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[grantwood]

Anybody know if some fine young soul has collected all the album lyrics together for us fine people to stare over?

[MaddeningLoops]

I've had a crack at MSW, actually this has undergone many drafts since last July. I think it's pretty close. I might try one or two other songs later if I have time to transcribe.

Man-Sized Wreath

Turning on the TV and what do I see?
A pageantry of empty gestures all lined up for me – wow!
I’d have thought by now we would be ready to proceed
But a tearful hymn to tug the heart
And a man-sized wreath – ow!

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care, oh
Give me some

Wave the palms, still the arms, fists in the air
A motorcade of a night-string(?) shows the people that you care – ow!
Nature abhors a vacuum but what’s between your ears?
Your judgement cluttered with fearful thoughts
A headlights and a deer – ow!

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care
Look at what I’ve found
Everybody look around
Everybody looking like they just don’t care, oh
Give me some

Well I’m not deceived by pomp and odious conceit
But a tearful hymn to tug the heart
And a man-sized wreath-ow!

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care
Look at what I’ve found
Everybody look around
Everybody looking like they just don’t care

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care, oh
Give me some
Give me some
Give me some

[MurmursAdministrator]

corrected:

Man-Sized Wreath

Turning on the TV and what do I see?
A pageantry of empty gestures all lined up for me – wow!
I’d have thought by now we would be ready to proceed
But a tearful hymn to tug the heart
And a man-sized wreath – ow!

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care, oh
Give me the sound

Wave the palms, steal the alms, fists in the air
A motorcade up benign shows the people that you care – ow!
Nature abhors a vacuum but what’s between your ears?
Your judgement clouded with fearful thoughts
A headlights and a deer – ow!

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care
Look at what I’ve found
Everybody look around
Everybody looking like they just don’t care, oh
Give me the sound

Well I’m not deceived by pomp and odious conceit
But a tearful hymn to tug the heart
And a man-sized wreath-ow!

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care
Look at what I’ve found
Everybody look around
Everybody looking like they just don’t care

Throw it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don’t care, oh
Give me the sound
Give me the sound
Give me the sound

[BirdThatWentOn]

That's about right I think, except I'm pretty sure he's saying "a motorcade up on 9th street". Oh and it's probably "your judgement CLOUDED with fearful thoughts OF headlights and a deer".

Wonder if there'll be a lyric sheet this time around...

Edit - that's regarding what Tom posted not what Ethan posted. Although I'm still pretty sure I'm right about the 9th street line.

[MaddeningLoops]

I'm giving myself 9/10

[MaddeningLoops]

Houston

If the storm doesn’t kill me the government will
I’ve got to get that out of my head
It’s a new day today and the coffee is strong
I’ve finally got some rest

So a man’s put to task and challenges
I was taught to hold my head high
The (?) mine
Make the best of what today has

Houston is filled with promise
Laredo is a beautiful place
And Galveston seems like that song that I loved
Its meaning has not been erased

And so there are claims forgiven
And so there are things that are gone

Houston is filled with promise
Laredo is a beautiful place
And Galveston seems like that song that I loved
Its meaning has not been erased

And some things, they fall to the wayside
Their memory is yet to be still
Belief has not filled me
And so I am put to the test

[myles_power]

I'm definitely hearing 9th street on Man Sized Wreath.

[MurmursAdministrator]

myles_power said:

I'm definitely hearing 9th street on Man Sized Wreath.

its benign. i have a picture of the lyrics from athens

[myles_power]

waaah.
that doesn't make sense though, whereas all previous stipe lyrics have made perfect sense.

I DONT KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE.

[BirdThatWentOn]

ethank said:

its benign. i have a picture of the lyrics from athens

But then what's the thing he says between "benign" and "shows"?

[MaddeningLoops]

myles_power said:

all previous stipe lyrics have made perfect sense.

Two words: Sitting Still :)

[beatadrum]

Just had a go at transcribing Sing For The Submarine, thankfully ethan has quoted a few lines here or there - would never have got Tyrel and his mechanical owl!!

Corrections welcome - this is not right.

