Ok, thanks to alyssa, jc90, Silverspira, lumberjack2 and many others here they are:

 

Was a long and dark December

From the rooftops i remember

There was snow

White snow

 

Clearly i remember

From the windows they were watching

While we froze down below

 

When the future's architectured

By a carnival of idiots on show

You'd better lie low

 

If you love me

Won't you let me know?

 

Was a long and dark December

When the banks became cathedrals

And the fog

Became God

 

 

Priests clutched onto bibles

Hollowed out to fit their rifles

And the cross was held aloft

 

Bury me in honor

When i'm dead and hit the ground

A love back home unfolds

 

If you love me

Won't you let me know?

 

I don't want to be a soldier

With the captain of some sinking ship

With snow, far below

 

So if you love me

Why'd you let me go?

 

I took my love down to violet hill

There we sat in snow

All that time she was silent still

 

So if you love me

Won't you let me know?

 

If you love me,

Won't you let me know?

I don't understand the bit right before he says "by a carnival of idiots" and a few other places. :(

let us try to figure the lyrics out then!

i start right away:

 

was a lone and dark december

from the rooftops i remember there was snow

white snow

clearly i remember from the windows they were watching

while we frozed down below

when the future

 

you better lie low

 

if you love me won´t you let me know

 

 

( piano in the end)

i took my love down to violet hill

there we sat in snow

all that time she was silent still

so if you love me won´t you let me know

if you love me won´t you let me know

 

 

 

okay, so you go on now^^

this is what I hear...

 

 

edit: added some things

 

edit 2: it's armor not honor, and it could be something like "a love wrapped poem unfolds" instead of "a love back home unfolds"

 

edit: more changes!

 

so is this what we have so far?

 

was a long and dark december

from the rooftops i remember

there was snow

white snow

 

clearly i remember

from the windows they were watching

while we froze down below

 

when the future's architectured

by a carnival of idiots on show

you'd better lie low

 

if you love me

won't you let me know?

 

was a long and dark december

when the banks became cathedrals

and the fog became God

 

priests clutched onto bibles

hollowed out to fit their rifles

and the cross was held aloft

 

bury me in armor

when i'm dead and hit the ground

a love wrapped poem unfolds (highly debatable!)

 

if you love me

won't you let me know?

 

I don't want to be a soldier

who the captain of some sinking ship

with stow, far below

 

so if you love me

why'd you let me go?

 

i took my love down to violet hill

there we sat in snow

all that time she was silent still

 

so if you love me

won't you let me know?

 

if you love me,

won't you let me know?

let us try to figure the lyrics out then!

i start right away:

 

was a lone and dark december

from the rooftops i remember there was snow

white snow

clearly i remember from the windows they were watching

while we frozed then ?[down below]

when the future ? pretection

you got to

you better [lie low]

 

if you love me won´t you let me know

 

 

 

( piano:)

i took my love down to violet hill

there we sat in snow

all that time she was silent still

so if you love me won´t you let me know

if you love me won´t you let me know

 

was a lone and dark december

when the

 

okay, so you go on now^^

 

bold parts. don't know if what i wrote makes any sense, but its what i understood lol

when the banks became ????? <--- cathedrals

 

I'll edit this post if I find out more

Some of the lyrics are "Carnival of idiots"?????!!!!!

 

OH MY GOD - anyone remember... he said that when he presented Zane Lowe's show with Simon Pegg!!!! We've had lyrics all this time and we didn't even realise!!!!!!!

I hear:

 

was a long and dark december

from the rooftops i remember

there was snow

white snow

 

clearly i remember

from the windows they were watching

while we froze down below

 

when the future's architectured

by a carnival of idiots on show

you'd better lie low

 

if you love me

won't you let me know?

 

was a long and dark december

when the banks became cathedrals

and the fog

became god

 

priests clutched onto bibles

Hollowed out to fit their rifles

and the cross was held aloft

 

bury me in honor

when i'm dead and hit the ground

a love back home unfolds

 

if you love me

won't you let me know?

 

I don't want to be a soldier

with the captain of some sinking ship

with snow, far below

 

so if you love me

why'd you let me go?

 

i took my love down to violet hill

there we sat in snow

all that time she was silent still

 

so if you love me

won't you let me know?

 

if you love me,

won't you let me know?

when the banks became diseases

I think "when the banks became cathedrals" sounds most correct

 

but what the heck does that mean? O.o

 

and to me it sounds like he's saying "and the fog became gone" or something...

LOOOOOVE even the lyrics!!

thank you alyssa!

thanks guys :nice:

I hear,"when the banks became cathedrals"

"with the captain of some sinking ship"taken from A Bucket for a Crown maybe??

This song is a real return to form for Chris, lyrics wise.

Some of the lyrics are "Carnival of idiots"?????!!!!!

 

OH MY GOD - anyone remember... he said that when he presented Zane Lowe's show with Simon Pegg!!!! We've had lyrics all this time and we didn't even realise!!!!!!!

 

 

:P First thing I thought of.

 

M.

Was a long and dark december,

When the banks became Cathedrals

And the fog became God.

Priests clutched onto Bibles,

Hollowed out to fit their rifles,

And the cross was held aloft.

Bury me in honour when I'm dead and hit the ground,

The words i've posed were unclothed:

 

If you love me won't you let me know.

 

I don't wanna be a soldier

Who blew the Captain of some sinking ship,

With stone, far below:

I hear Cathedrals, too

wow that song is so political....best song of our time

captain of some sinking ship- captain of a sinking ship from bucket for a crown, "i remember" :) Yeahhh!!

i can't figure out if he's saying "and went out to fit their rifles" or "all rode out to fit their rifles", but it's pretty much the same :laugh3:

 

what he says after fog is frustrating me tho--sounds like a "g" sound but gone doesn't make any sense IMO...

 

edit: oooh, and the fog became God? hm... I was thinking that too but I didn't hear the "d" at the end.. that would fit in with "cathedrals" though. :D

 

if so then we've got this whole thing figured out then!

their best lyrics by far.... and yes he's definitely saying the "fog became god" ... "blew the captain" sounds a little off though, ha ha

The song is a masterpiece!:D

So bloody amazing, thanks :)

I can't figure it all out, in some parts Chris voice is drenched in music, it's pretty difficult, but something like this:

 

It was a long and dark December

From the rooftops I remember

There was snow, white snow

Clearly I remember

From the windows they were watching

While we froze

Down below

When the future’s our protection/architected?

By a carnival of idiots

On show/I’m sure

You better lie low

If you love me won’t you let me know?

It was a long and dark December

When the banks became cathedral

And the fog

Priests clutched onto bibles

Are all out to fit/fake their rifles

And the cross was held aloft

Bury me in armour/honour

Well I didn’t/dead and hit the ground

Love’s a pose, unfolds(?)

If you love me won’t you let me know?

I don’t want to be a soldier

And the captain of some sinking ship

With snow, far below

If you love me why’d you let me go?

I took my love down to Violet Hill

There we sat in snow

All that time she’d be silent still

If you love me won’t you let me know?

If you love me won’t you let me know?

 

 

Please, feel free to add or change, I'm not shure it's correct, english isn't even my first language.