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4.23.08
Finally Remembered
I added 10 quotes from In the Absence of Truth to the lyrics generator. You might wonder if I've been eating this whole time. Yes, I have.
2.2.08
Where'd the Truth Go?
I've finally finished In the Absence of Truth by Isis.You can find it on the lyrics page, although that's not surprising (one of these days maybe I'll put an album on the pics page, you'd like that wouldn't you). In compiling these lyrics, I consulted numerous internet sources (thanks Google) including YouTube videos of live performances, a couple T-Shirts, and my ears. I'll get some quotes from the album loaded in the Random Lyric of the Page Load generator before long, but all I've had to eat for two days is 4 slices of pizza, so I think I'll focus on food for now. I'm not sure which album I'll do next, but all of these are in the works (some have been for years): 10,000 Days by Tool Answer That and Stay Fashionable by AFI Conqueror by Jesu Kyuss aka Welcome to Sky Valley by Kyuss Very Proud of You by AFI 1.25.08
What's this? An update?
I made some changes.On the suggestion of "tim" I played Renholder backwards and found that Maynard is indeed saying "Hallelujah Danny Lohner" at the end (just backwards). This has been changed on the lyrics page. Thank you tim. I also got an email from "Kevin" that was appreciative but didn't prompt any actual changes. I may get around to finishing In the Absence of Truth at some point though, as he expressed interest in it. Thank you Kevin. Here's another e-mail and response: --- Jeff G wrote: > Hi there,I think your TOOL lyrics were amazing, (if it was you, that > is. Forgive me if i have the wrong address :S )Just letting you in on > a small but important mistake on the second last line of "Eulogy"Im > sure there's many other common human errors, but this one stood out a > bit."for your sins and your lies!" -- Should be -- "for our sins and > our lies!"Just to fix it before the crazy majority of TOOL fans have > a fit. Jeff --- I wrote: Strange, I could have sworn that was "your". Whatever, I guess I'll have to change it. I hope there aren't too many other errors. If there are let me know. Thanks for pointing that out. Ninety percent of the time I get around to updating the site it's because someone sent me an e-mail, so keep them coming. -David 2.1.07
In the Absence of Youth
I'm 21 now. My birthday was last week. I meant to mention it. I didn't. I got pretty drunk, but that's not surprising.In more relevant news, I was looking about for some In the Absence of Truth lyrics. I looked in vain. I can find nary a song, not even an attempt at divining what Aaron may be slurring about. So, I figured I better get on it. Easier said than done though, here's my first run through of Wrists of Kings as an example: [Wrists of Kings] know your ? ? through me ? our, history it burst, for them ? ?, mirrors, of kings ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? diamond ?, ? drain? wrists? ? burning in slow my ? Boy, that's impressive. So, if anyone wants to lend me a hand (ear?) and give it a go themselves, it would be much appreciated. Just send me what you have, and it doesn't have to be much. I mean, seriously, look what I have so far. If you think you have even one word, then I want it. In fairly relevant news, I forgot to remove the e-mail address at the top of the last e-mail I posted, sorry about that. Here's another couple: --- freakie loves you <"some email address"> wrote: > david thanks for answer my mail, to be honest I didn't expect you to > do > that, I send the mail like a person throws a bottle to the ocean. I > thank > you for that... > > Its more than an honor to apear in your blog, realy. > > changing the subject, I tried to download song of isis, jesu, and > suns of > the tundra but I couldn't get nothing of this bands. its seems that > they are > not that comercial or they arent emo bands. > (love the comentary of the tatoos you post in your blog) > > well, agian, im glad to apear in your blog. ah and thanks for answer > mi > mail. > > Im still waiting the 10,000 days lyrics, jajaja. > > ah, what I mean "the way you put the tool lyriics its pretty > remarcable", i > mean that they are so easy to read, and to sing along (?) they also > have > explinations, ahm for example in cold and ulgy live, it was so hard > to try > to understand what maynard said.. "get that bob marley wanabe fucking > out of > here" or something like that > > or the explination of LAMC, I didn't know that. In my country that > shit has > always been normal. but in the land of the free? what an ironi. > > well excuse my english again. if you have problems in your spanish > class, i > could try to help you > > jajajaja > > Freakie --- I wrote --- I figure what's the point of a site if not for people to look at it? So the whole thing is for my readers, and consequently I reply to all their e-mail. You can find some Isis songs here: http://www.myspace.com/sgnl05 and here: http://www.sgnl05.com/media/index.htm Jesu can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/jesujesu here: http://www.avalancheinc.co.uk/jesureleases.html and here: http://www.myspace.com/officialjesu Suns of the Tundra can be found here: http://www.infopeach.co.uk/sott.htm (clips) and here: http://www.myspace.com/sunsofthetundraband The download functions is disabled for a lot of this stuff, but if you have a sound recorder (one comes with Creative sound cards) you can just record it. Not that I would suggest that sort of behavior. Ah, that clears it up a bit. Your English is excused. -David --- "some e-mail address" wrote: > and i'm 6'3 , 270 and burly . well not really burly. and not really > in love with you but damn close. keep in mind i'm using my > girlfriends e-mail. I've listened to tool for years and probably the > rest of my life..I was looking for lyrics tonite and the first 5 > sites i hit on the way down the list all sucked including tools > official site. > You are the only one with actual lyrics..everybody else just takes em > off the official site. been trying to figure out the lyrics after > henry finishes his solo appearance on bottom...thank you for the > actual lyrics. > needless now, shameless now, nothing now, no one now. and I love > the extra a's e's & o's...really gives the lyrics you put down life. > You Sir, are the man! > > thank you again. > "some e-mail address" --- I wrote --- I wasn't sure whether to respond to "some e-mail address" or "some e-mail address". If this is the wrong one of the two then I apologize, but if whoever is reading this could make sure John reads it, I would appreciate it. You are very welcome for the lyrics. I'm glad you found them, as that is obviously the point of me posting them. I think you are the first person who has actually expressed a positive opinion concerning the extra letters. I've since stopped using them in my transcriptions, but it's nice to know it wasn't a complete waste of time. No sir, you are the man (as you are apparently much bigger than me). Welcome again, David 1.23.07
Panopticon
I did a number of things today, but the biggest one was adding Panopticon by Isis to the Lyrics section.Panopticon is a concept album dealing with, well, the panopticon. It's a pretty good CD without the lyrics, but with the lyrics (good luck understanding him on your own) it's one of the best I've heard. In fact, this may be the album that finally gets me to put up my analysis/interpretation. Not yet though, not yet. I also made some changes to the random lyrics generator, the most visible on your end being the addition of a citation so you can look up a lyric that interests you. I also adopted a capitalization convention for song and album titles. It's basically everything capitalized but closed-class words, except I'm still capitalizing pronouns. This mostly affected the AFI songs. I made some changes to Jimmy by Tool and fixed some column spacing issues at the end of The Noose by A Perfect Circle. And still yet there were more changes, but nothing significant enough to point out. So I won't. Wait. Damn. 1.10.07
Happy New Year
It's 2007. I'm so excited (not really).I'm going to go see Isis and Jesu at the Picador in Iowa City on March 26th. I may very well die due to awesomeness overload. It's only $14 (more at the door), so if you're anywhere in the area you should check it out. I reserve the right to fix grammar and spelling mistakes I notice in previous posts without mentioning it and without changing the date or time. Just so you know; I mean, it's not like I would ever actually make a grammar or spelling mistake, no way. Here's an e-mail I got as well as my reply: --- freakie loves you <"some email address"> wrote: > hello david im a tool fan from argentina, a fucked up country of > southamerica.. > > > im very impressed with your website.. pretty cool > > im wondering when you will have the 10.000 days lyrics.. > > the new album fucking rocks.. and the way that you put the tool > lyrics its > pretty remarcable > > excuse mi english... my english pretyy sucks.. but i dont think you > coulndt > understan a spanish text.. > > well pretty cool blog dude > > one of my favourites web sites.. --- I wrote --- Well, freakie, thanks for the compliments. It's nice to see I have an international audience. I don't know when I will have the 10,000 days lyrics done. I think I'll probably do a different CD first. I'm not sure what exactly it is about how I "put the tool lyrics" that is remarkable, but I'll go ahead and take that as a compliment anyway. Your English is excused. It's much better than my Spanish. I'm not sure how many people actually look at the blog, as opposed to just streaking straight to the lyrics, but if anyone is reading it (and apparently a few people are) then I'm glad. I didn't expect to make anyone's list of favorite websites. That's an honor, and I thank you again. -David 12.8.06
Whoops
Upon further examination, the eleventh item in "Whole Bunch of Stuff" is not entirely accurate. It's true that the dictionary entry for cozen says nothing about being an adjective. It is also true that it actually lists "cozened" as a verb, but it appears that is simply being listed as a past tense form of the verb. By adding "-ed" to the end of "cozen" it's technically correct to use "cozened" as a participial adjective. So "cozened indigo" would be a color "obtain[ed] by deceit or persuasion", presumably referring both to the generally insincere character of the "you" to which the song is sung, and to the fact that the tears (and therefore the color) were produced by fraudulent means (lemon juice, as opposed to emotion).Sorry about the error, I don't know what I was thinking. Must have been out my mind. 12.8.06