It feels in chains
And everything is there for you
The city air breathes and pulses
It's for you electron blue

I knew that you could see right through it
So this is where I give in to the machine
Lift up your voice through gravity's pull
And drown out the siren's ring

Oh...

It's all here where I keep it
It's all in the submarine
It's all a lot less frightening
than you would have had it be
But that's the good news my darling
It is what it's going to be
So sing, sing for the submarine

I tried to explain how it all begins
How its all destroyed and built again
I knew that you could not believe me
But now you're here and it's different
How the light shines in your eyes
In every second or situ
It's then that I realised
That the world as we know it
The High speed train
We'll pick it all up and start again

It's all here where I keep it
It's all in the submarine
It's all a lot less frightening
than you would have had it be
But that's the good news my darling
It is what it's going to be
So sing, sing for the submarine

The city did not collapse in a shudder
The rain it never came
At least my confessions made you laugh
I know it's a little crazed
But these dreams...
they seem so real to me

It's all here where I keep it
It's all in the submarine
It's all a lot less frightening
than you would have had it be
But that's the good news my darling
It is what it's going to be
So sing, sing for the submarine

So this is where you trust me
And this where it begins
It's all a lot less frightening
Your tear you let it in
Tyrel and his mechanical owl
A moth disguised as a leaf...
Don't tell me what tomorrow brings
Climb into the hidden machine and
sing sing sing sing sing sing
sing sing for the submarine

[Octopus]

> It's for you electron blue

I hear 'It's fuel electron blue'.
Good job though and great song!

[Elpantalla]

myles_power said:

whereas all previous stipe lyrics have made perfect sense.

Oh yeah? :)

[The Wrong Child]

so this "man-sized wreath"... it's a huge bunch of twigs and branches, that you burn and throw it in the air out on the dance floor like you don't care, out of protest?

I'm still trying to figure out what the hell a man-sized wreath is, in the context of the king-bush-motorcade story!  Someone please explain.

[1two3four5]

ha ha ha

sorry beatadrum did not see you beat me to it!! :D :D :D

SING FOR THE SUBMARINE

It feels in dreams that everything’s there for you
The city breathes and pulses
Its fuel / few? electron blue.
I knew that you could see right through it.
So this is where you’ve given to the machine
Lift up your voice, feel gravity’s pull, drown out the silent dream.
Oh.

It’s all here where I keep it
It’s all in the submarine
It’s all a lot less frightening
Than we would have had it be.
And that’s the good news, my darling.
It is what it’s going to be.
So sing, sing for the submarine.

I tried to explain how it all begins
How it’s all destroyed and built again
I knew that you could not believe me.
But now you’re here and it’s different
How the light shines in your eyes
And every second a century
It’s then that I realized.
The world as we know it, the high speed train
We’ll pick it all up and start again.

It’s all here where I keep it
It’s all in the submarine
It’s all a lot less frightening
Than we would have had it be.
And that’s the good news, my darling.
It is what it’s going to be.
So sing, sing for the submarine.

The city did not collapse in a shudder
The rain it never came.
At least my confessions made you laugh,
I know it’s a little crazed.
But these dreams, they seem so real to me.

It’s all here where I keep it
It’s all in the submarine
It’s all a lot less frightening
Than we would have had it be.
And that’s the good news, my darling
It is what it’s going to be.
So sing, sing for the submarine.
And so this is where you trust me
And this is where it begins
It’s all a lot less frightening
We’re here in Everell? / the other end
Tyrell and his mechanical owl,
A moth disguised as a leaf,
Don’t tell me what tomorrow brings
And climb into the hidden machine
And sing, sing, sing,
Sing, sing, sing,
Sing, sing for the submarine.

[BirdThatWentOn]

The Wrong Child said:

so this "man-sized wreath"... it's a huge bunch of twigs and branches, that you burn and throw it in the air out on the dance floor like you don't care, out of protest?

I'm still trying to figure out what the hell a man-sized wreath is, in the context of the king-bush-motorcade story!  Someone please explain.

