 My Head Is An Animal (2011) [ larger cover art ] |
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I don't like walking around this old and empty house.
So hold my hand, I'll walk with you my dear.
The stairs creak as I sleep, it's keeping me awake.
It's the house telling you to close your eyes.
And some days I can't even dress myself.
It's killing me to see you this way.
'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore.
There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back.
Well tell her that I miss our little talks.
Soon it will be over and buried with our past.
We used to play outside when we were young
And full of life and full of love.
Some days I don't know if I am wrong or right.
Your mind is playing tricks on you my dear.
'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore.
Don't listen to a word I say.
The screams all sound the same.
Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore.
You're gone, gone, gone away, I watched you disappear.
All that's left is a ghost of you.
Now we're torn, torn, torn apart, there's nothing we can do,
Just let me go we'll meet again soon.
Now wait, wait, wait for me, please hang around,
I'll see you when I fall asleep.
Don't listen to a word I say.
The screams all sound the same.
Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore.
| kcar | Posted: May 03, 2013 - 02:10 blotto wrote: Was thinking more like this  You have to wonder whether any animal could be happy looking like that. And what kind of animal would do that to another. |
| dwhayslett (Pawleys Island, SC) | Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 09:50 mkinnan wrote: Why is this being played every 2 days? Have you stopped beating your wife? |
| blotto (127.0.0.1) | Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 09:49 Is this the same band that makes all of these blah blah blah HEY, songs that are out now? |
| blotto (127.0.0.1) | Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 09:48 Was thinking more like this kcar wrote: Perhaps not the best survival strategy! |
| Spiderwoman (Lake Chelan, North Central Washington) | Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 09:46 Is the guy supposed to be singing all prissy-like? |
| mkinnan (Kansas City) | Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 09:46 Someone left the FM radio on again. WTF Why is this being played every 2 days? |
| kcar | Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 22:53 blotto wrote: makes me want to kick a puppy.  Perhaps not the best survival strategy! |
| Dav3thedog | Posted: Mar 17, 2013 - 22:41 Good stuff! |
| blotto (127.0.0.1) | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 12:03 makes me want to kick a puppy. |
| casey1024 (Here and Now) | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 12:00 I like this song. I'm still trying to figure out the meaning of it - any thoughts? |
| hanssachs (Hawaii) | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 11:59 This song has that certain quality you get when the vocalist has not mastered idiomatic English ... meh. |
| britinva (Deepest Darkest Virginia) | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 11:58 Okay, this entire thread just confirmed my immediate reaction to this song. Very Magnetic (Zeros). |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 11:58 Soon to be sung on American Idol |
| markg063 (Massachusetts) | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 11:58 Ahnyer_Keester wrote: I like it but it is a rip off of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros "Home Is Where I Am With You". COMPLETELY! |
| dwlangham (Nowhere to be found) | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 11:58 This one triggers an immediate PSD reflex. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 13:49 Many people including TerryS wrote: "Their musical style has been frequently compared to indie groups like Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros"  |
| emzed | Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 13:44 Just what I was thinking. I rated it a 3, too. |
| mkinnan (Kansas City) | Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 13:43 FM Radio noise |
| Ahnyer_Keester (Chicago Il) | Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 13:43 I like it but it is a rip off of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros "Home Is Where I Am With You". |
| MirageRF (Clemmons, NC, USA) | Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 13:42 TerryS wrote: "Their musical style has been frequently compared to indie groups like Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros" Excellent groups all. Sort of new alternative folk. Hey! Hey! |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 19:53 "Their musical style has been frequently compared to indie groups like Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros" |
| lexica (Oaktown, 510) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 19:52 Makes me want to dance around the room.  |
| ploba (the other coast and hang a left) | Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 11:01 go see them live if you ever get the chance. This is a great band. |
| eroz (Boston) | Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 10:58 Hogtownmike wrote: Sounds a bit like THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH with the big band arrangements and boy/girl vocals, but also hear THE ARCADE FIRE as others have mentioned... I totally agree about they similar sound to The Beautiful South. Enjoying this. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 12:02 Had to look up the lyrics to see the context of "this s#!t will kill ya" - boy was I disappointed.  |
