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The Funeral Party Lyrics
Two pale figures
Ache in silence
Timeless
In the quiet ground
Side by side
In age and sadness
I watched
And acted wordlessly
As piece by piece
You performed your story
Moving through an unknown past
Dancing at the funeral party
Memories of childrens' dreams
Lie lifeless
Fading
Lifeless
Hand in hand with fear and shadows
Crying at the funeral party
I heard a song
And turned away
As piece by piece
You performed your story
Noiselessly across the floor
Dancing at the funeral party
Ache in silence
Timeless
In the quiet ground
Side by side
In age and sadness
And acted wordlessly
As piece by piece
You performed your story
Moving through an unknown past
Dancing at the funeral party
Lie lifeless
Fading
Lifeless
Hand in hand with fear and shadows
Crying at the funeral party
And turned away
As piece by piece
You performed your story
Noiselessly across the floor
Dancing at the funeral party
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Amazing how such a simple song can sound so good.
I feel this song is about a child whose parents have died and all he has left is worriness and dark future for no one is there to love him...no dreams of things being good...his parents are gone at his young age and they meant everything to him. But through it all he can see his parents acting out their love for each other as ghostly figures dancing on air though their bodies lie deep in the ground.
...nailerk is pretty close to it's meaning, but instead of parents robert had written this about the death of his grandparents and how he felt at their funerals..
songs about death are a dime a dozen, especially with music these days.. it seems every pseudo-punk and/or emo band has a video where some object of affection teenage girl dies. These songs are filled with cliche phrases of missing them, gaining strength to move on, and/or heaven awaiting, where they'll soon meet up with them. Pre-teens love it, they cry and musicians love having the next '00 version of a power ballad, minus the hair and fist of fury, but still 100% overexaggarated emotion.
I consider this song a true rare find. Lyrically he describes the moment of letting go, as the music drags you in as you hear every note losing itself in mourning.
In this song he captures successfully a grey moment filled with sadness and hopelessness, but more impressive still manages to successfully give the song and deceased, grace and beauty.
making this a song about death, that one who's lost a loved one can really relate to. it's simple, elegant, and endearing.
i love reading your reviews, they're all so well written. "Lyrically he describes the moment of letting go, as the music drags you in as you hear every note losing itself in mourning." so poetic.
i love reading your reviews, they're all so well written. "Lyrically he describes the moment of letting go, as the music drags you in as you hear every note losing itself in mourning." so poetic.
i love reading your reviews, they're all so well written. "Lyrically he describes the moment of letting go, as the music drags you in as you hear every note losing itself in mourning." so poetic.
i love reading your reviews, they're all so well written. "Lyrically he describes the moment of letting go, as the music drags you in as you hear every note losing itself in mourning." so poetic.
"About the death of my grandparents, and ultimately, I suppose, of the death of my parents, and then me..." R. Smith in Cure News 8 - September 1989
beautiful song
I think it is increadible the way he describes the death of his granparents so gracefully. I simply love this song.
wow, one of my favorites
MY FAVOURITE #1...HEHE!
This is one of my favorite songs...to bad a lot of people don't know about the early cure...