I am embracing the cold rushing in like ice to a diamond;
it's a new kind of rough you can find me in.

Ha-da-da-da-da-da

When the sail starts flapping in the wind I say, "Cool, that looks cool. Now do you think the second movement has too many violins?"

Ha-da-da-da-da-da

Don't get too close; you'll detect the west coast air in my chest and the way I hold it in there.
It's The Taming of the Hands That Came Back to Life when she synchronized swam on the ice in '03.

Oh, but enough about me.

Oh, will you live in the physical world?
Oh, will you live in the physical world?

I know explosions make debris, and catching it kind of suits you. Well it doesn't suit me.

She said, "My sails are flapping in the wind."
I said, "Can I use that in a song?"
She said, "I mean the end begins."
I said, "I know. Can I use that too?"

Will you live, will you live, in the physical world?
Will you live, will you live, in the physical world?
With the sun setting low and the shadows unfurled.
Can you live with the way they make you look unreal?

Will you live, will you live, in the physical world?
Will you live, will you live, in the physical world?
With the sun setting low and the shadows unfurled.
Can you live with the way they make you look unreal?



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    General Comment:Wow, I love that band... Especially this song... It somehow reminds me of Jethro Tull, but I don't know why, maybe because of the sound complexity, or the epic lyrics... I gotta visit Canada soon, just to hear them live...
    When I heard this song for the first time, it punched me to the ground... So emotional!
    Especially this:
    Will you live, will you live, in the physical world?
    Will you live, will you live, in the physical world?
    With the sun setting low and the shadows unfurled.
    Can you live with the way they make you look unreal?

    Man, I gotta get them CD's...
    Flag Bhabayaggaon February 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this is the outlier, so different from their other songs lyrically, amazing!
    Flag themesmersoundon January 29, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:does anybody know the lyrics to the verse he adds at the end of the live versions of this song????
    Flag jetfan1824on June 21, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Awesome thoughts.

    Thanks guys. This rocks.
    Flag u2dyon December 08, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:wow. this song makes so much more awesome sense now.
    Flag allstarz029on December 07, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Yeah, I think this is about the obsession of making music. He's committed to his music at an exclusion of paying any attention to his relationships. She breaks up with him and his only response is, "Can I use that in a song?"

    This song is breathtaking. Guh.
    Flag MissAmbson February 19, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:the possession of making music ?

    anyway
    i love it with all my heart!

    ....or like Ryan said ,,, "the best songs of 2007. period"
    Flag dickcockpiton January 25, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I love how he sings about songs...you know what I mean.
    Flag DeadHazzyon December 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:oh, also, probably one of the best songs of 2007. period.

    ...ryan
    Flag invertebraeon December 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"don't get to close, you'll detect the west coast air, and the way i hold it in there"

    is correct i believe. who cares where he's from.

    ...ryan
    Flag invertebraeon December 03, 2007   Link

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