Lyrics for Coat Check Dream Song as interpreted by BlakeWolfsSN

Coat Check Dream Song Lyrics
Shrill as a choir of children
Urgent like the first day of May
False and inflatable feeling
Tugs at my senses, big as the Macy's Parade
One brick on top of another
Such is the measure of man
Planets are inset like diamonds
On a gravity halo, eternity's wedding band
I slept with that dealer all summer
The ecstasy is still in my spine
Coat check I couldn't remember
Walked into the winter, came out on the other side

And in the South the sun is shining
Back in the East the lights went out

Stuck on a ladder to heaven
On trial way back in the Hague
Lullaby sounds from the engine
In my styrofoam coffin, asleep on the interstate
Black globes, old symbols of freedom
A murderer still on the lam
Cities encircled in iron
On a great silver beltway, democracy's shackled hands
Séance that brought us together
Objects we move with our minds
Coat sheck and I lost the number
Short sleeves in the winter, fell back through the other side

Out in the West the cars are crashing
Up in the North the ice gave out

Saada Tekmel B'Lhouria
Houria

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black eye event
03-29-2007

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Any one know what Saada Tekmel B'Lhouria Houria means.......
translates to.
or anything on the CD jacket cover.

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lovenothing__
03-29-2007

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"Coat Check and I lost the number"

this is ironic, because i lost my number for coat check at the bright eyes concert in february.

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triple07
03-29-2007

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I know that "Up in the north the ice gave out" refers to global warming, but what is "Out in the west the cars are crashing" referring to?

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clippy.hanger
03-29-2007

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Between the first and second verses, he sings "And in the South, the sun is shining. Back in the East, the lights went out"

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lettheloveage
03-30-2007

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His voice on this song reminds me a lot of Matt Pond Pa. Probably one of my favorites on the album.

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tiki_12
03-31-2007

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I think it has something to do with CA's clean air acts and the encouragement of public transportation.

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brandonbett02
04-01-2007

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song is about basically what the entire album is about. the end of the world. this song is more of global warming. the reference to cars crashing in the west, is just a reference to all the cars in the west.

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xflythisforme
04-02-2007

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"On trial way back in the Hague" refers to The Hague, Netherlands where the World Court and the International Criminal Court are located.

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samxmy
04-03-2007

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Saada = Happiness , Houria = Freedom.
Saada tekmel B'Lhouria means like "There can't be happiness without freedom" It's Arabic tho.

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slinkstersars
04-05-2007

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jesus christ. his music could part a sea.

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tizonic
04-06-2007

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wasn't lifted about the end of the world as well?

hmmm.

i really like this song

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JACKIE THE HOBO
04-10-2007

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thanks samxmy.
that def adds a lot to it.
LOVE the song, and the new album.
a little slow at times, but nontheless amazing.

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colourinthemeaning
04-17-2007

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Haha, his music could part a sea.

I believe in the bit 'A murderer still on the lam' he actually sings 'A murderer still on the land'. This also rhymes better with 'band' in the corresponding verse.

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colourinthemeaning
04-17-2007

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Also, isn't it 'Light Globes'

Really love the line: 'On a great silver beltway, democracy's shackled hands'

I really think this song (and the album in general) is more about the Status-Quo more than 'the end of the world', it just so happens that that is where our Status-Quo is leading us.

'On a great silver beltway, democracy's shackled hands' for instance I think is much more about recent measures to remove freedoms in order to fight 'terrorism'.

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ThickLykePuddin
05-10-2007

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i LOVE LOVE LOVE the harmonizing with rachael yamagata (im assuming its her... its sounds like her). i love how they switch it up between the lines. how she sings low and then they switch. its simply beautiful. i find myself going back to this song over and over again. this is the stuff i like. fuck the haters that said digital ash was shit... this reminds me of digital ash and its perfect. i hope he performs this at the concert. just amazing. his metaphors drive me nuts. im jealous.

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KathrynM
05-12-2007

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What does "my styrofoam coffin" refer to? It seems like his car (the engine, the interstate), but why styrofoam?

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poisonoakdreamsong
05-15-2007

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hahhahha "his music could part a sea"
i agree so, so much.

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built to soar
05-19-2007

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I don't know what Seance means.

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built to soar
05-19-2007

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I don't know what Seance means.

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built to soar
05-19-2007

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I don't know what Seance means.

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ribandherpencil
05-21-2007

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Actually I read in NME in an interview with Connor Oberst that this song is what he imagines you hear in a womb! I don't get it but that's what he intended, he said.

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CarouselOfPictures
05-22-2007

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I am going to hear this song live in two days! I am so excited!!!

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wtfyourface
05-26-2007

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LOL, "hhis music could part a sea", so true.

this song is dreamy.

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becky1234
05-29-2007

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'Saada Tekmel B'Lhouria' is arabic, and it means 'happiness completes freedom'.

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slinkstersars
06-04-2007

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conor oberst is a genius. fuck!

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