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Three Days Lyrics
"At this moment, you should be with us
Feeling like we do
Like you love to
But never will again
I miss you my dear, Xiola
I prepared the room tonight
With Christmas lights
A city of candles
Fresh"
Three days was the morning
My focus three days old
My head, it landed
To the sound of cricket bows, oh
I am proud man anyway
Covered now by three days
Three ways was the morning
Three lovers, in three ways
We knew when she landed
Three days she'd stay
I am a proud man anyway
Covered now by three days
We saw shadows of the morning light
Shadows of the evening sun
'Til the shadows and the light were one
Shadows of the morning light
Shadows of the evening sun
'Til the shadows and the lights were one
True hunting's over
No herd to follow
Without game, men prey on each other
The family weakens by the bite we swallow, oh
True leaders gone
Of land and people
We choose no kin but adopted strangers
The family weakens by the length we travel, oh
All of us with wings, oh
All of us with wings, oh
All of us with wings
All of us with wings
All of us with wings
All of us with wings
Erotic Jesus lays with his Marys
Loves his Marys
Bits of puzzle
Fitting each other
All now with wings
Oh my Marys
Never wonder
Night is shelter
For nudity's shiver
All now with wings
Feeling like we do
Like you love to
But never will again
I miss you my dear, Xiola
I prepared the room tonight
With Christmas lights
A city of candles
Fresh"
My focus three days old
My head, it landed
To the sound of cricket bows, oh
Covered now by three days
Three lovers, in three ways
We knew when she landed
Three days she'd stay
Covered now by three days
Shadows of the evening sun
'Til the shadows and the light were one
Shadows of the evening sun
'Til the shadows and the lights were one
No herd to follow
Without game, men prey on each other
The family weakens by the bite we swallow, oh
Of land and people
We choose no kin but adopted strangers
The family weakens by the length we travel, oh
All of us with wings, oh
All of us with wings
All of us with wings
All of us with wings
All of us with wings
Loves his Marys
Bits of puzzle
Fitting each other
Never wonder
Night is shelter
For nudity's shiver
Song Info
Submitted by
hcphatm On Dec 29, 2001
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The song Three Days is about Xiola's three-day return to Los Angeles for her father's funeral. This would be the last time Perry would see Xiola before her death. The song is, however, not about her death as it was written a few months before that, in 1986. The song alludes to Perry, Casey and Xiola spending their days together in a haze of sex and drugs.
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Ok. here we go. fred39 has every right to call people twats. in this glorious age of freedom of speech people can say what they wish. if anyone has a problem with him, fuck off. this is a site to comment on these songs, if someone disagrees with your opinion they are allowed to write what they feel. if you don't like it tough. this is not a site to post you crappy little messages bitchin about some arrogant fool who wishes to insult anyone and everyone but i think that we can all rise above this. for the record, i don't really know or care what 3 days is about but i can understand and appreciate everyones comments on it. by the way LP, how fucking childish is "lol". how old are u dickhead. twat
From https://janesaddiction.org/songs/janes-addiction/three-days/
The poem from the beginning is transcribed as follows:
At this moment you should be with us feeling like we do like you love to but never will again I miss you my dear Xiola
I prepared the room tonight with Christmas lights a city of candles fresh sheets we are all filled with dense clouds that have us sunk into the mattress I need to touch your skin…
an alien she was…
No one made friends as easily as Xiola…
Drug pushing constructors We were always in the audience that plagued her. One night I met a poet…
(I'd always thought it was "One night I met a boy", but upon a closer listen on good headphones, I can definitely hear "poet.")
Perry never ceases to amaze me with his superior skills as a lyricist. Jane's songs make you think. 'The family weakens by the length we travel..." The further we advance tachnologically, etc., the more we retreat as people... what happened to morality?
the first part of the song is about some kind of agreement made by 3 lovers
this is my favorite jane's addiction song....i have two CDs from them, and i've always been puzzled by this song, but i love it anyways......but anycrap---does anyone know what he says in the backround??? it's sounds like a story...and i can only make out a few words or sentences. is there some significance for the dialogue in the backround? -sara toolzvballdiva6@aol.com
I got this from http://xiola.org/articles/perry/word8.htm
three days poem by perry farrell
at this moment you should be with us feeling like we do like you love to but never will again. i miss you my dear xiola. i prepared the room tonight with christmas lights a city of candles fresh sheets we are all full of dense clouds that have a soul. i've been meaning to touch your skin. come closer to me. an alien she was...? no one made friends as easy as Xiola. they were drug pushing constructors. they were always the audience that plagued her. one night I met a boy.
certain lines are repeated throughout the song as well as the volume fading in and out. there are also two tracks of perry saying the poem to confuse you even more.
I am guessing the alien part would be about Ishtar from the Sumerian's story. Or another female alien for that matter.
I am guessing the alien part would be about Ishtar from the Sumerian's story. Or another female alien for that matter.
Fred39, sorry to upset you, but I have not yet changed my mind. For the record, I am atheist, so I have no hidden agenda when proposing that this song is about 'Perry, Casey and Xiola spending their days together in a haze of sex and drugs' with the theme of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I know that Perry used more drugs than we would imagine possible, makeing him the last person on the planet to act as a poster boy for a religious movement. But if you listen to the song and think about what I wrote I think it will become more and more convincing. I was surprised myself, after having listened to this song so many times, to figure out the reason for all the religious symbolism. I have read interpretations on this song, and have even read articles where band members make mention of this song, and they all say that it was about a drug fest orgy. However, I don't see how that would explain the religious theme of the song. Furthermore, this is not the first song by Jane's Addiction with a religious overtone (e.g. "Had a Dad", "Ocean Size", "Idiots Rule").
If you don't agree, I'm sure your not alone. But explain to me why I am so wrong as to be an 'utter fool'? Am I that wrong? Why bring up so many obvious Christian symbols? And why do they all pertain to the resurrection of Jesus? Why not other Christian symbols? Again, I am ATHEIST... I have no hidden agenda. I am not trying "Spread the Word of God". Either way, that's what I think.
PS - How I Could Just Kill A Man is probably NOT a good Samaritan... lol. At least we can agree on that.
28, and if we are free to post our opinions without being called names, why did you say that I was "fucking childish"? Maybe this web site is for people who just like to insult each other?
LP I like your attempt to interpret this song on a deeper level than what it may appear on the outside. Whether you are right or wrong it is refreshing to have new ideas out there.