Lyrics for A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene as interpreted by smileforthecamera

A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene Lyrics
I'm the band in a show 'bout a man holding hands with his wife
On a therapist's couch with his face to the ground after fucking around countless nights
And there's this one episode, close-up cameras were showing him crying
His red head and his red eyes

I'm a band in a show 'bout a boy being buried alive
From his head to his toes by a criminal but with a sensitive soul with a set of raccoon eyes
And there's this scene in the show when a hustler knows he's gonna die
The ground opens and he climbs inside

And as he speaks his last line, a thought falls from his mind and I pick it up right it through the TV
Oh, oh
Is there a hand to take hold of the scene?

I'm a man in a dream and there, dancing in front of my eyes
Is the queen, formed out of flaws with her eyes all gone odd and a rod bolted into her spine
She rises up like a yawn, grips my heart like a claw, splits apart like a jaw, like an eye
And she asks me with a sigh

When we're so far from right
When we're losing the fight
When we're letting the light weaken it's beam
Oh, oh
Is there a hand to take hold of the scene?

I want a smile like a glistening shard, I want a kiss that's as sharp as a knife
The day expires
And the dry, cracked, trembling lips God saw fit to put this kiss inside
I lift them up to you, I'd like to bear witness to a light that is fine and is filling the cryingest eyes
Grace in each face that is making the wastedest, brokenest ones fairly fly
Love that is innocent, of that old cynical, covetous, cancerous vibe
And a beauty that annihilates all life

Like it's lived in these nights, holding your hatred tight
Like a sign that you're right or you're strong
When your doors are shut tight, I will dream you tonight
And my dream will just sweep you along
When all the fires are fanned, when we're shucking our plans
When we're too weak to stand on our two feet
Oh, oh
Is there a hand to take hold of this scene?

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fedorkme
06-28-2007

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I love the pace of this song.

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proposals
06-29-2007

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Am I crazy, or does the first verse seem to be referring to that terrible VH1 reality show Breaking Bonaduce?

This song is great. I love the "doo doo doo" parts.
And the hand-claps. Awesome.

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proposals
07-18-2007

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A few corrections:
"She rises up like a YAWN, GRIPS MY HEART like a claw, splits apart like a jaw, like an eye"

"We were losing the fight"

"When all the fires are fanned, and WE'RE SHUCKING our plans"

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smileforthecamera
07-20-2007

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Ah, thanks. I'll be sure to request a fix for those lines once someone figures out the other question marks.

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jeconner
07-25-2007

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In the dry, cracked, trembling lips [...?] but this gets inside -> In the dry, cracked trembling lips God saw fit to put this kiss inside.

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jakelear
07-29-2007

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"Love that is in us, of that ol' cynical covetest, cancerous vibe"
should be corrected to
"Love that is innocent of that old covetous, cancerous vibe."

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jakelear
07-29-2007

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Also, I belive "Like a sign that should [...?] you strong"
is "like a sign that you're right and you're strong"

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EffulgentEnnui
08-12-2007

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Proposals, I completely agree with you. I think they played part of Black on Breaking Bonaduce.

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raconteur
08-21-2007

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"It Ends With A Fall" and "For Real" supposedly were played on Breaking Bonaduce, or so I've heard- can't say I've ever watched the show. The second verse refers to an episode of Cold Case, in which "Black Sheep Boy #4" was played.

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mrklar
09-12-2007

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"Always fucking around countless nights" should be changed to "after fucking around countless nights."

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w3stfa11
01-29-2008

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his face to the GROUND

see their official website for the lyrics. this place is riddled with errors

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w3stfa11
03-20-2009

Rated +1 
http://www.nerve.com/screeningroom/music/okkervilriver/

"A Hand to Take Hold of the Scene" describes the television shows where our music has been used on TV. I mean, there's only two. It was Breaking Bonaduce, which is a show I never saw. And then Cold Case, which I watched with my family. The show was about some kind of demented guy who buries men alive, and he goes out and picks up a male prostitute and buries him in the rocks, and then our music comes on.

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SheepNutz
09-12-2009

Rated +1 
Here is a great version of this song, I just love it: http://www.vimeo.com/953968

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