Transcribing lyrics for 9
 

I've been trying to update the lyrics page. I was hoping there'd be lyrics with the album, but there's not... so it gets kinda messy... and I'm hoping some of you might be able to help me get the lyrics as accurate as possible. I've uploaded what I have but I'm sure it's full of mistakes. So if you see anything you think is wrong, can you post here? Also, if you see any typos or spelling mistakes.

I especially need help with the following bits...

In 9 Crimes, are Damien and Lisa saying "Is that alright, yeah?" or "Is that alright with you?" most of the time?

In Animals is it: "I hope we didn't break yet" or "I hope we didn't break it"

In Elephant: "What's the point of this song? Or even singing?" or something else

In Rootless: What on earth is he saying in the line... "we fake the... and fracture the times"

And all the chorus for Rootless... "I said leave it, leave it, leave it / There's nothing in you" ... doesn't seem right at all...

In Dogs, "And she gets splashed in rain" (or something else?)... (On a side note, it's funny to see the old lyrics, the way he used to sing it live... "She lives with a little dog / That's gone just a little mad / She's got a wolf to keep her warm / If ever she's feeling sad)

In Me, My Yoke + I: "Won't you read my, Won't you read my, Won't you read my, Won't you read my book...(inaudible)" Can anyone make it out?

In Accidental Babies: "The lack of space for the light-hearted in the boom that beats our drum" - Is it "boom"?

Thanksssss!

SPAMLET?????

i think your on call.


thanks em btw!!

There was a post about the lyrics for Dogs? I asked the same question about splashed in ? and Spamlet said it was SPLASHED IN PAINT!!

I thought he sings: we fracture the tides!?

9 Crimes
Damien Rice
Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be thinking of you
It's the wrong time
For somebody new
It's a small crime
And I've got no exuse

Is that alright? Yeah
To give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright? Yeah
If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it
Is that alright? Yeah
To give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright
Is that alright with you?

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be cheating on you
It's the wrong time
But she's pulling me through
It's a small crime
And I've got no exuse

Is that alright? Yeah
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright? Yeah
If u dont shoot it how am i supposed to hold it
Is that alright? Yeah
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright
Is that alright with you?

Is that alright?
Is that alright?
Is that alright with you?
Is that alright?
Is that alright?
Is that alright with you?

Accidental Babies
Damien Rice
Well I held you like a lover
Happy hands
And elbow in the appropriate place

And we ignore our others
Happy plans
That delicate look upon your face

A mind crystal hardened
Hurting parts of your garden
With no room for a pardon
In a place where no one knows
What we have done

Do you come
Together ever with him?
Is he dark enough?
Enough to see your light?
Do you brush your teeth before you kiss?
Do you miss my smell?
And is he bold enough to take you on?
Do you feel like you belong?
And does he drive you wild?
Or just mildly free?
What about me?

Well you held me like a lover
Sweaty hands
And my foot in the appropriate place

And we use cushions to cover
Happy glands
In mild issue of our disgrace

Our bodies pressed and hardened
Turning our desire in
With no room for a pardon
In a place where no one knows
What we have done

Well I know I make you cry
And I know sometimes you wanna die
But do you really feel alive
without me?
If so, be free
If not, leave him for me
Before one of us has accidental babies

We aren't free

Do you come
Together ever with him?
Is he dark enough?
Enough to see your light?
Do you brush your teeth before you kiss?
Do you miss my smell?
Is he bold enough to take you on?
Do you feel like you belong?
And does he drive you wild?
Or just mildly free?

What about me?
What about me?
What about...?

Animals Were gone
Damien Rice
Woke up and for the first time
The Animals were gone
It's left this house empty now
Not sure if I belong
Yesterday you asked me
To write you a pleasant song
I'll do my best now
But you've been gone for so long
The window's open now
And the winter settles in
We'll call it Christmas
When the adverts begin

I love your depression
And I love your double chin
I love most Everything
You bring to this offering (?)

I know that I've left you
In places of Despair
I know that I've loved you
So please thrown down your hair (?)

At night I dream without you
And hope I don't wake up
Cos waking up without you
Is like drinking from an empty cup

Woke up and for the first time
The animals were gone
Our clocks are ticking now
So before our time is gone
We can get a house
And some boxers and all along (on the long?)
We can make babies and accidental songs

I know I've been a liar
and I know I've been a fool
I hope we didn't break it
But I'm Glad we broke the rules
My cave is deep now
Yet your light is shinning through
I cover my eyes
Still all I see is you

I'm sure these need trimming too. That's what I've got for now.

Stooop Drillbit!! ;)

You posted the lyrics for an ooooold version of Acc babies. You also posted the temptative lyrics for Animals that I first posted, if you scroll down on the thread, you'll find the 'final' lyrics!!

In Elephant: "What's the point of this song? Or even singing?" or something else


That bit goes as far as i can make out...

"Whats the point of this song? Or even singing? Your already gone. Why am I playing it? I could throw it all and I could live without. I could do it all for you. I could be so. Tell me you want me to lie because this has got to die..."

Hope that helps.

That's a tricky one, it could be 'Boom' or 'Boon' (meaning "a favour sought"). I'd put my money on Boon though, that 'm' sound would have been pretty clear. Still though, it's spamlet's turf.

Hahah. Damn Windows Media Player Lyric display thingy.

in Animals it sounds like
I hope we didn't break it

In Elephant: "What's the point of this song? Or even singing?" or something else" sounds correct.

for rootless tree i think he says
"we fake the first and fracture the times. "
"I said leave it, leave it, leave it / There's nothing in you" "sounds correct

In Dogs, "And she gets splashed in rain" sound correct

for me, my yoke and i think he says
"Cause my god, my god, my god
Give me a rod
My god, my god, my god
Give me a rod"
cant make out the other part.

