Lyrics for All We Ask as interpreted by life_aint_chess

All We Ask Lyrics
In this old house, I'm not alone
In a bedroom, a telephone

You made the call and I just, stood by
I stripped the sheets and emptied out the sty

And the crowds, they light the carnival
calling us
calling us

And all we want
Another voice
To lead us on
Lead us on
Lead us on

Even wasting
the time with you
Doesn't matter
if I think it thru

You took the car around the bend
And ran it in the ground, let’s pretend.

And the crowds, they light the carnival
calling us
calling us

And all we ask
Another voice
Lead us on
Lead us on
Lead us on

I can't
get out
Of what I'm into
with you
(x4)

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athousandbirds
03-07-2009

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There seems to be some mistakes from what I hear. I'm gonna try to fix this to the best of my ability. If you think what I've wrote is wrong please fix it. What I don't know I'll keep the same.

In this old house
I'm not alone
In a bedroom
a telephone

You made the call
and I just stood by
I stripped the sheets
And emptied out the sty

And the crowds, they light the carnival
calling us
calling us

And all we want
Another boy
To lead us on
(ooohh)
Lead us on
(ooohh)
Lead us on

Even wasting
the time with you
Doesn't matter
if I think it through

You took the car
around the back
And I waited by
...

And the crowds, they light the carnival
calling us
calling us

And all we ask
And all the boys
Lead us on
(oohh)
Lead us on
(ooohh)
Lead us on

I can't
get out
Of what I'm into
with you
(4x)

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rainandrev
03-07-2009

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My interpretation; the part after "think it through" sounds more like cord or card to me rather than car...
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In this old house, I’m not alone
In a bedroom, a telephone

You made a call and I just stood by
I stripped the sheets and emptied out the sty.

And the crowds that light the carnival
Calling us home
Calling us home

And all they want, another voice
To lead us all home lead us all home lead us all home.

Even wasting the time with you, doesn’t matter if I think it through

You took a cord around and I would bend
and ran it in the ground, let’s pretend.

And the crowds that light the carnival
Calling us home
Calling us home

And all they ask and all they want

Lead us all home
Lead us all home
Lead us all home

I can’t get out of what I’m into with you. (4x)


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life_aint_chess
03-09-2009

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i've edited with all you guys opinion

next time you can help even more by just posting the changes ;)

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treesonthemoon
03-09-2009

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i'm fairly certain it's

"you took the car around another bend
ran it in the ground, let’s pretend"

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kstemz
03-11-2009

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sheesh I love this song. the "I can't get out of what I'm into with you" breakdown gives me chills

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eating_for_you
04-13-2009

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i think rainandrey is right, because they're definitely saying something more than "calling us" and "lead us on" at those parts.

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PassiveTheory
05-24-2009

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It's "that light" not "they light".

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tytytytytyytyy
06-04-2009

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its.. "you took the car around ANOTHER benddd.."

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Juanjo25
06-14-2009

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Hum, according to the cd booklet, these lyrics are slightly innacurate, here is the official version [Buy the cd!!]:

In this old house, I’m not alone
In a bedroom, a telephone

You made a call and I just stood by
I stripped the sheets and emptied out the sty.

And the crowds that light the carnival
Calling us home
Calling us home

And all we want's another voice
To lead us along
To lead us along
Lead us along

Even wasting my time with you doesn’t matter if I think it through

You took the car around another bend
Ran it in the ground, let’s pretend.

And the crowds that light the carnival
Calling us home
Calling us home

And all we want's another voice
To lead us along
To lead us along
Lead us along

I can’t get out of what I’m into with you. [4x]

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injun252
07-06-2009

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the version on blackcabsessions.com is sick... http://blackcabsessions.com/sessions.php?id=1243002825

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bearspbj
09-20-2009

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yes but what does this song mean?

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rubbersoul89
11-04-2009

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I think this song is about a relationship that the singer (I’m assuming) no longer wants to be a part of.


’You made a call and I just stood by’


The other person in the relationship called, but he didn’t pick up. He no longer wanted to be with is person, so he moved.

‘I stripped the sheets and emptied out the sty.’

‘And the crowds that light the carnival
Calling us home
Calling us home’

Grizzly Bear is Brooklyn based, and in New York, there are carnivals all the time. He misses his home; it’s “calling” to him.

‘And all we wants another voice
To lead us along
To lead us along
Lead us along.’

He wants another reason to go back home, to leave his situation.

‘Even wasting my time with you doesn’t matter if I think it through’

He thinks it will be okay, he’s trying to make it work, make it something its not, knowing that it’s essentially a time filler. But he knows no matter how much he thinks about it, he’ll still feel the same way.

‘You took the car around another bend
Ran it in the ground, let’s pretend.’

He wants to pretend that the other person wreaked their car “ran it into the ground” for another reason for him to leave, and get out of the relationship etc.

‘I can’t get out of what I’m into with you’

No matter what he dose to leave, he can get out of the relationship. Not necessarily literally but it’s always there, there’s always something that reminds him of it. Or it could very well mean exactly what it says…

I could have totally missed the boat here but, easy come easy go….


P.s I totally agree with injun252. The black cad session version is rad!! Go check it out.


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