Lyrics for Many Lives -> 49 MP as interpreted by khron

Many Lives -> 49 MP Lyrics
Hey Timothy
I wish for clairvoyance
I wanna see my wife and kids
And how I will live and how I will die
(Son you should!)

It's out of fright
It's self-absorption
I wanna learn from my mistakes
Before they can scare me away from the drugs
(Son you should!)

I picture a man who misses his father
He never learned to cook for himself
And spends all his time on his waistline
(Son you should invest!)

I picture a man who lives in the past
He keeps a book of photographs
Of his younger self, clairvoyant self
(Son you should invest!)

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indiethought
08-16-2006

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I'm not sure where to begin on what this song could be about, but I just want to say that it moves me in a way that no song ever has before. It gives me chills every time I hear it. It is, by far, my favorite song by Owen.

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noseovertail711
09-04-2006

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This is about School of Magic number 5, Divination.

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Lost the Plot
10-06-2006

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Ooh. I like this song, I love the strings in this piece, and quiet, sometimes urgency of Owen's words, and the "mob shout of Son you should!)...hey noseovertail711, what's all this about School of Magic - you've mentioned it a couple times, do you mind explaining? Thnx

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merci
10-17-2006

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Beautiful song. The way violin sings in this song, it sounds so tangible. Makes my emotions feel vulnerable... can't describe it.

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noseovertail711
12-23-2006

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Sorry I'm a little late on explaining...

He Poos Clouds is a concept album based on the eight schools of magic in Dungeons and Dragons (I don't remember all their names, you can find them elsewhere... probably wikipedia), plus two songs (--> and The Pooka Sings) to round out the album. Owen frequently introduces this song when he plays live as "School of magic number 5: divination."

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ilisajasmine
11-07-2007

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Amazingly beautiful. He'll make you cry if you see him live.

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GentlemanSkeleton
01-04-2008

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This is a song about someone looking forward to the future, and finding out that their future self obsesses over the past. Basically, live for the moment. Simple and to the point, but I think Owen Pallett does it well.

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sam99foster
02-12-2008

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who is "Timothy"?

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Claire-voyance
04-19-2008

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Timothy refers to Tim, the most fundemental wizard type in Dungeons & Dragons (I think, not an expert; I think they have something to do with claire-voyance the school of magic this song is written about). It was the first song written for the labum so he started it with a literal reference.

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sam99foster
04-29-2008

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Great, cheers. Sounds plausible.

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guerillacellist
07-02-2008

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I caught the dungeons and dragons reference on the album....


but this song is about so much more than dungeons and dragons....

owen pallett, you are amazing

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staalkin
09-17-2008

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First off, Timothy is definitely in reference to Timothy Leary, the creator of LSD.

Just at face-value, this song is about a man, who in his youth used LSD as an excuse to try and get a glimpse of his future, but keeps going and keeps going and eventually he is now older and has nothing but the pictures of himself in his youth to look at, taunting his supposed "clairvoyance".

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Pilot Error
09-26-2008

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Sorry to nitpick staalkin; although I agree with your reference to Timothy Leary, he was not the creator of LSD (that would be Albert Hoffman). He did advocate its use spiritually and theraputically though.

God, talent just pours out of Owen Pallett, doesn't it?

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staalkin
09-29-2008

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Pilot Error,

You are absolutely right...brain fart on my end.

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