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People won't be people
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
People won't be people
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Kitchen is the cook, whoa, ey, oh
Scissors are the barbers, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
The chorus full of actors
People won't be people
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
People won't be people
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Kitchen is the cook, whoa, ey, oh
Scissors are the barbers, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
The chorus full of actors
People won't be people
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
People won't be people
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
People won't be people
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Kitchen is the cook, whoa, ey, oh
Scissors are the barbers, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
The chorus full of actors
People won't be people
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
People won't be people
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
Kitchen is the cook, whoa, ey, oh
Scissors are the barbers, whoa, ey, oh
Singer is a crook, whoa, ey, oh
The chorus full of actors
People won't be people
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
People won't be people
When they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people
No, the people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town
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The singer is a crook, because he can be replaced by a machine that does his job better. The theme in the second verse is about the tools taking over the role of the person who uses the tools - the scissors become the barbers, the kitchen becomes the cook. It's a statement about "what begins at the edge of town" - a musical movement outside the mainstream that challenges the traditionally-defined role of musicians.
Most prolific line of 2007?
But this song REALLY REALLY reminds me of Salvia. Lyrics and the sound.
It's a great song.
For Example: reading/hearding
"People won't be people when they
hear this sound that's been
glowing in the dark at the
edge of the forever"
gives quite apocalyptic undertones, as in "Humans (or society) will no longer be humans (or society) when the forces that have been brewing in the edges of our understanding or time (as in our length of existence) begin to show themselves", like humanity (or society) will begin to break down when the signs showing our end (the sounds, horsemen (if you want to get biblical)) begin to reveal themselves.
Then the:
"Singer is a crook
Kitchen is a cook"
etc...
seems to indicate a certain melodramatic statement of the obvious in our society that we will begin (or are already began) to not notice, (most) Singers earn copious amounts of money, kitchen workers cook, barbers use scissors etc... just a breakdown of humanity or society at a very basic level.
Even the title itself seems to not the idea of an arcaic world, since the word was once called "Atlas" after the Greek God, that the world will no longer be known as "Planet Earth, inhabited by humans" but simply as "atlas"
Then again, I could be wrong entirely, but that's your place to judge!
So it would be:
People won't be people when they
hear this sound that's been
glowing in the dark at the
edge of the forever
People won't be people, no, the
people won't be people, when they
hear this sound, won't you
show me what begins at the
edge of forever?
For Example: reading/hearding
"People won't be people when they
hear this sound that's been
glowing in the dark at the
edge of the forever"
gives quite apocalyptic undertones, as in "Humans (or society) will no longer be humans (or society) when the forces that have been brewing in the edges of our understanding or time (as in our length of existence) begin to show themselves", like humanity (or society) will begin to break down when the signs showing our end (the sounds, horsemen (if you want to get biblical)) begin to reveal themselves.
Then the:
"Singer is a crook
Kitchen is a cook"
etc...
seems to indicate a certain melodramatic statement of the obvious in our society that we will begin (or are already began) to not notice, (most) Singers earn copious amounts of money, kitchen workers cook, barbers use scissors etc... just a breakdown of humanity or society at a very basic level.
Even the title itself seems to not the idea of an arcaic world, since the word was once called "Atlas" after the Greek God, that the world will no longer be known as "Planet Earth, inhabited by humans" but simply as "atlas"
Then again, I could be wrong entirely, but that's your place to judge!