black&white Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 hi everyone. i LOVE Chinese Sleep Chant. It sucks that they made it a hidden track, but anyways... it is very hard to hear what chris is singing, so please post what u think he is saying here. If you youtube the jimmy kimmel performance of Chinese Sleep Chant: you can hear the lyrics way clearer than u can on the cd. They also played it in Amsterdam: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8I54_OY3xMY&feature=related Here's what I think based on the Kimmel performance, (but it might but different on the cd): Go to sleep... fall asleep... sleep...satisfy... sleep...satisfy... lonley me, fall asleep sleep crucify, sleep crucify, soon...soon... (or sleep...sleep...) sleep... soon...soon... (or sleep...sleep...) sleep...satisfy... sleep...satify... fall asleep... fall asleep... sleep all the time.. sleep all ______? _______? all i see sleep satisfy... sleep satify....(me...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudonym Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 thanks love your avi btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 The album is just verse: fall asleep x2, sleep satisfied x2 chorus: sleep x3 and then the second verse replaces satisfied with crucified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
°°°Morning°Glory°°° Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Somehow this song scares me. :D It's because of Chris' voice that's so hard to understand. Maybe that'll change, e.g. in case they play it live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris's Nuts Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Well its the perfect shoegaze track. Lyrics are secondary. Thanks for taking the time though. not much there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 After multiple listens I'm now seeing the lyrics aren't as straight forward as I put earlier. Granted, the live versions aren't particularly reliable as there are some clear differentiations from the album lyrics, but by dint of them I'm hearing lyrics that I didn't hear before. Here's my new guesstimation: 1st verse: Fall asleep, fall on me Sleep Satisfied, Sleep Satisfied Fall asleep, fall on me Sleep Satisfied, Sleep Satisfied 1st Chorus: Soon! Soon! Sleep Soon! Soon! Sleep Satisfied, Sleep Satisfied Verse 2: Here's the tough part, now we have two voices on top of each other. I can only pick out the first voice...If anyone has some special speakers or mixing effects that can make the background more audible, I'd appreciate it as I can only pick out parts of words. Fall asleep, fall asleep sleep crucified, sleep crucified fall asleep, fall asleep sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies (solo) Second chorus: Soon! Soon! soon/sleep (probably sleep) Soon! Soon! sleep satisfied, sleep satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be my green eyes Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=755&page=1 and scroll down ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlookerDelay Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Somehow this song scares me. :D It's because of Chris' voice that's so hard to understand. I think this is intentional. My take is that the vocals are processed to sound like what voices would sound like to someone who is in an alpha state... just prior to nodding off to sleep. I don't think the song is trying to deliver a profound lyrical message, although it winds up being subject to interpretation. I didn't like it when I first heard it, but it's grown on me with repeated listening. It definitely has a hypnotic effect! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 http://www.coldplaying.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=755&page=1[/url] and scroll down ;) Thanks, but it's not quite accurate. He says "crucified" instead "mystified" both live and on the album version. and he clearly says "soon" in the chorus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be my green eyes Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Thanks, but it's not quite accurate. He says "crucified" instead "mystified" both live and on the album version. and he clearly says "soon" in the chorus. yeah I doubt the correctness - if thats a word lol, of the lyrics, just because its just a hard track to understand. Im positive that the start is "fall/go to sleep, try to/got to dream" or something along those lines and then the second verse (after sleep satifies x2) "fall asleep, on me" But then again this is coldplay dont publish lyrics with their albums...they want you to derive your own meaning from what you hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyria Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I go by what I hear...that being "sleep until you're satisfied"...Could be just me. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauve Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 In the lyrics I hear sleep satisfies and sleep satisfied and also sleep crucified.. I think it coould be about so many of us listening to them last thing before sleeping .. finding yourself lying eyes wide open sometimes. Chris said in a interview that csc is the result of the session they did under hypnose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonsu Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I go by what I hear...that being "sleep until you're satisfied"...Could be just me. ;) Personally I hear 'sleeping in the summer sky' for a few lines, and other slight variations of what other people have posted here. I don't think anyone's got the exact lyrics yet...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauve Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Indeed I also believe it is a way of sharing alpha brain wave state with us. The lyrics may change as Chris feels in the shows if they do play it when they feel a trance. It may relate not only to us falling asleep on them, or to the hypnose session with Brian Eno, it may have to do with Chris sleeping pills thing (see Rolling Stone interview) or even with meditating in Yoga. It s a natural trance that you can get without "products". I am glad they did it. They have Jon Hopkins to do that kind of thing for them (perfect child of my youth electronic scape heroes like Klaus Schultz, Tangerine Dream or.. Brian Eno) and CSC is a Coldplay way of making a progressive track, the way I see it. I really like it as I really like everything they do. I was a fan before of well I'll spare you the list, but never in 30 years of music addiction have I been so enthralled by a band, what they do and who they are. (Well ok I may be the oldest coldplayer on this site.):smug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kspillers2 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I might have you beat... Indeed I also believe it is a way of sharing alpha brain wave state with us. The lyrics