yup, i edited my first post with the new info, should be the right ones now....

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

Yes, exactly my thoughts. It's still a little early for an interpretation, but I think the combination of a classic love song and a sociocritical, anti war hymn works beautifully. Shame the melody is really crap though :)

1st post edited. Thank you guys :)

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

 

I don't think a return is the correct word, as I don't think his lyrics has ever been this sharp.

jc90 - seems close to perfect except the last line here:

 

bury me in honor

when i'm dead and hit the ground

a love back home unfolds <------- the words I posed will unfold ?

 

(based on lumberjack2's post)

this is awesome

Now I just need some guitar chords! :D

The bit were he's meant to say "Bury me in honor" I hear "Bury me in armor", I like the later better for some reason.

ohhh I think I got the stanza the starts with bury me a tad wrong

 

Bury me in armor/honor

When I'm dead and hit the ground

a ??? poem unfolds

 

is it armor or honor?

 

edit: i think I can conclude that it's armor

It sounds like armor

Might I just add, I'd say this is the best written song, lyrically to be released this year so far.

would "a love wrapped poem unfolds" make sense at all?

Here's my take on a few lines...

 

priests clutched onto bibles

I rode out to fit their rifles

and the cross was held aloft

 

bury me in armor

when i'm dead and hit the ground

I love wrapped poem that unfolds

would "a love wrapped poem unfolds" make sense at all?

Yeah, that sounds right as well, I'll change my last post.

THANKS!!

i hear "my love's like _____s that unfold"

 

could be poem, but i'm not sure.

it sounds like it definitely starts with a 'p' and i'm positive i hear a plural 's' in there.

'my love is like ____' makes sense as incomplete simile as well

i just don't know what that 'p' word is.

love it

 

really

i hear "my love's like _____s that unfold"

 

could be poem, but i'm not sure.

it sounds like it definitely starts with a 'p' and i'm positive i hear a plural 's' in there.

'my love is like ____' makes sense as incomplete simile as well

i just don't know what that 'p' word is.

 

ah that sounds right as well

 

jeez this is hard! lol

I heard so:

 

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

 

Clutch on to their bibles

Hollowed out 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?

it's 'priests clutch on to bibles, hollowed out to fit their rifles'

 

EDIT: Haha, coldpatrix beat me to it =P :)

i'm confident it's "my love's like ____ that _____"

 

but i'm really stumped on those two words.

the 's' doesn't sound like an 's' on second thought.

and unfold sounds like there's a 'f' in there. haha.

i've no idea. this is difficult for sure. haha.

maybe it's "my love's like poems that unfold"

 

?

it's 'priests clutch on to bibles, hollowed out to fit their rifles'

 

ohhhhhh

we need some official lyrics :dozey:

 

 

but good job guys :)

maybe it's "my love's like poems that unfold"

 

?

 

yeah i'll stick to that. haha. :)

or "my love's last poem that unfolds" maybe?

 

GAH wtf I've been spending my whole morning trying to figure this out! :laugh3: