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The Crystal Lake Lyrics
Should never have left the crystal lake
Should never have left the crystal lake
For parties full of folks who flake
Italian leather winter games
Retired by the duraflames
The crystal lake it only laughs
It knows you're just a modern man
It's shining like the chandelier
Shining somewhere far away from here
I've gotta get outta here
I've gotta get outta here
I've gotta get outta here
I've gotta get outta here...
And find my way again
I've lost my way again
Should never have left the crystal lake
Should never have left the crystal lake
For areas where trees are fake
And dogs are dead with broken hearts
Collapsing by the coffee carts
The crystal lake it only laughs
It knows you're just a modern man
It's shining like the chandelier
Shining somewhere far away from here
I've gotta get outta here
I've gotta get outta here
I've gotta get outta here
I've gotta get outta here...
And find my way again
I've lost my way again
For parties full of folks who flake
Italian leather winter games
Retired by the duraflames
It knows you're just a modern man
It's shining like the chandelier
Shining somewhere far away from here
I've gotta get outta here
I've gotta get outta here
I've gotta get outta here...
I've lost my way again
For areas where trees are fake
And dogs are dead with broken hearts
Collapsing by the coffee carts
It knows you're just a modern man
It's shining like the chandelier
Shining somewhere far away from here
I've gotta get outta here
I've gotta get outta here
I've gotta get outta here...
I've lost my way again
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Anybody think this song could have something to do with Lake Tahoe?
Lake Tahoe is 97% pure glacial water, therefore it could be called the "crystal lake"... and based on the fact that Grandaddy is from Modesto, it wouldn't be a stretch if this song was about Lake Tahoe, which is about three hours at MOST away from Modesto.
Also the duraflames signify a campfire... also the Italian leather is hot to wear in Tahoe and the Winter Games were held in Squaw Valley on the north side of the Lake.
To me, it all adds up to be about Tahoe.
The Tahoe theory sounds really good. I thought this song was more about leaving the modern society and seeking comfort in nature.
@SMUSER17019091 Same, in the music video it shows them being lost and confused by modern society/cities after landing there in their flying/spinning shack. The Crystal Lake could signify the crystalline, blue landscape of the clusters of skyscrapers like in the video, and also be a place that's pure and simple and nature-y that he longs for. It's like in Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Society, he's glad he's back in the country having a beer playing guitar after barely surviving his trip into town
@SMUSER17019091 Same, in the music video it shows them being lost and confused by modern society/cities after landing there in their flying/spinning shack. The Crystal Lake could signify the crystalline, blue landscape of the clusters of skyscrapers like in the video, and also be a place that's pure and simple and nature-y that he longs for. It's like in Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Society, he's glad he's back in the country having a beer playing guitar after barely surviving his trip into town
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Another song built around the recurrent theme of leaving ther country for the city and all it's vices and ugliness. The crystal lake is that place in the country where the water looks like crystal it's so still and clean and reflects everything. He was a fool and left it for all the fake people where even the trees seem unnatural and the dogs die from the lack of reality, collapsing by another Starbucks.
I thought it was about success in the rock industry cos if the rich life-style and the schmoozing. broken-hearted dogs are artists who arent successful and so leave the industry. the crystal lake is where they are from, the people that get them and a place where they are local heroes.
the crystal lake is where they recorded the sophtware slump.. the lyrics are fairly self explanatory. Another song based round modern vs country folk, i suppose you can interperate these lyrics differently but the main message i get from these lyrics is that ' somewhere far away from where the average modern-day people's lives are based is a beautiful place that they're too pre-occupied to ever see and that being happy and successful doesnt mean working on wall street or in some well paid city job '
Great Great Song. Jason rocks.
I like this song alot, the sound affects could get a little scary if you listen to it at night(I think so)
"Should never have left the crystal lake For parties full of folks who flake"
i love this song....i captures my feelings perfectly about a certain boy and a certain lake, that we should have never left, because things aren't the same between us now that we're back in the city.
i love this song, i had the cd and then it got totally scratched up and now it doesn't play :( i like the video too, it really is about leaving nature for the city, and cities are scary(i live in the country, hate big cities).