 Oh! Inverted World (2001) [ larger cover art ] |
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Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth.
Only, i don't know how they got out, dear.
Turn me back into the pet that i was when we met.
I was happier then with no mind-set.
And if you'd 'a took to me like
A gull takes to the wind.
Well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree
And i'd a danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
New slang when you notice the stripes, the dirt in your fries.
Hope it's right when you die, old and bony.
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall,
Never should have called
But my head's to the wall and i'm lonely.
And if you'd 'a took to me like
A gull takes to the wind.
Well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree
And i'd a danced like the kind of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
God speed all the bakers at dawn may they all cut their thumbs,
And bleed into their buns 'till they melt away.
I'm looking in on the good life i might be doomed never to find.
Without a trust or flaming fields am i too dumb to refine?
And if you'd 'a took to me like
Well i'd a danced like the queen of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
Only, i don't know how they got out, dear.
Turn me back into the pet that i was when we met.
I was happier then with no mind-set.
And if you'd 'a took to me like
A gull takes to the wind.
Well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree
And i'd a danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
New slang when you notice the stripes, the dirt in your fries.
Hope it's right when you die, old and bony.
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall,
Never should have called
But my head's to the wall and i'm lonely.
And if you'd 'a took to me like
A gull takes to the wind.
Well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree
And i'd a danced like the kind of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
God speed all the bakers at dawn may they all cut their thumbs,
And bleed into their buns 'till they melt away.
I'm looking in on the good life i might be doomed never to find.
Without a trust or flaming fields am i too dumb to refine?
And if you'd 'a took to me like
Well i'd a danced like the queen of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
| chuck_flacks (Oakland, CA) | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 08:48 Natalie Portman's comment: You should hear this, it will change your life, I swear. Classic line, now classic song!! |
| millab00 (Lancaster, Pa) | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 19:11 Saire wrote: This song is used in the movie "Garden State" and always makes me think of the film when I hear it. If you haven't seen the film I heartily recommend it! That was first comment when I heard the song pLaying. Great movie and tune :) |
| joelbb | Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 23:22 One finds himself wondering exactly why this very "small" cut is so very listenable? It may be that it's just a good arrangement against impeccable production values. Regardless, it is very listenable. |
| NorthBayWired | Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 23:19 Please give it a rest and do not play this for a few months. So sick of hearing it. |
| pk53 (Sonoma County) | Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 23:18 Please no more than once a month.....7 times in 30 days is way too often.... |
| MilesW (Earth (Currently Germany)) | Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 01:33 Timeless, maybe - but that doesn't justify playing it 7 times in 30 days....  |
| bb_matt (Hampshire, England) | Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 01:31 Oh yes, instant classic. Lyrically awesome, musically awesome - timeless. |
| dc_zee | Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 15:18 'I could dance like the queen of the eye-sores'...? |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Mar 29, 2013 - 15:04 mkinnan wrote: Over and over and over and over 7 in 30 way too much 7 out of how many? |
| mkinnan (Kansas City) | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 12:05 Over and over and over and over 7 in 30 way too much |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 10:00 A year on, Pussy Riot claim a victory in Russia Yekaterina Samutsevich has few regrets about the day a year ago when she marched into a Russian Orthodox church with four other members of the Pussy Riot punk band, pulled on a balaclava and reached for her guitar. Guards grabbed her before she could join in the band's "punk prayer" against Vladimir Putin, and she went on to spend several months in detention before facing trial last year with two bandmates who are still in jail... |
| Carl (The Summit City) | Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 21:51 Peter_K wrote: Nice tune, but how many times a day do we need to hear it? 0.233, according to the playcount. But I know just what you mean. :-) |
| Peter_K | Posted: Jan 01, 2013 - 19:06 Nice tune, but how many times a day do we need to hear it? |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Jan 01, 2013 - 18:49 Amazing, what an assortment of sounds, what a spectrum of lyrics this man, this band has given the world...and thanks, RP, for turning us onto them from the beginning! |
| hidey (NZ) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 18:49 Excellent tune - one of their best. I love the voice and the guitar - colossal with kind of a remorseful feel. |
| Saire (Perth, Australia) | Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 11:33 This song is used in the movie "Garden State" and always makes me think of the film when I hear it. If you haven't seen the film I heartily recommend it! |
| Nuance (Winnipeg) | Posted: Sep 29, 2012 - 14:32 Fabulous melody line. Graceful lyrics |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 07:25 love it, ,just moved it up a notch |
| jbunniii (San Jose, CA) | Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 16:06 Insufferable. |
| BCarn (Victoria, B.C.) | Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 16:05 Simply excellent band. |
