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To the end of the earth I search for your face
For the one who laid all of our beauty to waste
Threw our hope into hell and our children to the fire
I am the one who crawled through the wire
I am the one who crawled through the wire
There's a million sad stories on the side of the road
Strange how we all just got used to the blood
Millions of stories that'll never be told
Silent and froze in the mud
Silent and froze in the mud
I know a cold as cold as it gets
I know a darkness that's darker than coal
A wind that blows as cold as it gets
Blew out the light of my soul
Blew out the light of my soul
I dream in my sleep, I dream in my days
Of some sunny street not so far away
Where up in a window a curtain will sway
And you and I'll meet down below
And you and I'll meet down below
I know a cold as cold as it gets
I fight a war I may never see won
I live only to see you live to regret
Everything that you've done
Everything that you've done
Everything that you've done
| Proclivities (Paris of the Piedmont) | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 07:39 ppak wrote: Revenge is a dish best served cold - lovely Sicilian piece of wisdom When I choose to kill your son or daughter - I must steel myself to stay strong enough to prevent you from killing my son or daughter. I disrespect you by killing your lover. So there. Touche! If you regain the edge and kill me, or worse, my bride, my son, my daughter. I salute you. This is how we live. Mandible wrote: Uh, what? ziggytrix wrote: Maybe Patty's pretty voice betrayed the lyrics of the song? She's singing about someone seeking revenge, seemingly for atrocities committed against his family in wartime. Her voice really doesn't convey the hate and malice of her words, it almost sounds more sad than angry. She's no Ricardo Montalban (thank god!) I believe Mandible's "Uh, what?" comment was in response to the commentary at the top of this post - a work of prose which is not the lyrics to this tune. |
| eeke (Canal Winchester Ohio) | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 07:39 photolew wrote: I could listen to ms griffin every day. Hands down one of my all time favs.....Saw her in concert a few years ago with Emmylou Harris and Shawn Colvin.....what a night of music....... Hey, Me Too... Such an awesome night for certain. I remembered getting to the venue just as the first song started. Instantly my eyes well'd and I knew I was in the middle of witnessing greatness. |
| photolew | Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 17:27 I could listen to ms griffin every day. Hands down one of my all time favs.....Saw her in concert a few years ago with Emmylou Harris and Shawn Colvin.....what a night of music....... |
| jocelynsart | Posted: Dec 24, 2012 - 16:12 Not a big fan, not sure why, but enjoyed this one of hers. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 10:49 Cynaera wrote: I've tried to figure out what it is about Patty Griffin's music/voice that makes me want to bow down and worship her - I still don't have an answer. I just know that I haven't heard a single song by her that I feel rates less than an 8 - and most songs are 10. She just rings true for me. Rest in piece, my friend. |
| Pezz9 | Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 00:29 Patty is like many of the new breed of sincere artists that is more different and brighter than say Alice Cooper |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 07:00 this song is incredible. |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 06:59 Cynaera wrote: I've tried to figure out what it is about Patty Griffin's music/voice that makes me want to bow down and worship her - I still don't have an answer. I just know that I haven't heard a single song by her that I feel rates less than an 8 - and most songs are 10. She just rings true for me. because Patty is god. |
| Cynaera (Kenneth's Frequency) | Posted: Aug 14, 2011 - 17:56 I've tried to figure out what it is about Patty Griffin's music/voice that makes me want to bow down and worship her - I still don't have an answer. I just know that I haven't heard a single song by her that I feel rates less than an 8 - and most songs are 10. She just rings true for me. |
| bluecshells (EARTH) | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 12:12 Love you Patty! |
| Huey (Netherlands) | Posted: Apr 10, 2011 - 12:04 love this...............8 |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Nov 19, 2010 - 21:46  4merdj wrote:Which, when said in positive, is a very positive comment  I'll take your word for it. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Sep 01, 2010 - 10:18 Mandible wrote: Uh, what? Maybe Patty's pretty voice betrayed the lyrics of the song? She's singing about someone seeking revenge, seemingly for atrocities committed against his family in wartime. Her voice really doesn't convey the hate and malice of her words, it almost sounds more sad than angry. She's no Ricardo Montalban (thank god!) |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Sep 01, 2010 - 10:11 patty is god. |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Sep 01, 2010 - 10:11 keller1 wrote: This woman is incapable of a bad song. Which, when said in positive, is a very positive comment |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 20:56 This woman is incapable of a bad song. |
| songbirdfemme (syracuse ny) | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 10:38 looking like a geek is the new cool Lexapro_Headrush wrote: uhhh...this song isn't making me look cool at work. |
| Lexapro_Headrush | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 10:36 uhhh...this song isn't making me look cool at work. |
| Mandible | Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 13:06 ppak wrote: Revenge is a dish best served cold - lovely Sicilian piece of wisdom When I choose to kill your son or daughter - I must steel myself to stay strong enough to prevent you from killing my son or daughter. I disrespect you by killing your lover. So there. Touche! If you regain the edge and kill me, or worse, my bride, my son, my daughter. I salute you. This is how we live.
