Lyrics for Fireworks as interpreted by hamfoh

Fireworks Lyrics
Now it's day and I've been trying to get that taste off my tongue
I was dreaming of just you, now our cereal, it is warm
Attractive day in the rubble of the night from before
Now I can't walk in a vacuum, I feel ugly, feel my pores
It's the trees of this day that I do battle with for the light
Then I start to feel tragic, people greet me, I'm polite
"What's the day?" "Whats you doing?"
"How's your mood?" "How's that song?"
Man it passes right by me, it's behind me, now it's gone
And I can't lift you up cause my mind is tired
It's family beaches that I desire
A sacred night, where we'll watch the fireworks
The frightened babies poo
They've got two flashing eyes and they're colored why
They make me feel that I'm only all I see sometimes

I've been eating with a good friend who said
"A Genii made me out of the earth's skin"
But in spite of her she is my birth kin, she spits me out in her surly blood rivers
All the people life lurking in dominions of a hot Turk dish
If the elephants be reaching for our purses, then meet me after the world with the shivers

"What's the day?" "Whats you doing?"
"How's your food?" "How's that song?"
Man it passes right by me it's behind me, now it's gone
I can't lift you up cause my mind is tired, it's family beaches that I desire
That sacred night where we watched the fireworks
They frightened the babies and you know they've got two flashing eyes
And if they are color blind, they make me feel, that you're only what I see sometimes

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thisisjim
07-08-2007

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i'm pretty sure its "colored water" instead of "colorblind"

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thisisjim
07-08-2007

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on the first one. not the second. maybe the third.
shit. i dont know

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hamfoh
07-08-2007

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yeah it's hard to tell since on the ones where it's easier to understand they sound a little different. i tried listening to the really hard to hear parts slowed down and it hardly helped heh

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wilcan
07-08-2007

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i think it might be "people greet me, I'm polite"

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woer
07-08-2007

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the two (?) lines i believe are "ripples" and Charybdis
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis), which also promotes thisisjim's translation of "colored water" instead of "colorblind", since it's a water-theme throughout these lines

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Clap Your Hands
07-09-2007

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Best on the album, and one of their best songs ever.

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hamfoh
07-09-2007

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can anyone listen to the last verses of the chorus, because it sounds very much like colorblind in the last ones while colored water in the first. i originally had colored water written out for the entire song until i slowed down the last verses and thought i heard colorblind. though after you bringing up charybdis i think you may be right

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hamfoh
07-09-2007

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p.s. is there a way to edit the original posting ever?

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Clap Your Hands
07-09-2007

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The second time he sings it, it's "how's your FOOD?" just "mood" the first time.

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sithie
07-09-2007

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you can post in the lyric fix thread with a revision, hamfoh.. had trouble figuring this out myself

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hamfoh
07-09-2007

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i'll use the lyric fix thread when we're more sure on the changes

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ianz
07-13-2007

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i think the part about the babies should be "they've got two," as in two eyes

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sithie
07-14-2007

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are you completely sure "of the night from the fall" isnt "of the night from before"?

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hamfoh
07-17-2007

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no i think you're right and it is "from before". there were easier to hear parts that I didn't focus on such as that one from the previous lyrics. i'll add that to my corrections too

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rawkhawk
07-31-2007

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I'm pretty sure that the "chirp dish" is Turkish--it would sort of fit with the elephants in the next line.

Also, I wonder if the "they've got to" is "they've got two...flashing eyes and if they're color blind". It sounds like that in the final chorus, and it would fit with Avey's common practice of hanging a thought across normal dividing lines between lyrics/lines.

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loungelizzard284
08-03-2007

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I'm pretty sure that the lyric is "I feel ugly. I feel my pores."

instead of "I feel ugly. feel my pulse."

