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At the Bottom of Everything Lyrics
So there’s this woman, and she was, um, on an airplane, and she’s flying to meet her fiancé, sailing high above the, the largest ocean on planet earth, and she was seated next to this man who, you know, she had tried to start conversations, and, only – really the only thing she’d heard him say was just to order his, his Bloody Mary, and . . . and she’s sittin’ there, and she’s readin’ this really arduous magazine article about a third world country that she couldn’t even pronounce the, the name of, and she’s feeling very bored, and very . . . despondent. And then, uh . . . suddenly . . . there was this huge mechanical failure and one of the, the engines gave out, and they started just falling - thirty thousand feet - the, uh, pilot’s on the, on the microphone and he’s, he’s saying, um, ”I’m sorry, I’m sorry, oh my God, I’m . . . I’m sorry,” and apologizing and, and she looks at the man, and she, and she says, she says, she says, “Where are we going?" And, uh, and he looks at her . . . and he says, “We’re going to a party . . . it, it’s a birthday party . . . it’s your birthday party, happy birthday, darling. We love you very, very, very, very, very, very, very much.” And then um, he starts hummin’ this little tune, and, and, uh, it kinda goes like this, it’s kinda - one, two, one, two, three, four
We must talk in every telephone, get eaten off the web We must rip out all the epilogues from the books that we have read Into the face of every criminal strapped firmly to a chair We must stare, we must stare, we must stare We must take all of the medicines too expensive now to sell Set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell Into the ear of every anarchist that sleeps but doesn't dream We must sing, we must sing, we must sing And it'll go like this, all right While my mother waters plants, my father loads his gun He says, "Death will give us back to God Just like the setting sun Is returned to the lonesome ocean" And then they splashed into the deep blue sea Oh, it was a wonderful splash! We must blend into the choir, sing as static with the whole We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul Into this endless race for property and privilege to be won We must run, we must run, we must run We must hang up in the belfry where the bats and moonlight laugh We must stare into a crystal ball and only see the past Into the caverns of tomorrow with just our flashlights and our love We must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge And then we'll get down there Way down to the very bottom of everything And then we'll see it, oh, we'll see it! We'll see it! We’ll see it! Oh, my morning's coming back The whole world’s waking up All the city buses swimming past I'm happy just because I found out I am really no one
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12-19-2004
just like the setting sun
is returned to the lonesome ocean."
i love that line, it gives a good perspective on death
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01-04-2005
We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul
And to this endless race for property and privilege to be won
We must run, we must run, we must run
ahh i love it. that's about conformity and what we must do to succeed throughout life
We must hang up in the belfry where the bats in moonlight laugh
We must stare into a crystal ball and only see the past
And in the caverns of tomorrow with our flashlights and our love
We must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge
we only know about the past and how uncertain the future is but we have to keep going
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01-18-2005
the song itself is definately about conforming and the pressure of finding your own identity. Thats what I get out of it,at least..
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01-22-2005
'set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell' how long have i wanted to do this very thing....
'i'm happy just because i found out i am really no one.' aww...its depressing but very true. we are nobody.
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01-22-2005
"Death will give us back to god,
just like the setting sun
is returned to the lonesome ocean."
because he then continues the story to say they crashed into the ocean, just like the sun returns to the ocean.
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01-22-2005
just like the setting sun
is returned to the lonesome ocean." is even an optimistic view. and with the man telling her its her birthday and they love her, its optimistic in such a situation..so i think the whole song is supposed to shed positive light on death.
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01-24-2005
*Intro*
I think that the intro is really imperative to the entire song, because this guy, whom of which this supposed woman has never talked to, is telling her that they're going to a birthday party. Birthday party is really just a term that screams they're begining a new life now, and that she shouldn't be sad, maybe because he really doesn't care about life, or maybe he sees some sort of light that she doesnt.
*first stanza*
It is saying "we must talk in every telephone, get eaten off the web" These are just things that people get caught up into. It's like everyone in society has to "live life for a purpose" rather than actually live life. They're always doing busy work, instead of making themselves feel better. Also, it is putting social implication into question. "Into the eye of every criminal, we must stare" Instead of treating them like normal humans who might have made a mistake or two, we shall ostricize them, and distance ourselves from them.
