Several places in the pop-up album, there are lines of lyrics that don't appear in any songs so far from the MX era (I've typed them up down below). Could these lyrics be potential b-side or EP material (or are they just alternate versions of existing songs)? Or will they be discarded and forgotten a la Famous Old Painters?

 

Some of the lyrics:

 

A Hopeful Transmission

Guide me stranger

Shepherd me through danger

Though I might

No I won't

When I'm

Guide me, guide me to

If I fall in hot water / peril

Or jump in

 

Mylo / Great Expectations

In my head, in my brain

In my head, all these things I can't explain

 

Left to right

Tip to toes

We're in flight

And we're going

Where nobody knows

 

Under the ocean

By a whale swallowed whole

Swallowed me / us whole

 

Pure poetry in motion

We're both down here

Losing control

Sellotaping my soul

 

And this, from the cover of MX:

 

The two of us we drove

A speeding ghost, and a shadow

Luminous to the road to the sea

We swam from the shallows

To battle lightning's glow

Where we're gonna run, God only knows

Take you . . .

 

Another interesting thing I found was a page with 'MAJOR MINUS' written up at the top, but instead of the lyrics to Major Minus, we get these lyrics which presumably belonged to A Man Who Swears:

 

There's a man who swears he's God

But I'm pretty sure he's not

There's a man who walks around

Like he owns the f*ckin lot

 

Takes his time

A playing with your mind

Crocodile clock

 

You must

It's just work

It's not easy / hard

 

All the while

Tell you that you're climbing

Pulling the ladder apart

Saw the boss hogg

 

Interesting, no?

very interesting...

I assume they are mostly the lyrics to songs that didn't make the cut. However they may also be rough draft lyrics. That last one could have been lyrics to Major Minus that were reworked and scrapped. Lots of songs start out with extra verses and things that sometimes see the rubbish bin.

These lyrics are so amazing I want a song with these:D

^^ True. Although I can't imagine why they would scrap some of these in favor of PoC, etc.

The two of us we drove

A speeding ghost, and a shadow

Luminous to the road to the sea

We swam from the shallows

To battle lightning's glow

Where we're gonna run, God only knows

Take you . . .

 

C** K*** :dazzled:

 

C** K*** :dazzled:

 

Should i be surprised? :thinking:

So....at a point in time....Viva demos weren't scrapped at all....Well that explains where Christmas Lights came about (CL included WB for lyrics and chord structure,) So if this is the case...some Viva demos might be reworked into songs......OMFG GOODBYE AND GOODNIGHT!!!!! :dazzled:

^^ True. Although I can't imagine why they would scrap some of these in favor of PoC, etc.

 

It's not all about the lyrics. I like PoC, it's a unique song.

That epic riff sounds like whales having sex in a cathedral. :D

 

But yeah, those are some really beautiful lyrics... :awesome:

 

Should i be surprised? :thinking:

 

What do you mean? I'm not mentioning it randomly.

I think these are the lyrics to the infamous CK. :P

It's not all about the lyrics. I like PoC, it's a unique song.

That epic riff sounds like whales having sex in a cathedral. :D

 

But yeah, those are some really beautiful lyrics... :awesome:

 

 

 

What do you mean? I'm not mentioning it randomly.

I think these are the lyrics to the infamous CK. :P

 

true true they seem fit :P

Man Who Swears and Major Minus releated? Man Who Swears survived to the MX sessions O.o

It's interesting that The Man Who Swears is written with Major Minus. It has the "crocadile clock" lyric, like "I hear those crocadiles ticking". I wonder, is Major Minus that old? They have similar subject matter, and The Man Who Swears Always sort of seemed to be about Maximilien Robespierre to me...he's like a villian for the french revolution, as Major Minus is to Mylo's world. I don't know. Alot to think about here. Also car kids.

These lyrics are awesome, they just can't be thrown in the garbage bin without ever being released as proper songs. I'm trying not to have high expectations but it's hard not to believe there might actually be an EP like Prospekt's March with all those unfinished (and really cool) songs.

Amazing lyrics, these songs better be on the EP.

 

C** K*** :dazzled:

 

That's actually what I thought.

 

I love the lyrics to Mylo Xyloto. And The Man Who Swears? Really ? Wasn't that song from the Viva era?

And The Man Who Swears? Really ? Wasn't that song from the Viva era?

 

Yep. That actually makes me a bit excited because that means that there could be songs from other eras that we thought were discarded but could actually turn up in some form or another eventually :D

Seriously anyone remember Goodbye Goodnight :confused:?

These lyrics are awesome, they just can't be thrown in the garbage bin without ever being released as proper songs. I'm trying not to have high expectations but it's hard not to believe there might actually be an EP like Prospekt's March with all those unfinished (and really cool) songs.

 

You mean Great Expectations? :lol:

Seriously anyone remember Goodbye Goodnight :confused:?

 

Yes :D

 

(Although I'm partial to Bloodless Revolution :dazzled:)

Oh wow lmao

 

But I like Goodbye Goodnight :wideeyed:

Yes :D

 

(Although I'm partial to Bloodless Revolution :dazzled:)

 

Same here, love this song !

 

C** K*** :dazzled:

 

I'd like to thank you for not using the whole words :D

I really like "Goodbye and Goodnight"...

I just spent the last 1-2 hours looking at all the demos/unreleased stuff from the Viva era that you guys mentioned. Oh my god, it's amazing, better than anything from the MX era. Guess we'll never hear them completely since it's been so long :(

Yes :D

 

(Although I'm partial to Bloodless Revolution :dazzled:)

 

I <3 Bloodless Revolution.