In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Come forward and get your teeth smoked, word
Come forward and get your teeth smoked, word
Come forward and get your teeth smoked, word
Come forward and get your
Come forward and get your
Come forward and get your
Come forward and get your
Come forward and get your
(Spiral Music)
Don't be shocked by tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
Don't be shocked by tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice yeah
Listen to the sound of my voice
You can check it on out, it's the weapon of choice yeah
Don't be shocked by tone of my voice (aah...)
It's the new weapon, the weapon of choice yeah
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
Or you can blow wit' us
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit'...
(Spiral Music)
Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm
Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm
Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm
if you walk without rhythm, huh, you'll never learn
Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
Be carefull, we don't know them
Be carefull, we don't know them
Be carefull, we don't know them
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
Or you can blow wit' us
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit'...
(Spiral Music)
Organically grown
Through the hemisphere I roam
To make love to the angels of life, yeah
and my girl .....
I guess you just don't understand
It's gone beyond being a man
As I drift off into the night
I'm in flight
She's a boy's scoundral gal
But I'm gonna hold my cool
Cause the music rules
Yeah, so move on baby, yeah
Halfway between the gutter and the stars
Yeah
Halfway between the gutter and the stars
Yeah
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
Or you can blow wit' us
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit'...
(longer spiral music)
(ending screws up)
Come forward and get your teeth smoked, word
Come forward and get your teeth smoked, word
Come forward and get your
Come forward and get your
Come forward and get your
Come forward and get your
Come forward and get your
(Spiral Music)
Don't be shocked by tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
Don't be shocked by tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice yeah
Listen to the sound of my voice
You can check it on out, it's the weapon of choice yeah
Don't be shocked by tone of my voice (aah...)
It's the new weapon, the weapon of choice yeah
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
Or you can blow wit' us
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit'...
(Spiral Music)
Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm
Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm
Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm
if you walk without rhythm, huh, you'll never learn
Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
Be carefull, we don't know them
Be carefull, we don't know them
Be carefull, we don't know them
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
Or you can blow wit' us
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit'...
(Spiral Music)
Organically grown
Through the hemisphere I roam
To make love to the angels of life, yeah
and my girl .....
I guess you just don't understand
It's gone beyond being a man
As I drift off into the night
I'm in flight
She's a boy's scoundral gal
But I'm gonna hold my cool
Cause the music rules
Yeah, so move on baby, yeah
Halfway between the gutter and the stars
Yeah
Halfway between the gutter and the stars
Yeah
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
Or you can blow wit' us
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit'...
(longer spiral music)
(ending screws up)
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Has anybody here read Dune? The lyrics here struck a chord with me for some reason:
First of all: "Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice it's the new weapon, the weapon of choice" - in the book characters can manipulate their voices to become a weapon control their enemies.
"Walk without rhythm-it won't attract the worm" - The book is set on desert planet which is home to huge monstrous worms. Inhabitants have to walk without rhythm so that they won't attract a worm to the surface.
"It's gone beyond bein' a man as i drift off into the night, i'm in flight-ah" - In the book, the main character is transformed into a sort of demi-god because of life on the desert planet. His powers allow him to go beyond space and time to see the future.
It's all a bit of a stretch but the lyrics fit to me.
Whoever wrote the lyrics here didn't get them all correct. In any case, I definitely agree with binks25. As soon a I saw the "Walk without rhythm-it won't attract the worm" I knew it was referring to Dune. This song isn't meaningless. Why get all riled up about a song being "meaningless" before you've looked into it at all? Sheesh.
At first I thought he said "Walk without rhythm and it won't attract the women", but after reading the lyrics here my first thought was "Dune" too.
@binks25 That actually makes the entire video make sense<br /> <br /> In the beginning he's sitting in the chair drifting off to sleep. He's clearly a businessman of some sort bored with life, likely oil and gas or natural resources. <br /> <br /> As the song starts he is falling asleep, he's thinking about Dune because he feels like he's in Dune. Instead of a spicer adrift in space he's an oil and gas man. The whole video he is dreaming about escaping from his life as a spicer.<br /> <br /> The line about the angels is from Frank Herberts unpublished book Angel's Fall. He dreams about escaping to a world where he rides a boat and flies free as opposed to sitting in crummy hotel lobbies by himself waiting around.
It's an allusion to the Frank Herbert book, Dune. The power of the voice is about the Bene Gesserit power, "The Voice" which could override the higher thought processes, and essentially controls a person. And the "You walk without rhythm, and you wont attract the worm." Is talking about the advice given in Dune, how not to attract Sandworms.
this song is soooooooo cool!i could listen 2 it all day :d !
Does this song mean anything?
probably not but gud song tho
until the "organically grown" stuff, this looks more like a "Counter-Strike Secret Tip" (Counter-Strike is a computer game, btw). but the video clip has a "free your freedom" basis.
this is such an awesome song... who cares if it's about nothing! its great to dance to. Oh and i also love Christopher Walken and he was perfect in the video!
Thank god, I thought I was the only one who made that connection. I didnt notice 1 and 3, but your second point definitely stood out to me. Where else would you get something like that from? Maybe he's a Dune fan.
love the video
cool geeky song