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I absolutely adore the lyrics for "Leave Me (Like You Found Me)".

 

Thats when I knew you

You might be lonely too

Thats what I wished for

Somebody just like you

To tell me what to do

Honestly, you leave me like you found me

 

Can you believe it?

I'm somebody just like you

Content with being blue

Honestly, you leave like you found me

 

I sit on the couch alone

Where you sit when I'm not home

And I felt so close to you

 

And down the city streets

People are climbing the trees

They're finally up off their knees

Honestly, you leave me like you found me

Can you leave my like you found me?

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This one is just going on a loop in my head. That, and just saying "Impossible Germany, Unlikely Japan" over and over again.

 

absolutely. i'm saying that "Impossible Germany, Unlikely Japan" like 300 times a day since i first heard the song.

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In Hate It Here, the opening lines - " . . . I do the dishes, I mow the lawn . . . " - are from that unreleased little ditty he played at the 5/16/03 show, "You're Really Gone" is what most people called it. Has anybody else found any recycled lines from his poetry or unreleased songs?

 

And for what it's worth, I really love the simplicity of What Light, but I think You Are My Face is the best, lyrically, on the album.

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I absolutely adore the lyrics for "Leave Me (Like You Found Me)".

 

Thats when I knew you

You might be lonely too

Thats what I wished for

Somebody just like you

To tell me what to do

Honestly, you leave me like you found me

 

Can you believe it?

I'm somebody just like you

Content with being blue

Honestly, you leave like you found me

 

I sit on the couch alone

Where you sit when I'm not home

And I felt so close to you

 

And down the city streets

People are climbing the trees

They're finally up off their knees

Honestly, you leave me like you found me

Can you leave my like you found me?

 

 

I agree - this is the standout track on the album for me. Just gorgeous. John's bass is superb on this one

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Does anyone else listening to the lyrics on this album wonder whether there is some tension going on in the Tweedy household? Frankly, this sounds like an outright divorce album to me. I am not trying to get into conjecture about Jeff's marraige, but does anyone else agree?

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Besides those couple lines from What Light these are my favourites.

 

I am looking forward

Toward the shadows chasing bones

My face is stitched and sewing

Our houses hemmed into homes

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The only thing that stands out, to me, is how much the lyrics generally suck...

 

Wow, that's harsh....and I disagree....but of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I'm finding a lot of depth and beauty, myself.

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at first, like a lot of people, i found the lyrics to be generally shallow and lacking the depth of jeff's previous output. upon repeated listen, i realized that the emotion is just bare instead of veiling it in abstractions. one of the reasons i absolutely love Hate it Here. it's simple, but it works so beautifully and the ending is so sad. i feel the same way for What Light, as well. Overall, my favorite set of lyrics is probably Please Be Patient With Me. i really love the line

 

How can I warn you when my tongue turns to dust

Like we

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I have no idea how this happens

All of my maps have been overthrown

Happenstance has changed my plans

So many times my heart has been outgrown

 

Those lines just do... it. whatever the hell 'it' is to me.

 

Amen.

 

I have grown to be a fan of On & On & On, although having found the lyrics schmaltzy at first. Particularly....

 

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