Damien at Whelan's yesterday

glo32 · 03-09-2011, 03:55 PM

just found this...

new song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hatH19lPAEQ

Joyful · 03-09-2011, 05:11 PM

Great find Glo, thanks!
I like the song. I like the lyrics, find them very interesting. I would love to talk to him about them.

borneoman · 03-09-2011, 07:40 PM

amazing finding Glo

so what happened? Damien was there by chance and decided to debut a new song out of the blue??!!??

love the song already after just listening once!!!! does anyone get the lyrics, we need a transcription now!!!!!!!!!

I only get the part that goes 'I could be wild and free, but God forbid then you might envy me'

tuckatangent · 03-09-2011, 07:54 PM

This is a great song. So he just wandered in and played a song? That's kinda awesome.

borneoman · 03-09-2011, 08:11 PM

love the part that goes 'so don't give me love with a whole bunch of rules
cos that kind of love is for fools'

and also how he changes from your reason to my reasons... typical Damien...

'your reason for wanting to stay
your reason for wanting to change
my reason for everything I've done to you'

and later
'my reasons for walking away
my reasons for wanting to change
my reasons for everything I lost with you'

still don't get what he sings at the start of the chorus ???

glo32 · 03-09-2011, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by borneoman

still don't get what he sings at the start of the chorus ???

this is what i hear:

don't give me something to hold in my hand
something else to believe in
cause i'm over it
and your reason for wanting to stay
your reason for wanting to change
my reason for everything i've done to you

i have tried but i don't fit
into this box i'm living with
i could go wild
but you might lock me up

and i have tried but i don't fit
into this box they call a gift
i could be wild and free
god forbid then you might envy me

so don't give me love with a whole bunch of rules
that kind of love is for fools
and i'm over it
and my reasons for walking away
my reasons for wanting to change
my reasons for everything i've lost with you

i have tried but i don't fit
into this box i'm living with
i could go wild
but you might lock me up

and i have tried but i don't fit
into this box they call a gift
i could be wild and free
god forbid then you might envy me

i have tried but i don't fit
into this box i'm living with
i could go wild
but you might lock me up

and i have tried but i don't fit
into this box they call a gift
i could be wild and free
god forbid then you might envy me

i could be wild and free
god forbid then you might envy me

i could be wild and free
god forbid then you might envy me

i could be wild and free
maybe then i'll see just what this means to me

borneoman · 03-09-2011, 09:33 PM

^thanks Glo!!!!! think you got it all right!!!

now we only need a name!!!

Joyful · 03-09-2011, 09:49 PM

^^ Lyrics look great Glo!
For the name I say "Box".

I really, really am liking the song a lot.

srahman24 · 03-09-2011, 09:56 PM

AH! Amazing find Glo! It's breaking my heart a little that I'm stuck in class and another half hour away from being able to hear this!

jasmineha · 03-09-2011, 10:56 PM

I'm really loving this... It gives me so much hope for a new album.

srahman24 · 03-09-2011, 11:30 PM

Unsurprisingly, having now listened to it about a dozen times, I love it

verenita · 03-09-2011, 11:40 PM

oh... wow. i´ve just finished my first listening... this little man has the virtue of touching my soul every time he opens his mouth (and heart) to sing. i also love how simple and genuine he is.

thank glo for finding the vid and for the lyrics

borneoman · 03-10-2011, 05:58 AM

could be called Envy, The Box, Wild and Free, Reasons

rachlanee · 03-10-2011, 06:04 AM

The legend of spontaneous song. I loved it. Was it the lighting, or is his beard becoming gray?

borneoman · 03-10-2011, 06:28 AM

amazing new video!!!!

^mp3:

http://www.4shared.com/audio/j9tJmHAl/EnvyWhelans.html

cille · 03-10-2011, 08:44 AM

Beautiful song. A real Damien tune.

Shillelagh · 03-10-2011, 10:27 AM

What this means to me

glo32 · 03-10-2011, 10:37 AM

I love it too...
and marti, thanks for the new video and the mp3 download!

I'd call it "Wild and Free", anyway, which are the most recurring words in the song... "box" and "envy" don't really sum up the general idea of the song, imho...

verenita · 03-10-2011, 11:20 AM

i´d call it mirror

thanks marti

cille · 03-10-2011, 11:21 AM

blower's daughter part 12?

verenita · 03-10-2011, 11:22 AM

oh, cilleeee!
i feel a bit sick this morning... so, thank you for making laugh

Joyful · 03-10-2011, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cille

blower's daughter part 12?

