Best Lyrics EVAR (Right Now Edition)
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handful_ofdustTHIS TORNADO LOVES YOU
Neko Case, 2008
MY LOVE, I AM THE SPEED OF SOUND
I LEFT THEM MOTHERLESS, FATHERLESS,
THEIR SOULS DANGLING INSIDE-OUT FROM THEIR MOUTHS...
BUT IT'S NEVER ENOUGH.
I WANT YOU.
I CARVED YOUR NAME ACROSS THREE COUNTIES
AND GROUND IT IN WITH BLOODY HIDES.
BROKEN NECKS WILL LINE THE DITCH
TILL YOU "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP THIS MADNESS!"
I WANT YOU.
I HAVE WAITED WITH A GLACIER'S PATIENCE,
SMASHED EVERY TRANSFORMER WITH EVERY TRAILER
TILL NOTHING WAS STANDING,
SIXTY-FIVE MILES WIDE.
BUT STILL YOU ARE NOWHERE, STILL YOU ARE NOWHERE, NOWHERE IN SIGHT.
COME OUT TO MEET ME, RUN OUT TO MEET ME,
COME INTO THE LIGHT.
CLIMB THE BOXCARS TO THE ENGINE,
THROUGH THE SMOKE AND TO THE SKY.
YOUR RAILS COULD ALWAYS OUTRUN MINE, SO I,
I PICKED THEM UP AND CRASHED THEM DOWN
IN A MOMENT CLOSE TO NOW,
'CAUSE I MISS, I MISS, I MISS, I MISS
HOW YOU'D SIGH YOURSELF TO SLEEP
WHEN I'D RAKE THE SPRINGTIME ACROSS YOUR SHEETS.
MY LOVE, I'M AN OWL ON THE SILL IN THE EVENING,
BUT MORNING FINDS YOU
STILL WARM AND BREATHING.
THIS TORNADO LOVES YOU. WHAT WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE ME?
Sorry for the capslock; I found it that way, and had to go through four or five different sites in order to do so. All the other ones have this truly demented "parody" version, instead:
I love writing songs that are already written
Running from cyclones
you must think you've been bitten
Lovely as you are you can't provide a home
If you tried to pick me up I would die in your arms
I use my voice activated dialing to call you up
are you free?
Free as the wind you reply
Lets go get a Starbucks cappuccino and read about Obama in french
I dreamt of drapes and both of us swinging and a blond lady on a swing on a manor
I use my voice activated dialing to call you up
are you free?
Free as the wind you reply.
So what does it mean? That someone really hates Neko Case, to the point of deliberately disseminating ridiculous crap instead of her actual lyrics? Or is it all some surreal joke?
Too late to decide. Drugs, then sleep.
Neko Case, 2008
MY LOVE, I AM THE SPEED OF SOUND
I LEFT THEM MOTHERLESS, FATHERLESS,
THEIR SOULS DANGLING INSIDE-OUT FROM THEIR MOUTHS...
BUT IT'S NEVER ENOUGH.
I WANT YOU.
I CARVED YOUR NAME ACROSS THREE COUNTIES
AND GROUND IT IN WITH BLOODY HIDES.
BROKEN NECKS WILL LINE THE DITCH
TILL YOU "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP THIS MADNESS!"
I WANT YOU.
I HAVE WAITED WITH A GLACIER'S PATIENCE,
SMASHED EVERY TRANSFORMER WITH EVERY TRAILER
TILL NOTHING WAS STANDING,
SIXTY-FIVE MILES WIDE.
BUT STILL YOU ARE NOWHERE, STILL YOU ARE NOWHERE, NOWHERE IN SIGHT.
COME OUT TO MEET ME, RUN OUT TO MEET ME,
COME INTO THE LIGHT.
CLIMB THE BOXCARS TO THE ENGINE,
THROUGH THE SMOKE AND TO THE SKY.
YOUR RAILS COULD ALWAYS OUTRUN MINE, SO I,
I PICKED THEM UP AND CRASHED THEM DOWN
IN A MOMENT CLOSE TO NOW,
'CAUSE I MISS, I MISS, I MISS, I MISS
HOW YOU'D SIGH YOURSELF TO SLEEP
WHEN I'D RAKE THE SPRINGTIME ACROSS YOUR SHEETS.
MY LOVE, I'M AN OWL ON THE SILL IN THE EVENING,
BUT MORNING FINDS YOU
STILL WARM AND BREATHING.
THIS TORNADO LOVES YOU. WHAT WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE ME?
Sorry for the capslock; I found it that way, and had to go through four or five different sites in order to do so. All the other ones have this truly demented "parody" version, instead:
I love writing songs that are already written
Running from cyclones
you must think you've been bitten
Lovely as you are you can't provide a home
If you tried to pick me up I would die in your arms
I use my voice activated dialing to call you up
are you free?
Free as the wind you reply
Lets go get a Starbucks cappuccino and read about Obama in french
I dreamt of drapes and both of us swinging and a blond lady on a swing on a manor
I use my voice activated dialing to call you up
are you free?
Free as the wind you reply.
So what does it mean? That someone really hates Neko Case, to the point of deliberately disseminating ridiculous crap instead of her actual lyrics? Or is it all some surreal joke?
Too late to decide. Drugs, then sleep.
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Date: 2009-03-24 04:59 am (UTC)That is most awesome. I may need this song. As to the rest: the fuck? I got nothing.
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Date: 2009-03-24 01:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-24 05:30 am (UTC)On the sill of the evening.
beautiful.
And she mentions boxcars... trains... which is perfect, because it's owls and trains I've been thinking of, and how similar they feel. I have a poem about that, waiting to be written, but my brain's too sleepy to try it right now...
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Date: 2009-03-24 01:38 pm (UTC)Love to see the owl/train poem, when you're done.;)
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Date: 2009-03-24 05:52 pm (UTC)Risin' up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive
So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive
Chorus:
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger
Face to face, out in the heat
Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry
They stack the odds 'til we take to the street
For we kill with the skill to survive
chorus
Risin' up, straight to the top
Have the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive
chorus
The eye of the tiger (repeats out)...
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Date: 2009-03-24 06:03 pm (UTC)...no, you're right. Those are still fairly sweet, though they really do benefit from the addition of music.;)
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Date: 2009-03-24 07:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-24 08:48 pm (UTC)