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were you sitting down
on the beaded impotence of new orleans
a hint of suspense when that telephone rings
this is forever
it paved a wave of distance
between the syntax error
from austin's yellow brick road
this is forever
from this texas breath exhaled
no sign of relief
this you know, this you know
this is forever
march 23rd hushed the wind, the music died
if you can't get the best of us now
it's because this is forever
makes no difference
our alphabet is missing letters
seventeen, embalmed and caskets
lowered into the weather
a drizzle, brisk and profound
from this texas breath exhaled
no sign of relief
this is forever
strum this broken harp
we were struck by the chords
set from their hearts
this is forever
were you sitting down
on the beaded impotence of new orleans
a hint of suspense when that telephone rings
this is forever
between the syntax error
from austin's yellow brick road
this is forever
no sign of relief
this you know, this you know
this is forever
if you can't get the best of us now
it's because this is forever
our alphabet is missing letters
seventeen, embalmed and caskets
lowered into the weather
a drizzle, brisk and profound
no sign of relief
this is forever
we were struck by the chords
set from their hearts
this is forever
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this is the interview that explains it all.. its omar and cedric at the interview from i dont know who.....
Where do you all get a lot of your inspiration for your lyrics? Like there's a lot of space stuff...
C: Some of the stuff from "Casino" is from Event Horizon.
Oh really?
C: Yeah. You know, Twilight Zone episodes. I'm a big fan of Dr. Who, from England, you know, which is like a total geek show. He's just like a time traveler guy, and they had those police call bots. I like stuff like that.
My dad loves that show.
C: (Laughs) And in El Paso. Some the song titles for the old songs are street names in El Paso or some writers from El Paso. Some Boroughs in there, you know, stuff like that.
Like "Napoleon Solo" is from...
C: U.N.C.L.E. Yeah, the title doesn't fit in with the song, but that's where the title comes from. "Napoleon Solo" is the name of the man from U.N.C.L.E.
What's that song about?
C: It's about two friends of ours that passed away in a really bad car crash. It was on March 23rd and we were on our way from Austin to New Orleans. They were road tripping and their friend fell asleep at the wheel, and they got shot out of the truck and passed away. They were seventeen years old. One of the bands tonight that's playing, The Rhythm of Black Lines, two of them used to play with a band that I used to play with those two girls. We got the call in New Orleans as we were about to play on stage.
Oh really?
C: Yeah, right about to play. Jim wasn't in the band back then so he called to let us know. It was like...we had played three songs and we couldn't play the rest of the set. There was a heckler in the crowd, which...it was a really weird show. Which to me was like New Orleans was like the armpit. It was not a good show. We were really far away from home. That's what it's about. It's just commemorating their lives.
Wow, can we say one of the most depressing songs in the history of music. Dear God, this is forever, this is forever. Death comes, and that's the end.
This is such an amazing song... it gives me chills
FUCKING AWESOME SONG!!!! Too bad its about friends of ATDI who died in a car crash. CHECK OUT: Mars Volta...Cedric and Omar's new band.
this song is about two friends of the band that died just before they went on to play a show... amazing song.. defiinitely powerful stuff
i love it as well
poetic genius I can put you in it's mood like very few other songs I can think of
This I know, This song is forever
I'ts one of those songs that I know i'll love 20 years from now
R.I.P. At The Drive-in
they are still alive! their spirit carries on!! just as long as you keep on listening to them...good song
ever since the first time i heard this song i fell in love with it. as you can probably tell by my name. it just sends out such a message. cedric's voice is also amazing. atdi is my favorite band and it sucks that they broke up, but i'm glad that everyone from the band is still making music in either sparta or mars volta. i had tickets to see atdi and then they broke up and cancelled the tour, then i had tickets to see sparta and i got to the show late and missed them, but i did get to talk to tony and he said that they'd be goign on tour after they put out their new cd, so i hope to see them then.