Accidental babies
"Our minds pressed and guard
While our flesh disregarded
The lack of space for the light-hearted In the boom that beats our drum"

I believe the first time it's (im going on the live version as i don't have the studio one til monday) as follows:

i said bleed it, bleed it, bleed it - there's nothing in you (which makes more sense.)


Then the second time, leave it.

Pretty sure it's "boon" not boom. I remember him singing those lyrics in Vicar St

In Rootless Tree in the first verse, is in not "don't STAIN your bed" rather than "don't STAY IN your bed"? The first is what I hear it as, and it just seems like a more Damieny lyric to me. Mind you, when it comes to transcribing lyrics, the hearing impaired are probably not the best people to take advice from!

agreed. I think it's stain. :)

x

God, where the hell is Spamlet? when you don't need him he never f*ck's off. :smiley36:

he's probably working on it as we speak.. locked up in a darkened study somewhere with only his computer, audio equipment and a bottle of jack daniels

i suspect he won't emerge until each and every line is meticulously transcribed to perfection :director:

I think so. It sounds exactly like "Don't stain your bed."

Also I think it seems like he's singing "We fake a farce, fracture the times" and "Leave it" in all the choruses.

Nine Crimes: I'm very sure they sing "Is that alright, yeah" not "Is that alright with you?" in the chorus, and the ending part.

There are lyrics posted on the net. They seem pretty correct.

Too true. In fact, there are lyrics posted on this very site which are pretty correct too :smiley2: Emmett's just trying to make sure he gets them as accurate as possible, and good on him for that!

Emmett,

In 9 Crimes, are Damien and Lisa saying "Is that alright, yeah?" or "Is that alright with you?" most of the time?

It's both rhetorical questions. "Is that alright with you?" and "Is that alright? Yeah." Which is why the last line of the entire song is just a solitary "No".

In Animals is it: "I hope we didn't break yet" or "I hope we didn't break it"

I said it was "yet". The only line I'd change of yours is "we could get a house and some boxers and on the lawn..." basically I think he's saying we'll get two dogs (an attempt to re-populate the pets that are now missing which in the opening of the song previously signified their domestic bliss) plus there's the witty idea that making babies on the lawn is a way of taking a cue from the doggies.

In Elephant: "What's the point of this song? Or even singing?" or something else.

That part's correct. The one line I'd change is to "as you sit within your picture" (no question mark) One other interesting thing about the studio version is that it really sounds like he's saying "so why would she take me thorny?". Re-listening to the live versions I notice it now there, too. The recent Norwegian radio show especially.

In Rootless: What on earth is he saying in the line... "we fake the... and fracture the times"

I agree that it's "don't stain your bed" and "fake the thoughts". Also verse two is "I know not of you but of all that's been told

And all the chorus for Rootless... "I said leave it, leave it, leave it / There's nothing in you" ... doesn't seem right at all...

Here's what I've always believed the chorus actually is:

So f*ck you, f*ck you, f*ck you
And all we've been through
I said leave it, cleave it, bleed it:
There's nothing in you.
And if you hate me, hate me, hate me
Then hate me so good
That you can let me out, let me out, let me out
Of this hell when you're around

I've also always said that he's definitely alternating between saying "Let me out" and "Let me up" at different points but no one has ever agreed with me before about that.

In Dogs, "And she gets splashed in rain" : As stated by others I think it's "I become a child, man, when she moves my world/ And she gets splashed in paint"

In Me, My Yoke + I: "Won't you read my, Won't you read my, Won't you read my, Won't you read my book...(inaudible)" Can anyone make it out?

Still just have the streaming version now so I'll have to get back to you on this after I can slow it down/replay that section over and over etc.

In Accidental Babies: "The lack of space for the light-hearted in the boom that beats our drum" - Is it "boom"? Yup, it's boom.

Also, in "SDW" It's There's times when I was broke when you stood strong. Every single time they say "face, it's all wet".

BTW, everyone should play that song simultaneously w/ "Cold Water"! The effect is almost unbearably powerful and reveals an extraordinary level of variation rather than the expected similarity.

One other important thing. In "Grey Room" it's: "Cause if I squeeze my grape/ Then I drink my wine. The line doesn't make sense otherwise. He's essentially saying he lives with the consequences of his decisions, however destructive.

P.S. In general, I don't comment on the (mostly) lack of punctuation of your transcribing style but the "Have I still got you" lines should definitely all have question marks.

and he has emerged... thanks spamlet!

Emmett,

On re-listening to "RT" on both the album and recent live versions I'm now in agreement with the person who said it was "we fake the farce".

I was asking in another tread, are you sure about the 'I could be strong' in the distorted part in Elephant?? Doesn't sound like that in the Norwegian thing... more like 'I could be true?'

thanks for all your help guys. there's nothing i hate more than transcribing lyrics, so i really appreciate it!

i've made some of the changes and i'll go back over it all when i get some more time. sometimes it's almost impossible to hear exactly what's being said.

borneoman, it does sound like 'i could be true' in the norwegian one... hmm... but there's a definite s sound at the start of the word in the recorded version... i bet he did that just to make it hard for me to transcribe :)

thanks for all the work spamlet, i don't know how you do it! sorry i haven't put much effort into the punctuation. i originally didn't really want to put in too much punctuation because sometimes it's ambiguous and i didn't want to put in my interpretation... but there are definitely places where it needs to be fixed and i'll do that the next time i get some time.

Hi Administrator, in the song 'Rootless Tree' I think the lyric goes 'Killers, we invent and believe' as opposed to 'Killers reinvent and believe'.
If i'm wrong, feel free to flame me! :icon_ramb

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Consider yourself flamed :p

LOL! That's a brilliant reply! Still laughing now :smiley9: