things right (x2)
You give no time
To put things right (x4)
Lyrics submitted by EventH
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We know this is a breakup\reminisce album based on the project as a whole. This is very important to catch the meaning of this extraordinary song.
The songs talks about two very idealistic people who decide to go on a journey to explore life and existence together. They do the planning, set everything as it should be and start living this experience.
Midway, the girl gets caught up by things that brings some sense to her existence. The other partern still wants to keep that sense of exploration and idealism.
When they are both flirting with the uncertainty, the woman "leaps into the water of the strangeland" and the boy becomes a weird sight for her.
From a idealistic perspective, and i strongly believe that Tim\Tom shares this personality, leaving the world of ideas and exploration to live in the real world can be a violent transition. That's why this new state is called strangeland because the idealistic can't seem to fit in it.
He gets sad because he can't reach this new person that the girl has become. He blames the temptations of the real world, saying that they took his babe away from him in an attemp to convey that fact that she probably just found out some purpose in her existence.
Pretty good song, i feel like every world builds up a short but powerful story of exploration and disillusion
And the worst part (always): "you get no time to put things right" :-/