may change as Chris feels in the shows if they do play it when they feel a trance. It may relate not only to us falling asleep on them, or to the hypnose session with Brian Eno, it may have to do with Chris sleeping pills thing (see Rolling Stone interview) or even with meditating in Yoga. It s a natural trance that you can get without "products". I am glad they did it. They have Jon Hopkins to do that kind of thing for them (perfect child of my youth electronic scape heroes like Klaus Schultz, Tangerine Dream or.. Brian Eno) and CSC is a Coldplay way of making a progressive track, the way I see it. I really like it as I really like everything they do. I was a fan before of well I'll spare you the list, but never in 30 years of music addiction have I been so enthralled by a band, what they do and who they are. (Well ok I may be the oldest coldplayer on this site.):smug: First, I'm 42 and holding ! And I haven't been this obsessed witha band either since I was 18 and saw U2 for the first time, Nice to know I'm not the only grown-up here!. P.S.....CSC is my favorite track on VLV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan8 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I hear in the second verse the second voice saying feeling sleepy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mc. Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Oohh ... ohh .. Oohh ... Fall asleep Over me Sleep satisfied Sleep satisfied Fall Asleep Over me Sleep satisfied Sleep satisfied Soon .. soon .. sleep ... Soon .. soon .. sleep satisfied, sleep satisfied Fall asleep, over me, sleep crusified, sleep crucified ( Down fall in a long sleep, down fall in a long sleep of the .. ) Fall asleep, over me, sleep satisfied, sleep satififed ( Down fall in a long sleep, down fall in a long sleep of the .. ) ( Guitar solo ) Soon .. Soon, Sleep ... Soon .. soon, Sleep satisfied, Sleep satisfied, oohh ... In the album & Amsterdam Gig Version, you can hear a voice, it's Guy. And he said " Down fall in a long sleep, down fall in a long sleep of the .. ". But i'm not sure. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavi Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 ^ is it really what Guy sings when they play it live ? :uhoh: I really cant hear properly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainloafers Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 First, I'm 42 and holding ! And I haven't been this obsessed witha band either since I was 18 and saw U2 for the first time, Nice to know I'm not the only grown-up here!. P.S.....CSC is my favorite track on VLV. I love this track too. Although its isnt my favorite its about 3rd of 4th. I feel its terribly underated by many of the fans. I hope over time that people might start to hear it through our ears... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squareonefivesix Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Sounds like "falling down..." to me - guess we'll have to wait til the stick the lyrics up on coldplay.com EDIT: Just listened to some of the live vids on youtube, in the name of research :) Sounds like "Fall down asleep, fall down sleep deep" but it's really hard to make it out. But I got to say..I don't really care what he's singing..it sounds SO f*cking sexy..I think I need a lie down now ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondance Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I just bought the guitar tab book for VLVODAAHF yesterday, and it contains Chinese Sleep Chant along with it's lyrics printed there, too. According to the book, they are: Ah, sleep, I need Sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies Ah, sleep, I need Sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies Fall asleep, fall asleep Sleep mystifies, sleep mystifies Fall asleep, fall asleep Sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies Sleep (x5) Sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies That's all that's printed in the book, but I thought there was more than that being said...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pris Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 It is!!! :confused: That's a whole lot less than what the actual song says........ :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open-Politik Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Chris REALLY does have trouble sleeping! He wrote a song about it!!hhaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squareonefivesix Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I just bought the guitar tab book for VLVODAAHF yesterday, and it contains Chinese Sleep Chant along with it's lyrics printed there, too. According to the book, they are: Ah, sleep, I need Sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies Ah, sleep, I need Sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies Fall asleep, fall asleep Sleep mystifies, sleep mystifies Fall asleep, fall asleep Sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies Sleep (x5) Sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies That's all that's printed in the book, but I thought there was more than that being said...? Yeh, the Guy bit isn't there. :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noonsun Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I'm pretty sure you aren't supposed to understand the lyrics... if you were, they might have been clearer. I think it's more of... (somewhat) random sounds with connotations you create yourself (obviously he says sleep alot, which has its own connotations) but depending on how you feel or what you think they are, they sound different. Like, if you read two different versions of the lyrics while you're listening to the song, your brain sort of fills in the unknown gaps and it sounds exactly like the lyrics either way (try it, this is also the case in some of those vids on YouTube with the music played backward and the lyrics of whatever the person thinks it is playing while you listen.) I think it's supposed to be ambiguous. This post didn't make much sense, sorry. Here's what I think it sounds like anyway: Oohh, ooohh Ooh Fall asleep Tryin to dream Sleep satisfied Sleep satisfied Fallin asleep, Fallin on me, Sleep satisfied, Sleep satisfied, Sleep, sleep, Sleep, Sleep sleep, Sleep satisfied, Sleep satisfied, Fallin asleep, (fallin asleep) Fallin asleep, (fall, fallin asleep, deep) Sleep, the best of night, (?) Sleep, the best of night, (? again) Fall, fallin asleep, (fallin asleep) Fall, fallin asleep, (deep) Sleep, the best of night, (?) Sleep, the best of night, (?) Fall, fallin asleep, (sleep) Fall, fallin asleep, (deep) Sleep satisfied, Sleep satisfied, Sleep, sleep, Sleep Sleep, sleep, Sleep satisfied, Sleep satisfied (Ooh) like I said, I think it's supposed to be ambiguous though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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