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Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Sun July 01, 2018 12:51 am

cutuphalfdead wrote:i want for to lay down

That's easy tho. He wants to lay down because the fire is ready and he wants to warm up

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Sun July 01, 2018 12:53 am

E.H. Ruddock wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:i want for to lay down

That's easy tho. He wants to lay down because the fire is ready and he wants to warm up

:bammer:

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Sun July 01, 2018 3:28 pm

Birds in Hell wrote:
Strat wrote:Cigar box on the floor

I thought this one was almost embarrassingly literal:

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kreng wrote:Hail Hail has a bunch

"Egg rollin', thick and heavy" (?!)

Ah. I didnt know about that. There we go.

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Sat July 07, 2018 4:06 pm

Birds in Hell wrote:
Strat wrote:Cigar box on the floor

I thought this one was almost embarrassingly literal:

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Somehow, I’ve never seen those pictures before. Damn.

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Sat July 07, 2018 4:22 pm

WtOB? wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:i want for to lay down

that aint ed's.

And it makes sense.

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Sat July 07, 2018 4:26 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:i want for to lay down

that aint ed's.

And it makes sense.

joey

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Sat July 07, 2018 4:27 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:i want for to lay down

that aint ed's.

And it makes sense.

joey

Yes, Pete?

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Sat July 07, 2018 4:50 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:i want for to lay down

that aint ed's.

And it makes sense.

joey

Yes, Pete?

i'm sorry i never expected it to get this far

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Sat July 07, 2018 4:52 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:i want for to lay down

that aint ed's.

And it makes sense.

joey

Yes, Pete?

i'm sorry i never expected it to get this far

:lol:

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Mon July 09, 2018 11:01 am

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/genius. ... ist-lyrics

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Mon July 09, 2018 11:23 am

Yellow Ledbetter. All of it.

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Mon July 09, 2018 10:55 pm

How about the deeper meaning of the most hilariously misheard ed lyrics...try to unpack “glorified virgin and a pelican.”

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Mon July 09, 2018 11:37 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:i got shit doesn't make a ton of sense at first blush


yea it do.. the poor bastard has got some emotional shit going on, including, but likely not limited to, some severely intense unrequited love. luckily an available supermodel was just a few years away.

how about this one from WWS:

so much to talk about there's..
nothing for to say-ay-ay


that's right on par with "i want for to lay down".
matt's the drummer.. what's eddie's excuse?

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Mon July 09, 2018 11:55 pm

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/for_to

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Tue July 10, 2018 12:38 am

maybe it's supposed to mean 'for two'

as in 'for two lay down'

as in when he is about to mount two brosephs

Re: Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

Tue July 10, 2018 2:03 am

"For to" is a pretty common phrase in country/folk songs.
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