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You Satellite Lyrics
Somehow
A satellite
Can of light
It's so red
Unbottle the halo, a satellite
Can chains change any failure
When all along
Someone can change it, follow on
Sometimes, I don't hate it lately
What I don't know I'm gonna bleed it away
Reunite
The dynamite
I'll catch it all and reunite
Dynamite, oh how high
I'm more moved by the maybe, it's ok
But you can't sing what you can't give away
I've come all this way to hold your hand
I became a calendar while I was waiting
I, I won't live any what you can't give it away
I, I won't miss any what I'm giving away
Don't wanna go and I don't wanna stay
You satellite
You satellite
You satellite
A satellite
Can of light
It's so red
Can chains change any failure
When all along
Sometimes, I don't hate it lately
What I don't know I'm gonna bleed it away
Reunite
The dynamite
I'll catch it all and reunite
Dynamite, oh how high
I'm more moved by the maybe, it's ok
But you can't sing what you can't give away
I became a calendar while I was waiting
I, I won't live any what you can't give it away
I, I won't miss any what I'm giving away
Don't wanna go and I don't wanna stay
You satellite
You satellite
You satellite
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Oh man is this ever a beautiful song.
This song is about something that follows you around. Tweedy, the song writer, indicates mixed feelings about this thing in lines like "Some want to change it, but I won't Sometimes, I don't hate it lately" and "I don't wanna go and I don't wanna stay". I wonder if this song is possibly about Tweedy's struggle with his own perspective on fame and stardom.
Personally, I think this is one of Wilco's most powerful songs, which is saying a lot. It's conflicted and intense without overdoing it. It's right up there with Misunderstood and Ashes of American Flags in my book. Has a different feel than just about any other Wilco song also.