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Post by Bloomfield on Aug 15, 2008 20:20:07 GMT -5
Shouldn't this post be in CBGB's?
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Post by supersonic1983 on Aug 15, 2008 20:20:52 GMT -5
Not really. It's meant to be a lyrics thread; it's just gone slightly off-topic.
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Post by Moorish on Aug 16, 2008 4:39:06 GMT -5
almost positive it's "wheel" .... amazing lyrics in that song Fair enough, maybe it is wheel. Still doesn't make any sense though. Catch the wind that breaks the butterfly is a brilliant fuckin lyric...I'd hate if he ripped it off from a poem. How do you catch a wheel? And how does a wheel break a butterfly? I don't care if he lifts riffs and chords from other people, but your lyrics gotta be original IMO Is the same thing he did in Go Let It Out: the whole "Is it any wonder that princes and kings / Are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings" section is nicked from an old poem, almost word for word. |
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Post by idledreamer on Aug 16, 2008 4:45:33 GMT -5
almost positive it's "wheel" .... amazing lyrics in that song Fair enough, maybe it is wheel. Still doesn't make any sense though. Catch the wind that breaks the butterfly is a brilliant fuckin lyric...I'd hate if he ripped it off from a poem. How do you catch a wheel? And how does a wheel break a butterfly? I don't care if he lifts riffs and chords from other people, but your lyrics gotta be original IMO Mission U.K. Butterfly On A Wheel (1989) Silver and gold and it’s growing cold Autumn leaves lay as thick as thieves Shivers down your spine chill you to the bone ’cos the mandolin wind is the melody that turns your heart to stone The heat of your breath carving shadows in the mist Every angel has the wish that she’s never been kissed A broken dream haunting in your sleep And hiding in your smile A secret you must keep, love cuts you deep Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel There’s no scarlet in you, lay your veil down for me As sure as God made wine, you can’t wrap your arms around a memory Take warmth from me, cold autumn wind cut sharp as a knife And in the dark for me, you’re the candle flame that flickers to life Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Wise man say all is fair in love and war And there’s no right or wrong in the design of love And I could only watch as the wind crushed your wings Broken and torn, crushed like a flower under the snow And like the flower in spring Love will rise again to heal your wings Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel  |
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Post by The Boy Without the Blues on Aug 16, 2008 10:00:04 GMT -5
Fair enough, maybe it is wheel. Still doesn't make any sense though. Catch the wind that breaks the butterfly is a brilliant fuckin lyric...I'd hate if he ripped it off from a poem. How do you catch a wheel? And how does a wheel break a butterfly? I don't care if he lifts riffs and chords from other people, but your lyrics gotta be original IMO Mission U.K. Butterfly On A Wheel (1989) Silver and gold and it’s growing cold Autumn leaves lay as thick as thieves Shivers down your spine chill you to the bone ’cos the mandolin wind is the melody that turns your heart to stone The heat of your breath carving shadows in the mist Every angel has the wish that she’s never been kissed A broken dream haunting in your sleep And hiding in your smile A secret you must keep, love cuts you deep Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel There’s no scarlet in you, lay your veil down for me As sure as God made wine, you can’t wrap your arms around a memory Take warmth from me, cold autumn wind cut sharp as a knife And in the dark for me, you’re the candle flame that flickers to life Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Wise man say all is fair in love and war And there’s no right or wrong in the design of love And I could only watch as the wind crushed your wings Broken and torn, crushed like a flower under the snow And like the flower in spring Love will rise again to heal your wings Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel LOL. The first time I read the lyrics I was like "what a fuck does a wheel have to do with a butterfly?", but instantly I remember this song!! But still it doesn't explain what's up with wheels and butterflies |
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Post by GasPanic on Aug 16, 2008 15:13:02 GMT -5
TSOTL: I got my feet on the street but i cant stop flying My heads in the clouds but atleast im trying LDSMD: Keep sayin' that my heads locked up in the clouds Keep praying that the lord won't slow me down Noel stole his own lyrics  |
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Post by TheEXPERIENCE on Aug 16, 2008 16:14:45 GMT -5
TSOTL: I got my feet on the street but i cant stop flying My heads in the clouds but atleast im trying LDSMD: Keep sayin' that my heads locked up in the clouds Keep praying that the lord won't slow me down Noel stole his own lyrics i never got this idea that you couldn't reuse a phrase more than once? how the fuck are you supposed to write songs for 20 years and not reuse stuff? its impossible |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2008 16:26:30 GMT -5
The butterfly and wheel bit was also used in a famous article written about Jagger and Keef getting jail time in the late 60s for a drug bust.
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Post by GasPanic on Aug 16, 2008 16:53:09 GMT -5
TSOTL: I got my feet on the street but i cant stop flying My heads in the clouds but atleast im trying LDSMD: Keep sayin' that my heads locked up in the clouds Keep praying that the lord won't slow me down Noel stole his own lyrics i never got this idea that you couldn't reuse a phrase more than once? how the fuck are you supposed to write songs for 20 years and not reuse stuff? its impossible I'm just kidding! I actually like that lyric a lot, so I'm glad it got reused |
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Post by leaveitallbehind on Aug 16, 2008 17:46:12 GMT -5
Rivers splash away the waves
Seeping in through my existence
Is there something to believe in?
Something to believe in
When there's nothing else
To light your way?
How can the darkness be satiated
When there's nothing but faded stars?
Faces cracked, broken to a crawl
Do you believe in something?