AFI
So, I noticed AFI is coming to Des Moines in February. I pondered for a bit whether I want to go or not. I don't know. I went to their MySpace site to listen to some of their new stuff (I haven't bought December Underground). Yeah. That shit sucks. Miss Murder is tolerable, and I did eventually manage to listen to Love Like Winter all the way through, but that's about all the praise I can offer. Apparently my sister bought the album, so I'll probably go give it a listen. Hopefully the other songs are better.This is yet another example of why I don't think anyone should get a band name as a tattoo. AFI's style has changed completely since their first album. Any hardcore punks who endured countless stab wounds for the honor of having Davey Havoks face on their stomach are probably regretting that decision a mite bit. If they aren't, I'm guessing it's denial functioning in its self-justification role. In fact, you shouldn't get any representation of any proper noun that is still subject to change. That means no bands (they may turn into an emo group), no movie franchises (they might make crappy sequels), no games (same problem. yeah that's right, that game may turn into an emo band), no likenesses of living people (they may turn out to be a child/monkey molester), no countries (they may decide to ban tattoos), no nothing. Dead people may be acceptable; of course, historians could always find that secret journal with the 40-page manifesto on the "Redhead Problem" and associated "solution". Bands that have since broken up may be acceptable; of course, one of the original members may decide to reform the band with a bunch of has-been's and never-were's so he can market a line of kids' shoes emblazoned with the band's insignia (the same one on your ass). Movie franchises where the last entry was over 20 years ago may seem acceptable, but I have one word for you: "Meesa!" I think you see my point. If not, then you probably have "Metallica Rules" all across your back. 11.30.06
What the?.
I just noticed that, for some fucking reason, in the Bill Hicks quote about the war on drugs (in Third Eye by Tool), there's a question mark immediately followed by a period... or there was anyway.
11.30.06
10,000 More Days
I'm not feeling terribly inspired to finish the Tool album. I think I'll probably do a Kyuss or Isis album first. If that upsets you greatly, send me an e-mail and tell me so. If enough people complain maybe I'll change my mind.
11.9.06
My Archive
I archived the blog entries from 2005. Surprisingly enough, they can be reached under the archive link.I finally got a MySpace account. I thought I'd mention it here because it links to this site, and mentioning the connection on both sides confirms it. 11.7.06
Whole Bunch of Stuff
First. Hi, haven't been here in a while. I'm back in school (I took a semester off, I don't know if I mentioned that), which means I don't work on my site. I don't know why that is.Second. People have been sending me e-mails. I think that, from now on, I'll be posting e-mails on the blog, as well as my response. If you don't want your e-mail posted, then say so in the e-mail. Third. I don't believe in third. Fourth. I own Tunguska by Suns of the Tundra. It's good. I think their first CD was better, but this seems like the sort of thing that will grow on me with time. That might have something to do with the 9 track long song in the middle. There's a song about the Coelecanth though, which is a plus. Fifth. I went and saw Tool in Minneapolis on their North American arena tour with Isis. That was pretty good, but I was a little dissapointed. I had a better time at previous Tool concerts. If they come to Iowa again I'll see them, but I doubt I'll be driving out of state again. Sixth. Isis is so sweet I can't even believe it. If that band was a candy, and I were to eat it for some reason (I don't eat candy), I would have at least 4 cavities in every tooth (assuming I don't already) before I even swallowed. They are a definite candidate for future lyrical inclusion. I currently own Panopticon and Oceanic, but I'm pretty excited to get In the Absence of Truth, as Dulcinea is fricking incredible. Sixth (a). Red Sparowes is also sweet. They share a band member with Isis. Eighth (that's right). I have made some changes to the 10,000 Days lyrics I posted previously. Here are the relevant bits: Jambi: You, my piece of mind, my home, I said I'm just trying to hold on One more day The Pot: you're weeping shades of cozened indigo Eyeballs deep in muddy waters Eyeballs deep in muddy waters Ganja? Puhlease! you must have been out your mind Ninth. Here's an explanation I gave to someone who didn't think "Hear from the Mountain view, Hear from a wild dream come true" made sense: It is a song. You are hearing it. He is singing. He is somewhere. He is at the king's mountain view. You are hearing from there. He is in the wild dream come true. You are hearing from there. Tenth. I just felt like having ten. Eleventh. That's too bad though, because there's actually eleven. Cozened (see earlier) is not an adjective. 7.22.06
Fatass Fairly
I noticed in the "Hooker with a Penis" lyrics from Ænima by Tool that near the end he is actually saying "Fairly" not "Fatass." You can tell because "Fairly", unlike Fatass, rhymes with the next line: "Dirty".
