No Sound But the Wind

Ok then. Before any more twilight fans who don't even know who Editors are keep spamming this page because they feel so clever, let me get this straight: YES, WE KNOW THESE ARE NOT THE LYRICS FROM THE NEW MOON SOUNDTRACK. Now let me explain.

This is the ORIGINAL, LIVE version of the song, played in the summer of 2008 at Paredes de Coura (Portugal) This song was inspired directly by the book "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. Is a post-apocalyptic novel in which a father and his son travel along a road surviving after what looks a nuclear disaster. The ashes surround everything and the dust is so dense the sunlight can't pass through it. The few human survivors succumb to primary instincts such as cannibalism. But it's also a touching and deeply emotional book because of the relationship between father and son. Like a tiny ray of light in the middle of hell. Tom Smith said that he read the book around the time he found out he was going to be a father himself, so the book affected him in a special way.

And, for reasons I can't quite understand, they accepted to include this song in the New Moon soundtrack. But as you can see, the lyrics didn't fit, so they were asked by movie producers to change them coughdamngreedymoronscough Anyway, the new version is still beautiful (because everything Editors do always is). Just too much of a song for such a crap movie.

My son came to me with his summer reading list for school. One of the books was The Road by Cormac McCarthy. He had to do a project on the book...one choice was a music playlist for the book. He asked for my help in choosing songs because my tastes tend to be rock/indie/alternative and that would fit better than anything else. So I began reading the book to know good songs to suggest. Within the first IDK...15-20 pages, I saw the "There was no sound but the wind.." line. Made me think of this song as a possiblity. I made a mental note. I later listened to the song specifically to listen closely to the lyrics (this was The New Moon version that I had). After reading more of the book....I knew it was TOO much of a coincidence between the song and book. Which is why I researched more about his inspiration for it. One of the other songs we settled on for his project was a cover Editors did of a Talking Heads song "Road to Nowhere"...it's accoustic and not upbeat like the original. It's more idk...somber or quiet. Makes me wonder if he was still inspired by The Road novel. I haven't seen the movie...but the book gets under your skin and never leaves you. Other songs we've included for the playlist is Muse-Apocalypse Please, The Dead Weather-Will There Be Enough Water?, The Black Keys-So He Won't Break, & Radiohead-Videotape among a few others. Now he just has to write his paper on the relevance of these songs to the book.

I'm pretty sure that this song is about a book called "The Road" by Cormac Mccarthy. It's about a father and his son making there way south in a post apacolyptic world. No sound but the wind is a quote from the book, as Help to carry the fire. It a pretty good read

This is what I heard:

We can never go home We no longer have one I'll help you carry the load I'll carry you in my arms The kiss of the snow The crescent moon above us Our blood is cold and we're alone But I'm alone with you

Help me to carry the fire We will keep it alight together Help me to carry the fire It will light our way forever

If I say shut your eyes If I say look away Bury your face in my shoulder Think of a birthday The things you put in your hands They will stay here forever Our blood is cold and we're alone, love But I'm alone with you

Help me to carry the fire We will keep it alight together Help me to carry the fire It will light our way forever

Help me to carry the fire We will keep it alight together Now, help me to carry the fire It will light up our way forever

If I say shut your eyes If I say shut your eyes Bury me in surprise Where I say shut your eyes

Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh

Help me to carry the fire We will keep alight together Help me to carry the fire It'll light our way forever

This song actually reminds me of Roland and Jake, from the Dark Tower series... dont know why.

This is an amazing song.I didn't watch the movie "the road" but i will,in a short period of time.I didn't find this song from the film "New Moon",I found it totally accidentally,and i am so lucky that i did... Everybody should listen to this song.PERFECT.

According to Wikipedia, several of the lyrics were changed for the New Moon version of the song. Also, the original version was heavily inspired by Cormac McCarthy's "The Road."

I have a feeling, as if I was going throug the forest, everything around are covered with the fog, when I look down I cant see my legs, because of the fog...

the feeling of mystery is filling my mind..

I'm not anymore worried, not anymore tired..

It's a new start, an unplowed field...

And there is no sound..no sound, but the wind...

Not a big fan of the Editors but I actually love this song! it's dark but with a beautiful meaning

this lyrics are way off

the correct lyrics...(or at least what i hear)

We can never go home We no longer have one I'll help you carry the load I'll carry you in my arms The kiss of the snow The crazy moon above us Our blood is cold and we're alone But I'm alone with you

Help me to carry the fire We will keep it light together Help me to carry the fire It will light our way forever

If I say shut your eyes If I say look away Bury your face in my shoulder Think of a birthday The things you put in your heads They will stay here forever Our blood is cold and we're alone But I'm alone with you

Help me to carry the fire We will keep it light together Help me to carry the fire It will light our way forever

Help me to carry the fire We will keep it light together Help me to carry the fire It will light up our way forever

If I say shut your eyes If I say shut your eyes Bury me in surprise Where I say shut your eyes

Help me to carry the fire We will keep it light together Help me to carry the fire It will light our way forever

Okay, this is just my interpretation of the New Moon version.. This song doesn't refer necessarily to New Moon but the story in general, if you read the books, you'll get what I'm talking about

I think this song refers a lot to Breaking Dawn when Bella goes vampire.. so here's my interpretation.. It's much like a conversation between her and Edward and vampirism itself.

We can never go home // she can never go back.. she'll have to leave everything behind, friends, family.. everything We no longer have one // they'll be nomadic, moving from place to place, never staying too long
I'll help you carry the load // but he promises he'll be there to make it easier, since she'll be a
newborn, thirsting blood and being pretty much violent I'll carry you in my arms
The kiss of the snow The crescent moon above us Our blood is cold and we're alone But I'm alone with you // pretty clear.. it's a love song

Help me to carry the fire //this is from Bella's point of view. The books says the turning is like We will keep it alight together fire burning and she has to endure it, she asks Edward to help her Help me to carry the fire through the process, but she also sees it as the means to her and It will light our way forever Edward being together forever

If I say shut your eyes
If I say look away Bury your face in my shoulder Think of a birthday //This is significant, as birthdays are a horror to Bella, as it The things you put in your head makes her older than Edward, and yet he believes that it's special, They will stay there forever as her human life contains precious memories, that is very easy to Our blood is cold and we're alone, love forget when she becomes a vampire. So he says he'll always be But I'm alone with you there and asks her to wait, to savor life.. but the end shows she made her decision. The rest is pretty self explanatory. I think a lot of people doesn't see the significance of these words because they only watched the movie which is a shame, cuz the books are magnificent and no movie can have the amount of time to cover the whole story.