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BMAN12688
08-09-2007

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I think instead of Frighten.... wouldn't it make more sense to be brighten? because its all about flash and theme of fireworks. Plus if u listen to Avery's F's, he really accents them so i don't think it is an F he's singing but a B if u listen to the last chorus. also i think its "my mind is tied up" not tired, because the consenant is open, like up not a harsh closed like D

and its definitely Feel my pores

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iman
08-11-2007

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sounds to me like

"a genie made me under the earths skin"

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BMAN12688
08-12-2007

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i agree with iman

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BMAN12688
08-12-2007

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that you’re only what I see sometimes

should be

That you're the only one i see sometimes

makes a lot more sense since its a love song

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interstellarburst
08-16-2007

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to take the best of your comments and add some of my own perception:

I've been eating with a good friend he said
the genie made me under the Earth's skin
and despite of her, she is my birth kin
she spits me out of her surly butter rivers
all the people are lurking
and the minions of the hard Charybdis*
if the elephants be reaching for our purses
meet me after the world with the shivers

* - this is actually really interesting(after doing some quick reading), cause the expression "between a rock and a hard place" comes from "between Scylla and Charybdis", so if he's saying 'the hard Charybdis' in the song, it really makes sense

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interstellarburst
08-17-2007

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i really don't think it's reasonable to try to relate Charybdis to coloured water.. they're completely different parts of the song, not to mention unrelated (except they both involve water, in an unrelated sense)

but i've just been listening to the colourblind/coloured water bit.. and it seems to me that he says coloured water on the first and third times, when he also says 'I’m only all I see sometimes'
whereas he says colourblind when he says 'you’re only what I see sometimes'

i'm pretty sure this is no mistake.. what i interpret is that he's looking at the fireworks reflecting in a lake or something(coloured water) and the beauty of it humbles him into realizing how self-centered he is....? (i'm only all i see sometimes)

how that fits into the song, i dunno, i really haven't figured out this song by any means, just thinking out loud

and as for colourblind eyes.. maybe they take out the colour (ie. life) from someone, leaving them no more significant than an object.... i think i'm stretching it here


damn good song though

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oddlsh
08-25-2007

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Personally I think these are the lyrics:

Now it's day I've been trying
to get that taste off(on?) my tongue
I was dreaming of just you
now our cereal, it is warm

Attractive day in a rubble
of the night from before
now I can't walk in a vacuum
I feel ugly; I feel my pores

It’s the trees of this day
that I do battle with for the light
then I start to feel tragic
people greet me, I'm polite

"What's the day?" "what’s you doing?"
"how’s your mood?" "how’s that song?"
man it passes right by me
It's behind me, now it's gone.

And I can't lift you up, my mind is tired
the family beaches that I desire
sacred night we watch the fireworks that frighten babies through
but they’ve got two
flashing eyes, the colored water makes me feel
that I’m only all I see sometimes

(sounds)

I've been eating with a good friend he said
a genie made me another Earth skin
and in spite of her, she is my birth kin
she spits me out of her surly butter ripples
all the people are lurking
and the minions of a harp Turkish
if the elephants be reaching for our purses
meet me after the world with the shivers

(sounds)

what's the day? what's you doing?
how’s your food? how’s that song?
man it passes right by me
it's behind me, now it's gone.

and I can't lift you up, cause my mind is tired
the sandy beaches that i desire
sacred night where we watch the fireworks that frighten the babies
and you know they've got two
flashing eyes, and if they're colorblind they make me feel
that you’re only what I see sometimes

and I can't lift you up, cause my mind is tired
it's family beaches that I desire
sacred night where we watch the fireworks that frighten the babies
and you know they’ve got two
flashing eyes, and the colored water makes me feel
that I’m only all I see sometimes


And I basically think it's about how he's changing from thinking just about his feelings (feeling ugly) to having a baby daughter (made me another Earth skin) thus a new person to consider and care about.

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adm
08-26-2007

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i was listening to the breakdown today and i think i've made it make more sense:

"all the people have their kin"

REVOLUTIONARY?

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adm
08-26-2007

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and to be honest, i've always thought it was
"meet me after the world went to shambles"

but the grammar is a little messed if that's the case, and lord knows avey never messes with grammar.

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