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I Must Belong Somewhere Lyrics
Leave the bright blue door on the whitewashed wall
Leave the death ledger under city hall Leave the joyful air in that rubber ball today Leave the lilac print on the linen sheet Leave the birds you killed at your father's feet Let the sideways rain and the crooked street remain Leave the whimpering dog in his cold kennel Leave the dead star lit on her pedestal Leave the acid kids in their green fishbowls today Just leave the sad guitar in its hard-shelled case Leave the worried look on your lover's face Let the orange embers in the fireplace remain Because everything, it must belong somewhere A train off in the distance, bicycle chained to the stairs Everything, it must belong somewhere I know that now, that's why I'm staying here Leave the ocean's roar in the turquoise shell Leave the widower in his private hell Leave the liberty in that broken bell today Leave the epic poem on its yellow page Leave the gray macaw in his covered cage Let the traveling band on the interstate remain Because everything, it must belong somewhere Soundstage in California, televisions in Times Square Everything, it must belong somewhere I know that now, that's why I'm staying here Leave the secret talks on the trundle bed Leave the garden tools in the rusted shed Leave those bad ideas in your troubled head today Leave the restless ghost in his old hotel Leave the homeless man in his cardboard cell Let the painted horse on the carousel remain Because everything, it must belong somewhere Just like the gold around her finger or the silver in his hair Everything, it must belong somewhere I know that now, that's why I'm staying here In truth, the forest hears each sound Each blade of grass as it lies down The world requires no audience No witnesses, no witnesses Leave the old town drunk on his wooden stool Leave the autumn leaves in the swimming pool Leave the poor black child in his crumbling school today Leave the novelist in his daydream tune Leave the scientist in his Rubik's Cube Let the true genius in the padded room remain Leave the horse's hair on the slanted bow Leave the slot machines on the river boat Leave the cauliflower in the casserole today Leave the hot, bright trash in the shopping malls Leave the hawks of war in their capitol Let the organ's moan in the cathedral remain Because everything, it must belong somewhere They locked the devil in the basement, threw God up into the air Everything, it must belong somewhere And you know it's true, I wish you'd leave me here You know it's true, why don't you leave me here?
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01-30-2005
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01-30-2005
In the version I heard, I don't know about the rest of them, but the lyrics were
"The world requires no AUDIENCE" instead of "The world requires no nobody else."
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01-30-2005
fixed. thanx
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01-31-2005
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01-31-2005
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02-17-2005
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02-19-2005
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04-05-2005
It's completely and totally ironic. Leaving the poor black child in his crumbling school or leaving a true genius in his padded room... these are both persons that don't belong where they supposedly belong today. Conor is saying how he doesn't belong anywhere. This is especially appropriate, given that this song was written and performed while on tour. Conor places images in this song of people and things that actually do belong where they are currently located today, such as the televisions in Times Square or the sound stages in California. This causes contradiction in his song, which makes the irony and sarcasm even more apparent.
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04-16-2005
i really love the tune of this song.
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06-24-2006
It's not ironic as much as it is satirical. "Leave the hawks of war in their capitols" "Leave the poor black child in his crumbling school today". It's a jab at America.
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06-24-2006
And its that he belongs in that place he wants to stay, but I'm not sure if it is where HE thinks he should stay or where people think he should stay?
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07-10-2006
And he thinks that if people think these things should stay in these places that he disagrees with then he should at least be able to be where he wants to be, and to be accepted in that place where he'd be happy.
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10-20-2006
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12-12-2006
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03-10-2007
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03-10-2007
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03-12-2007
that's a live version, but it's all i have until i get cassadaga!
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03-24-2007
Just like the gold around her finger or the silver in his hair"
this reminds me of a gold digger. the ring on her finger shows marriage, and the silver represents his old age.
"Let the true genius in the padded room remain"
all the people who are deemed truly brilliant have some sort of psychosis. for example, van gogh cut off his ear.
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03-29-2007
"A Dead star, lit, on her pedestal" like how young girls are looking up to all these addicted stars.
I mean, it's Starlet, but I just thought that was an interesting idea.
Albeit random.
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03-30-2007
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03-30-2007
my friend just explained to me that they use horse's hair for violins.
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03-30-2007
he says alost uncertainly that "it's just a long list. it's a long list of...things. a long list. of things. and... i guess it's good to find your place in the world, wherever that may be."
so i tend to think it's less about all that other stuff and meant to be taken almost at face value. as a list of things. and about finding where you belong among all these other things that have places.
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04-02-2007
So basically to be happy you cant be concerned with every little aspect of the world or you will go insane just thinking about it. And he realizes that with himself. So rather he hates where he is or love it he belongs there right now.
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04-02-2007
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04-02-2007
and yeah there are some lines that are just there for rhyming purposes like the casserole one lol. still and all great song.
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