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Beautiful War Lyrics
Bite your tongue
Don't make a scene dear
Everybody's been here
At least once before
But we've been here more
Your heart breaks
Rolls down the window
I've seen it all go
Comeback around
I've heard the sound
The tip of your tongue
The top of your lungs
Is doing my head in
I say love
Don't mean nothing
'Less there's something
Worth fighting for
It's a beautiful war
When I hold
The warmth of your body
There is nobody
That I'd rather hold
Shattered and cold
The tip of your tongue
The top of your lungs
Is making me crazy
I say love
Don't mean nothing
'Less there's something
Worth fighting for
It's a beautiful war
I say love
It don't mean nothing
'Less there's something
Worth fighting for
It's a beautiful war
It's a beautiful war
It's a beautiful war
I say love
I say love
Don't mean nothing
'Less there's something,
Worth fighting for
I say love
Don't mean nothing
'Less there's something
Worth fighting for
It's a beautiful war
It's a beautiful war
It's a beautiful war
It's a beautiful war
Don't make a scene dear
Everybody's been here
At least once before
But we've been here more
Your heart breaks
Rolls down the window
I've seen it all go
Comeback around
I've heard the sound
The top of your lungs
Is doing my head in
I say love
Don't mean nothing
'Less there's something
Worth fighting for
It's a beautiful war
The warmth of your body
There is nobody
That I'd rather hold
Shattered and cold
The top of your lungs
Is making me crazy
I say love
Don't mean nothing
'Less there's something
Worth fighting for
It's a beautiful war
It don't mean nothing
'Less there's something
Worth fighting for
It's a beautiful war
It's a beautiful war
It's a beautiful war
I say love
Don't mean nothing
'Less there's something,
Worth fighting for
Don't mean nothing
'Less there's something
Worth fighting for
It's a beautiful war
It's a beautiful war
It's a beautiful war
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I'm pretty sure it's unless there's something, worth fighting for. Any ways, love this song. love KOL. Love this album!
Yes agreed. Unless
Yes agreed. Unless
Or just less...if syllable needed to be cut
Or just less...if syllable needed to be cut
I think the war here...and we all have them....is the conflict of loving someone that made such a horrible mistake. Violence, at that. In her heart tho, the love, it's worth fighting for...fighting her conflict of right and wrong. The dichotomy; her brother. No pain deeper, and no love greater. Video. Song only love can do your head in. No matter how complicated. Rather simple concept. If its not worth fighting for prob not love. If its worth fighting for, fight...love only comes around sometimes... This is the angst u feel when you're going back to get more....it is a beautiful war, because unless u feel it, songs don't mean nothin. Hurting feels good
This album really plays Caleb's vocal chops to full advantage. He swings from visceral yelps to beautiful balladry effortlessly! Seriously, the vocalist of his generation. Also, I love the informality of the phrase "doing my head in" in the context of a love song!
It's a good song and all, although they seem to be turning into U2 (not a good thing IMHO). But I don't understand the line about the top of her lungs driving him crazy. How can he see/ feel the tops of her lungs so they drive him crazy? Is he like Gunther von Hagens the loony pathologist or Hannibal Lecter and sliced her up or something? Is she like blown to bits by a bomb in the beautiful war? Am I missing some cute metaphor? Help me out!
I think when he sings "top of your lungs..." he is refering to her screaming at him from the top of her lungs and its making him crazy. These people fight a lot!
I think when he sings "top of your lungs..." he is refering to her screaming at him from the top of her lungs and its making him crazy. These people fight a lot!
Thanks Hollie. So the person (actually the sex is unclear) is shouting at the top of their voice but with the tip of the tongue sticking out. That's a pretty odd combination, usually with this arrangement the fingers would be in the ears (not mentioned). But there is another more likely explanation - I think I get it now. As you say these are people who fight a lot in a Beautiful War. This is a song about the New Zealand All-Blacks Rugby Team. Before their matches they perform a Maori dance called a Haka, which includes...
Thanks Hollie. So the person (actually the sex is unclear) is shouting at the top of their voice but with the tip of the tongue sticking out. That's a pretty odd combination, usually with this arrangement the fingers would be in the ears (not mentioned). But there is another more likely explanation - I think I get it now. As you say these are people who fight a lot in a Beautiful War. This is a song about the New Zealand All-Blacks Rugby Team. Before their matches they perform a Maori dance called a Haka, which includes just those moves - shouting with tongue out. In England, Association Football (soccer) is known as "The Beautiful Game". So maybe in Nashville, Tennessee where the Followills all live, Rugby Football is "The Beautiful War". That would fit, rugby being a much more physical game than soccer. I would think that the lines about the warmth of the body is to do with the rugby scrummage where they all gang up together, linked, to fight over the ball. The only part we now have to explain is "shattered and cold"; there are fatalities in rugby but rare. It may be a weather reference; rugby being a winter game, and "shattered" meaning exhausted after 45 minutes each way plus injury time.
You may also be interested in my deconstruction of "The Tiger Who Came to Tea" by Judith Kerr. (Husband is gay, unable to maintain marital obligations, wife has lover in who drinks all beer and eats all food, she has to invent Tiger as explanation)
What an interesting take on the song...
What an interesting take on the song...
I took that line to refer to an argument between the couple. "The tip of your tongue, the tops of your lungs" referring to a sharp tongue and yelling. The fighting driving him crazy because he knows they still love each other bit can't get past a certain argument, but their love outweighs the warring/arguments.
I took that line to refer to an argument between the couple. "The tip of your tongue, the tops of your lungs" referring to a sharp tongue and yelling. The fighting driving him crazy because he knows they still love each other bit can't get past a certain argument, but their love outweighs the warring/arguments.
I took it as something more intimate, the tip of her tongue on his and the top of her lung would be a sigh. I thought he meant those little sexual moments between them.
I took it as something more intimate, the tip of her tongue on his and the top of her lung would be a sigh. I thought he meant those little sexual moments between them.
There is a common theme I'm seeing in his lyrics. Something we all feel but artist seem to express it well with words. There is a line from "As You Like It" by Billy Shakespeare that sums it up. "love is merely madness"
Doing my head in...captured my interest....feel that way now
my interpretation of the lyrics of this beautiful song is the following , you know when love is real when its worth fighting for this special love cant be stoped by anything and the war for forgiveness is beautiful
The tip of your tongue The top of your lungs Is making me crazy
@bakerr1 He's saying that her screaming at the top of her lungs is driving him crazy. And what's the point unless there's something worth fighting for.
This song is about the drama queens and kings that must argue/ fight while in a relationship (only because they don't know any better). If you don't join them in this act of immaturity they will subconsciously think you don't care and withdraw, first emotionally and then physically (which is a good thing). But, I've been there before.
I agree with all stated here, but am I only one getting a sexual vibe here too? Tip of tongue, top of lungs.. Which head is he referring to, here? I'm serious. We all know he's a sexual person, and is bold about it in his lyrics..