you have a lot of the lyrics wrong
these are the correct lyrics from the album booklet
On that day, They'll tell you
That life hummed on with no clue
The warning signs were all
Dismissed or shouted down
So it goes
The kings all failed to tell us
The madmen failed to sell us
On what would then become
The only life we know
Were they burning signal fires
To guide us to the fields?
Or building funeral pyres?
The outcome of a final appeal
The city lines are down
The kerosene's run out
The fracturing of all
We relied on upon
Let's shed this unclean skin
And start to feel again
Because all the shoulders
On which to cry are gone
The paranoia gripped us
The rain turned engines to rust
The panic set in like a cancer to our hearts
Spreading through
We bet on finite genius
Or prayed for god to save us
But there was no antidote
Disease tore us apart
We left bodies in the streets
So numb we forgot how to feel
The city lines are down
The kerosene's run out
The fracturing of all
We relied on upon
Let's shed this unclean skin
And start to feel again
Because all the shoulders
On which to cry are gone
He looks at the fields
And his hands
"All I need is what I have"
Then shed a tear of happiness
She watched the world
Crumple away
"Is this the end of yesterday?"
"Lord, I hope so" Is all he said
Gone are the old guards
Gone are the cold, cold wars
Weightless we go forth
On wings of amnesty
All we relied on now
The city lines are down
The kerosene's run out
The fracturing of all
We relied on upon
Let's shed this unclean skin
And start to feel again
Because all the shoulders
On which to cry are gone
No more, no more
No more, no more
No more, no more
No more, no more
The weight we once felt is gone
Tim is singing about the result of the choices we've made over the past 100 years coming happening. Our whole governmental system is falling apart, we ran out of the will to go on (Kerosene symbolism for nothing left to burn, also literal meaning). But then it takes a sudden turn.
Tim is singing about the result of the choices we've made over the past 100 years coming happening. Our whole governmental system is falling apart, we ran out of the will to go on (Kerosene symbolism for nothing left to burn, also literal meaning). But then it takes a sudden turn.
He looks at the fields
And his hands
"All I need is what I have"
Then shed a tear of happiness
He looks at the fields
And his hands
"All I need is what I have"
Then shed a tear of happiness
She watched the world
Crumple away
"Is this the end of yesterday?"
"Lord, I hope so" Is all he said
She watched the world
Crumple away
"Is this the end of yesterday?"
"Lord, I hope so" Is all he said
Gone are the...
Gone are the old guards
Gone are the cold, cold wars
Weightless we go forth
On wings of amnesty
The speaker realizes that now that teh sytem of life we once had is gone, so are all of it's problem. It's time for a fresh start. No more religions, wars, no more burden of apocalypse. Let's just hope we dont fuck up again.
you have a lot of the lyrics wrong these are the correct lyrics from the album booklet
On that day, They'll tell you That life hummed on with no clue The warning signs were all Dismissed or shouted down So it goes The kings all failed to tell us The madmen failed to sell us On what would then become The only life we know
Were they burning signal fires To guide us to the fields? Or building funeral pyres? The outcome of a final appeal
The city lines are down The kerosene's run out The fracturing of all We relied on upon
Let's shed this unclean skin And start to feel again Because all the shoulders On which to cry are gone
The paranoia gripped us The rain turned engines to rust The panic set in like a cancer to our hearts Spreading through We bet on finite genius Or prayed for god to save us But there was no antidote Disease tore us apart
We left bodies in the streets So numb we forgot how to feel
The city lines are down The kerosene's run out The fracturing of all We relied on upon
Let's shed this unclean skin And start to feel again Because all the shoulders On which to cry are gone
He looks at the fields And his hands "All I need is what I have" Then shed a tear of happiness
She watched the world Crumple away "Is this the end of yesterday?" "Lord, I hope so" Is all he said
Gone are the old guards Gone are the cold, cold wars Weightless we go forth On wings of amnesty
All we relied on now
The city lines are down The kerosene's run out The fracturing of all We relied on upon
Let's shed this unclean skin And start to feel again Because all the shoulders On which to cry are gone
No more, no more No more, no more No more, no more No more, no more The weight we once felt is gone
Tim is singing about the result of the choices we've made over the past 100 years coming happening. Our whole governmental system is falling apart, we ran out of the will to go on (Kerosene symbolism for nothing left to burn, also literal meaning). But then it takes a sudden turn.
Tim is singing about the result of the choices we've made over the past 100 years coming happening. Our whole governmental system is falling apart, we ran out of the will to go on (Kerosene symbolism for nothing left to burn, also literal meaning). But then it takes a sudden turn.
He looks at the fields And his hands "All I need is what I have" Then shed a tear of happiness
He looks at the fields And his hands "All I need is what I have" Then shed a tear of happiness
She watched the world Crumple away "Is this the end of yesterday?" "Lord, I hope so" Is all he said
She watched the world Crumple away "Is this the end of yesterday?" "Lord, I hope so" Is all he said
Gone are the...
Gone are the old guards Gone are the cold, cold wars Weightless we go forth On wings of amnesty
The speaker realizes that now that teh sytem of life we once had is gone, so are all of it's problem. It's time for a fresh start. No more religions, wars, no more burden of apocalypse. Let's just hope we dont fuck up again.
Whoops didn't mean to put that in a reply
Whoops didn't mean to put that in a reply
Should be "There was no ANSWER, SO disease tore us apart."
Should be "There was no ANSWER, SO disease tore us apart."