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Guillemots — Dancing in the Devil's Shoes
Album: Walk the River
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Released: 2011
Length: 4:57
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Miles above the ground below
No particular place to go
Flying higher

Stumble back home to the news at 10
Catch a thought
Let it go again
Flying higher

It's a long way down
Down's not where I want to be

And if these days would never end
If laughter was my very oldest friend
Not a growing trend
Where what I have I always tend to lose
By dancing in the devil's shoes

The clock strikes 10 at the edge of doubt
Nothing I know is my world right now
Play on, play on

And could I see my soul turn blue
Cross the sun
Get burnt for you
Play on
Play on

It's a long way home
When home is the violet sky

And there's a storm in every bottle of wine
There's a ghost that finds me every single time I think of the games we'll miss
The playground and the avarice

Oh I should learn to know what to keep
What to let go
Talking out loud is not a good thing to do
When you're dancing in the devil's shoes

And I wish your face was just your face
And not the moonlight's chosen resting place
How can the world compare?
It's just a planet when you're not there

Come watch me hit the ground
With the most fantastic sound
Talking out loud is not a good thing to do
When you're dancing in the devil's shoes
Dancing in the devil's shoes

Miles above the ground below
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Their "Through the Windowpane" album caught me offguard with its beauty and subtle references to lots of bands I love.
unique
I love it  {#Good-vibes} 
I once hooked a Guillemot when casting bait for salmon in Haida Gwaii. Fortunately the bird managed to release itself from the non-barbed hook. Like most of the salmon I hooked, too.
 
I don't think it's a great song by any measure. But, it is growing on me.
 
Your singing out of your range buddy.
I like it. Nice atmospheric rock.
Splendid.  Does sound, indeed, very Killersish
Sounds like the singer wants to be Bono. 1.
 nsaeed wrote:
whoa. he sounds a lot like brandon flowers.

 

Yup, thought it was Killers before I looked...
 nsaeed wrote:
whoa. he sounds a lot like brandon flowers.

 
That´s what I thought.
...cool cover art...
This is a guillemot
This is a Guillemot

It sounds like this song comes from a creature like this - rated 5
atmospheric.  melodic.  dark.  fabulous. 
One hopes the Devil has acceptable foot hygiene
 ThePoose wrote:
As someone who speaks French, I am left wondering about the band's name, which translates into English as ''quotation marks.''

 
Speaking French isn't necessarily the same as spelling it:-

Guillemets (« »), punctuation marks Guillemot, a seabird
 ThePoose wrote:
As someone who speaks French, I am left wondering about the band's name, which translates into English as ''quotation marks.''

 
Mmmm - guillemet is a quotation mark, guillemot is a seabird :)
these guys are getting WAY too much rotation, yuck.
Sounds like just another fornulic whiny indie pop piece.
Love it, one of the reasons I love rp, it introduces me to great music like this I would never hear
whoa. he sounds a lot like brandon flowers.
this is absolutely horrid. i hope he stops singing.
As someone who speaks French, I am left wondering about the band's name, which translates into English as ''quotation marks.''
The song's pretty good, but this guy can't sing.
I like this, sounds a lot like Tim Buckley in both voice and style.
there is some "Brandon Flowers" thing going on here...
he's looking but doesn't realize I slid into the stream, making my way under the foul and near frozen carcass of a deer; since losing my glasses on the run he appears blurry, I can't see if he still has the gun, did anybody hear the shots? has my abandoned car caught the attention of a ranger, or anyone  ... I'll take this photo as a scrap of evidence, jeezus they'll find my body and wonder how and who, oh god, or else he'll take my cell and use it as a trophy, or even album art for his twisted "rock band"...  fffffffffffreeeeezing    oooh nooooo
I really like this; the  lyrics are really amazing; as well is the voice of the lead singer. I will purchase this for sure.
Beautiful album art