Lyrics for Sing Me Spanish Techno as interpreted by artblot

Sing Me Spanish Techno Lyrics
Go to now, after picking the glass off the ground
Go to now, after shaking the thing for a sound
Do we see what the clock makes you do?
But I won't let this happen to you

In a town, where I lost every shirt on the fence
Go to now, I am bleeding a trail through the lens
When I'll see what the now know it's you
I was caught in the eye as you came, pulled by my name up on and through

Traveling at godspeed
Over the hills and trails
I have refused my call
Pushing my lazy sails
Into the blue flame
I want to crash here right now
The hourglass spilt its sand
If only to punish you

For listening too long to one song
Sing me Spanish techno

Go to now, after wiring the thing to explode
Wired for sound, wide awake here for days in a row
Now we see what the engine can do
And I won't let this happen to you

Traveling at godspeed
Over the hills and trails
I have refused my call
Pushing my lazy sails
Into the blue flame
I want to crash here right now
The hourglass spills its sand
If only to punish you

For listening too long to one song
Sing me Spanish techno

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tybees
01-21-2006

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These lyrics look correct to me, except "For listening to the, to one sound" should be "For listening too long, to one song". From what I gather, this song is about needing a radical change in lifestyle. How many times have you thought you needed a change in your life because you're stuck in a rut and the scenery has become redundant? When he asks "Sing Me Spanish Techno", that's exactly what he wants to hear. Something completely new and foreign even, because he's been listening to one song for too long, or lived in the same place for too long, or been in an unrewarding relationship for too long ("The hourglass spills its sand If only to punish you" and "Do we see what the clock makes you do").
"Sing Me Spanish Techno" could be titled "Fly Me To The Moon" or "Throw Me Off The Golden Gate Bridge", something crazy and new to help one escape the day-to-day routines and incessant familiarity. And it makes me jump up, flail my arms, and dance around the living room. I definitely can't help listening to this song for too long.

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MovieMusic84
02-03-2006

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they've interviewed a.c. about these lyrics. he said something about 'spanish techno' in conversation with a friend and she said "sing me spanish techno!" he then proceeded to say the rest of the lyrics are pretty much meaningless. gotta love that.

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Rosalynpaige
02-20-2006

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ac and his girlfriend were talking about living in Spain and he asked her to speak spanish and she could only recall the spanish from the techno songs, and thus
the only spanish she could repeat was by singing a spanish techno song.

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x_Heather_x
03-25-2006

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Brilliant song...
The New Pornographers and Spoon are playing here sometime in May. But I have a super important maths exam the next day so it's lookin' like a no-go. Kinda devastated...

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pumkinhed
04-13-2006

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song, will you marry me?

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GollyGee
05-13-2006

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Ahh, my first New Pornographers song. I fell in love. :D Amazing...

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Lost the Plot
05-14-2006

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Second song of the New Pornographers I've heard, and it's my favourite!!! (Well, I really like The Bleeding Heart Show too....)

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thetownhalo
06-19-2006

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I agree that this song is basically saying 'change is good.' And is it just me or should the New Pornographers be named The Mixed Metaphors. I love the way 'lost every shirt on the fence' sounds.

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pumkinhed
07-13-2006

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Anyone seen the video? Hella funny, plus the guy does make a convincing drag queen.

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lepidoptera3
08-16-2006

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Yes! I've seen the video! I loved it. I loved that it was unpredictable and light-hearted. And I love drag queens.

And to the newer NP fans: This song is good, but there are some songs that are way better. If you haven't yet, listen to Chump Change, July Jones, and Letter From an Occupant. Actually, listen to it all. Pretty much all NP is good.

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deadeyeduck
09-25-2006

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'travelling at God speed'
what a great line

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airwolf queen
01-07-2007

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The lyrics to this song kind of remind me of the lyrics to the Beatles' "Come Together". Someone once told me that Lennon made up the lyrics for "Come Together" on the spot while they were recording... Sounds like something the N.P.s could have done for this song, an impressionistic, spontaneous unanalyzable set of lyrics indeed!

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remember?
01-10-2007

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Sing me spanish techno indeed.
Word amazing.

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camkid2
01-27-2007

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"travling at god speed" through "if only to punish you-" absolutely amazing moments of my life.

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Marty Being Marty
07-21-2007

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God, I love AC's writing! Reminds me of trying to parse J. Alfred Prufrock.

I think the third verse starts "Go to now, after wiring the thing to explode"...in other words, he's blowing himself out of his rut. The next line shows how he's waiting to see how his life is going to change.

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