| The War On Drugs – An Ocean in Between the Waves Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Here they are like they are in the liner notes; the ones above are WAY wrong and uneditable: Run away, I'm a traveling man Been working every day I watch you as you hesitate Walking through the rain I bet against the company again They tried to redefine Everything that I know and love Gotta know you're mine Feel the way that the wild wind blows through the room Like a nail down through the heart That just don't beat the same anymore That just might as well be gone I'm in my finest hour Can I be more than just a fool? It always gets so hard To see right before the moon Far away, Ma, there's a black sunrise and up ahead There's a moon through the midnight rain How can I surround myself in time and time again? How can I be free? Just wanna lay in the moonlight And see the light shine in And see you in the outline It never gets too dark to find Anybody at anytime I'm at the darkened hillside And there's a haze right between the trees And I can barely see you You're like an ocean in between the waves |
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| Iron & Wine – Halfway to Richmond Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I'll make supper for myself I'll watch the clock upon the shelf I'll clean this broken house you denied Is your time much better spent By giving such a small percent To every pleasantry that I've tried? What's this ugly thing I see? When was this cold and uncomely Animosity begotten? Fucking with the lights left on 'Til every ounce of strength was gone Is there something you've forgotten? When a new sun warms the bedroom wall I'll be halfway to Richmond I'm the fool just to care at all You're the free vagabond London Bridge is falling down And Simon says to turn around These games ain't too fun when you're grown Where'd you go and why'd you leave? I'll close my eyes and count to three Then hurry up and wait by the phone But when the new sun warms the bedroom wall I'll be halfway to Richmond I'm the fool just to care at all You're the free vagabond |
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| Iron & Wine – Freckled Girl Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Someday soon I'll just live over yonder Bring you coffee to taste, crossword puzzles to ponder And I hope you're well and you know that I love you Though I write so seldom and call every blue moon There's some tall Georgia boy Searching out a freckled girl with style Wait 'til tomorrow Someday soon when we hail from Atlanta We won't need some Christmas to spend time together And I hope you're well and you sleep every evening Never lying awake for you're dreaming of children There's some tall Georgia boy Searching out a freckled girl with style Wait 'til tomorrow |
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| Laura Marling – False Hope Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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These are the lyrics as in the liner notes (some minor differences from above, which it won't let me edit): Is it still OK that I don't know how to be alone? Would it be OK if I just came home tonight? We share an apartment on the upper west side And my worst problem is I don't sleep at night Woman downstairs, she's lost her mind And I don't care how, sure don't care why Why no? False hope Why no? False hope A storm hits the city and the lights go out before I can prepare The whole of downtown looks dark like no one lives there We share an apartment on the upper west side And my worst problem is I don't sleep at night Woman downstairs, she's lost her mind And I don't care how, sure don't care why Why no? False hope Why no? False hope She'll be alright tomorrow Neither of us are going to sleep tonight So it'll come slow I hear you banging through the wall A dying animal's last call Is it still OK that I don't know how to be at all? There's a party uptown but I just don't feel like I belong at all Do I? We share an apartment on the upper west side And my worst problem is I don't sleep at night Woman downstairs, she's lost her mind And I don't care how, sure don't care why Why no? False hope Why no? False hope |
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| Sonic Youth – Massage The History Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| For the record, Kim says in her autobio/memoir that this is the only song she wrote about her and Thurston's relationship. | |
| Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Little Dragon posted the lyrics to their instagram account, and I transcribed from there | |
| The War On Drugs – A Needle In Your Eye #16 Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| These weren't easy, but I think I got them halfway decent. Edit or post if you have any clearer ideas! | |
| Little Dragon – Klapp Klapp Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Ugh I posted the lyrics, as transcribed from Little Dragon's instagram post... hit submit, and these showed up and they're not at all what I typed and are wrong. | |
| Little Dragon – Paris Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Little Dragon posted these lyrics to their instagram, so I transcribed from there | |
| Little Dragon – Cat Rider Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Little Dragon posted these lyrics on their instagram, I transcribed from there | |
| Sharon Van Etten – For You Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| literally! | |
| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Hallelujah Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I mostly agree with everyone, but most of you seem to think the nurse is good and the house is drugs, but I think it's the exact opposite. Nurse = drugs; woman/house = love. He stops taking drugs (give his nurse weekend off) and he can't write or exist anymore. Then somehow this woman/house appears, a saviour of love who says she'll provide him shelter, care for him, etc. But in the end, he goes back to his nurse (drugs) and in the process loses the love he could've had for the crutch the nurse provides. So he cries. |