| Hogtownmike (Toronto) | Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 12:01 Sounds a bit like THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH with the big band arrangements and boy/girl vocals, but also hear THE ARCADE FIRE as others have mentioned... |
| karljonasson (Edmonton, AB, Canada) | Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 13:31 All sorts of negative comments, most based on the fact that this achieved success on mainstream radio. So did 'Let It Be', but I bet that doesn't get shat on in this forum. (Just for example) Another Icelandic band making it in the States is good to see! Bjork, Sigur Ros, these guys, and a couple others I can't think of now. From a country with a population of only 300,000! |
| :+:_DL (RVA) | Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 13:26 Sooooo, you got the Arcade Fire and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros records..... |
| joelbb | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 02:18 It just gets more and more annoying as the song goes on. Dropping it to 3. |
| joelbb | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 02:16 Banal lyrics; fatuous "Hey!". A 4 at best, definitely an annoying cut. |
| ranked1 | Posted: Oct 07, 2012 - 04:34 jagdriver wrote: It was OK until the repeated "Hey!", at which point I thought I was watching a Russian dance. That's my favorite part. Which is why I prefer the old version that is more like a live show, rather than a studio record. It's probably because I am Russian, but honestly, the song sounds Nordic to me :) |
| blotto (127.0.0.1) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 14:42 I'm getting really sick of these songs |
| gazcon37 | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 14:42 Last time I was in Aberdeen ,Yawn ! |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 14:42 foothillfreak wrote: The old timey thing is suddenly getting old. It was OK until the repeated "Hey!", at which point I thought I was watching a Russian dance. |
| foothillfreak (Salt Lake City) | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 14:09 The old timey thing is suddenly getting old. |
| Bacadiar (((Detroit))) | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 14:06 Liked it on RP when it was fresh and new. Now that Commercial radio has ruined it for me... 8 > 6 michaelgmitchell wrote: HEY! Isn't this that Ed Sharpe dude and his band of gypsy homeless folks? Whenever I hear this one and it gets to the "Don't listen to the words I say" I sing "Home is whenever I with you" after instead. There's gotta be a mashup out there showing how similar they are. |
| peterkb (OTTAWA) | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 14:02 michaelgmitchell wrote: HEY! Isn't this that Ed Sharpe dude and his band of gypsy homeless folks? that's what I thought as well. The Magnetic Zeroes. Sounds remarkably similar to their "Home" song. |
| SynapseRider (ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha) | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 13:59 fredriley wrote: "Plays in last 30 days: 4" I think you really mean that you don't like it, in which case even one play is overplay. Which is fair enough, but 4 plays a month doesn't really count as overexposure unless you're being really critical. Maybe not here on RP, but it's definitely being overplayed on the radio. (at least in my neck of the woods) |
| blackjackshellac (Montreal) | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 13:59 Like the song quite a bit, but the mix from Ennio Morricone's For A Few Dollars to this was a little bit jarring and it took a few choruses before I really got into it. |
| jmassoglia (Everybody sez this is NoWhere) | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 13:58 Yeah, I thought so also. michaelgmitchell wrote: HEY! Isn't this that Ed Sharpe dude and his band of gypsy homeless folks? |
| dwlangham (Nowhere to be found) | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 13:57 I think "THANK YOU FOR THE PSD BUTTON!" every time I hear this song cranking up. |
| blotto (127.0.0.1) | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 13:57 seems whenever I have the unpleasant experience of hearing commercial radio, it is this song playing. overplayed. psd played Pink Floyd, now that button is awesome. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 14:54 SheRidesABeemer wrote: Overplayed "Plays in last 30 days: 4" I think you really mean that you don't like it, in which case even one play is overplay. Which is fair enough, but 4 plays a month doesn't really count as overexposure unless you're being really critical. |
| michaelgmitchell (Stirling, ON) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 18:18 HEY! Isn't this that Ed Sharpe dude and his band of gypsy homeless folks? |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 13:38 stub30 wrote: Just purchased this CD. Like it a lot. One of my favorite CD purchases of the year as well. |
| dwlangham (Nowhere to be found) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 13:35 shellbella wrote: I hate this song. Hate is a strong word. But yeah, I'm with you. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 13:33 I hate this song. |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 15:55 SheRidesABeemer wrote: Overplayed in your neck of the woods too, huh? |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Deep in the heart of South California) | Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 21:37 annie_fannie wrote: the video for this is pretty and very Icelandic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I Is it volcanic and full of people drinking? |
| annie_fannie (Iowa) | Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 19:36 the video for this is pretty and very Icelandic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I |