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I loaded the variables like masterpieces
from under the germ-led advance.
I saw your compass on a sea of frayed cable
and aspects of vision afloat
in a glance.
And outside the train overnight floodlights
on inexorable sights.
You loaded the variables like acquisitions
from under the noses entranced.
You heard some trumpets you thought were
turntables and inklings to listen
dispersed
in a glance.
Outside the train overnight contrite the
whistle wails goodnight apologizing like
an ol' dictator might.
Of course we're now traveling by plane
if it's not a Canada of a pain
we'll entertain the idea of train
outside the train overnight bloodlines
wheel-burnished in moonlight a great
candescent white skeleton of flight.
from under the germ-led advance.
I saw your compass on a sea of frayed cable
and aspects of vision afloat
in a glance.
And outside the train overnight floodlights
on inexorable sights.
from under the noses entranced.
You heard some trumpets you thought were
turntables and inklings to listen
dispersed
in a glance.
Outside the train overnight contrite the
whistle wails goodnight apologizing like
an ol' dictator might.
if it's not a Canada of a pain
we'll entertain the idea of train
outside the train overnight bloodlines
wheel-burnished in moonlight a great
candescent white skeleton of flight.
Song Info
Submitted by
black_cow_of_death On Jan 26, 2002
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An offbeat tune...I can't try to understand it, but it's just a great listen. Any song by the Hip is worth a listen.
I think I've have it...yet I may not.
A fellow user says that Gord Downie is obsessed with understanding World War II. I think this song might be a continuation of the song "Scared". The user there said that the Nazis were stealing away valuable art masterpieces. I feel this song is expressing that point of view as well as a million others. This could be a soldier who's fighting an enemy with chemical weapons. Or germ-led could really be German-led advance. I don't know, my thoughts are very incoherent.