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Signs Lyrics
Two ravens in the old oak tree and
One for you and one for me and Bluebells in the late December I see signs now all the time The last time we slept together There was something that was not there You never wanted to alarm me But I’m the one that’s drowning now I could sleep forever these days Because in my dreams I see you again But this time fleshed out fuller faced In your confirmation dress It was so like you to visit me To let me know you were ok It was so like you to visit me You always worried about someone else At your funeral I was so upset So upset so upset In your life you were larger than this Statue-statuesque I see signs now all the time That you’re not dead, you're sleeping I believe in anything That brings you back home to me I see signs now all the time That you’re not dead, you're sleeping I believe in anything That brings you back home to me.
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08-22-2008
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08-22-2008
this is just beautiful the glockenspiels seem so dreamy and sound like a music box
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08-23-2008
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08-23-2008
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08-23-2008
i also think it's about the grief that comes after a death, and about being in denial.
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08-23-2008
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08-24-2008
Also, I *think* in catholisism, you get buried in what's known as a confirmation dress, a white frilly thing. So he says he sees her/him in his dreams, but then sees her for real at an open casket funeral, and also at the same time how she/he looks small and statue-like.
Truly a brilliant song....
Thanks again for the confirmation on the lyrics!
03-30-2009
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08-24-2008
Ares, Mercury, Zephyrus, Trojan Horse.... Greek gods/myths. "Are these the real gods? Is what i should believe in?"
Halo, Better than heaven.... Christian symbolism. Again "is this what to believe?"
I dunno, but would seem very well planned.
12-02-2008
KELE: It is actually a complete coincidence, a lot of the titles were just working titles. Initially 'Zephyrus' was based around a whistling loop, so that's kind of where it got its title, from the god of the southern wind. The lyrics to 'Trojan Horse' were initially diferent but the title fitted the song so well, espectially with that charging guitar solo, like a warhorse to battle, that we had to keep it.
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08-25-2008
05-07-2009
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08-25-2008
I'm a bit confused about what his relationship to this person was. The subject of Biko sounds like a family friend, but this one seems more like kele's partner (mostly because of the "last time we slept together" line). Does anyone have any insights?
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08-26-2008
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08-26-2008
I was talking about this last night with my friend and we couldn't figure it out, so that was the conclusion we came too!
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08-26-2008
I think that this song is about someone that has died. The signs are reminders of the person.
The second verse suggests to me that she was dying as "There was something that was not there", she didn't want to tell him in order not to hurt him, but now he can't breathe without her.
He sees her in his dreams and she looks better than before. He reassures himself her presence is still there and she is not dead but sleeping. And will believe any of the 'signs' he sees if it means she will come back or is still there.
One of my favourite songs on the new album. Is beautiful and just lulls you. And I think that with the lyrics, the song is meant to be lulling.
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08-26-2008
When the prince was playing quoits with Apollo one day, Zephyrus blew a quoit out of its proper course in jealousy, which killed the prince. In grief, Apollo traced the letters "Ai, Ai" on the purple Hyacinth flowers that rose from the prince and so it was a flower of grief and mourning to the Ancients.
So that begs the question: Is Signs and Zephyrus connected? and is Zephyrus about killing a relationship over jealousy?
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08-26-2008
I agree that this has to do with the Apollo/Hyacinthus/Zephyrus myth. Zephyrus was extremly jealous of Apollo's relationship with the young boy and while they were playing made the disc appollo threw kill the young boy. So distraught over the death he turned him into a flower rather than go to hades. And get this the genus for a bluebell is hyacinthoides! Crazy clever!!
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08-30-2008
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08-31-2008
the beauty in the lyrics and the musicallity is simply amazing.
bloc party are genius'
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09-04-2008
i think it just must be a very personal song to kele about someone that's passed away.
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09-21-2008
Brilliant song writing.
Amazing.
I agree with everyone on this, it's pretty self-explanatory.
I definitely think this album is their best.
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09-29-2008
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09-29-2008
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10-31-2008
his girlfriend has just died, "one for you and one for me" ravens are a symbol of death, one for her, because she is gone, one for him because hes dead inside, bluebells are probs the flowers on her grave, i agree with iluvyougoldenblue on that one, the last time he slept with her he knew something was wrong, but she wouldn't tell him, and now he hurts like she did, he wants to igonore reality and just sleep so he can dream of her, which is something comman assciated with depression, the confiramation dress is what she was burried in im guessing, i don't know much about being burried by the church, but thats my guess, then right before she kills herself she visits him to tell him she is ok, because she was more worried about making him happy than to stop and take time to make herself feel better, then the last lines are about how he always saw her as such a soild strong person, and he can't bring himself to really belive shes dead, and he'll do whatever it takes to keep hoping she'll come back to him, even though she can't...
this song is soooo sad, but beautiful at the same time
oh, and i think he drowns herself, hence the lines:
"but im the one thats drowning now"
and
"But this time fleshed out fuller faced"
thats just my thoughts though, could be wrong about the whole thing, but thats life
amazing song
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11-05-2008
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11-07-2008
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11-10-2008
In your life you were larger than this
Statue-statuesque
What does Statue-statuesque mean? hmm..
This is probably my most favorite song from bloc party now. Its so clever of them to use bells harmoniously in the song and then reference it too. I also like the underlying hope here of him reuniting with his love one. Seeing that he dreams of her after her death. Sounds like another unusual story of soul mates. The age old story of how death doesn't separate their love. A universal theme in life. Or then again, maybe I'm just projecting it onto the song.
11-22-2008
People have mentioned the ravens, obviously a death omen, but no one has picked up that they're inside an 'old oak tree', how often do you see birds inside of trees!? I think the oak tree is used to symbolize coffins, which are usually made out of oak. The fact that there is one for each of them is key to the song. As clearly it's about the suicide of someone he loved, someone he slept with, and it's evident that he wants to get back to her, which is why he 'could sleep forever these days', as he sees her in dreams and why he says he's the one that's drowning now, because after her death, he also wants to die.
A 'confirmation dress' is what you wear at your first communion, unless you're a boy! I think the line is there firstly because its describing her when she was pure and happy and also to bring a religious element to the song, as with the funeral description, because then that justifies the line 'I believe in anything that brings you back to me'. Heaven is where they'd meet again, I imagine, in his head, so he's willing to believe in god if it'll bring her back.
Very good song, very subtle too, I like it.
12-02-2008
"like or suggesting a statue, as in massive or majestic dignity, grace, or beauty."
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