Portugal. The Man – Marching with six

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  General Comment:I really enjoy Nics vocals too. The song wouldnt be the same without it.

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  General Comment:if its any drug, it's meth
  
  woke up late on that sunday morning.
  woke up late yeah the sun was burning.
  slides and chutes spilling explanations. slides and chutes offer alibis.
  
  slides and chutes suggests the ways one would ingest.
  
  
  
  
  where the freeways mate and the flies congregate
  there's a needle hungry for a place to sleep
  where the jumpers meet in the film cloud eyes
  with the doctors notes and them heavy heads we'll cry
  
  freeways mate and the flies congregate... sounds like tons of activity...meth
  
  jumpers meet, suicidal depression
  
  
  lay my face back in the sleep finds me lazy
  a fears friendly fed when you're free to be resting
  birds in the sky and the rain won't soon
  call in
  gravel laced sunsets foaming in my belly
  
  cant sleep
  
  evident was the flood
  frame it up frame it up now frame it!
  evident I was told
  frame it up frame it up now frame it!
  a wonder it was worn
  frame it up frame it up now frame it!
  evident I was told.
  frame it up frame it up now frame it!
  
  evident was the flood, i was told. many warnings of the negetive effects
  
  frame it up, rub it in, told you so etc
  
  Ohhh my baby's gonna take your breath away
  ohhh my baby's gonna burn your soul
  Ohhh my baby's gonna take your breath away
  ohhh my baby's gonna burn your soul
  
  replace "my baby" with methamphetamines.
  
  evident was the flood
  frame it up frame it up now frame it!
  evident I was told
  frame it up frame it up now frame it!
  a wonder it was worn
  frame it up frame it up now frame it!
  evident I was told.
  frame it up frame it up now frame it!

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  General Comment:well "woke up late on that sunday morning" usually people party on friday and saturday and i know when i used to party and do drugs i would wake up very late on sundays... then "theres a needle hungry for a place to sleep" kinda obvious.. and gravel laced sunsets foaming in my belly.. usually when you go to the hospital and they think you've overdosed on something, they use charcoal gravel, and i can see why he said "sunsets" cause he was probably pretty fucked up at the time haha

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  General Comment:i cant remember if it was marching with 6 or elephant but one of the 2 i asked John Gourley about and he said it was about communism...i noticed alot of people on this site believe most the songs are about drugs. yeah i see were ur coming from, but the man him self told me otherwise so you may need to look at the song differently.

  Flag codex avellum31on April 01, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:i think its about the realization of the shit he got himself into by becoming a user and the warning signs of drug addiction.
  "evident was the flood. evident i was told"- he should have seen it coming

  Flag factnotfictionon February 16, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:in the right speaker
  at 10:09
  "and just to prove you dont know how to do anything"
  10:15
  :girl laughing:

  Flag getfastereron January 26, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:gravel lace sunsets..
  a sunset is horizontal.
  supposing it was gravel laced.
  gravel isnt always neccesarily black right ?
  foamin in my belly...
  sounds like he ate it.
  or maybe..
  it just went down his throat and now he's just gone.
  that baby took his breath away.
  that baby burnt his soul

  Flag getfastereron December 29, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:Nic Newshams vocals in this are awesome and fit so well, can't wait for the new GAD album. As for the song, I think it's about contemplating and maybe actually going through with suicide after become addicted to a drug. I thought "gravel-laced sunsets foaming in my belly" was a great line, him jumping and the concrete/gravel is the end, the sunset. But he's only contemplating it hence the foaming in my belly, maybe he's worried but still wants to end his life. Anyway, one of my favourite songs, especially because of Nic's vocals.

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  General Comment:Maybe, skipped out on becoming religious and slid into a drug addiction. Now his head is in the clouds but his body is slipping into death or something of the sort... Not sure. I think it's about a drug addict trying to make the best of the worst (gravel-laced sunsets foaming in my belly?).

  Flag Sk8erpunk912on April 16, 2006   Link

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