I am having a lot of trouble deciphering these lyrics. It would be great if someone could help me.  

Here is a link to the song - youtube.com/…

this is my feeble attempt so far:

 

so for the silent figures burn them down?

salvation structures keeping lives from sun?

street corners ??

each place in absolutes? singing chaos comes

 

??

these four lines were drawn a long time ago

 

tear gas in lines of people ? and ?

each place in the absolute ? can't be touched

and if you ??

??

 

thanks :)

 

 

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Argh these are really hard, it feels like being a kid all over again, not speaking English but still wanting to sing along... I'm afraid I can't really help you with the lyrics, but thank you so much for introducing me to this band! They're great!

I'm just going to post what I hear, but it doesn't make too much sense...

so for the silent figures burn them down / surf off the side of figures run them down (actually sounds as if the first word started with st...)
salvation structures keeping lives from sun
street corner signs/stones thrown out of hands so rough / a street con, a sign to know if hands so rough
each play singing absolutes singing chaos comes (the last word sounds rather like coughs/cuffs)
 
sleep all action is by time undone
these four lines were drawn a long time ago
 
tear gas and lines of people running lost/loss/loves
each placed in an absolute and I can't be touched
And if you conquer the most of the still wrath/silver threads?
me i'm just gonna tear crash and wonder why

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Wow your attempt was much better than mine. Its weird because when I listened to it casually I wouldnt have thought the lyrics would be so hard to make out. But the harder I listen the more difficult it is to try and discern words.

I reckon the first line is "So for the silent figures burn them down" as opposed to the other one. I can definitely hear the word "burn" in there.

"Street corner signs thrown out of hands so rough" is a great guess. I couldnt make that line out at all but that seems close to what he is singing.

"each play singing absolutes singing chaos comes" - I am sketchy about the first "singing" in that line. I also hear 'place' not 'play'.

You seem to have nailed the verse.

'tear gas and lines of people running lost/loss/loves' - I reckon it could be 'running lost' out of those three options.

Second line looks good.

Third line - This is the only interpretation of yours I am sketchy on. He really slurs his lines on this one but it doesnt quite match up to yours.

last line it seems as if you have nailed.

Thanks so much for your help. And I agree, WFANFC are a great band.

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