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Break ground.
Buckle down.
It's time.
Yeah, it's time for the party to make some sound.
Let's move from this underground,
Shed some of this blacklight to surrounding towns.
How much responsibility do you bear
For the ill uses others might make of your ideas?
Almost as much responsibility that you'd bear
If you failed to speak your mind
When it might have made some kind of a difference.
So make a difference.
Could you make 'em dance
Turn your bleeding hearts into some bleeding hands?
Line up.
State your name, state your claims, claim your stakes.
If you wanna fight with us, you've got to refuse to please the game.
Look ahead now.
Oh, let the countdown usher
The philanthropic minds to speak up now
And scrape the paint that hides the crimes
Of a silent kind.
Look up
And make a difference.
But the right difference would mean
The bleeding hearts would got to be turned into some
Bleeding hands from solid lands.
Yeah, can you make 'em dance
And keep an upright stance?
Is the position that you hold
One that could parallel
A synergistically greater plan?
Or would it force us all to be packed into a can?
How much responsibility do you bear
For the ill uses that the others might make of your ideas?
Almost as much responsibility that you'd bear
If you failed to speak your mind
When it might have changed things.
Let's move from this undergound
Blare some of this blacklight
Through their socket pride
Where their eyes used to hide
When they had sight
Now only servin' as a path
For us to maybe reach that height
With a word
To make a difference.
Come on, let's make 'em dance,
Turn their bleeding hearts
Into some bleeding hands over solid lands.
Now, can you make 'em dance
And keep an upright stance?
Or has the premise of your cause
Been rooted in a slopin', quickly given golden sand?
'Cause the collapse you'd cause would pull us down with claws that don't let go.
Yeah, the collapse you'd cause could pull us down with claws that don't let go
| pcicatar (Portland, OR) | Posted: Apr 09, 2013 - 15:10 Album purchased. Many thanks again to RP and Bill for turning me onto music I wouldn't have otherwise found!  |
| slider23 (silent Russia) | Posted: Mar 26, 2013 - 02:35 this is so incredible |
| clive369 (Windsor, UK) | Posted: Mar 17, 2013 - 12:36 l liked Buildings & Mountains and it's good to know there's more on this album - thanks RP. |
| silby | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 22:35 wow - this is the worst thing I've heard on RP in a ling time - just awful in my opinion... |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Jan 31, 2013 - 08:00 Jacquetta wrote: I love this and it reminds me of Howard Devoto every time!! Interesting comparison that never occured to me. Magazine's album Real Life is in my top ten and I love this album too.  |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 14:55 deepwoodskev wrote: Yeah, I always thought this was Moby as well. Nice compliment actually.
TRTs are amazing. Still sound very fresh a few years later. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 15:18 WonderLizard wrote: How long have you had this affliction, the inability to hear melody? I am beginning to wonder if Stingray is not mis-translating the word from German.  |
| deepwoodskev (In a town west of Chicago) | Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 08:18 Yeah, I always thought this was Moby as well. |
| Jacquetta (Kelowna, BC) | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 11:40 I love this and it reminds me of Howard Devoto every time!! |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 10:56 Stingray wrote: No MELODY whatsoever!
How long have you had this affliction, the inability to hear melody? |
| Stingray | Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 15:10 No MELODY whatsoever!
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| Stingray | Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 18:01 ziakut wrote: I hear a Peter Murphy influence in the vocals. Not a bad thing by any means. Father of Eddy?
PS Republic "no melody" Tigers! |
| plaice3 | Posted: Aug 18, 2012 - 06:20 "Turn our bleeding hearts to bleeding hands" ... Still gives me the tingles every time I hear it. Just a great song! |
| posworld (Michigan) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 09:26 lelkoun wrote: 7 -> 8  yep - the same. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 09:24 How much responsibility do you bear For the ill uses others might make of your ideas? Almost as much responsibility that you'd bear If you failed to speak your mind |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 09:22 Nice seque! |
| ziakut (Albeit In The Meantime) | Posted: May 24, 2012 - 10:30 I hear a Peter Murphy influence in the vocals. Not a bad thing by any means. |
| ferwoman | Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 17:42 coloradojohn wrote: and scrape some of the paint that hides the crimes... of the silent kinds... I am STILL pulling yet unexploded word-bombs from the incredible barrage of this song! and LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT... Thanks, RP! You are so right! Agreed!  |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 14:03 lelkoun wrote: 7 -> 8 Did the same based on the lyrics alone. |
| lelkoun (Prague, Czech Republic) | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 14:01 7 -> 8 |
| coloradojohn (Mile High on the Colorado Vibe, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 10:36 and scrape some of the paint that hides the crimes... of the silent kinds... I am STILL pulling yet unexploded word-bombs from the incredible barrage of this song! and LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT... Thanks, RP! |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 11:34 This song always makes me think of Barbershop quartets. How about we call it Barber Rock? |
| foothillfreak (Salt Lake City) | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 17:20 Awesome... I'm off to buy this one... Thx RP for introducing me to RT. |
| coloradojohn (Tokyo till Jan. 29, then it's back to Rocky Mtn Way!) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 05:42 I could listen to this while doing ANYfreakin'thing and still find myself nodding and tapping and humming and digging the POWER of the words AND the music... Like any really great song, it fits any occasion and comes up jamming. |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 22:44 Happy New Year RPers! => |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 11:42 Sounds good. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 11:11 This is a great CD. Fine songs all the way through.
