This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
No space
L-shaped
Tetris
Tile seeking
Somewhere
Oh somewhere
To fit in
Alien
(Come on) Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Ak
Twenty
4-7
Civilian
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Jeremiah
Looking down
And you know where you're looking on down
Do you know where you go
You're headed on the strings
For the E-X-T-I-N-C-T
Jeremiah
Looking down but you know where you're looking
But you go
Do you know where you go
You're headed on the strings
For the E-X-T-I-N-C-T
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
And oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
And oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
And oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
L-shaped
Tetris
Tile seeking
Somewhere
Oh somewhere
To fit in
Alien
(Come on) Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Ak
Twenty
4-7
Civilian
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Jeremiah
Looking down
And you know where you're looking on down
Do you know where you go
You're headed on the strings
For the E-X-T-I-N-C-T
Jeremiah
Looking down but you know where you're looking
But you go
Do you know where you go
You're headed on the strings
For the E-X-T-I-N-C-T
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
And oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
And oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
And oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
Oh, coming out of the woodwork
Chest bursts like John Hurt
Coming out of the woods
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The Gospel of John Hurt Lyrics as written by Joe Newman Augustus Unger Hamilton
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Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
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Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
His love for someone is bursting out of his chest, like John Hurt the iconic Alien scene.
I love this song, and for too long I didn't understood the meaning this song. So I started to read it again and again, and when I searched the Web for the meaning of "John Hurt" it finally hit me that this is a song simply about the movie Alien.
No space - the crew just landed on a new planet and the no longer in space
L-shaped - the egg cracked in a L shape and you can see this on the movie poster pictures
Tetris Tile seeking - the alien trys to find the best match, they use the Tetris game as a metaphor
Somewhere Oh somewhere To fit in Alien - the alien need somewhere to fit in
(Come on) Oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods - in the chorus the probably talking about the alien coming out. after been connected to Kane face, the alien disappeared. Few minutes later the alien bursts from Kane (played by John Hurt) chest and start killing the people.
Ak Twenty 4-7 Civilian - this I didn't understood very mutch, but I assume that there is the fight against the alien. The talk about weapons (AK-47) and civilians and it's seem in place if you look on the story.
Oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods
Coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods
Jeremiah Looking down And you know where you're looking on down Do you know where you go You're headed on the strings For the E-X-T-I-N-C-T - now this is interesting, Jeremiah is a prophet in the Bible. In his story he saw a vision and in it there where no man or animals alive, only destroyed citys and things that look like birds flying and leaving the earth. The speculation is that he saw a vision of alien invasion. This directly connects to the story of the movie and they always use things that looke like they have no connection to the song, but when you look you understand the connection.
Jeremiah Looking down but you know where you're looking But you go Do you know where you go You're headed on the strings For the E-X-T-I-N-C-T
Oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods
And oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods
And oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods
And oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods
Oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods
Oh, coming out of the woodwork Chest bursts like John Hurt Coming out of the woods
I know this sounds very strange, but this is my interpretation of the song, hope you'll like it. Sorry fore the poor language, English is not my native language.
All this time I thought it was "get me out of the bourgeois"
@bloodfloodpt2 but it's "coming out of the woodwork"
I still don't know exactly what this means/what the references are? However, this is one cool sounding song... one of my favorites from alt-j for sure.
john hurt is an actor from one of the alien movies... his chest burst and the alien comes out!
Not sure about the verses, but "ak 20 47 Civillian" is a clever play on words, referencing the gun Ak-47, 20 civilians, and 24-7, all the time. I also think that the chorus "Oh, coming out of the woodwork, chest burst like John Hurt, coming out of the wood", when taken with the earlier line, is talking about some kind of shooting. They, maybe the 20 civilians, are coming out of the woodwork and shooting, causing Jeremiah's (?) chest to burst like John Hurt's in Alien.