"i pray to god, that one day he'll give me power to reach out my hand [to all of you] and give you instant relief...but you dont have instant relief...you've been hooked, you've been croooked, you've been lied to so many times, you're suspicious, mind you, and when the right thing comes along you dont' know its there...when i'm here knocking on the front door, you're out the back door looking for four leaf clovers, and when you find it you think someone is playing you [for a] dirty fool...what's the angle?...you look for an excuse...in this modern day in age we have instant coffee, instant tea, and instant disbelief...that's the reason we never become anything, its because we'll never believe in ourselves, we'll always listen to the mass majority....when everybody's making fun of you and criticizing, you know you're on the right track, cos most of the people ain't got it....."
i'd love to know WHO is doing the talking there...for awhile i thought it was jimmy carter but after listening to his memoirs on tape (long car ride with mother...) i don't anymore. just a thought. i thought it was in the liner notes but my case is in storage...
a lot of the lyrics on this cd are sort of cryptic, and i know that ben usually/sometimes writes fiction for lyrics and also writes in a lot of metaphors...but i guess this song is a sort of "get over him" song (certainly pertains to my recent life) about this person going to some great lengths (glueing to bones and brainstem...classic) to try to win this guy back, and i think that the recorded sampleis being used by the "I" in this song to say to the "you" that he's really the right person for her, and he only wishes he could give her the confidence to see herself without this other person that she's trying to get back with... he wishes he could get the her to see this, stick up for herself, realize that becoming the what she thinks the "ex-type person" wants isnt going to get her anywhere, etc, and go with him...i think that fake frowns is an extension of this same relationship situation, where it all sort of falls apart (same three characters, he's now proposed to drive his point home, doesn't work, she flees, etc)...makes a creat crecendo for the album...i love these two songs, fake frowns sort of more, but the use of the recorded sample as a bridge is a pretty cool way of joining the songs together.
ok i think i have it transcripted:
"i pray to god, that one day he'll give me power to reach out my hand [to all of you] and give you instant relief...but you dont have instant relief...you've been hooked, you've been croooked, you've been lied to so many times, you're suspicious, mind you, and when the right thing comes along you dont' know its there...when i'm here knocking on the front door, you're out the back door looking for four leaf clovers, and when you find it you think someone is playing you [for a] dirty fool...what's the angle?...you look for an excuse...in this modern day in age we have instant coffee, instant tea, and instant disbelief...that's the reason we never become anything, its because we'll never believe in ourselves, we'll always listen to the mass majority....when everybody's making fun of you and criticizing, you know you're on the right track, cos most of the people ain't got it....."
i'd love to know WHO is doing the talking there...for awhile i thought it was jimmy carter but after listening to his memoirs on tape (long car ride with mother...) i don't anymore. just a thought. i thought it was in the liner notes but my case is in storage...
a lot of the lyrics on this cd are sort of cryptic, and i know that ben usually/sometimes writes fiction for lyrics and also writes in a lot of metaphors...but i guess this song is a sort of "get over him" song (certainly pertains to my recent life) about this person going to some great lengths (glueing to bones and brainstem...classic) to try to win this guy back, and i think that the recorded sampleis being used by the "I" in this song to say to the "you" that he's really the right person for her, and he only wishes he could give her the confidence to see herself without this other person that she's trying to get back with... he wishes he could get the her to see this, stick up for herself, realize that becoming the what she thinks the "ex-type person" wants isnt going to get her anywhere, etc, and go with him...i think that fake frowns is an extension of this same relationship situation, where it all sort of falls apart (same three characters, he's now proposed to drive his point home, doesn't work, she flees, etc)...makes a creat crecendo for the album...i love these two songs, fake frowns sort of more, but the use of the recorded sample as a bridge is a pretty cool way of joining the songs together.
umm i guess that's it
Glenn Turner
Glenn Turner