*second Stanza*
"We must take all of the medicines too expensive now to sell
Set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell
And in the ear of every anarchist who sleeps but doesn't dream"
He seems to be making fun of society as a whole, rather than make ourselves better for us, we are attempting to make ourselves better for other people. The preacher may not even be a preacher, he may just be someone who is looking down on you, that you try to conform. He is also making fun of people without vision, people who just want to be a cliche. ie the anarchist.
*third stanza*
It seems insanely funny that his father and mother are doing this busy work, and talking about getting back to god. His father is loading his gun, and it doesn't seem as if he's really trying to do anything really, he's being a hypocrit in a sense. **IMO**
"And then they splashed into the deep blue sea
It was a wonderful splash "
Death isn't something to be afraid of, to be afraid of the enevitable is to be ignorant. We all must prepare, we all must be okay with whom we are.
*fifth stanza*
We're blending into society, with this stanza. We memorize social security numbers, but we don't know who we are. We sing in the choir, but don't know the words. We're trying to be something we're not, for the "greater good" of our concious. He's saying we've gotta leave this idea that money has power over us. Even though it might, it shouldn't be the number one priority.
*sixth stanza*
We still put too much onto material goods. We look back as if we have failed society, just because we don't have things. We tend to look back rather than forward, on mistakes rather than opportunity.
and finally
"I'm happy just because
I found out I am really no one"
I find true solice in this line. In the greater picture of things, we as humans are simply a pixle in the huge picture that is the world and history. He's not really found out anything, but he's found the biggest thing. It may be sarcasm, i'm not exactly sure.
Jim
05-14-2009
I don't think he is mentioning cliches because the next line after "And in the ear of every anarchist who sleeps but doesn't dream", is "we must sing, we must sing, we must sing"
I believe he is telling the anarchist to not worry about the government, and to allow the politicians to play their games. just live your own life.
he is telling the preacher to not worry about death and afterlife, especially of other people not concerning the preacher. just live life.
thats my opinion anyway...doesnt really matter much, just a suggestion. but as Conor himself puts it, "I am really no one"
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01-25-2005
If you deny you have a soul, you accept that you are bound to earth. this is all you get, no heaven, no re-birth. You cannot fall prey to religious fanatacism, and at the same time you will be free to live a full life because you also have no hell to fear (so you can burn the preacher)
for Conor it is apparrently a bold thing to just continue to stay alive, although he concedes that the best way to do it is to blend into the herd and conform, or get into the middle where it's safe, as the brave ones on the fringe are the ones that eventually get picked off. the best chance to stay alive is to become indistinguishable from everyone else and be no one.
Kind of sad really.
12-11-2008
As for the burning the preacher line... we burn the preacher because he's condemning us to Hell, not because we don't have a hell to fear.
Not being anyone doesn't refer to conforming to social standards while we're alive, it refers to the fact that in death we are all equal.
I'm not saying that conor isn't presenting a negative outlook on life... clearly he's trying to say that the world is full of flaws, and that all we can do is try to fix them before we die, which isn't such a bad thing to do after all.
05-14-2009
i wonder if Conor has read any Niezthche (i think i spelled it right)...because Niezthche's core thought was to live life without the fear of hell. or wasting your whole life just thinking about whats going to happen after life. a huge waste of time. dont get me wrong, ive spent many hours thinking about it too. but in the end, it hasnt helped me much.
another ideology of Conor's is the realization that were nothing but random elements placed in the right order. as in, humanity isnt the center of the universe, as we like to think.
I just wish I had the genius he has...but ive thought before, he seems very depressed a lot. ive began to think more and more that more knowledge leads to more dispair and that ignorance truly is bliss. any high school football jocks can comment on this. tell me what you guys think...or dont think
sorry guys...you had it coming to you
05-14-2009
you have to look under the suggested meanings to understand what Conor intends. Hes a genius and geniuses would never make anything, especially song lyrics, that simple. but thats what i think. u think what you wanna think. ur opinion. no hostility intended. thats why individual minds are so amazing. you can think whatever you want!!!
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01-25-2005
I just remembered hearing a reference to it before, so I thought I'd post.
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01-26-2005
p.s-if you've met conor,IM me
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01-26-2005
but seriously. how good is this album?...maybe the best after fever and mirrors...i love it very very very very very very VERYmuch(pun intended)
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01-26-2005
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