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| Elf Power – The Great Society Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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The above lyrics are for "Willowy Man" off of Elf Power's A Dream In Sound album. NOT "The Great Society." I've attempted them here: It's my past, no one's dead Birds are sleeping in your bed Spiders laugh, demons fly Babies jump over the fire Space has eaten off your face You won't need it anyway Heroes rest, ?? sleep In the great society Birds ?? no disease ?? swimming in the seas Giants roam through the woods Singing songs, feeling good Space has eaten off your face You won't need it anyway Birds are nest, thunder sleep In the great society |
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| Eels – Bombs Away Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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These lyrics are terribly transcribed, wtf. Here's a bit better: Nobody listens to the whisperin' fool Are you listenin'? I didn't think so I been quiet as a church house mouse Tiptoeing everywhere I go I've had enough of being complacent I've had enough of bein' a mouse I'll no longer keep my mouth shut Bombs away, gonna shake the house Bombs away, I will be heard You better listen 'cause you just might learn Bombs away, shriek, holler and shout And if you're not ready than you better get out now Cat ran away You better hope it's a good day You don't know how I am If it's a bad day than repeat away Bombs away, I will be heard And your opinion's going to wait its turn Bombs away, shriek holler and shout And if you're not ready than you better get out now Nobody listens to a whisperin' fool You're not listenin', didn't think so Been quiet as a church house mouse Tiptoeing everywhere I go I've had enough of being complacent I've had enough of bein' a mouse I'll no longer keep my mouth shut Bombs away, gonna shake the house Baby Tuco, better watch your back A masterpiece of horror about to be unleashed, Jack A dog not barking ain't no dog at all Bombs away, take cover, your also gonna fall Nobody listens to a whisperin' fool Are you listenin'? I know that you are I been quiet as church house mouse Tiptoeing everywhere I go I've had enough of being complacent I've had enough of bein' a mouse I'll no longer keep my mouth shut Bombs away, gonna rattle the house Bombs away, I will be heard You better listen 'cause you just might learn Bombs away, shriek holler and shout And if you're not ready than you better get out now |
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| Laura Marling – Bleed Me Dry Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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this is a stunning new song, already played June 2 2013 on the radio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf0-tbc1IuY&list=PL64955007315C2825 |
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| Nick Drake – Cello Song Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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He's singing to himself. He's the strange face in the first verse, looking at his own eyes. He knows he should have nothing to fear by life, but... at night, the armies of emotion come anyway (depression). He can't fight that wave. In the final verse, he withdraws into his music, hoping to be helped by someone's, anyone's, hand. This song makes me cry. |
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| Phosphorescent – Song For Zula Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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these phenomenal lyrics... here they are if you want to see correct ones: Some say love is a burning thing That it makes a fiery ring Oh but I know love as a fading thing Just as fickle as a feather in a stream See, honey, I saw love, you see it came to me It puts its face up to my face so I could see Yeah then I saw love disfigure me Into something I am not recognizing See the cage, it called...I said, come on in I will not open myself up this way again Nor lay my face to the soil, nor my teeth to the sand I will not lay like this for days now upon end You will not see me fall, nor see me struggle to stand To be acknowledged by some touch from his gnarled hands You see the cage, it called...I said, come on in I will not open myself this way again You see the moon is bright in that treetop night I see the shadows that we cast in the cold clean light My feet are gold and my heart is white And we race right out on the desert plains all night See honey I am not some broken thing I do not lay in the dark waiting for thee No my heart is gold, my feet are light And I am racing out on the desert plains all night So some say love is a burning thing That it makes a fiery ring Ah but I know love as a caging thing Just a killer come to call from some awful dream O and all you folks, you come to see You just to stand there in the glass looking at me But my heart is wild and my bones are steam And I could kill you with my bare hands if I was free |
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| Phosphorescent – Song For Zula Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| what the heck, these lyrics got changed back from the ones i posted from the record label website. songmeanings.net is becoming really lame with this crap. | |
| Phosphorescent – Song For Zula Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| uh google harder. Zula is also a city in Africa. i think that's why there's the references to the desert plains. | |
| Phosphorescent – Song For Zula Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I corrected the lyrics with what was posted on the record label's website http://deadoceans.com/blog/2012/12/phosphorescents-muchacho-coming-march-19th-stream-song-for-zula/ This song has totally devastated me too, btw. It's unbelievable. Brilliant. |
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| Kate Bush – Eat the Music Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| this song is the sexiest | |
| First Aid Kit – Blue Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| It's "shadow" isn't it? | |
| Robert Plant – Mystery Title Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Babe, I'm gonna leave you. | |
| The Raveonettes – Seductress Of Bums Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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http://www.justsomelyrics.com/763646/Frank-Zappa-Dynamo-Hum-Lyrics dynamo hum is a zappa reference, refers to an orgasm or just sex |
