Lyrics for Hell as interpreted by emoxguitar

Hell Lyrics
No, I'm not ready for a big bad step in that direction
No, I'm not ready for downtown trash avoid collection
Four blocks, run and hide
Don't walk alone at night
Cityscapes, city change before they die
Four blocks, I should mention in a song
If I want to get along with change
Who doesn't wanna change this?

I know you feel it too
These words get overused
When we get up and over it and over them
Up and over it and over them
I know you feel it too
It all seems so untrue
When you get up and over it and over them
Uh oh, hell no, uh oh, hell no

No, we're not ready for fair distribution
Just a terminal solution for
No, we're not ready for hell
Hell no, for hell, hell no
Four days wide awake,
Why slide along and say
Girl's afraid, girl will change, just move away
Four days that I mention in a song
Move along, get ahead, get her hand and bring her with you

I know you feel it too
These words get overused
When we get up and over it and over them
Up and over it and over them
I know you feel it too
It all seems so untrue
When you get up and over it and over them
Uh oh, hell no, uh oh, hell no

Four ways to remove all the bad that we do
From the heart and the soul of the city, sad and cold
Four ways to collect what we say and what we save
To discard and discover a brand new way

I know you feel it too
These words get overused
When we get up and over it and over them
Up and over it and over them
I know you feel it too
It all seems so untrue
When you get up and over it and over them
Up and over it and over them

I know you feel it too
These words get overused
When we get up and over it and over them
Up and over it and over them
I know you feel it too
It all seems so untrue
When you get up and over it and over them
Uh oh, hell no, uh oh, hell no
Uh oh, hell no, uh oh, hell no

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flyingxpony
10-06-2009

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wow you did great on these =D
well I'm loving this song! I'm so excited for the album <3

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flyingxpony
10-06-2009

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just thought I'd throw this up here since it pretty much sums up the meaning

"I wrote the single, Hell, about my neighborhood in Vancouver. The song is actually about more than that though. When I moved into my new neighborhood in December of 2006, the Vancouver Sun had an aerial photo of my neighborhood with the headline “Vancouver’s four blocks of hell” on the front cover. Welcome home, I thought.
The song was also a clever metaphor for my unrequited feelings, for a girl, not drugs.
In the end I got the girl, but the struggle for most people here on the Downtown Eastside continues."
-tegan at the tns website

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tippy_typewriter
10-07-2009

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I don't think it's possible for Tegan and Sara to release a song that I don't love. No doubt the rest of the album will be just as great.

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intoyourblueveins
10-07-2009

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i think you used the wrong for/four in this verse:

"FOUR blocks, run and hide
Don't walk alone at night
Cityscapes, cities change before they die
FOUR blocks, I should mention in a song"

just because of what the song is about and the way tegan explained it.

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TheWrongGirl
10-09-2009

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is she saying "and void collection", or "avoid collection"?

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WAJohnson123
10-18-2009

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"Avoid collection," I believe.

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flyingxpony
10-20-2009

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City, change before they die

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sparkie0
10-21-2009

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this song rocks. what does everybody think of the line ''No, we are not ready for fair distribution
Just a terminal solution''?

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TheWrongGirl
10-26-2009

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i know this is about mainly about lyrical interpretation, but i'd like to know what anyone thought about the new video for the song...

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C274
10-27-2009

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"Uh oh, hell no."

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auntiemoween
10-29-2009

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Four Blocks
4 Days
and 4 ways

When you get up and over it and over them
oh oh hell no, oh oh hell no



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emoxguitar
10-29-2009

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Got it! I'll submit the corrections for these. Thanks!

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emoxguitar
10-29-2009

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We good now?

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lanee
10-30-2009

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I love this song, but I find that the music sounds almost identical to 'Satellite Mind' by Metric.

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flyingxpony
11-02-2009

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I'll quote exactly what the booklet says literally word for word (changes are starred):

No I'm not ready for a big bad step in their direction. No I'm not ready for downtown trash, avoid collection. Four blocks, run and hide, don't walk alone at night. *Cityscape,* city change before they die. *Four* blocks, I should mention in a song if I want to get along with change, who doesn't want to change this? I know you feel it too, these words get overused. When we get up and over it and over them, up and over it and over them. I know for feel it too, it all seems so untrue. When you get up and over it and over them, oh oh hell no. No we're not ready for *a* fair distribution, just a terminal solution for...No we're not ready for hell hell no for hell hell no. Four days, wide awake, why slide along and say. Girl's afraid girl will change just move away. Four days that I mention in a song move along, get ahead, get her hand and bring her with you. Four ways to remove all the bad that we do from the heart and the soul of the *cities* sad and cold. Four ways to collect what we say and what we sav to discard and discover a brand new way.

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Holdyourheadhigh
11-18-2009

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Seems to me like it's about saying "I love you" in the chorus. "I know you feel it too, these words get overused, when we get up and over it and over them" and "I know you feel it too, it all seems so untrue." Maybe it's about saying "I love you" too soon in a relationship, like all the teenagers do once they start going out. But the words are overused, and it all seems so untrue- the people aren't truly in love; the words are empty. And so it's silly to say "I love you" so soon, when the relationships don't last long, and you "get up and over it and over them."

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