A wreath is something decorative, which is there purely to look impressive. Given Michael's backstory about how Bush got Martin Luther King's widow to stand next to him on condition that she could make an anti-war statement, I think it's possible that SHE could be the 'wreath' in question, because Bush was basically parading her to make him look more sympathetic to blacks and progressives. Obviously she's not a man, but man-sized generally means human-sized so it could refer to a woman as well.

[Driver Nate]

I thought the "wreath" was in reference to the buses that had circled in an effort to keep the protesters at bay.

[The Wrong Child]

The songs mentioned or implied in SFTS:


[QUOTE]It feels in chains
And everything is there for you[/QUOTE]

You Are the Everything

[QUOTE]The city air breathes and pulses
It's fuel electron blue[/QUOTE]

Electron Blue

[QUOTE]I knew that you could see right through it[/QUOTE]

Disappear

[QUOTE]So this is where I give in to the machine[/QUOTE]

Chorus and the Ring

[QUOTE]Lift up your voice through gravity's pull[/QUOTE]

Feeling Gravitys Pull

[QUOTE]And drown out the siren's ring[/QUOTE]

Leave

[QUOTE]Oh... [/QUOTE]

The Worst Joke Ever

[QUOTE]It's all here where I keep it
It's all in the submarine
It's all a lot less frightening
than you would have had it be
But that's the good news my darling
It is what it's going to be
So sing, sing for the submarine[/QUOTE]

[none]

[QUOTE]I tried to explain how it all begins[/QUOTE]

Begin the Begin

[QUOTE]How its all destroyed and built again[/QUOTE]

World Leader Pretend

[QUOTE]I knew that you could not believe me
But now you're here and it's different
How the light shines in your eyes[/QUOTE]

I Believe / The Great Beyond

[QUOTE]In every second or century
It's then that I realised
That the world as we know it[/QUOTE]

ITEOTWAWKI(AIFF)

[QUOTE]The High speed train[/QUOTE]

High Speed Train

[QUOTE]We'll pick it all up and start again[/QUOTE]

Begin the Begin

[QUOTE]It's all here where I keep it
It's all in the submarine
It's all a lot less frightening
than you would have had it be
But that's the good news my darling
It is what it's going to be
So sing, sing for the submarine[/QUOTE]

[none]

[QUOTE]The city did not collapse in a shudder[/QUOTE]

Aftermath

[QUOTE]The rain it never came[/QUOTE]

I'll Take the Rain

[beatadrum]

1two3four5 said:

ha ha ha

sorry beatadrum did not see you beat me to it!! :D :D :D

SING FOR THE SUBMARINE

It feels in dreams that everything’s there for you
The city breathes and pulses
Its fuel / few? electron blue.
I knew that you could see right through it.
So this is where you’ve given to the machine
Lift up your voice, feel gravity’s pull, drown out the silent dream.
Oh.

It’s all here where I keep it
It’s all in the submarine
It’s all a lot less frightening
Than we would have had it be.
And that’s the good news, my darling.
It is what it’s going to be.
So sing, sing for the submarine.

I tried to explain how it all begins
How it’s all destroyed and built again
I knew that you could not believe me.
But now you’re here and it’s different
How the light shines in your eyes
And every second a century
It’s then that I realized.
The world as we know it, the high speed train
We’ll pick it all up and start again.

It’s all here where I keep it
It’s all in the submarine
It’s all a lot less frightening
Than we would have had it be.
And that’s the good news, my darling.
It is what it’s going to be.
So sing, sing for the submarine.

The city did not collapse in a shudder
The rain it never came.
At least my confessions made you laugh,
I know it’s a little crazed.
But these dreams, they seem so real to me.

It’s all here where I keep it
It’s all in the submarine
It’s all a lot less frightening
Than we would have had it be.
And that’s the good news, my darling
It is what it’s going to be.
So sing, sing for the submarine.
And so this is where you trust me
And this is where it begins
It’s all a lot less frightening
We’re here in Everell? / the other end
Tyrell and his mechanical owl,
A moth disguised as a leaf,
Don’t tell me what tomorrow brings
And climb into the hidden machine
And sing, sing, sing,
Sing, sing, sing,
Sing, sing for the submarine.

I think there are a few lines we could borrow from each other! I hear 'siren's ring' in the first verse.