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Last Wave Lyrics
Saw that in a movie
I just fixed up the cellar
Half of that is mine
Some of that was true
We die alone we die afraid
We live in terror we're naked and alone
And the grave is the loneliest place
We die alone we die afraid
We live in terror we're naked and alone
And the grave is the loneliest place
We die alone we die afraid
We live in terror we're naked and alone
Naked and alone
We die alone we die afraid
We live in terror we're naked and alone
Naked and alone
Last wave rolling by
Final wave don't ask why (I'm happy)
There goes a wave rolling by
Last wave
I'm so tired of wating
My heart is cold
The sky is dark
I'm curled up in the ashes
We die alone we die afraid
We live in terror we're naked and alone
We die
If you want to make out with a biplane (No)
Perchance a dance with a carcass in space (No)
And now you got to buy me some antlers
Antlers are what I need you to buy
(Why?)
To take me down to the postman
(You do?)
Tell the postman to throw them to
Wave rolling by
Final wave don't ask why
There goes a wave rolling by
Final wave don't ask why
I just fixed up the cellar
Half of that is mine
Some of that was true
We die alone we die afraid
We live in terror we're naked and alone
And the grave is the loneliest place
We die alone we die afraid
We live in terror we're naked and alone
And the grave is the loneliest place
We live in terror we're naked and alone
Naked and alone
We live in terror we're naked and alone
Naked and alone
Final wave don't ask why (I'm happy)
There goes a wave rolling by
Last wave
My heart is cold
The sky is dark
I'm curled up in the ashes
We live in terror we're naked and alone
We die
Perchance a dance with a carcass in space (No)
And now you got to buy me some antlers
Antlers are what I need you to buy
(Why?)
To take me down to the postman
(You do?)
Tell the postman to throw them to
Final wave don't ask why
There goes a wave rolling by
Final wave don't ask why
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The vimeo video I say helps make sense of some of these lyrics. The "Tyler" lyrics about the last wave seem to acknowledge his passing into irrelevance: he probably won't get another "wave" after this one.
Meanwhile, I'll be humming TMBG's upbeat and catchy vocals about death and the grave for quite a while, I suspect.
Maybe someone can fill me in on something: Is this a dub onto an existing DMC video? That's the only way I can make sense of Tyler's desire for antlers.
@briandashhansen I'm not sure I understand the question... Obviously the song was dubbed over the original Run DMC video.
@briandashhansen I'm not sure I understand the question... Obviously the song was dubbed over the original Run DMC video.
If you're asking if it was some kind of coincidence... I've always assumed the original video/song was an attempt at a "Bad Lip Reading" style song. (Look up on YouTube if you're not familiar.) But then the lyrics were used to make a completely different song on the album.
If you're asking if it was some kind of coincidence... I've always assumed the original video/song was an attempt at a "Bad Lip Reading" style song. (Look up on YouTube if you're not familiar.) But then the lyrics were used to make a completely different song on the album.