Uh, what? |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 01:31 asocash wrote: Yea! Finally get to see Patty Griffin live in Ithaca Feb 9th - the Three Girls and Their Buddy Tour - Patty, Emmy Lou and Shawn Colvin......simply can't wait....anyone else seen them yet? Lucky man, awesome line-up! |
| MJMJ | Posted: Mar 28, 2009 - 12:50 Moak wrote: I have yet to buy a Patty Griffin disc    I have yet to not buy a Patty Griffin disc |
| slowhand (NC) | Posted: Mar 28, 2009 - 12:49 One of the most underrated artists out there today. Sad |
| stkman (Texas) | Posted: Feb 09, 2009 - 04:08 ppak wrote: Revenge is a dish best served cold - lovely Sicilian piece of wisdom When I choose to kill your son or daughter - I must steel myself to stay strong enough to prevent you from killing my son or daughter. I disrespect you by killing your lover. So there. Touche! If you regain the edge and kill me, or worse, my bride, my son, my daughter. I salute you. This is how we live.
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| asocash (Webster, NY) | Posted: Jan 08, 2009 - 12:23 Yea! Finally get to see Patty Griffin live in Ithaca Feb 9th - the Three Girls and Their Buddy Tour - Patty, Emmy Lou and Shawn Colvin......simply can't wait....anyone else seen them yet? |
| ppak (3rd spherical clast - [Map Ref. 41°N 93°W]) | Posted: Aug 03, 2008 - 13:49 Revenge is a dish best served cold - lovely Sicilian piece of wisdom When I choose to kill your son or daughter - I must steel myself to stay strong enough to prevent you from killing my son or daughter. I disrespect you by killing your lover. So there. Touche! If you regain the edge and kill me, or worse, my bride, my son, my daughter. I salute you. This is how we live.
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| birdland (Right about....here.) | Posted: Aug 03, 2008 - 13:29 mrselfdestruct wrote: Strange how we all just got used to the blood. Patty is the absolute fucking bomb.
Hear hear! |
| Danimal174 | Posted: Apr 23, 2008 - 12:23 gypsy222 wrote: I have been listening to this album all afternoon. Not a bad track on it. This one happens to be a favorite.
I think it was the article in Paste with Patty on the cover where I learned that she almost named this song Nazi Hunter. She watched a Holocaust documentary and then wrote this song. Powerful, sad, amazing song. GET THIS CD ASAP! You're right...I read that article in Paste, also. It seems like one of the quotes mentioned a person who was in a concentration camp, and, when asked what he'd like once he was freed, responded that he wanted a gun so he could go kill his captors. |
| MsJudi (Houston, TX) | Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 21:20 Very little of her music that I don't like. |
| peyotecoyote (Home of Sir Frederick Banting) | Posted: Feb 12, 2008 - 10:01 simply sublime |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Dec 11, 2007 - 12:55 Heard the voice: solid 8. Kept listening: 9. By the end of the song: solid 10. But what else do you expect from Patty Griffin? Nothing less than stunning. c. |
| Darrooon (sjc»ca»us) | Posted: Nov 25, 2007 - 19:07 In our library: Impossible Dream, Children Running Through, 1,000 Kisses (Mil Besos). All recommended. |
| bschena (SillyValley, CA) | Posted: Oct 25, 2007 - 09:02 As Good as it Gets |
| stevo_b (Rock Ridge) | Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 13:45 For you, and you know who you are. |
| slickdh (Lost in the world) | Posted: Mar 19, 2007 - 11:52 I dont know Patty Griffin's music.. this is great!! Looks like Im making a trip to the Itune's music store..  |
| rgj13 (The City) | Posted: Mar 03, 2007 - 19:31 abbefaith wrote: singing lessons? i don't think so... catmaven says that about everyone, including, IIRC, bonnie raitt, who's had more classical voice training than she could shake a stick at. kinda lessons the impact once you notice the repetition. |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: Mar 03, 2007 - 19:25 Moak wrote: I have yet to buy a Patty Griffin disc RP's got heaps an' the LRC's gotta couple too methinks, so no worries mate  enjoy!
