Showing posts with label Nothing Rhymes with Nothing.. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Bon Iver.

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"Someway, baby, it's part of me, apart from me"
You're laying waste to Halloween
You fucked it, friend, it's on it's head, it struck the street
You're in Milwaukee, off your feet

... and at once I knew I was not magnificent
Strayed above the highway aisle
(Jagged vacance, thick with ice)
I could see for miles, miles, miles

3rd and Lake it burnt away, the hallway
Was where we learned to celebrate
Automatic bought the years you'd talk for me
That night you played me 'Lip Parade'
Not the needle, nor the thread, the lost decree
Saying nothing, that's enough for me

... and at once I knew I was not magnificent
Hulled far from the highway aisle
(Jagged vacance, thick with ice)
I could see for miles, miles, miles

Christmas night, it clutched the light, the hallow bright
Above my brother, I and tangled spines
We smoked the screen to make it what it was to be
Now to know it my memory:

... and at once I knew I was not magnificent.
High above the highway aisle
(Jagged vacance, thick with ice)
I could see for miles, miles, miles




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Monday, 30 January 2012

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: First Aid Kit.

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Oh the bitter winds are coming in
And I'm already missing the summer
Stockholm's cold but I've been told
I was born to endure this kind of weather
When it's you I find like a ghost in my mind
I am defeated and I gladly wear the crown

I'll be your Emmylou and I'll be your June
If you'll be my Gram and my Johnny too
You know I'm not asking much of you
Just sing little darling sing with me

Now so much I know that things just don't grow
If you don't bless them with your patience
And I've been there before I held up the door
For every stranger with a promise



But I'm holding back, that's the strength that I lack
Every morning keeps returning at my window
And it brings me to you and I won't just pass through
But I'm not asking for a storm

I'll be your Emmylou and I'll be your June
If you'll be my Gram and my Johnny too
You know I'm not asking much of you
Just sing little darling sing with me

And yes I might have lied to you
You wouldn't benefit for knowing the truth
I was frightened but I held fast
I need you now at long last

I'll be your Emmylou and I'll be your June
If you'll be my Gram and my Johnny too
You know I'm not asking much of you
Just sing little darling sing with me

I'll be your Emmylou and I'll be your June
If you'll be my Gram and my Johnny too
You know I'm not asking much of you

Just sing little darling sing with me




Just sing little darling sing with me



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Sunday, 29 January 2012

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: The National.

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So happy I was invited
Give me a reason to get out of the city
See you inside watching swarms on TV
Livin' or dyin' in New York it means nothing to me
I gave my heart to the Army
The only sentimental thing I could think of
With cousins and colors and somewhere overseas
But it'll take a better war to kill a college man like me

I'm too tired to drive anyway, anyway right now
Do you care if I stayed?
You can put on your bathing suits
And I'll try to find somethin' on this thing that means nothin' enough

Losin' my breath

You and your sister live in a Lemonworld, I want to sit in and die
You and your sister live in a Lemonworld

This pricey stuff makes me dizzy
I guess I've always been a delicate man
Takes me a day to remember a day
I didn't mean to let it get so far out of hand
I was a comfortable kid
But I don't think about it much anymore
Lay me on the table, put flowers in my mouth
And we can say that we invented a summer lovin' torture party

I'm too tired to drive anyway, anyway right now
Do you care if I stayed?
You can put on your bathing suits
And I'll try to find something on this thing that means nothin' enough

You and your sister live in a Lemonworld, I want to sit in and die
You and your sister live in a Lemonworld

Losin' my breath




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Monday, 2 January 2012

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Cat Power.

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We've lived in bars and danced on the tables
Hotels, trains and ships that sail
We swim with sharks and fly with aeroplanes in the air

Send in the trumpets, the marching wheelchairs
Open the blankets and give them some air
Swords and arches, bones and cement
The light and the dark of the innocent of men

We know your house so very well
And we will wake you once we've walked up all your stairs

There's nothing like living in a bottle
And nothing like ending it all for the world
We're so glad you will come back
Every living lion will lay in your lap
The kid has a homecoming the champion, the horse
Who's gonna play drums guitar or organ with chorus
As far as we've walked from both of ends of the sand
Never have we caught a glimpse of this man

We know your house so very well
And we will bust down your door if you're not there

We've lived in bars and danced on tables
Hotels, trains and ships that sail
We swim with sharks and fly with aeroplanes out of here
Out of here
 


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Thursday, 30 June 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Deerhunter.

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Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Cat Power.

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Monday, 27 June 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.

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I lost you a while ago
But still I don't know why
I can't say your name
Without a crow flying by
Gotta watch my back now
That you turned me around
Got me walking backwards
Into my hometown

Throw me a rope
On the rolling tide
What did you want me to be?
You said it's him or me
The way you made it
That's the way it will be

It was seven years on the burning shore
With gatling guns and paint
Working the lowlands door-to-door
Like a Latter Day Saint
Then you turn me out
At the top of the stairs
You took all the glory
That you just couldn't share

I've never been so disabused
Never been so mad
I've never been served anything
That tasted so bad
You might need a friend
Any day now, any day
Oh my brother, be careful
You are drifting away

Throw me a rope
On the rolling tide
What did you want me to be?
You said it's him or me
The way you made it
That's the way it will be

The way you made it
That's the way it will be 



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Thursday, 16 June 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: PJ Harvey.

