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.
I'm so glad you said it was inspired by The Road, as I was looking at the lyrics then I was thinking 'this sounds very Cormac McCarthy'. Definitely prefer these lyrics to the altered version but I prefer the piano arrangement in the newer one.
I'm so glad you said it was inspired by The Road, as I was looking at the lyrics then I was thinking 'this sounds very Cormac McCarthy'. Definitely prefer these lyrics to the altered version but I prefer the piano arrangement in the newer one.
I agree with you entirely. I also prefer the piano, but they completely killed the lyrics in the new version. They even removed the "no sound but the wind" line, for god's sake! Movie or not, there was no need to cut that verse.
I agree with you entirely. I also prefer the piano, but they completely killed the lyrics in the new version. They even removed the "no sound but the wind" line, for god's sake! Movie or not, there was no need to cut that verse.
i was just listening to this and was like hmm. this is EXACTLY like the Road. im sure somebody else has had some insight on this, so i checked here. thanks.
i was just listening to this and was like hmm. this is EXACTLY like the Road. im sure somebody else has had some insight on this, so i checked here. thanks.
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.
I'm so glad you said it was inspired by The Road, as I was looking at the lyrics then I was thinking 'this sounds very Cormac McCarthy'. Definitely prefer these lyrics to the altered version but I prefer the piano arrangement in the newer one.
I'm so glad you said it was inspired by The Road, as I was looking at the lyrics then I was thinking 'this sounds very Cormac McCarthy'. Definitely prefer these lyrics to the altered version but I prefer the piano arrangement in the newer one.
I agree with you entirely. I also prefer the piano, but they completely killed the lyrics in the new version. They even removed the "no sound but the wind" line, for god's sake! Movie or not, there was no need to cut that verse.
I agree with you entirely. I also prefer the piano, but they completely killed the lyrics in the new version. They even removed the "no sound but the wind" line, for god's sake! Movie or not, there was no need to cut that verse.
i was just listening to this and was like hmm. this is EXACTLY like the Road. im sure somebody else has had some insight on this, so i checked here. thanks.
i was just listening to this and was like hmm. this is EXACTLY like the Road. im sure somebody else has had some insight on this, so i checked here. thanks.
I think youve covered my thoughts entirely. Thankyou.
I think youve covered my thoughts entirely. Thankyou.