HighFives Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 YAMF is prolly the best lyrically on the album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 YAMF is prolly the best lyrically on the album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I absolutely adore the lyrics for "Leave Me (Like You Found Me)". Thats when I knew youYou might be lonely tooThats what I wished forSomebody just like youTo tell me what to doHonestly, you leave me like you found me Can you believe it?I'm somebody just like youContent with being blueHonestly, you leave like you found me I sit on the couch aloneWhere you sit when I'm not homeAnd I felt so close to you And down the city streetsPeople are climbing the treesThey're finally up off their kneesHonestly, you leave me like you found meCan you leave my like you found me? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elston gunn Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IamJacksName Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicburto Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I absolutely adore the lyrics for "Leave Me (Like You Found Me)". Thats when I knew youYou might be lonely tooThats what I wished forSomebody just like youTo tell me what to doHonestly, you leave me like you found me Can you believe it?I'm somebody just like youContent with being blueHonestly, you leave like you found me I sit on the couch aloneWhere you sit when I'm not homeAnd I felt so close to you And down the city streetsPeople are climbing the treesThey're finally up off their kneesHonestly, you leave me like you found meCan 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
misslaura Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 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? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I'm going to say no. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nonlinear Nonfiction Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 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? Eh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YouAReMYface Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 i can see that in hate it here......... also i remember seeing a link of someone who wrote all the lyrics for SBS down, does anyone know where i can find them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
You Can Be The Stone Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 on and on does more for me than all of summerteeth... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BryLe Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?showtopic=27180 there you go YouAReMYface Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Besides those couple lines from What Light these are my favourites. I am looking forwardToward the shadows chasing bonesMy face is stitched and sewingOur houses hemmed into homes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YouAReMYface Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?showtopic=27180 there you go YouAReMYface thank you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I particularly like the lyrics about death, religion, and domestic turmoil... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Just a body,Full of holes... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deaf Ro Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Site updated http://www.bemydemon.org/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Site updated http://www.bemydemon.org/ Thanks for all your work, Ronen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TakiSC Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 The only thing that stands out, to me, is how much the lyrics generally suck... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShaneShaneShane Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 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 dustLike we Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pecan_Pie Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I have no idea how this happensAll of my maps have been overthrownHappenstance has changed my plansSo many times my heart has been outgrown Those lines just do... it. whatever the hell 'it' is to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt R. Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I have no idea how this happensAll of my maps have been overthrownHappenstance has changed my plansSo 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.... Please don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pillowy star Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Not too excited about the lyrics on Sky Blue Sky to be honest, but then I only like really dark depressed sick lyrics anyway (thus my love for "Via Chicago" ). I think the lyrics on the new album fit the mood of it perfectly though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 yea the lyrics on you are my face... the door screams i hate you. hate you hanging around my blue jeans Ooh, that's a line I love too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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