Might look so grand from a distance that you need to touch
It gives a vision of the simple but it is so much

I won't be fooled by its touch of emotional supply
The scent of affair in heavy love we dry
The cold in the bare grass so delicate by one's eye
Is why we can't ally and elope tonight

Almost forgotten the way we used to live for play
To be accepted, I must blend into convention's way
And sing the universal ways

I won't be fooled by its touch of emotional supply
The scent of affair in heavy love we dry
The cold in the bare grass so delicate by one's eye
Is why we can't ally and elope tonight



Lyrics submitted by StephenJarve, edited by Stockholm

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    General Comment:its symbolism of beauty and the beast in my opinion.. shes the beauty and hes the beast controlling her but she ends up falling in love with him.. why they dance at the end. watch the video
    Flag B00ts666on January 07, 2013   Link
  • +2
    Lyric Correction:Someone on youtube also suggested that it's "Might look so grand..." Definitely makes more sense that way.
    Flag miraculousxbreathon February 18, 2012   Link
  • -1
    Lyric Correction:I'm still not certain about some of these lyrics, but this is what I hear:

    My looks so grand from a distance that you need to touch
    It gives a vision of the simple but it isn't much

    I won't be fooled by its touch
    or emotional supply
    The scent of affair
    in heavy love will dry (?)
    The cold and the bare grasped
    so delicate by one's eye
    is why we can't ally
    and elope tonight

    Almost forgotten the way we used to live for play
    To be accepted I must blend into convention's way
    and same universal means

    I won't be fooled by its touch
    or emotional supply
    The scent of affair
    in heavy love will dry (?)
    the cold and the bare grasped
    so delicate by one's eye
    is why we can't ally
    and elope tonight
    Flag miraculousxbreathon February 18, 2012   Link
  • +1
    My Opinion:I think this song, by the video, has to do with a miscarriage and the heavy grief that comes with it. It ties into 20101104 and Y because we see a window with a white room and tries behind her for the first minute 'n a half of the video. And if you look at the positioning, the window with the white/trees actually is in the apartment next to her.

    She goes to hold her stomach while looking out the wide open windows, and sings the line "it's why we can't rely/ally and elope tonight," but suddenly gets very tense and somewhat angry looking. I think she was about to jump out of the window before the thing saved her. You can tell she resisted him, obviously, but them submitted. Towards the end of this video we see it and her dancing off into the room where we can't see, and when she travels back into our view, she's dancing by herself and there is no thing.

    I feel like kin (the audio-visual album) is going to be really inspired by loss, darkness, and family ties, hence the name of kin. Sever is haunting, and dark, and beautiful.

    We'll just have to see in drops I guess, though. It's hard to wait fourteen days for something so beautiful.
    Flag Cobehnon February 15, 2012   Link

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