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Musicbrainz DBYou've been gone much longer
Than you ever said you had the plan to
I'm just gonna wait 'till you come home
Though I count the days, they're grey without you
The weather's much better when I think about you
I'm just gonna wait till you come home
Empty glasses, burnt out matches
Curtains drawn on near-full blackness
I'm sleeping through the day
You're coming home
To reclaim this heart you owned
Lover
Leave me
Make me burn
You're coming back!
You're coming back!
I'll wait patiently
For your return
You're coming back!
You're coming back!
I'm clutching at straws
I'm climbing up the walls
But every time I fall
Back into my hole
I'm feeling like a wretch
I'm looking for a catch
But you're an itch that I can't scratch
I know you're coming back
You've been gone so long you're fading
And it takes all the time I can find just retaining
Thoughts of things we did while you were here
But I know you will return my dear
| modernrelics (Leicestershire, UK) | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 03:07 I can't believe this album is almost 10 years old now! It still sounds really fresh to me. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| igor (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Mar 22, 2013 - 13:46 Gotye is so 2012. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Antigone (A house, in a Virginian Valley) | Posted: Jan 29, 2013 - 08:26 Poacher wrote: After hearing Gotye here a while ago, I bought this cd. It is a great album. Also bear in mind it is the work of one man, unsigned, and doing all the writing, playing all the instruments and mixing and releasing it himself. Quite an achievement I think and well worth considering when evaluating this piece. Anyway, I often email artists if I like their stuff and did so to him. . . he mailed back and we had a bit of a chat. He seems a top bloke and is about to release another cd he has been slaving over. So. If you like this, go and buy a copy and help keep an artist in funds, I think he deserves it. Wally also emailed me when I ordered this cd several years ago. He's incredibly creative. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| jocelynsart | Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 07:01 bvdw wrote: Great song indeed, special. Also take a listen at "Somebody that I used to know" from the album "Making Mirrors. when I first heard that song being played on the radio, I swore Peter Gabriel released a new album. This song "Coming Back" does not sound Gabrielish though. Gotye is growing on me | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stunix (Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 15:52 annoffalese wrote: the beginning sounds like "Stranger in Paradise" +1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| yofitofu (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 15:48 Fun vibe. Should be a movie soundtrack - opening credits. Silly detective story. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| alanthecowboy (Lakefield) | Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 11:16 vandal wrote: Schadenfreude. . . Ha ! Not really, though. My joy comes not from Stave's sadness, but from the song itself. I'd be even happier if he/she liked the song too, but I can't change that... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 11:03 Qui est l'homme que dit "le composition"? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Feb 06, 2012 - 18:05 Poacher wrote: After hearing Gotye here a while ago, I bought this cd. It is a great album. Also bear in mind it is the work of one man, unsigned, and doing all the writing, playing all the instruments and mixing and releasing it himself. Quite an achievement I think and well worth considering when evaluating this piece. Anyway, I often email artists if I like their stuff and did so to him. . . he mailed back and we had a bit of a chat. He seems a top bloke and is about to release another cd he has been slaving over. So. If you like this, go and buy a copy and help keep an artist in funds, I think he deserves it. That's how Steven Wilson got his start. Singing all the songs, writing all the music, everything. It is on "The Sunday of Life". Go figure. Now his an international Pop Star and Lead singer of Porcupine Tree. I like Gotye. Friend turned me on to them at a party a couple of weeks ago. Nice sound! :) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 23:01 Poacher wrote: After hearing Gotye here a while ago, I bought this cd. It is a great album. Also bear in mind it is the work of one man, unsigned, and doing all the writing, playing all the instruments and mixing and releasing it himself. Quite an achievement I think and well worth considering when evaluating this piece. Anyway, I often email artists if I like their stuff and did so to him. . . he mailed back and we had a bit of a chat. He seems a top bloke and is about to release another cd he has been slaving over. So. If you like this, go and buy a copy and help keep an artist in funds, I think he deserves it. nice job poacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 23:00 10.10 just for the opening | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick (Columbia, MO (1920 miles E of Paradise, CA)) | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 03:55 Somebody fix that squeaky wheel. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bvdw | Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 00:36 Great song indeed, special. Also take a listen at "Somebody that I used to know" from the album "Making Mirrors. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orodrigues (Resende (RJ), Brazil) | Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 18:58 Oh, man, great, great song!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 14:19 I have bought two of his tracks. He strikes me as a very interesting and multifaceted artist. The tango rhythm and intensity+urgency of this tune is captivating.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 06:16 After hearing Gotye here a while ago, I bought this cd. It is a great album. Also bear in mind it is the work of one man, unsigned, and doing all the writing, playing all the instruments and mixing and releasing it himself. Quite an achievement I think and well worth considering when evaluating this piece. Anyway, I often email artists if I like their stuff and did so to him. . . he mailed back and we had a bit of a chat. He seems a top bloke and is about to release another cd he has been slaving over. So. If you like this, go and buy a copy and help keep an artist in funds, I think he deserves it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Oct 21, 2010 - 12:24 alanthecowboy wrote: Your sadness is my joy. Schadenfreude. . . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Oct 21, 2010 - 12:22 In the beginning of this song,,, I thought Spock and Kirk were battling on Vulcan for a minute or two there. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 15, 2010 - 20:34 Gotye - 'Coming back' Live-studio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| nate917 (2,815 miles from home) | Posted: Apr 13, 2010 - 10:22 SirLars wrote: right with you... blecchhh Completely agree, and I continue to insist that she is not coming back to that keening. She's probably boffing Michael Bublé or something. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AdyMiles (Wolverhampton, UK) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 12:50 I like the intro music, but the lyrics and the rest of the song are a let down | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| spraehbuer (London, UK) | Posted: May 01, 2009 - 06:55 rtrudeau wrote: Put me in the "love it" camp. Please play more Gotye, Bill!  yeah me too   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SirLars (London, ON) | Posted: May 01, 2009 - 06:53 Chi_Guy wrote:  What am I missing here? This just plain annoys...right with you... blecchhh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rtwingo (Out of my mind (be right back)) | Posted: Feb 09, 2009 - 11:53 Interesting...  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Feb 09, 2009 - 11:50 Not one of my personal favorites from this CD. There's enough good stuff on it to make it worth buying, though. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| alanthecowboy (Lakefield) | Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 16:09 Stave wrote: Sadly, we can all be sure that this song really is "coming back", and we'll have to hear it again and again. Your sadness is my joy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| fuh2 (salmon land) | Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 15:40 I like this genre but this one doesnt quite do it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stave (San Francisco) | Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 15:35 Sadly, we can all be sure that this song really is "coming back", and we'll have to hear it again and again. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 15:25 MM_Prague wrote: Love it or hate it I guess... I happen to love it  Put me in the "love it" camp. Please play more Gotye, Bill! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MM_Prague (Prague) | Posted: Dec 08, 2008 - 05:34 Chi_Guy wrote: What am I missing here? This just plain annoys...Love it or hate it I guess... I happen to love it | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NoEnzLefttoSplit | Posted: Dec 08, 2008 - 05:33 .. I think that opening phrase is borrowed from Borodin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| annoffalese (Eastern Pennsylvania) | Posted: Dec 08, 2008 - 05:31 the beginning sounds like "Stranger in Paradise" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chi_Guy (Chicago) | Posted: Nov 24, 2008 - 10:27 What am I missing here? This just plain annoys... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gringoconsabor (Port of Spain, Trinidad) | Posted: Oct 12, 2008 - 19:29 this is cool | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mnemo (Rootsburg) | Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 05:55 mountainman wrote: I love Goldie, saw him 2 times live and danced my ass of. Its a shame that i only know the Song "Inner City life" from this album. To be ontopic, imo the the Intro of this song is the best part of it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 05:45 The very beginning sounds like the intro for the Cristo Redentor (single version) by Harvey Mandel... then it goes into that tango-ish groove... and flirts with lots of other trippy stuff that made me not like it so much when it was in heavy rotation but gives me a kick when I hear it only once in a while... At any rate, it's just the type of stuff (interesting, diverse, nicely WEIRD) that I wonder if it'd get airplay anywhere else but here, the greatest station in this quadrant of the cosmos... LOVE THIS RP! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| spraehbuer (London, UK) | Posted: Sep 11, 2008 - 04:47 prickelpit96 wrote: even in europe a quarter to 4 p.m. appears to be a little bit to early for the attempt to shoot out your lights...