Enjoy the festive season. Be nice to yourselves, your families, your communities. Self-medicate safely! |
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Oct 29, 2011 - 14:10 Reminds me, sometimes, of The Shins. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 22:33 Derecho wrote: Yes, you are. He's KIDDING, maybe. Ain't it great ?  |
| Derecho (A Land Without Traffic Lights) | Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 12:07 Stingray wrote: BORING! Yes, you are. |
| Stingray (JULIAN'S NWO) | Posted: Sep 11, 2011 - 10:16 BORING! |
| Cynaera (Kenneth's Frequency) | Posted: Sep 08, 2011 - 11:25 coloradojohn wrote: I just love how this thing bucks and hums with its frantic breathless rhythms and I dig how it sure does take some nice vocal dexterity out for a flashy spin and I feel it in my skin how it claws with the right ideas at just the right times and my mind endlessly reels at how it forces all these really killer issues, man, and I do think it's a truly awesome piece of work, and I find I can hardly wait for some new stuff from these rocking KC cats! Reading this made me have to gasp for breath because there were so few commas and I always depend on commas to tell me when to breathe and by the time I got to the end with three commas I was hyperventilating. And in total agreement with you. This is a very multi-dimensional song. The music is good, the lyrics are incredible, the instruments are compelling, and there's just something about the whole mix that's like a treasure-hunt - each time I hear it, I discover something new and thrilling. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Sep 08, 2011 - 11:22 Also swayed 9 >>> 10. |
| toomanyollys (Bucks) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 02:51 jchrise wrote: Jeeze...what a mess...constant forcing of words to the melody. I detest the "RE—SPONS—I—BIL—ITY" line they break up. Makes me cringe every time! Each to his own I guess, but I love the way the lyrics are an integral part of the rhythm not just the melody... 9! |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 02:50 westslope wrote: To hell with it: 9 -> 10 Seriously. Hugs old friend! This is so unique. Praying these guys put out another album, |
| slider23 (silent Russia) | Posted: Aug 11, 2011 - 01:15 IMHO, absolutely Godlike. Awesome melodic line ! |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Aug 08, 2011 - 02:30 dyharenas wrote: I always admire when vocalists fit in a zillion words per second without missing a beat Yeah..in 3244 takes and three months of mixing. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Aug 04, 2011 - 16:38 To hell with it: 9 -> 10 |
| jchrise (Nebraska) | Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 18:13 Jeeze...what a mess...constant forcing of words to the melody. I detest the "RE—SPONS—I—BIL—ITY" line they break up. Makes me cringe every time! |
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Jul 18, 2011 - 18:03 Hey Bill, If you haven't already, you should follow this song with 'Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)' from the Raising Sand album by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. They do flow together well and there is that Sand connection.  |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 05:39 I just love how this thing bucks and hums with its frantic breathless rhythms and I dig how it sure does take some nice vocal dexterity out for a flashy spin and I feel it in my skin how it claws with the right ideas at just the right times and my mind endlessly reels at how it forces all these really killer issues, man, and I do think it's a truly awesome piece of work, and I find I can hardly wait for some new stuff from these rocking KC cats! |
| james_of_tucson (Tucson AZ) | Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 17:43 I like this song and I don't. I can't explain it. The stream-of-consciousness lyrics grab my attention, then make me wince and look away. |
| jimmy41 (Prague, Czech Republic) | Posted: May 16, 2011 - 11:11 getting to really like this song |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 06:19 Stupid song - great cover! |
| AliGator (The Bluegrass) | Posted: Apr 14, 2011 - 21:28 bindi wrote: I don't know why I don't really like this song. . . .  I love your comment even though I like this song. |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Mar 26, 2011 - 16:17 I don't know why I don't really like this song. . . . |
| atlas (Lakewood, CO) | Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 10:14 This is new to me. Thanks RP. |
| htowncoog (Texas) | Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 10:22 8+ Love it! |
| jpdribbler (Hamburg, Germany) | Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 01:57 pcicatar wrote: It's funny you should say that... I was trying to decide whether they or Interpol had a new track released.  That's what the new Interpol should have sounded like! Oh, what happened... |
| boober (KC,Mo) | Posted: Jan 05, 2011 - 05:35 Kansas City's finest Good New Years Eve Show |