This was a poem set to music. Holly Anderson (not a member of the band) wrote it. It's a "graphic poem," which I'm assuming describes how it incorporates visual art in addition to words. I'd never heard of that: until I read about how this song was written, in the liner notes of Vs. as recently reissued by Matador. The poem is visual; each letter appears separately in a series of grids.
It's remarkably musical: given that the poem lacks meter, and was never intended to be sung.
The missing or incomplete lines are:
First he says, "Why mince words?"
[and...]
Between icy wet white sheets for three days and go down deeper than dreams
(The latter was one of the few changes from the words of the poem, which reads "72 hours" not "three days")
This was a poem set to music. Holly Anderson (not a member of the band) wrote it. It's a "graphic poem," which I'm assuming describes how it incorporates visual art in addition to words. I'd never heard of that: until I read about how this song was written, in the liner notes of Vs. as recently reissued by Matador. The poem is visual; each letter appears separately in a series of grids.
It's remarkably musical: given that the poem lacks meter, and was never intended to be sung.
The missing or incomplete lines are:
First he says, "Why mince words?" [and...] Between icy wet white sheets for three days and go down deeper than dreams
(The latter was one of the few changes from the words of the poem, which reads "72 hours" not "three days")
@foreverdrone In the song I\'m pretty sure that the first few words are "Then she says...".
@foreverdrone In the song I\'m pretty sure that the first few words are "Then she says...".