That made me giggle too.

I think that Box does sum up the song. You can't put him in a box. He's a free bird (cue Leonard Skynard).

Lin@ · 03-10-2011, 01:07 PM

What a gem! ♥
Love it. Thanks for the link (and lyrics), Glo!

MANGO · 03-10-2011, 02:54 PM

Awwwwwwwwwww 'O'!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing!!!
This new song is quite coooooool.nice!
Entrance...He's very good as ever. Love you.Damien<3

eva_arg · 03-10-2011, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cille

blower's daughter part 12?

LOL!! totally

I love it, love it. great lyrics. classic sound
thanks for posting the vids and thanks for the mp3, marti

Quote:

hello kids.

i haven't really "recorded" any of the new songs yet as i'm still playing about with them.

last night i was in a venue in dublin with glen hansard and got up to do a song, and someone in the audience put it on youtube, so i decided to share it with you guys .. just a taste of what i'm working on.

warm windy wishes from oireland!

damien

from http://www.damienrice.com/news/

glo32 · 03-10-2011, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eva_arg

Quote:

hello kids.

i haven't really "recorded" any of the new songs yet as i'm still playing about with them.

last night i was in a venue in dublin with glen hansard and got up to do a song, and someone in the audience put it on youtube, so i decided to share it with you guys .. just a taste of what i'm working on.

warm windy wishes from oireland!

damien

from http://www.damienrice.com/news/

where is this?
i can't see anything written by damien...

Shillelagh · 03-10-2011, 06:42 PM

I like "mirror"

So we are looking at mid to late 2012. Which is fine.
Keep pumping out songs like what if im wrong and mirror then I'll be a happy tree hugger.

verenita · 03-10-2011, 06:47 PM

if i ever bump into damien (i mean, for real, and not because i was waiting for him... oh, well, either way would do, i know, he) and say "hi kid" to me... the less thing i would do would be... fating, i guess.

thanks eva... but i second glo´s question. where did you get it from?

anyway warm windy wishes back (even though the heat in buenos aires is unbearable)

oh... i forgot to say i was moved by the hug damien got from the man on the left of the screen.

there´s something about the gig and the cause on damien´s site:

Quote:

Tree Week & New Song

Woodland LeagueOn Tuesday, March 8 in Dublin, Liam Ó'Maonlaí & Glen Hansard held a concert where the focus turned to Irish forests and the news that Bertie Ahern, an ex-prime minister of Ireland, is involved with the proposed sale of Irish forests to a foreign company.

Damien was there and got up for a song which has been posted on youtube by a member of the audience.

It being National Tree Week in Ireland, we thought we'd also give you the link to the petition by The Woodland League to save Ireland's forests from being sold off. If this is something you'd like to support, feel free to sign here.

eva_arg · 03-10-2011, 08:30 PM

well, that's weird... it was written early today. just as I got the tweet, I followed the link to the site. in that bit you posted vere, it was between the last 2 paragraphs

verenita · 03-10-2011, 11:40 PM

maybe he regreted seeming "too" close to people and decided erase that part

03-09-2011, 03:55 PM	#1
glo32 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,244	Damien at Whelan's yesterday just found this... new song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hatH19lPAEQ Last edited by glo32; 03-09-2011 at 03:58 PM.

03-09-2011, 05:11 PM	#2
Joyful Eskimama Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 1,276	Great find Glo, thanks! I like the song. I like the lyrics, find them very interesting. I would love to talk to him about them. __________________ "It's not perfect, but it's mine."

03-09-2011, 07:40 PM	#3
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	amazing finding Glo so what happened? Damien was there by chance and decided to debut a new song out of the blue??!!?? love the song already after just listening once!!!! does anyone get the lyrics, we need a transcription now!!!!!!!!! I only get the part that goes 'I could be wild and free, but God forbid then you might envy me' __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

03-09-2011, 08:11 PM	#5
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	love the part that goes 'so don't give me love with a whole bunch of rules cos that kind of love is for fools' and also how he changes from your reason to my reasons... typical Damien... 'your reason for wanting to stay your reason for wanting to change my reason for everything I've done to you' and later 'my reasons for walking away my reasons for wanting to change my reasons for everything I lost with you' still don't get what he sings at the start of the chorus ??? __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

03-09-2011, 09:33 PM	#7
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	^thanks Glo!!!!! think you got it all right!!! now we only need a name!!! __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

03-09-2011, 07:54 PM	#4
tuckatangent Eskimo Regular Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 164	This is a great song. So he just wandered in and played a song? That's kinda awesome.

