passsion8
(over the hills and far away) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 15:21 | |
"But the lonely are such delicate things,
The wind from a wasp could blow them,
Into the sea,
With stones on their feet,
Lost to the light and the loving we need..."
I was feeling a little forlorn and then this. My wife is at work late and the night is so long. Ahhhhhh
A little sadness to finish the day. Bittersweet. I think I need to up my meds.
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Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA) | | Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 16:29 | |
lawman wrote:faneuil wrote: sorry about the multiple posts — computer at work fouled up..
really frustrating when you pour heart out, but then look like a twit!
Well, you could always delete and/or edit them: I've done that more than once... Ditto! |
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lawman
(Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) | | Posted: May 18, 2009 - 02:03 | |
faneuil wrote: sorry about the multiple posts — computer at work fouled up..
really frustrating when you pour heart out, but then look like a twit!
Well, you could always delete and/or edit them: I've done that more than once... |
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faneuil
| | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 08:18 | |
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faneuil
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faneuil
| | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 08:18 | |
sorry about the multiple posts — computer at work fouled up..
really frustrating when you pour heart out, but then look like a twit!
cheers all.
faneuil wrote:After my dad's sudden death, the Shins were the first group to catch my ear when I started 'to really listen' to music again. Ths song still has the ability to bring me to a full stop.
My eyes want to well up and I get a lump in my throat.
Music that can tap into your emotions that deeply is doing something right. |
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faneuil
| | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 08:17 | |
After my dad's sudden death, the Shins were the first group to catch my ear when I started 'to really listen' to music again. Ths song still has the ability to bring me to a full stop.
My eyes want to well up and I get a lump in my throat.
Music that can tap into your emotions that deeply is doing something right. |
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faneuil
| | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 08:16 | |
After my dad's sudden death, the Shins were the first group to catch my ear when I started 'to really listen' to music again.
Ths song still has the ability to bring me to a full stop.
My eyes want to well up and I get a lump in my throat.
Music that can tap into your emotions that deeply is doing something right.
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faneuil
| | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 08:16 | |
After my dad's sudden death, the Shins were the first group to catch my ear when I started 'to really listen' to music again.
Ths song still has the ability to bring me to a full stop.
My eyes want to well up and I get a lump in my throat.
Music that can tap into your emotions that deeply is doing something right.
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faneuil
| | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 08:16 | |
After my dad's sudden death, the Shins were the first group to catch my ear when I started 'to really listen' to music again.
Ths song still has the ability to bring me to a full stop.
My eyes want to well up and I get a lump in my throat.
Music that can tap into your emotions that deeply is doing something right.
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MsJudi
(Houston, TX) | | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 08:13 | |
Carve your face off? Hand you a knife? Start with your eyes??
PASS.
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joanot
(Matadepera) | | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 11:19 | |
GretchenOhio wrote:When I first heard this song on RP in 2007, it made me stop everything and listen. I looked up the lyrics, and soon after bought the CD. This song could have been written by me at that time (if I actually had talent  ), it was so close to the bone. I bought all of the Shins CD's and listened to them until I ran them into the ground...But...This song remains a favorite. It's amazing how music moves you through times in your life...bad and good!! I´m agree. In my case, Overkill- during some years- |
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ick
(San Diego, CA) | | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 11:17 | |
A painful song lyrically... the sweetness of the music belies its bleakness.
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ianmoff
(Nr London UK) | | Posted: Apr 13, 2009 - 06:24 | |
GretchenOhio wrote:When I first heard this song on RP in 2007, it made me stop everything and listen. I looked up the lyrics, and soon after bought the CD. This song could have been written by me at that time (if I actually had talent ), it was so close to the bone. I bought all of the Shins CD's and listened to them until I ran them into the ground...But...This song remains a favorite. It's amazing how music moves you through times in your life...bad and good!! My sentiments too. I get a lump in my throat every time I hear this track. Thanks Bill |
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gjeeg
(Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2009 - 13:13 | |
awebber27 wrote:A godlike song from the best album of 2007.
absolutely |
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gjeeg
(Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2009 - 13:13 | |
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gjeeg
(Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: Feb 22, 2009 - 10:15 | |
Gorgeous melody of despairing notions
Sublimne accomplishment, this CD
Transcendent
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kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | | Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 16:09 | |
awebber27 wrote:A godlike song from the best album of 2007.
