Lyrics for I Have Been Floated as interpreted by weezerific:cutlery

I Have Been Floated Lyrics
when it should learn to speak before it melts away
and thus express that each have words no one else will say

i have been floated to this thought this hour
on a series of events i cannot explain
gather your wit, your will, your luck, your power
that what it would effect that will not remain

a light shines through a little hole the hole's inside somewhere
the spiracle's obedience it is true, i swear

i have been floated to this thought this hour
on a series of events i cannot explain
gather your with, your will, your luck, your power
that what it would effect that will not remain

if one claims to know the way let fashion be his bride
and more akin to welcome in to being forced inside

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grandpa
04-18-2004

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Either this song or "I have been Floated" is the top OTC song in my book. It's on the Singles & Beyond album but I think it could have been included in Black Foliage perfectly.

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grandpa
04-18-2004

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Jeff Magnum is in this song around the 1:30 mark. Either this or "Fireplace" is the best OTC song, in my opinion.

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Rockin-Robin
01-29-2005

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Awesome.

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wingedfeetxc
04-22-2005

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grandpa - it sounds like it could have been included on Black Foliage perfectly cause it was on Black Foliage. lol. Great song. Love that Jeff sings on it.

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Snapman
12-21-2005

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Superb song. I'm guessing it's about dreams, or something along those lines (given the general theme of Black Foliege).

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Lucanio
05-14-2006

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i thought that sounded like jeff! this song is awsome.

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choke_save
05-15-2006

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uh.... its about acid. everybody knows thaat.


(and a good hint for your future otc experiences; theyre all about lsd, generally speaking)

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LuckIsAMetaphor
06-12-2006

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This and Love Athena are my favorite Olivia Tremor Control.
Its brilliant and just that Jeff Mangum is in it made it 10 times better for me.

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clashcityrocker9
06-30-2006

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mangum shows up at xactly 1:28 and thats when i fell in love with the song

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alanana
10-31-2007

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There's a passage in Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Intellect" that I just came across that sounds like this song's chorus. The song is probably about/based on ideas in the essay because they seem a little too close to be coincidental.

The passage goes "I have been floated into this thought, this hour, this connection of events, by secret currents of might and mind..."

The quote relates to how Emerson believes that if people use their mind and examine what goes on around them, then what happens to them won't be surprising. If one doesn't use their intellect they won't understand why things unfold the way they do and thus they "will have been floated" into their situation.

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mrpiddles
12-30-2008

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Good call alanana.
If one wants to explore the essay for themselves, here's a link:
http://www.emersoncentral.com/intellect.htm

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NotThereYet
02-02-2009

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This song now gives me goosebumps. It is written so beautifully and while I do not attempt to deny it, help from Emerson be damned!

When put together in paragraph form, it really is amazing how much beauty it retains while taking on a wholly different thing altogether. Beautiful songwriting and beautiful writing are different things, I believe. This song is both.

And it is true. I've been floated my whole life...

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