03-09-2011, 09:49 PM	#8
Joyful Eskimama Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 1,276	^^ Lyrics look great Glo! For the name I say "Box". I really, really am liking the song a lot. __________________ "It's not perfect, but it's mine." Last edited by Joyful; 03-09-2011 at 09:51 PM.

03-09-2011, 09:56 PM	#9
srahman24 Dandy little dreamer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,244	AH! Amazing find Glo! It's breaking my heart a little that I'm stuck in class and another half hour away from being able to hear this!

03-09-2011, 10:56 PM	#10
jasmineha Wide eyed and hopeful.. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wyoming, USA Posts: 269	I'm really loving this... It gives me so much hope for a new album. __________________ "That's the nightmare I've been running from..."

03-09-2011, 11:30 PM	#11
srahman24 Dandy little dreamer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,244	Unsurprisingly, having now listened to it about a dozen times, I love it

03-09-2011, 11:40 PM	#12
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	oh... wow. i´ve just finished my first listening... this little man has the virtue of touching my soul every time he opens his mouth (and heart) to sing. i also love how simple and genuine he is. thank glo for finding the vid and for the lyrics __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

03-10-2011, 05:58 AM	#13
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	could be called Envy, The Box, Wild and Free, Reasons __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

03-10-2011, 06:04 AM	#14
rachlanee Eskimo Regular Join Date: May 2010 Location: Roswell, Georgia Posts: 358	The legend of spontaneous song. I loved it. Was it the lighting, or is his beard becoming gray? __________________ In a half painted frame where the wood wouldn't stain. I hope that reminds you of the part you couldn't change in me

03-10-2011, 06:28 AM	#15
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	amazing new video!!!! ^mp3: http://www.4shared.com/audio/j9tJmHAl/EnvyWhelans.html __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I? Last edited by borneoman; 03-10-2011 at 08:36 AM.

03-10-2011, 08:44 AM	#16
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	Beautiful song. A real Damien tune. __________________ Yeah

03-10-2011, 10:27 AM	#17
Shillelagh Eskimo Bro Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago and Madison Posts: 921	What this means to me

03-10-2011, 10:37 AM	#18
glo32 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,244	I love it too... and marti, thanks for the new video and the mp3 download! I'd call it "Wild and Free", anyway, which are the most recurring words in the song... "box" and "envy" don't really sum up the general idea of the song, imho...

03-10-2011, 11:20 AM	#19
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	i´d call it mirror thanks marti __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

03-10-2011, 11:21 AM	#20
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	blower's daughter part 12? __________________ Yeah

03-10-2011, 11:22 AM	#21
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	oh, cilleeee! i feel a bit sick this morning... so, thank you for making laugh __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

03-10-2011, 01:07 PM	#23
Lin@ Eskimo Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 369	What a gem! ♥ Love it. Thanks for the link (and lyrics), Glo! __________________ "Most nights I stay up late, get drunk and wrap myself in the Canadian flag." (Justin Vernon, summing up my life)

03-10-2011, 02:54 PM	#24
MANGO Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Korea Posts: 289	Awwwwwwwwwww 'O'!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!! This new song is quite coooooool.nice! Entrance...He's very good as ever. Love you.Damien<3

03-10-2011, 06:42 PM	#27
Shillelagh Eskimo Bro Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago and Madison Posts: 921	I like "mirror" So we are looking at mid to late 2012. Which is fine. Keep pumping out songs like what if im wrong and mirror then I'll be a happy tree hugger.

03-10-2011, 08:30 PM	#29
eva_arg Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Argentina Posts: 1,795	well, that's weird... it was written early today. just as I got the tweet, I followed the link to the site. in that bit you posted vere, it was between the last 2 paragraphs

03-10-2011, 11:40 PM	#30
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	maybe he regreted seeming "too" close to people and decided erase that part __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]