Best song on Forgiveness Rock Record- very subtle, very gorgeous. The lyrics build on themselves in a really clever way, too. This song is thinking about the people you retrospectively used for self-pleasure and realizing how much you actually appreciated them, I think.
Only changes I would make (I don't know what they say after "I couldn't believe that's where they found us" and before "shouldn't we keep it as a promise?") are
1) Opening section, "when you bagged/begged me I was gone"
2) Second section, they say a few different things
Off and on is what we want, what we want is often 'on'
Off and on is what we want, what we want is often 'on'(wrong)
3) Third section, the main line becomes "a friend of a friend you used to call"
In a way, I think it relates to the people singing it, and other "Sentimental [e]X[-member]'s" of BSS. Most of this album was done by 7 core members, in fact I believe this is the only song on the album where others play or sing, namely Emily Haines, Amy Millan, and Feist. It feels like the whole "on and off" and "friend you used to call" lines could relate to all the other non-core members who were featured on past albums on and off, called up for various songs and not the others. All for one, and...
In a way, I think it relates to the people singing it, and other "Sentimental [e]X[-member]'s" of BSS. Most of this album was done by 7 core members, in fact I believe this is the only song on the album where others play or sing, namely Emily Haines, Amy Millan, and Feist. It feels like the whole "on and off" and "friend you used to call" lines could relate to all the other non-core members who were featured on past albums on and off, called up for various songs and not the others. All for one, and one for all.
Best song on Forgiveness Rock Record- very subtle, very gorgeous. The lyrics build on themselves in a really clever way, too. This song is thinking about the people you retrospectively used for self-pleasure and realizing how much you actually appreciated them, I think.
Only changes I would make (I don't know what they say after "I couldn't believe that's where they found us" and before "shouldn't we keep it as a promise?") are
1) Opening section, "when you bagged/begged me I was gone" 2) Second section, they say a few different things
Off and on is what we want, what we want is often 'on' Off and on is what we want, what we want is often 'on'(wrong)
3) Third section, the main line becomes "a friend of a friend you used to call"
i think the line is "off and on is what we want, what we want is off and on." it goes with "all for one, and one for all"
i think the line is "off and on is what we want, what we want is off and on." it goes with "all for one, and one for all"
yeah it sounds a lot like that's all it is.
yeah it sounds a lot like that's all it is.
for the back/bagged/begged yeah i have no real clue for that part of the song so any suggestion is welcome.
for the back/bagged/begged yeah i have no real clue for that part of the song so any suggestion is welcome.
In a way, I think it relates to the people singing it, and other "Sentimental [e]X[-member]'s" of BSS. Most of this album was done by 7 core members, in fact I believe this is the only song on the album where others play or sing, namely Emily Haines, Amy Millan, and Feist. It feels like the whole "on and off" and "friend you used to call" lines could relate to all the other non-core members who were featured on past albums on and off, called up for various songs and not the others. All for one, and...
In a way, I think it relates to the people singing it, and other "Sentimental [e]X[-member]'s" of BSS. Most of this album was done by 7 core members, in fact I believe this is the only song on the album where others play or sing, namely Emily Haines, Amy Millan, and Feist. It feels like the whole "on and off" and "friend you used to call" lines could relate to all the other non-core members who were featured on past albums on and off, called up for various songs and not the others. All for one, and one for all.