| calypsus_1 (East of Eden) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 17:31 The Shins: Oh yes! Excellent performance of the Band of James Mercer today at Lollapalooza, Grant Park in downtown Chicago, Illinois. As indeed had been the Bonaroo concert last month. A sound homogeneous, compact, and interlaced. Some songs in a slightly faster pace (being live), all new elements of the "new" band corresponds fully to expectations, the sound is more "ultra.dimensional" (I invented the term now, lol), where I highlight the guitar solo Jessica Dobson (ex-Beck´s Guitarrist), who is a "finding", discrete, very good attitude, plays well, has a face something exotic, whom I would advise two things, to act without sunglasses and devote himself as much as possible also in the accompaniments vocals. Dawes: Today at Lollapalooza, Grant Park in downtown Chicago, Illinois; The new songs seemed to me as well, some interesting guitar solos, good voice of the lead-singer, good piano. They have a clean sound. A group decent and promising, I think. I do not know the previous work, so I can not get a broader view. I got the feeling that may have its own space and assert itself. But it seems that did not have much luck here in Paradise, and are from Los Angeles, California. "Better to fall from grace, than to be funny". |
| deanofox (Yorkshire, England) | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 06:12 Biscobret wrote: Changed this from a 7 to a 9 after the opening chords made me go "oooh! I like this song" outloud sitting here by myself!  I've just done exactly the same thing!  |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jul 21, 2012 - 10:11 gigikent wrote: it sounds too 60-ish at least new bands could play some refreshing sounds. Nyahh. |
| Biscobret (Vashon, WA) | Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 12:43 Changed this from a 7 to a 9 after the opening chords made me go "oooh! I like this song" outloud sitting here by myself! |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 12:43 harrybeall wrote:  Wish I had written this one. I can't say that about too many song!funny, this song elicits that same feeling with me. maybe more than any other song. |
| bluecshells | Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 12:42  |
| cinziacursio (Holland) | Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 05:53  |
| gatorade (Peninsuland) | Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 00:37 Exene wrote: 8 > 10 I'm looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find... Isn't The Good Life just to the East of you in Nebraska? |
| harrybeall (Grantsville, WV) | Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 04:30 Wish I had written this one. I can't say that about too many song! |
| Exene (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 13:23 8 > 10 I'm looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find... |
| zair99 (In Cognito) | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 01:16 I don't know how the Shins can pull stuff like this out of their hats from time to time, when the bulk of their music is, well, much less impressive! This one though is an easy 10, and I don't even think I've seen Garden State. ;) |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 22:57 gigikent wrote: it sounds too 60-ish at least new bands could play some refreshing sounds. So we're not tired of it yet? Cool ! |
| gigikent | Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 05:04 it sounds too 60-ish at least new bands could play some refreshing sounds. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jan 22, 2012 - 09:24 Hannio wrote: You are probably thinking that sim is rating this less than 3, but that is actually an internet sideways heart, as in "Ezra Klein <3 Justin Bieber", for example. Got it.   (rdo on left) Quit reminding me of my age, jerky! |
| drsteevo (Location Location) | Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 11:13 ziggytrix wrote: check out this unlikely mashup (new slang + phoenix's 1901) That is just horrible. |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 11:08 OK have to up my rating from "8" to "9" - this really is a powerful and inspirational tune! Subtle but so powerful. Love it! |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 21:30 redmachine wrote: Ah Natalie in this film you are my perfect girl: quirky, gorgeous, sweet, funny, sexy and damaged. Great tune too. 2 words: Black Swan. |
| bluecshells (EARTH) | Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 12:16  |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 12:15 Hannio wrote: You are probably thinking that sim is rating this less than 3, but that is actually an internet sideways heart, as in "Ezra Klein <3 Justin Bieber", for example. I was wonderin' what's up with all those fallen-over ice cream cones ... |
| NoEnzLefttoSplit | Posted: Dec 12, 2011 - 23:22 whew... this is absolute balm for the ears after that last number. |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 10:27 I love this song. TREMENDOUS set list this morning! You've been on a roll of 10's. |
| Stratocaster (Bermuda) | Posted: Dec 08, 2011 - 01:12 Great lyrics when you read them, but completely unintelligible when listening! An 8 for me, just because I love the way the song is put together, and I like how it was perfectly used in Garden State. |
| sehriye | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 06:19 When i advise RP to someone,i always say " That radio plays The Shins.God you should listen!" |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 07:53 rdo wrote: sim wrote: <3 You are probably thinking that sim is rating this less than 3, but that is actually an internet sideways heart, as in "Ezra Klein <3 Justin Bieber", for example. |
| Nadine (Hamburg Metro Area, Germany) | Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 01:46 10 |
| terrapin52 | Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 18:52 10- The Shins are dead. Long live the Shins! |
| ckcotton | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 09:22 Heard WAYYYYY to often..... |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 09:19 sim wrote: <3 |
| redmachine | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 09:18 Ah Natalie in this film you are my perfect girl: quirky, gorgeous, sweet, funny, sexy and damaged. Great tune too. |
| Elroweho | Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 13:54 I don't know what it is right now but The Shins got it! |