Post by allie on Aug 7, 2008 22:43:18 GMT -5
...specify the song from whatever album you want.
well, since the last thread really didnt have much discussion and i had finals last week, i skipped a week. and koen said mudpie first and i love this song so why not?
nothing but a mudpie wrapped up inside with a pretty bow
nothing but a castle built on top of stone but quicksand
and inside these cardboard walls and saran wrap windows
lies a rusty pot of fools gold that you got for your life
are you tired of being wrapped up on loyalty
and you taught yourself to act like royalty
until the day you became prey
as you tripped over your incumbent
you wash your hair in the Luca oil
then you wrap your head with tin foil
prance around in your bathroom
pretending you're a king
just spin me home
sinking faster now
well you can follow your rainbows and i'll follow the sun now
wherever he goes it's not too far to run
so i will follow the sun
follow the sun
nothing but a calender hanging on your wall
that's 23 years old
nothing but a for sale sign
on a house that's already sold
trying to chew through that chocolate covered barbed wire
because they are among the beautiful filth
waiting for you on the other side
just spin me home
sinking faster now
(repeat chorus)
clever lives end up rusty and forgotten
brilliant minds end up with alzheimers
what i thought was so deep
ended up so hollow
and what i thought had meaning
ended up so shallow(repeat chorus 2x)*
let me say i LOVE this song. which some parts are definitely hard to understand due to jayglish, i love all the metaphors/similes/comparisons/contrasts made in it.
i think the premise of the whole song is basically telling some/talking about someone who lives their life for all the wrong reasons. they "taught themselves to walk like royalty," there's "fools gold," and just a "mudpie wrapped up inside with a pretty bow." basically everything about them is fake and just skin deep.
and then jason (or the narrator, but im gonna keep saying jason...) states they will follow the sun, not just rainbows... it leads me to think that jason would rather go the "high road." however, he then states that "clever lines end up rusty and forgotten, brilliant minds end up with ahlzeihmers"...which kinda makes it seem like even though he took the high road, there is all the chance in the world that in the end, itll be worthless and he'll be right back with that guy with mudpies and castles on quicksand.
i like this song. and i really really hope people start discussing! i remember how much these threads used to have in them and the last one went without any sort of discussion.. granted i didnt write one either, but still.
*actually some of these lyrics arent how i always sang it/thought it went, but the only ones i could really find online was this...
well, since the last thread really didnt have much discussion and i had finals last week, i skipped a week. and koen said mudpie first and i love this song so why not?
nothing but a mudpie wrapped up inside with a pretty bow
nothing but a castle built on top of stone but quicksand
and inside these cardboard walls and saran wrap windows
lies a rusty pot of fools gold that you got for your life
are you tired of being wrapped up on loyalty
and you taught yourself to act like royalty
until the day you became prey
as you tripped over your incumbent
you wash your hair in the Luca oil
then you wrap your head with tin foil
prance around in your bathroom
pretending you're a king
just spin me home
sinking faster now
well you can follow your rainbows and i'll follow the sun now
wherever he goes it's not too far to run
so i will follow the sun
follow the sun
nothing but a calender hanging on your wall
that's 23 years old
nothing but a for sale sign
on a house that's already sold
trying to chew through that chocolate covered barbed wire
because they are among the beautiful filth
waiting for you on the other side
just spin me home
sinking faster now
(repeat chorus)
clever lives end up rusty and forgotten
brilliant minds end up with alzheimers
what i thought was so deep
ended up so hollow
and what i thought had meaning
ended up so shallow(repeat chorus 2x)*
let me say i LOVE this song. which some parts are definitely hard to understand due to jayglish, i love all the metaphors/similes/comparisons/contrasts made in it.
i think the premise of the whole song is basically telling some/talking about someone who lives their life for all the wrong reasons. they "taught themselves to walk like royalty," there's "fools gold," and just a "mudpie wrapped up inside with a pretty bow." basically everything about them is fake and just skin deep.
and then jason (or the narrator, but im gonna keep saying jason...) states they will follow the sun, not just rainbows... it leads me to think that jason would rather go the "high road." however, he then states that "clever lines end up rusty and forgotten, brilliant minds end up with ahlzeihmers"...which kinda makes it seem like even though he took the high road, there is all the chance in the world that in the end, itll be worthless and he'll be right back with that guy with mudpies and castles on quicksand.
i like this song. and i really really hope people start discussing! i remember how much these threads used to have in them and the last one went without any sort of discussion.. granted i didnt write one either, but still.
*actually some of these lyrics arent how i always sang it/thought it went, but the only ones i could really find online was this...
. I'd also like to know if anybody has an HD copy of Lifehouse at Pinkpop 2003. BY far their best concert ever