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Bought a Bride Lyrics
Trees will make a forest
Trees will make a bow These are all the harder Words you have to know If everyone's a structure Where their own savior sits I'm a little red house But no one's living in it Cars are little blood cells We are oxygen City is the airways Suburbs appendages She was feeling lonely Tired of the hive Rented out a family And he bought a bride Bought a bride Bought a bride Bought a bride Little cities' names on very lonely maps They tied her up and laid her on the train tracks Where are all the seedlings We grew for violins? Down in Jersey lumber Still in prosthetic limbs Should've been a soldier I could've fought and died There's no revolution So I bought a bride Bought a bride Bought a bride Bought a bride Coming down the aisle while the horns play Taps They tied her up and laid her on the train tracks If somehow I was new and everything was unsaid I'd go and buy a hammer, never sing again Sleeping on a stairway Dreamt I had a boat Sailed it out the harbor Shot it full of holes Folded up my prayer book I couldn't see the lines Drowning in a kelp bed I bought a bride.
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07-20-2008
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07-21-2008
Here's one:
http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=NvpXdKx850o
It sounds like Devil and God, but progressed the way brand new does, so it still sounds different and new. The closest comparison I could make would be Sowing Season, but it still doesn't sound anything like that. It's great. I think in one of the versions, Jesse said the lyrics aren't done yet, which would make total sense to me. But again, it's a bit hard to understand.
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07-21-2008
Hell, it's brand new. It's worth the wait anyway.
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07-23-2008
"these are all the harder words you'll have to know" - 3rd & 4th lines
"leaving from her family"
"city is the airway, suburbs appendages"
"little cities names labeled on no maps"
"drove right down to texas, he bought a bride"
The only ones I'm fairly confident of are the third and sixth, the third makes the most sense, and the "he" is clear in the full band version.
But I'm sure the whole thing will have some different lyrics by the time it gets around to being released.
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07-24-2008
trees will make a boat
these are all the harder
words you have to know"
"city is the airway
suburbs appendages"
otherwise, everything else sounds correct.
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07-25-2008
Sounds correct, and makes more sense.
I think he's saying "brought her pride."
At least, the second time. The first time doesn't sound like "brought." It sounds more like "bought." They sound pretty distinctly different. The first time also sounds like "bride" with the second sounding like "pride." But that's just me. I'm putting brought her pride for now, since it seems to make the most sense in the context of the rest of the song.
10-20-2009
and little seedlings "we grew for violence" not "violins" as in growing our kids up to be soldiers in a revolution that never comes. the acoustic studio version they did is a little bit more decipherable and it's definitely not violins, that makes little to no sense contextually.
10-20-2009
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07-28-2008
This song is really making me look forward to the new album.
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08-01-2008
-The first two lines sound like the Shel Silverstein book "The Giving Tree" (look it up)
-The reading text books in elementary school have a "Hard Words You'll Need To Know" section before every story.
-The "cars are blood cells, the people inside are the oxygen, our bodies are a city" analogy is the first thing I ever learned about the circulatory system back in like 4th grade.
-"Tied her up and laid her on the train tracks" reminds me of the old Snidely Whiplash cartoons.
Haha, I know a lot of this probably sounds contrived, but it was just my initial reaction, especially the "Giving Tree" part...any thoughts?
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08-02-2008
Nice username, by the way. I love NMH.
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08-03-2008
The short story for those who never heard of that is that right after their break-up, Sherri started dating Chad Gilbert from New Found Glory. The two got married (he bought a bride) and bought a house together (now she's got a brick house). After less than a year, Chad dumped Sherri. It just fits the song perfectly.
The lyrics also mention a little city in Texas, while Sherri lives in Tyler, TX. Jesse talks about the importance of the family, Eisley is a familial band. He emphasizes the "there's no children in it" because Sherri is from a 6-child family and probably wants some too.. And the beginning with the trees might be an allusion to some Eisley songs like "Tree tops", "Lady of Wood", and "Brightly Wound" because they all talk about forest.
09-09-2009
The obvious ones are the post-chorus lyrics about tying her to the train tracks. He also says he should have been a soldier so he could have fought and died. Then at the end he says "coming down the aisle while the horns play taps." Agains, this is a reference to a soldier's funeral. His final lyric is "go and buy a hammer, never sing again." Maybe to turn the wood mentioned at the beginning of the song to build a casket? And never singing again is obviously an illusion to dying.
09-22-2009
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08-08-2008
Trees don't make a forest
Trees don't make a book
but I might be wrong.
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08-08-2008
But I really don't think every song Jesse has written since Deja is about Sherri (or girls getting hit by limousines)
Just try to stay open minded.
And I think Arter has a great take on the song, someone missing out on their childhood a bit.
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08-08-2008
Jesse is a great lyricist, but I hate the way people are always looking for a super deep meaning when the lyrics are so clear.
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08-09-2008
But by stay open minded, I meant, this particular set of lyrics could be about many different things. I meant even though it seems obvious to you, it may mean something else to another person.
I was implying that you shouldn't focus so narrowly on the idea that you are right, and that no matter what anyone else says, they are wrong.
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08-09-2008
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v260/4/49/1457550012/n1457550012_30403395_2181.jpg
And I know that just cause it's tenatively being called Bride doesn't necessarily mean that's what it is, but it does seem rather likely in this case.
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08-12-2008
Any ideas on what he's scremaing during the very end of the full band version? There are some new lines in there, but I can't make anything out.
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08-21-2008
As far as the analogies to the human body go, I believe that Jesse is suggesting that the places that we live and the things that we do determine our identities in a general sense. So, like the way the human body works, so do our lives with each individual essence making up a part of it streaming into a system in which we run by. So, changing this scenery would change a person.
Little cities with no name on a map can possibly be relating to a clean slate for a person once the old way of life is left behind, thus tying her old life to the train tracks and never looking back. So, having a city with no name would be perfect for someone who is looking to change...metaphorically speaking. This theme can also be seen by her leaving her hive (A place of home and recognition).
But, to end this rant, I do believe that he may say, "Bought her pride." It would only fit if my interpretation is correct. And, I do believe that the band has evolved far beyond quarrels with ex's when looking at the last album. But, maybe that is just me?
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08-25-2008
On a completely different note, now I hear "Little cities names labeled on all the maps" the second time. Maybe it's both times. Or maybe it's not at all. & yeah, I noticed the end of the full band version but I can't make out any of it.
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08-27-2008
tell me what you're doing that is so hard
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08-27-2008
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08-29-2008
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09-01-2008
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09-01-2008
As for calling it untitled 10... I'd rather keep it as new song until an official title is given. The set list calls it Bride, but that might change.
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10-11-2008
"trees will make a forest
trees will make a bow"
just a thought
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10-20-2008
Something interesting I thought I should point out: "Brickhouse" is a home security company, and they also make GPS child locators. Not sure if the song is making any subtle reference to that or not, but I thought it was intriguing.
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