I agree - and it's not even one of my favourites on this wonderful album. |
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GretchenOhio
| | Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 09:09 | |
When I first heard this song on RP in 2007, it made me stop everything and listen. I looked up the lyrics, and soon after bought the CD. This song could have been written by me at that time (if I actually had talent ), it was so close to the bone. I bought all of the Shins CD's and listened to them until I ran them into the ground...But...This song remains a favorite. It's amazing how music moves you through times in your life...bad and good!! |
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 08:53 | |
teapot wrote:
Pure poetry.
In the sense of being impenetrably cryptic and incomprehensible to all bar the author, yes, the lyrics are poetry. I can't make sense of them even after close study - the words and even individual lines make sense, but together it's a random mish-mash. Luckily, the tune is pretty good, so that makes up for the gnomic message(s) in the lyrics. |
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rtb
(NE corner of Work and Boredom) | | Posted: Feb 06, 2009 - 10:35 | |
This is channeling someone....something....... Chris de Burgh a la Spanish Train album?
Anyone else get this?
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Darlington
(Columbia, South Carolina) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 05:31 | |
teapot wrote:
Pure poetry.
I had this CD in the car yesterday and when I got to this song (last one on there), I really took notice. I've had this CD for a while and that's the first time this song stuck with me (after multiple listens). Funny how that happens sometimes... |
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awebber27
(under the northern lights and midnight sun) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 05:30 | |
A godlike song from the best album of 2007.
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 14:58 | |
Hot Dang!!! RP is on a roll again  |
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tompoll
(Seattle WA USA) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2009 - 01:16 | |
teapot wrote:
Pure poetry.
Interesting lyrics indeed, but I don't get it. I don't hear any sort of coherent message. I confess to not being a great poetry consumer—perhaps someone needs to translate this for me... |
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wrangler
(cliffside park, nj) | | Posted: Dec 02, 2008 - 11:33 | |
teapot wrote:
Pure poetry.
pure "meh" |
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velvetglove
(Savage, MD) | | Posted: Dec 02, 2008 - 11:10 | |
Nick Drake to Patrick Watson to the Shins. I love RP.
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xtalman
(sgvalley) | | Posted: Nov 26, 2008 - 14:30 | |
I am really beginning to like these guys. Wasn't sure when I first heard them but digging them now. |
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teapot
(in orbit) | | Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 11:09 | |
calypsus_1 wrote:One hand on this wily comet,
Take a drink just to give me some weight,
Some uber-man I'd make,
I'm barely a vapor
They shone a chlorine light on,
A host of individual sins,
Let's carve my aging face off,
Fetch us a knife,
Start with my eyes,
Down so the lines,
Form a grimacing smile,
Close your eyes to corral a virtue,
Is this fooling anyone else?
Never worked so long and hard,
To cement a failure,
We can blow on our thumbs and posture,
But the lonely is such delicate things,
The wind from a wasp could blow them,
Into the sea,
With stones on their feet,
Lost to the light and the loving we need,
Still to come,
The worst part and you know it,
There is a numbness,
In your heart and it's growing,
With burnt sage and a forest of bygones,
I click my heels,
Get the devils in line,
A list of things I could lay the blame on,
Might give me a way out,
But with each turn,
It's this front and center,
Like a dart stuck square in your eye,
Every post you can hitch your faith on,
Is a pie in the sky,
Chock full of lies,
A tool we devise,
To make sinking stones fly,
And still to come,
The worst part and you know it,
There is a numbness,
In your heart and it's growing.
in Wincing The Night Away (2007) Pure poetry. |
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Chi_Guy
(Chicago) | | Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 11:09 | |
 Wincing may be too strong...yawning, sounds about right. |
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