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Inaudible Melodies Lyrics
Brushfire fairytales
Itsy bitsy diamond wells
Big fat hurricanes
Yellow bellied given names
Well shortcuts can slow you down
And in the end we're bound
To rebound off of we
Well dust off your thinking caps
Solar powered plastic plants
Pretty pictures of things we ate
We are only what we hate
But in the long run we have found
Silent films are full of sound
Inaudibly free
Slow down everyone
You're moving too fast
Frames can't catch you when
You're moving like that
Inaudible melodies
Serve narrational strategies
Unobtrusive tones
Help to notice nothing but the zone
Of visual relevancy
Frame-lines tell me what to see
Chopping like an axe
Or maybe Eisenstein should just relax
Slow down everyone
You're moving too fast
Frames can't catch you when
You're moving like that
Well Plato's cave is full of freaks
Demanding refunds for the things they've seen
I wish they could believe
In all the things that never made the screen
(added tease verse)
And by the way,
You know that hope will make you strange
Make you blink make you blank make you sink
It will make you afraid of change and often blame
The box with the view of the world
And the ones that fill the frame
I turn it up, but then I turn it off
Because I can't stand when they start to talk
About the hurting and killing
Who's shoes are we filling
The damage and ruin, man
The things that we're doing
(end of tease)
Slow down everyone you're moving too fast
Frames can't get you when you moving like that
Slow down everyone you're moving too fast
Frames can't get you when you moving like that
Moving too..
Itsy bitsy diamond wells
Big fat hurricanes
Yellow bellied given names
Well shortcuts can slow you down
And in the end we're bound
To rebound off of we
Solar powered plastic plants
Pretty pictures of things we ate
We are only what we hate
But in the long run we have found
Silent films are full of sound
Inaudibly free
You're moving too fast
Frames can't catch you when
You're moving like that
Serve narrational strategies
Unobtrusive tones
Help to notice nothing but the zone
Of visual relevancy
Frame-lines tell me what to see
Chopping like an axe
You're moving too fast
Frames can't catch you when
You're moving like that
Demanding refunds for the things they've seen
I wish they could believe
In all the things that never made the screen
(added tease verse)
You know that hope will make you strange
Make you blink make you blank make you sink
It will make you afraid of change and often blame
The box with the view of the world
And the ones that fill the frame
I turn it up, but then I turn it off
Because I can't stand when they start to talk
About the hurting and killing
Who's shoes are we filling
The damage and ruin, man
The things that we're doing
Frames can't get you when you moving like that
Slow down everyone you're moving too fast
Frames can't get you when you moving like that
Moving too..
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This song is so true. Everyone seems to be living for the wrong thing...
I think he's talking about belief and all it's difficult little concepts. Humans are narrow minded... everything MUST be proved to them. Everything MUST have a reason for happening.
Let me take the simple line: "Solar powered plastic plants ".
It is whimsical, really, to think of such a thing, right? And not only that, but the thing is kind of... pointless. Why a fake plant when a real plant is out there? Because humans MUST prove the process of a plant to believe it. Humans sort of tear down their mental environment this way. I remember, when I was very young, I used to think the world was full of magic- like plantlife. But then I went to school and learned about science, which proved that, no, it wasn't magic. It was science. Humans make it that way. They trap their faith into mindless belief in their own rules.
Another line, I find interesting: "Pretty pictures of things we ate." Isn't it true that we buy that particular meal at the cafe because of it's pretty picture? That's what advertising is all about, right? But pictures are just another belief.
Yeah. I'll stop now. It's all in the song though. And I know it's been said before... but I just wanted to put my thought in.
Jack Johnson rules!
you must be a happy person!!
you must be a happy person!!
This is a great song, and while I can't tell you exactly what it means, I can tell you the real title is Inaudible Melodies. I think the great thing about Jack Johnson is that his music can be interpreted in a lot of different ways by a lot of different people.
This is a great song emphasising the way people live, everyone seems to be moving too fast to realize the majesty around them. truly a beautiful song.
This is a song that doesn't have to mean anything specifis, because even if it was in another language it makes perfect sense. THe kind a music that can make you cry when you don't even know why.
ya know what? i don't care what this song is about because it sounds soo good. sigh yum.
Hope I'm not commenting too early-- but I think this is my favorite Jack Johnson song.. (Of the ones I've heard anyways)... There are some great lines in here. "Well shortcuts can slow you down, and in the end we're bound." ... "Silent films are full of sound. Inaudibly free"... So many great paradoxes.
It is too hard to pick the best song on this album. But, I love listening to this song because it seems he's writing from his film background/interest. Opinion disclaimer, minus the first verse. It just sounds great.
I think this song just talks about the simple pleasures in life. If you rush on through and don't take life as it comes, u miss the little things. I also agree with rgray that his interest in filmmaking has something to do with it, because of the line "frames can't catch you when you're movin like that." Listening to this song just reminds me to stop doing everything so fast and to just sit back and enjoy life.
Check out "inaudible melodies" too.. The lyrics are the same.. Which one's the right title?