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Things I Will Keep Lyrics
Coded-ancient the crease
Unlock the timers
And strike the chimers
In my sleep
Grab the coat - Steal the fleece
From behind the curtain
It will most certainly
bring peace
To those with countless numbers
No cold or hot
Like things that I will keep
And hide them in my sleep
Coded ancient
Oh brightness we shall see
Loaded up and at night when
We shall flee
Not to tread through the
heavy life
Sink in the dream
On the right night
you'll find her waiting
Selling things for cheap
The things that I will keep
Unlock the timers
And strike the chimers
In my sleep
From behind the curtain
It will most certainly
bring peace
No cold or hot
Like things that I will keep
And hide them in my sleep
Oh brightness we shall see
Loaded up and at night when
We shall flee
Not to tread through the
heavy life
Sink in the dream
On the right night
you'll find her waiting
The things that I will keep
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i Saw Star Wars On Apr 27, 2002
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not quite sure what the lyrics mean, but the music is really gorgeous, and the solo is...dare i say it...transcendent.
The song is about what you dream about. I think that the line is "Coded ancient decrees" unlock the chimers and strike the timers in my sleep which could be a reference to human nature which is shaped in our species past.
I believe “Liquid Indian” is a reference to India Ink and the song speaks to the oppression often found in official printed documents — “seals of approval”, “coupons and stamps”. They’re the documents of the “perfect ones” imposing order. The speaker in this song prefers a more malleable world – the “perversion” of pictures in motion, quivering soft clay and its possibilities of shape. But alas, the official will is imposed, the rejection arrives, the cease-and-desist, the figurative cramps we feel due to those messages written in “Liquid Indian”. The song presses this irony in the smoothly flowing “Liquid Indian” chorus and the halting angular verse sections. Another gem from GBV.