...  then go an' buy a disc! |
| mgoldman (Papeete, Tahiti) | Posted: Mar 03, 2007 - 19:20 Moak wrote: I have yet to buy a Patty Griffin disc
Your loss..... |
| Moak (Charlemagne's Home Town) | Posted: Feb 16, 2007 - 03:32 I have yet to buy a Patty Griffin disc |
| Egrey (WASH, DC) | Posted: Feb 01, 2007 - 06:31 Thanks RP for playing her and reintroducing me to her music. |
| bokey | Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 15:42 gypsy222 wrote: She watched a Holocaust documentary and then wrote this song. Powerful, sad, amazing song.
My initial interpretation was she was saying that President Bush is an a**hole and she'd like to kick his ass.I wonder if she is clever enough to write something that subtle while knowing most people wouldn't catch it. At any rate if you were to change the "millions of stories" to thousands and switch "I am the one who crawled through the wire" to fire(or maybe "Who would have known you were such a good liar") then you'd have an Iraqi war protest song.Ending 3 of the first 5 verses with "fire" would be gutsy and awesome.Using "cold" in a song about a desert war would be cool. OK-I'll shut up now and leave her song alone. To the end of the earth I search for your face For the one who laid all of our beauty to waste Threw our hope into hell and our children to the fire I am the one who crawled through the wire I am the one who crawled through the wire There's a million sad stories on the side of the road Strange how we all just got used to the blood Millions of stories that'll never be told Silent and froze in the mud Silent and froze in the mud I know a cold as cold as it gets I know a darkness that's darker than coal A wind that blows as cold as it gets Blew out the light of my soul Blew out the light of my soul I dream in my sleep I dream in my days Of some sunny street not so far away Where up in a window a curtain will sway And you and I'll meet down below You and I'll meet down below I know a cold as cold as it gets I fight a war I may never see won I live only to see you live to regret Everything that you've done Everything that you've done Everything that you've done |
| outerspace (SLC Utah) | Posted: Dec 19, 2006 - 13:14 mrselfdestruct wrote: Strange how we all just got used to the blood.
Patty is the absolute fucking bomb. You said it. |
| mrselfdestruct (Alberta) | Posted: Nov 20, 2006 - 09:16 meower215 wrote: I cant let a Patty song go by without saying SHE IS MY GIRL!!!!
you and I will meet down the road  |
| meower (Philadelphia) | Posted: Nov 20, 2006 - 09:05 I cant let a Patty song go by without saying SHE IS MY GIRL!!!! you and I will meet down the road |
| themotion (the great city of austin in the not so great state of texas) | Posted: Aug 24, 2006 - 13:22 Nice movement from of the girl to cold as it gets. Rock on Bill. |
| cattgirl813 (Wherever I go, there I am) | Posted: Aug 24, 2006 - 13:18 honeygirl wrote: Powerful Song...
I've never heard this one before, and it is quite powerful. She's an amazing talent. |
| honeygirl (... an adventure in the sun) | Posted: Jul 26, 2006 - 07:10 Powerful Song... |
| ahoylola (35° 37' N - 120° 85' W) | Posted: Jul 11, 2006 - 15:15 one of my favorite storytellers. |
| abbefaith (under the bridge) | Posted: Jul 11, 2006 - 15:13 catmaven wrote: Agree with positive comments about voice except would dispense with the breathy aspects. Singing lessons would help that.
Intelligent lyrics, and intelligent treatment of the words! singing lessons? i don't think so... |
| mrselfdestruct (Alberta) | Posted: Jul 11, 2006 - 15:12 Strange how we all just got used to the blood. Patty is the absolute fucking bomb. |
| ethajn (Hillsdale MI / Havana IL) | Posted: Mar 31, 2006 - 09:49 Entrancing. |