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11-03-2006, 07:01 PM | #1 |
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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! |
11-03-2006, 07:02 PM | #2 |
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SPAMLET?????
i think your on call. thanks em btw!!
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11-03-2006, 07:16 PM | #3 |
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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!!
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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? |
11-03-2006, 08:38 PM | #6 |
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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...? |
11-03-2006, 08:38 PM | #7 |
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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 |
11-03-2006, 08:39 PM | #8 |
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I'm sure these need trimming too. That's what I've got for now.
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11-03-2006, 08:41 PM | #9 |
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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!! |
11-03-2006, 10:19 PM | #10 |
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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. |
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11-04-2006, 01:03 AM | #13 |
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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" Last edited by justlivinglifetothemax; 11-04-2006 at 02:04 AM. |
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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. |
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11-04-2006, 12:17 PM | #15 |
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Pretty sure it's "boon" not boom. I remember him singing those lyrics in Vicar St
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11-04-2006, 04:31 PM | #16 |
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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!
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God, where the hell is Spamlet? when you don't need him he never f*ck's off.
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11-04-2006, 06:32 PM | #19 |
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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
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11-05-2006, 08:24 AM | #20 | |
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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. |
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11-05-2006, 09:52 PM | #21 |
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There are lyrics posted on the net. They seem pretty correct.
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11-06-2006, 09:50 AM | #22 |
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Too true. In fact, there are lyrics posted on this very site which are pretty correct too Emmett's just trying to make sure he gets them as accurate as possible, and good on him for that!
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11-06-2006, 07:24 PM | #23 |
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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.
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and he has emerged... thanks spamlet!
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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".
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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?'
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11-09-2006, 07:20 PM | #27 |
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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. |
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Hi Administrator, in the song 'Rootless Tree' I think the lyric goes 'Killers, we invent and believe' as opposed to 'Killers reinvent and believe'.
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