Lyrics with meaning - Page 32

Griff · 08-09-2019, 01:52 PM

Nautical Disaster
The Tragically Hip
I had this dream where I relished the fray and the screaming filled my head all day.
It was as though I had been spit here,
Settled in,
Into the pocket of a lighthouse on some rocky socket,
Off the coast of France, dear.
One afternoon,
Four thousand men died in the water here and five hundred more were thrashing madly as parasites might in your blood.
Now I was in a lifeboat designed for ten and ten only,
Anything that systematic would get you hated.
It's not a deal not a test nor a love of something fated.
(Death)
The selection was quick,
The crew was picked and those left in the water were kicked off our pant leg and we headed for home.
Then the dream ends when the phone rings,
You're doing alright he said it's out there most days and nights,
But only a fool would complain.
Anyway Susan, if you like,
Our conversation is as faint as a sound in my memory,
As those fingernails scratching on my hull.

Undertoad · 08-09-2019, 01:54 PM

oof.

Canadians are thoughtful lyricists

xoxoxoBruce · 08-09-2019, 03:26 PM

"...I relished the fray and the screaming filled my head all day."
"...kicked off our pant leg"
"...fingernails scratching on my hull."

Good lord, colorful prose, every line a picture, is the writer institutionalized?

Griff · 08-09-2019, 04:10 PM

This is so literary and Gord's delivery so raw, I see why my Canadian SiL was crushed by his passing.

Griff · 08-09-2019, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

"...I relished the fray and the screaming filled my head all day."
"...kicked off our pant leg"
"...fingernails scratching on my hull."

Good lord, colorful prose, every line a picture, is the writer institutionalized?

Brain cancer got him.

Griff · 08-09-2019, 04:15 PM

xoxoxoBruce · 08-31-2019, 01:30 AM

Acid, booze, and ass
Needles, guns, and grass
Lots of laughs, lots of laughs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am on a lonely road and I am traveling
Looking for the key to set me free.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ink on a pin
Underneath the skin
An empty space to fill in.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All romantics meet the same fate someday
Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark café.

Flint · 08-31-2019, 04:42 AM

"A pantoum is composed of quatrains: the second and fourth lines of the first stanza are the first and third lines of the second, and so on. In the final stanza, the last line is the same as the first line of the poem, and the third line is the same as the third line of the first stanza."

If we're so much the same like I always hear
Why such different fortunes and fates?
Some of us live in a cloud of fear
Some live behind iron gates

Why such different fortunes and fates?
Some are blessed and some are cursed
Some live behind iron gates
While others see only the worst

Some are blessed and some are cursed
The golden one or scarred from birth
While others only see the worst
Such a lot of pain on the earth

The golden one or scarred from birth
Somethings can never be changed
Such a lot of pain on this earth
It's somehow so badly arranged

Somethings can never be changed
Some reasons will never come clear
It's somehow so badly arranged
If we're so much the same like I always hear

Gravdigr · 08-31-2019, 02:25 PM

Lurve me some Rush, I do.

exiler · 09-01-2019, 01:59 PM

But all too soon we hit the moon and covered up the sky
They built their bombs and aimed their guns and still I don't know why
The dominoes tumbled and big business roared
Every night at six they showed the pictures and counted up the score

~I Saw It On TV - John Fogerty

08-09-2019, 01:52 PM	#466
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Nautical Disaster The Tragically Hip I had this dream where I relished the fray and the screaming filled my head all day. It was as though I had been spit here, Settled in, Into the pocket of a lighthouse on some rocky socket, Off the coast of France, dear. One afternoon, Four thousand men died in the water here and five hundred more were thrashing madly as parasites might in your blood. Now I was in a lifeboat designed for ten and ten only, Anything that systematic would get you hated. It's not a deal not a test nor a love of something fated. (Death) The selection was quick, The crew was picked and those left in the water were kicked off our pant leg and we headed for home. Then the dream ends when the phone rings, You're doing alright he said it's out there most days and nights, But only a fool would complain. Anyway Susan, if you like, Our conversation is as faint as a sound in my memory, As those fingernails scratching on my hull. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-09-2019, 03:26 PM	#468
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	"...I relished the fray and the screaming filled my head all day." "...kicked off our pant leg" "...fingernails scratching on my hull." Good lord, colorful prose, every line a picture, is the writer institutionalized? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-09-2019, 04:10 PM	#469
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	This is so literary and Gord's delivery so raw, I see why my Canadian SiL was crushed by his passing. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-09-2019, 04:15 PM	#471
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	__________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-31-2019, 01:30 AM	#472
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Acid, booze, and ass Needles, guns, and grass Lots of laughs, lots of laughs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am on a lonely road and I am traveling Looking for the key to set me free. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ink on a pin Underneath the skin An empty space to fill in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All romantics meet the same fate someday Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark café. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-09-2019, 01:54 PM	#467
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	oof. Canadians are thoughtful lyricists

08-31-2019, 04:42 AM	#473
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	"A pantoum is composed of quatrains: the second and fourth lines of the first stanza are the first and third lines of the second, and so on. In the final stanza, the last line is the same as the first line of the poem, and the third line is the same as the third line of the first stanza." If we're so much the same like I always hear Why such different fortunes and fates? Some of us live in a cloud of fear Some live behind iron gates Why such different fortunes and fates? Some are blessed and some are cursed Some live behind iron gates While others see only the worst Some are blessed and some are cursed The golden one or scarred from birth While others only see the worst Such a lot of pain on the earth The golden one or scarred from birth Somethings can never be changed Such a lot of pain on this earth It's somehow so badly arranged Somethings can never be changed Some reasons will never come clear It's somehow so badly arranged If we're so much the same like I always hear __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-31-2019, 02:25 PM	#474
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Lurve me some Rush, I do. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-01-2019, 01:59 PM	#475
exiler Recruit or Something Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: USA Posts: 4	But all too soon we hit the moon and covered up the sky They built their bombs and aimed their guns and still I don't know why The dominoes tumbled and big business roared Every night at six they showed the pictures and counted up the score ~I Saw It On TV - John Fogerty

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