skdenfeld wrote:
I guess it is beer time in the UK. It's still orange juice time here in Oregon! yeah, in Europe . . . but not in the UK  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| vivakitty | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 12:58
Almost identical to: Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 07:34 7:31 am - Gotye - Coming Back 7:26 am - Blackfield - End of the World 7:20 am - PJ Harvey - We Float 7:15 am - Goldfrapp - Cologne Cerrone Houdini 7:10 am - Midnight Oil - Tone Poem 7:02 am - Porcupine Tree - Start of Something Beautiful 6:58 am - Propellerheads - History Repeating (w/ Shirley Bassey) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| heyjude | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 12:55 Put us out of our misery...This one is WAY annoying  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| stewliscious (northGA) | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 12:54 Like drawing blood....or pulling teeth. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rocklandlove (Hudson Valley, New York) | Posted: Aug 28, 2008 - 13:41 Sorry, but uncharacteristically I can't stand this song — overblown, pretentious production. Overblown, pretentious singer. Really grates. I too must mute (almost never happens for me on RP!) Unbelievably annoying vocal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mountainman (Charlottesville, VA) | Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 17:00 mandolin wrote: ...does anyone else hear a hint of this mortal coil in the intro?.. I actually hear Goldie in the intro.... almost note for note from this album | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Aug 10, 2008 - 13:57 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfV2iVJqwwU bizzarre video | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Jul 21, 2008 - 00:59 even in europe a quarter to 4 p.m. appears to be a little bit to early for the attempt to shoot out your lights...
skdenfeld wrote:
I guess it is beer time in the UK. It's still orange juice time here in Oregon! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 10:28 more dysrhythmia and warbling a la Radiohead and Sigur Ross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sfListener | Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 10:27 Wow, I've never muted RP 5 minutes after turning it on before. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 10:24 ...does anyone else hear a hint of this mortal coil in the intro?.. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| skdenfeld (Bend, Oregon) | Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 07:42 ianmoff wrote: I'll second that. And raise a toast with a cold bottle of Samuel Adams! Cheers, Ian I guess it is beer time in the UK. It's still orange juice time here in Oregon! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ianmoff (Nr London UK) | Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 07:36 skdenfeld wrote: 7:26 am - Blackfield - End of the World 7:20 am - PJ Harvey - We Float 7:15 am - Goldfrapp - Cologne Cerrone Houdini 7:10 am - Midnight Oil - Tone Poem 7:02 am - Porcupine Tree - Start of Something Beautiful 6:58 am - Propellerheads - History Repeating (w/ Shirley Bassey) This has been an outstanding set of music. Thanks, Bill! I'll second that. And raise a toast with a cold bottle of Samuel Adams! Cheers, Ian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| skdenfeld (Bend, Oregon) | Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 07:34 7:26 am - Blackfield - End of the World 7:20 am - PJ Harvey - We Float 7:15 am - Goldfrapp - Cologne Cerrone Houdini 7:10 am - Midnight Oil - Tone Poem 7:02 am - Porcupine Tree - Start of Something Beautiful 6:58 am - Propellerheads - History Repeating (w/ Shirley Bassey) This has been an outstanding set of music. Thanks, Bill! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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