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epilogue wrote:I'm shocked you have this at the ready, Stip. Mad respect. This will take a long time for me to suss out. There are just so many...
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digster wrote:I'd have to really sit down to think about the whole catalog, but I feel like you could make a top 10 out of Binaural alone;
There's a girl on the ledge, she's got nowhere to turn
Cause all the love that she had was just wood that she burned
Basically the whole first verse of Light Years
It's not in my past to presume love can keep on moving in both directions
"Turn the jukebox up," he said
Dancing in irreverence
"Play C3, let the song protest"
Pledge your grievance to the flag
Cause you don't give blood, then take it back again
How's our mother to damn these contributors with mud?
How will the man who made chemicals difficult shed blood?
How's our father supposed to be told?
Sometimes he hid in his radio
Watching others pull into their homes
While he was drifting
In her eyes there's curtains
And they've been closed to hide the flames
Some of those, like Sleight of Hand or Insignificance, you could almost pick any line.
Thu March 25, 2021 4:26 pm
wease wrote:I sometimes realize
I could only be as good as you’ll let me
Are you woman enough to be my man?
Bandaged hand in hand
Was the first thing to come to mind.
Thu March 25, 2021 4:27 pm
tragabigzanda wrote:I prefer the non-“I” lyrics, where he’s not singing from the first person/autobiographical. I’d have to think about it, but Rival comes to mind as a standout. Also Comes Then Goes.
Thu March 25, 2021 4:27 pm
TremorJam wrote:Old Favorites:
"The direction of the eye, so misleading
"The deflection of the soul, nauseously quick"
"Don't see some men as half empty, see them half full of shit"
"Admire me, admire my home, admire my son - he's my clone"
"Paint Ed big, turn Ed into one of my enemies"
"Once passing servile, now you're getting sharp
Moving on so quickly with such disarm
I pulled the covers overhead, should've pulled the alarm
Turned to my nemesis - a fool, not a fucking God"
"I'll decide
Take the dive
Take my time
Not my life
Wait for signs
Believe in lies
To get by
It's divine, oh whoa
Oh, you know what it's like?"
Favorite N00bs
"Drowning in their dissertations
Random speakers in my mind
Yeah, they never stop their fortifications
And blocking my precious time
You used to let it go and let it float away
You don't get to speak with twice as much to say
It's all delivery
Oh, said the messenger who is now dead
Was all on the periphery
I didn't see him but I heard what he said
Oh, sideways talk poisoning our thoughts
Everyone walks and it's no one's fault"
"But the world got to spinnin'
Always felt like it was endin'
And love not withstandin'
We are each of us fucked
I can hear you singin' in the distance
I can see you when I close my eyes
Once you were somewhere and now you're everywhere
I'm feeling selfish and I want what's right
I ask for forgiveness
I beg of myself
Feelin' angry
Now, get off the stage"
"Where you been, can I find
A glimpse of my friend
Don't know where or when one of us left
The other behind
Divisions came and troubles multiplied
Incisions made by scalpel blades of time"
"Expecting perfection
Leaves a lot to endure
When the past is the present
And the future's no more
When every tomorrow
Is the same as before
Numbers keep falling off the calendar's floor
We're stuck in our boxes
Windows open no more
Collecting up the forget-me-nots
Not recalling what they're for"
Ed really brought his *A Game* to Gigaton - The record really does click for me on every level (so far) - can't wait to hear these songs in a live setting.
edited to fix SBWM - thanks google lmao
Thu March 25, 2021 4:37 pm
stip wrote:
I don't really care for that first verse of Light Years, actually. I do really love that insignificance lyric, and that Rival passage is probably stone's best moment
I'm adding that parting ways lyric into my list. That's a great one
Thu March 25, 2021 5:20 pm
digster wrote:"with heavy breath, awakened regrets, back pages and days alone that could have been spent together but we were miles apart"