guyy Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I think you're pretty close there. An I've been hearing "that" before "unfold", too. I reckon the full sentence is something like: "and love's like poems, that unfold" I can't quite hear that...it sounds a lot more like "but" than "and" to me, and I'm hearing more of a hard "d" sound than a soft "s" sound right before the comma, which is why I still think that word isn't "poems." It sounds more like "pulled" or something. Also..."poems that unfold"? :confused: :P My current guess is this: But loves are pulled, then unfurled That one's still unclear, but I guess I should repeat this one, because it got missed and if this isn't right, I officially declare myself deaf: I don't want to be a soldier Who the captain of some sinking ship Would stow, far below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 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 with the captain of some sinking ship with stow, down 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 want to be a soldier with the captain of some sinking ship with stow, down below should be I don't want to be a soldier who the captain of some sinking ship would stow, far below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Does anyone remember the Zane Lowe show Chris and Simon Pegg did? Well a fan phoned in and asked Chris to name their band and Chris said "Carnival of Idiots" :P [/random] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyssa Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I can't quite hear that...it sounds a lot more like "but" than "and" to me, and I'm hearing more of a hard "d" sound than a soft "s" sound right before the comma, which is why I still think that word isn't "poems." It sounds more like "pulled" or something. Also..."poems that unfold"? :confused: :P That one's still unclear, but I guess I should repeat this one, because it got missed and if this isn't right, I officially declare myself deaf: I don't want to be a soldier Who the captain of some sinking ship Would stow, far below that makes a lot more sense! :laugh3: and the draft I posted earlier I made right after waking up and having two hours of sleep, so my senses weren't exactly in tune... :laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluexylophone Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 i think i'm correct in thinking he sings "my love's" seeing that the last two lines were also in the first person. question is: what's his love like?? EDIT: hmm.. sounds like the two words we're all stumped on each end with a "th" sound (as in teeth) someone back me up on this. they are two words that rhyme possibly. that 'th' sound is clear to me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunForTheHills Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Does anyone remember the Zane Lowe show Chris and Simon Pegg did? Well a fan phoned in and asked Chris to name their band and Chris said "Carnival of Idiots" :P [/random]Yeah, "Fixed" mentioned that on the first page! Its mindblowing. Chris Obviously couldn't rename the band, so he put it into a song as a lyric. Genius! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyssa Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 lol, at first I thought Chris was singing "who the captain of some stinking shit..." :laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Yeah, "Fixed" mentioned that on the first page! Its mindblowing. Chris Obviously couldn't rename the band, so he put it into a song as a lyric. Genius! :P Really? Ah, I'm late as always Hehe, it is good, as I recall Simon said it was poo too :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyy Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 i think i'm correct in thinking he sings "my love's" seeing that the last two lines were also in the first person. Hearing it again, it does sound like that...though right now it sounds to me like "My loves are pulled, that unfurled" which makes no sense. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyssa Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 maybe it is "a love back home that unfolds?" or not... GAH this is so confusing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApproximatelyInfinite Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 lol, at first I thought Chris was singing "who the captain of some stinking shit..." :laugh3: i did too!!! i was like "wow, 'shit' in a coldplay song...they ARE doing things differently!" Does anyone remember the Zane Lowe show Chris and Simon Pegg did? Well a fan phoned in and asked Chris to name their band and Chris said "Carnival of Idiots" :P [/random] really?! that's awesome!! the whole "carnival of idiots" verse is my favorite in the song i think, just because it sounds so political. i think i'm going to start referring to the bush administration as the carnival of idiots. like, no joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cletus Van Damme Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 The banks are like cathedrals. I guess casinos took their place -U2, "Playboy Mansion" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApproximatelyInfinite Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 whoaaaa, really? dude. did not know that. ok, i think the line is this: I don't want to be a soldier Or the captain of some sinking ship That's down Far below i know that's already been said, i'm just saying that i concur :D still trying to work out the line before "unfolds" though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluexylophone Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 this is difficult.. haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostsides Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 I'm listening to The Hardest Part at the moment and I really can't see why Chris didn't bother writing lyrics as good as VHs for X&Y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostsides Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 The banks are like cathedrals. I guess casinos took their place -U2, "Playboy Mansion" "A man builds a city With banks and cathedrals" Lemon by U2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApproximatelyInfinite Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 my love's own poems will unfold that's what i think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladybugdd77 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 my love's own poems will unfold that's what i think it is. I think it's ...My Love's opposed, when unfold or unfroze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladybugdd77 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 could this part also be: I don't want to be a soldier with a captain of some sinking ship we'd stow, far below just a thought! Great song though!! Can't wait for the album!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kmm1482 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Carnival of Idiots. Yet another Elbow comparison!! "Crawling with Idiots" :laugh3: stupid i know, but hey! what can you do? :rolleyes: It's so funny how when you hear it without hearing the lyrics it sounds like you'll NEVER make out the words. then when you read the words and then hear the song again, the lyrics are clear as day, like 'how in the world could I NOT understand those words?'! This is so awesome that we don't have to wait long to get another new song! Next week we'll hear A Spell a Rebel Yell. Maybe before the album comes out we'll hear that Escapist song! Because if this is all we'll get for a month and a half I'd literally go legally insane!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluexylophone Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 i think i got it.. "My love's light pulls, it unfolds" i don't know.. it really sounds like "will unfold" as well though. guess we'll have to wait and see.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcteems Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Here's what I have for that debatable line and one small word change: Violet Hill 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 my love's a poem that unfolds 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 would 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 the 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunForTheHills Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 ^Very similar to what I heard, too :wink: I think you're pretty close there. An I've been hearing "that" before "unfold", too. I reckon the full sentence is something like: "and love's like poems, that unfold" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck kottke Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 mystery fog When the future's architectured by a carnival of idiots on show Neocon architects of the "new American century", blowing their loud horns on the media shows.. Records snows - "When the (snow)banks became cathedrals" and the fog that forms as the warm air hits the cold, cold snow.. And the banks became cathedrals, as people prayed to keep their homes.. Priests clutched onto bibles, hollowed out to fit their rifles.. Sermons chosen to rouse the crowd to fight, "hollowing out" the real meaning.. To bury me in armor - there's an old saying about "being buried in one's armor".. To forget and get late the armor needed is often too late... War references.. Solider for the Captain of some sinking ship.. Perhaps many levels. Iraq anyone? the rest - imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudy_o Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 the interpretation looks like politik. it's all about war and politics. and death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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