7.10.06
Post Title
Here's where I am on The Pot, as well as some notes on what bits of confusion there are.Vicarious: This looks pretty good. The only thing is the news report. I thought I might have heard something having to do with the story(ies) he mentions at the beginnng, but I don't know what I thought I heard now. Jambi: The confusion in the first two lines is even worse because basically any combination makes some kind of sense. With Hear/You could be referring to the person the song is about, the "center", or with here/view he could be referring to his present location, the king's mountain view. In fact, just simply hearing Maynard could qualify as hearing from a "wild dream come true," in reference to his rock star status. With Son he could be referring to the obvious benevolent son, Jesus, or he could be referring to his own sun, Devo. I think the sense behind a Sun shining down on things is obvious. The Pot: The bit after "Steal, borrow" is a bit of mystery. I also had {ignorance/inference} earlier, but I decided to go with ignorance. Due to the fact he's obviously saying "indigo" later in the song I'm tempted to just assume that's what he's saying throughout, but that sounds an awful lot like gold. I don't know what ganjapalyze is, perhaps someone else does. Really though, considering how unusual his pronuciation is on a number of words throughout this song, I'm probably being too picky. 5 The Pot Who are you to wave your finger You must have been out your head Eyehole deep in muddy waters You practically raised the dead Rob the grave to snow the cradle Then burn the evidence down Soapbox house of cards and glass so Don't go tossin' your stones around You must have been, high You must have been, high You must have been Foot in mouth and head up ass So what ya talkin' 'bout? Difficult to dance 'round this one 'til you pull it out, boy You must have been, so high You must have been, so high Steal, borrow, {reefer/reaper} {(save your)/savior} shady ignorance Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent Now you're weeping shades of {chosen?} {indigo/(in to gold)} Got lemon juice up in your, eye {you?} When you pissed all over my black kettle You must have been high, high! You must have been high, high! Who are you to wave your finger? So full of it Eyeballs deep in muddy waters Fuckin' hypocrite Liar, lawyer, mirror show me what's the difference? Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent. Now You're weepin' shades of {chosen?} {indigo/(in to gold)} Got lemon juice up in your, high eye When you pissed all over my black kettle You must've been So who are you to wave your finger? Who are you to wave your muddy fingers at me? You must have been out your mind Weepin' shades of indigo Shed without a reason I'm weepin' shades of indigo Liar, lawyer, mirror for you what's the difference? Kangaroo be stoned he's guilty as the government Now You're weepin' shades of {chosen?} {indigo/(in to gold)} Got lemon juice up in your, eye eye oh, when you pissed all over my black kettle You must've been, high, high, high, high! Eyeballs deep in muddy waters Eyeballs deep in muddy waters {(Ganja police)/((gone?) ? lies)/ganjapalyze?} you must have been out your mind 7.10.06
Tunguska
Suns of the Tundra has (have?) a new album called Tunguska. I haven't heard it yet, but I ordered it and I'll get back to you once I give it a listen.
7.8.06
Glaring Errors
I changed "want" to "what" in the introduction to the lyrics page. Don't know why it said "want."I capitalized the 'l' in "HTMl" on the page explaining why Flash images may not work. It now says "HTML" like a proper abbreviation for "Hypertext Markup Language" should. Wait, who told that 't' it could be capitalized? That's not proper. Bastards. 7.8.06
10,000 Days
I'm kind of dragging my feet on these lyrics, so here's what I've got done so far. {homonym/homophone} Indicates where I'm still uncertain of something. If you think you can clear one of these up or disagree with something else, drop me a line. If you have any sort of argument or reasoning behind your opinion be sure to include it, as I'm much more likely to agree with you if can illuminate it for me.1 Vicarious Eye on the TV Cause tragedy thrills me Whatever flavour It happens to be Like Killed by the husband Drowned by the ocean Shot by his own son She used the poison in his tea and kissed him goodbye That's my kind of story It's no fun til someone dies Don't look at me like I am a monster Frown out your one face But with the other Stare like a junkie Into the TV Stare like a zombie While the mother, holds her child Watches him die Hands to the sky crying "Why, oh why?" Cause I need to watch things die From a distance Vicariously I Live while the whole world dies You all need it too, don't lie. Why can't we just admit it? Why can't we just admit it? We won't give pause until the blood is flowin' Neither the brave nor bold Nor right as the story's told We won't give pause until the blood is flowin' I need to watch things die From a good safe distance Vicariously, I Live while the whole world dies You all feel the same so Why can't we just admit it? Blood like rain come down drum on grave and ground Part vampire Part warrior Carnivore and voyeur Stare at the transmitter sing to the death rattle (La, la, la-la, la, la, la-lie x4) {sounds like a news report in background} Credulous at best Your desire to believe in Angels in the hearts of men. pull your head on out your hippy haze and give a listen Shouldn't have to say it all again The universe is hostile So impersonal Devour to survive So it is, so it's always been We all feed on tragedy It's like blood to a vampire Vicariously, I Live while the whole world dies Much better you than I. 2 Jambi {Hear/Here} from the king's mountain {you/view} {Hear/Here} from the wild dream come true Feast like a sultan, I do On treasures and flesh never few But I, I would, wish it, all away If I, thought I'd, lose you, just one day The devil and his had me down In love with the dark side I'd found Dabblin' all the way down Up to my neck soon to drown But you changed that all for me Lifted me up, turned me round So I, I, I, I, I would, I would, I would, wish this all away Prayed like a martyr dusk to dawn Beg like a hooker all night long Tempted the devil with my song And got what I wanted all along But I and I would If I could and I would Wish it away Wish it away Wish it all away Wanna wish it all away No prize that could hold sway or justify my Giving away my center So if I could I'd wish it all away If I thought tomorrow, they'd take you away You, my piece of mind, my {own / home}, my {center/(sun/son I'm)} just trying to hold on One more day (Dim my eyes x2) Dim my eyes If they should compromise our fulcrum Wants and needs divide me Then I might as well be gone Shine on forever Shine on benevolent {son/sun} Shine down upon the broken Shine on 'til the two become one Shine on forever Shine on benevolent {son/sun} Shine down upon the severed Shine on 'til the two become one Divided I'm withering away Divided I'm withering away Shine on upon the many, light our way, Benevolent {son/sun} (Breathe in union x5) So, as one, survive Another day and season Silence leech and save your poison Silence leech and stay out of my way 6.6.06
Holy Crap Look at the Date!
We're all gonna die! But that's not news.What is news though, is that I somehow forgot to mention that someone actually managed to get me a translation of the Hungarian bits on Suns of the Tundra's CD. Without this information you would have of course assumed that I learned Hungarian myself over the course of 5 months. The person who sent me the translation identified themself as Chris C. Previously when crediting people I've been posting email addresses, but I think I should probably stop that as I don't want to reward those who help me with a dumpster load of spam. In a mildly related vein, I would like to point out to anyone who feels like sending me mail that I don't actually check my mail very often. Say, once a month. At best. Rest assured however that I respond to every e-mail I receive about the site eventually. So if you send me one and wonder what happened, just wait a bit. A fairly large bit, like one you would use if you were bridling a sperm whale. 5.30.2006
Suns of the Done
Suns of the Tundra's self-titled cd is finished, and the lyrics are posted. It's sweet, check it out. Buy the cd. It's one of my favorite ones ever.If you don't remember, or were never told, SotT is basically Peach, post Justin Chancellor leaving the band for Tool. I also edited some stuff on the links page regarding Jungian Psychology. 5.22.2006
New Lyrics
Since the new Tool CD is out, I figure I should get to work on its lyrics. However I have a bit of a backlog of partially done CDs I would like to finish before starting on anything new. Consequently I've finally finished Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle, and it's up for you to look at. That only took two and a half years.
1.5.2006
Merry Christmas. Happy New Year.
I have some changes to the Tool lyrics queued up that I need to get around to, but I think what I'm about to tell you should make up for some laziness.Simon Oakes, Suns of the Tundra's singer, sent me a copy of the lyrics to their self-titled album. With this new info I've gone over every line of the lyrics and they're about as accurate as the Tool lyrics now. There's still a few spots that need some work though. Specifically, if anyone knows Hungarian, or knows anyone who knows Hungarian, let me know becuase I sure as hell don't. | ||
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