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Thursday, 2 June 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Cat Power.

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There's a dream that I see, I pray it can be
Look cross the land, shake this land
A wish or a command
Dream that I see, don't kill it, it's free
You're just a man, you get what you can

We all do what we can
So we can do just one more thing
We can all be free
Maybe not in words
Maybe not with a look
But with your mind

Listen to me, don't walk that street
There's always an end to it
Come and be free, you know who I am
We're just living people

We won't have a thing
So we got nothing to lose
We can all be free
Maybe not with words
Maybe not with a look
But with your mind

You've got to choose a wish or command
At the turn of the tide, is withering thee
Remember one thing, the dream you can see
Pray to be, shake this land

We all do what we can
So we can do just one more thing
We won't have a thing
So we've got nothing to lose
We can all be free
Maybe not with words
Maybe not with a look
But with your mind




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Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Nick Drake.

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Friday, 20 May 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: The Rumour Said Fire.

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Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Noah and the Whale.

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Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Stereolab.

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Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Broadcast.

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You won't find it by yourself
You're gonna need some help
And you won't fail with me around
Come on let's go

I will tell you if you change
And who's been saying things
It's hard to tell who is real in here
Come on let's go

You know who to turn to
Now everything's changed
Come on lets go
Stop looking for answers
In everyone's face
Come on let's go

What's the point in wasting time
On people that you'll never know
Come on let's go

When you're looking for a friend
But it's empty at the end
When everybody's disappeared
You won't be alone

If you want I'll compensate
If you over estimate
So there's nothing left to fear
You won't be alone
You know who to turn to
Now everything's changed
Come on let's go
Stop looking for answers
In everyone's face
Come on let's go

What's the point in wasting time
On people that you'll never know
Come on let's go




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Saturday, 30 April 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Arcade Fire.

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Here
Are my place and time
And here in my own skin
I can finally begin
Let the century pass me by
Standing under night sky
Tomorrow means nothing

I was only a child then
Feeling barely alive when
I heard a song from the speaker of a passing car
And prayed to a dying star
The memory's fading
I can almost remember singing la, la la, la la la la
La, la la, la la la la

We watched the end of the century
Compressed on a tiny screen
A dead star collapsing and we could see
That something was ending
Are you through pretending
We saw its signs in the suburbs

You could never have predicted
That he could see through you
Kasparov, Deep Blue, nineteen-ninety six
Your mind's pulling tricks now
The show is over so take a bow
We're living in the shadows la, la la, la la la la
La, la la, la la la la

Hey 
Put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey
Put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la
La la, la la, la la la la



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Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Yo La Tengo.

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i followed you ...foolishly
you were at a smoky bar, you were out til three
sat alone inside my car, it was nearly four
wouldn't wait for you all night
so i broke the door

i was gonna spend the night, coulda been okay
we were gonna talk all night, till i went away
remember how you used to say, can't stay up late
a minute later we're older now, i can't stay awake
i'm driving by your parent's farm, in the Chevrolet
i remember that rusty car, like it was yesterday

saw my brother driving by, the other day
i wished that i'd go out to him, but he drove away
saw my sister standing there, standing in rain
then i thought about nothing, that it feels the same

another day, come and gone
don't think i can ever sing that song
little secrets we bring along
i'm taking my time, trailing behind, i thought of you
today is the day i think of you 





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Saturday, 16 April 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Fleet Foxes.

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The door slammed loud and rose up a cloud of dust on us 
Footsteps follow, down through the hollow sound, torn up. 

And you will go to Mykonos 
With a vision of a gentle coast 
And a sun to maybe dissipate 
Shadows of the mess you made 

Pallid animals in the snow-tipped pines I find 
Hatching from the seed of your orphaned mind, all night 

And you will go to Mykonos 
With a vision of a gentle coast 
And a sun to maybe dissipate 
Shadows of the mess you made 

Brother you don't need to turn me away 
I was waiting down at the ancient gate 

You'll go 
Wherever you go today 
You'll go today 

I remember how they took you down 
As the winter turned the meadow brown 

You'll go 
Wherever you go today 
You'll go today 

When I'm walking brother don't you forget 
It ain't often that you'll ever find a friend 




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Thursday, 14 April 2011

Nothing Rhymes with Nothing: Stephen Malkmus.

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There's no common goal / there's no moral action 
There's no modern age / from which to run away 
Well, I wish for once / you would just start copin' 
Every night and day / blow us all away 

We can't help you find a place to... 
Lay, well I knew I lead / such a minor sequence
Through my darkest days / you could make me pay
There's no common love / without no projection 
Every night and day / tell me what to say 
We can't help you find a place to... 


Lay, La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La... la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la

She knows what is what / she can see right through you 
She could kill you cool / welcome to the rules
Well, I've seen the storm / it is off your shoulder 
We're getting oh much older / every time I'm late 
We can't help you find a place to... 
We can't help you find a place to lay



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