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| The National – Cardinal Song Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This isn't sad truths, it's terrible advice to show, "don't be this way." Every line in this is bad bad advice, and don't live to regret doing these things. If you get to your deathbed, and you've never looked her in the eyes or let her treat you like a criminal or sleep with wives, you will be sad and confused. |
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| Low – Nightingale Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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They're wide with color and So sad and my eyes go dead i think |
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Let the Bells Ring Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| yea, that's kind of insane to hold the religious angle against Cave on this album, and not any of his others. :/ it's not like it's suddenly on Abattoir Blues a lot more than normal or anything. | |
| Gillian Welch – Hard Times Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| edited, thanks | |
| Yo La Tengo – How To Make A Baby Elephant Float Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| put it in root beer | |
| Prince – Come Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| i think this is about jesus, right? | |
| Kate Bush – Flower of the Mountain Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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so sexy it's amazing and awesome we get to hear this finally! |
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| Radiohead – Morning Mr. Magpie Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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to me, it's a song about having lost your muse/inspiration. the magpie took thom's melody and he wants it back. |
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| Frank Ocean – American Wedding Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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hey now, people in India or China are NOT longing to have American weddings. in fact, arranged marriages almost NEVER end in divorce. but what huge percentage of American weddings do? who is happier? care to re-think that claim? just because you don't understand arranged marriages doesn't mean they're wrong or those who do it aren't happy and wish they were American. it's tradition in India, it's how it works, it's how people are happy. it's how they love. and i agree with you there, Mac, people are more selfish here. this song hints at that a bit; american weddings are too cavalier. they don't last. the wedding is more important than the marriage itself. |
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| Kate Bush – Deeper Understanding Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| why would she change anything? it's remarkably prescient and fits today even more than ever. | |
| Radiohead – Separator Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| wish away the nightmare | |
| PJ Harvey – This Is Love Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Despite what she says in the chorus, I think she's mostly just feeling lust not love in this song. Totally hot |
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| Grinderman – Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This is how you start an album. | |
| Arcade Fire – Half Light II (No Celebration) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| it also doesn't have a huge chorus like "with or without you" does | |
| U2 – All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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haha "jimi hendrix cover" *sigh* learn about bob dylan rock fans |
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| Bon Iver – Come Talk to Me (Peter Gabriel cover) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Peter Gabriel cover song | |
| Bob Dylan – Standing in the Doorway Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Blind Melon and Bob Dylan in the same sentence? FAIL | |
| Thom Yorke – All for the Best (Miracle Legion cover) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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While I do agree with the above "longing for her"/heartache interpretation (that's why it works so well as a Thom Yorke song, I see this theme all over The Eraser), there's more to the song. There are also undercurrents of sort of struggling as you hit your 30s, and maybe a pull between doing what you should, and what you dream. (His brother is cutting grass, but he's unsure if that's the life he wants. What exactly is 'all for the best'?) I also hear "you're so beautiful it seems" Pretty amazing track |
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| The Handsome Family – A Dark Eye Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| fixed, thx | |
| Brian Eno – St. Elmo's Fire Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| best guitar solo ever | |
| The Flaming Lips – Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon (Fuck Led Zeppelin) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Also it should be noted this riff is very Zeppelin-esque, the song is arranged very much like "Heartbreaker" or some of Zep's riff-heavy songs. I think it's clear the Lips were influenced, and using Zep as a basis, and the title was their way of being funny. | |
| Sophie Zelmani – Most Of The Time Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Bob Dylan cover... beautiful too | |
| TV on the Radio – Lover's Day Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| yea this song is totally h0tt, awesome | |
| Laura Marling – Shine Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think this song explores how sometimes you need the pain to see things clear. Sometimes when you're in love with someone and it's not right or unrequited, you don't see things clearly (ie., blind). You feel it's right, but it's not (ie., plagues your mind). But as soon as they're out of the way... you can shine. |
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| Alison Krauss – Happiness Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| this song is mistitled | |
| Flight of the Conchords – Boom Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think this is about sex. | |
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