I believe in all
In the way things could be I see
That there is much more out there
Much more than simply you and me
Reaching out, my hands are shaking
Groping, fighting the demons making
Earth on the hell
And with heaven watching
They will prey
On the ones who have lost their way
(All, All, All) x 3
The night is deafening my call
Something, anything
I will believe in all
(All, All, All) x6
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Post by gerwin on Aug 16, 2008 17:49:08 GMT -5
TSOTL: I got my feet on the street but i cant stop flying My heads in the clouds but atleast im trying LDSMD: Keep sayin' that my heads locked up in the clouds Keep praying that the lord won't slow me down Noel stole his own lyrics Noel can do whatever he wants ;D (as long as it doesn't entail the splitting of Oasis) |
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Post by some_might_say on Aug 16, 2008 19:17:52 GMT -5
Isn't it probably "blinding light" instead of "binding" light?
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Post by wrinklyrocker on Aug 16, 2008 19:42:09 GMT -5
Rivers splash away the waves Seeping in through my existence Is there something to believe in? Something to believe in When there's nothing else To light your way? How can the darkness be satiated When there's nothing but faded stars? Faces cracked, broken to a crawl Do you believe in something? I believe in allIn the way things could be I see That there is much more out there Much more than simply you and me Reaching out, my hands are shaking Groping, fighting the demons making Earth on the hell And with heaven watching They will prey On the ones who have lost their way (All, All, All) x 3 The night is deafening my call Something, anything I will believe in all (All, All, All) x6 is that supposed to be I Believe in All? am i missing something??? |
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Post by supersonic8587 on Aug 17, 2008 11:17:14 GMT -5
Isn't it probably "blinding light" instead of "binding" light? I thought it sounds like blinding too. |
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Post by supersonic1983 on Aug 17, 2008 18:17:41 GMT -5
Rivers splash away the waves Seeping in through my existence Is there something to believe in? Something to believe in When there's nothing else To light your way? How can the darkness be satiated When there's nothing but faded stars? Faces cracked, broken to a crawl Do you believe in something? I believe in all In the way things could be I see That there is much more out there Much more than simply you and me Reaching out, my hands are shaking Groping, fighting the demons making Earth on the hell And with heaven watching They will prey On the ones who have lost their way (All, All, All) x 3 The night is deafening my call Something, anything I will believe in all (All, All, All) x6 That's better. Source? |
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Post by themanwithnoname on Aug 18, 2008 3:48:29 GMT -5
In Falling Down, the actual lyric is "catch the wheel that breaks the butterly". Is not "wind". Is a Noel nick from a bit of poetry. Alexander Pope. "Who breaks a butterly upon a wheel?" I'm pretty sure it's wind. Wheel doesn't make any sense...How does a wheel break a butterfly? "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" is a quotation – sometimes misquoted with "on" in place of "upon" – from Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" of January 1735. The line has entered common use and has become associated with more recent figures. It can be taken as referring to putting massive effort into achieving something minor or unimportant, and alludes to "breaking on the wheel", a form of torture in which victims had their long bones broken by an iron bar while tied to a cartwheel |
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Post by lino on Aug 19, 2008 0:18:31 GMT -5
Both lyrics are a sheding of old self because "she's got a cousin, in fact she's got abot a dozen, she keeps one in the oven, but it's nothing to do with me" is brilliant? Calm down - that's not a critiscism of the lyric - it's an analysis of the meaning. Also, wouldn't it be "so God-speed to the sound of the pounding" in TSOTL? |
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Post by Cidaror on Aug 21, 2008 19:39:26 GMT -5
I think in a way the song itself kind of enjoys and even thrives itself in pushing the boundaries of meaningless. Much like songs like Some Might Say. I enjoy it immensely
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Post by hies on Aug 22, 2008 2:28:41 GMT -5
Actually, it might be, "So God, speak to the sound of the pounding." I could be wrong, though.
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Post by mrmonkey on Aug 23, 2008 3:50:08 GMT -5
To be Where theres Life
'Dig out your soul cos here we go'
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Post by wherediditallgowrong84 on Aug 27, 2008 14:27:58 GMT -5
Has anyone managed to make out the lyrics of To Be Where There's Life yet?
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Post by supersonic1983 on Aug 27, 2008 15:41:07 GMT -5
Nah, that's impossible, surely?
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Post by psufan43 on Aug 27, 2008 16:47:13 GMT -5
sounds like one of the lines he says something like "where you gonna hide" or something like that,
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Post by theshock on Aug 28, 2008 9:21:03 GMT -5
Bag It Up - "I'm gonna take a walk with the monkey man!"
As seen on the deluxe version promo video
Can you read more lyrics from the hardback book?
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Post by Underneath the sky on Aug 28, 2008 9:57:03 GMT -5
Here's my crack at TBWTL. Probably horribly wrong but Liam is fucking hard to understand when he's slurring his words. It's 20 to 9 (  ) friends ain't gonna lie let me come through let me take you away over the night everyone falling everyone falling ? let me come through let me take you away over the night away to be where there's life shake the world to comply there's no trying to stop crying and we're away to be where there's life when we come crawling everything's sore now ?? in tears now teenagers ?? now let me come through let me take you away to be where there's life to be where there's life to be where there's life to be where there's life dig out your soul cause here we go we gotta move it's what we do let me come through let me take you away over the night to be where there's life (can't make out next few lines at all, Noel and Liam seem to be singing completely different things) |
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