Lyrics to the new songs?

[couldabeenawonder]

Oct 5, 2010 16:52:39 GMT chenault said:

when i hear 'pick up truck' i hear 'i didn't AIM to get physical' is that just me, or do other folk hear that too?

Yes, I agree.

I can't quite get my head around Pickup Truck - it seems to start off as a gentle love song but the chorus appears to centre around a petty brawl. I don't know how to feel about it.

[Nee]

Yep, it's defo "aim".

I hear the first line as:

Walk you home to see
Where you're living around

Could be wrong though.

[chenault]

and in the beginning of mary, i hear 'mary, if you wanna, i(or i'll) waive my right(s)' and not wait my ride

[Nee]

^ Definitely.

[jfer32075]

Oct 5, 2010 18:36:08 GMT Nee said:

Yep, it's defo "aim".

I hear the first line as:

Walk you home to see
Where you're living around

Could be wrong though.

I agree with "aim" and your agreements.

I think the chorus is "in the moonlight I throw'd him down".

Whatever it is, I LOOOOOVVVEEEE that effing song. I didn't know a chorus about a bloody tooth could be so beautiful.

[chenault]

my friend and i have been discussing the chorus all day, and we both think it's throw'd. i mean, would you REALLY put it past caleb to use that in lyrics? thumbs up for not being the only ones.

[slownightsolong]

Pony Up

I got a razorsharp mind that wants to cut you down
A little place in mind baby I could let you down
Pony up we got our ways to go
Set me up my friend and rev it low


If you take my hand I'm gonna get you out of here
The crush of bottles breaking and the swinging chandelier
In around the bullets and blood and snow
I saw the midnight come and I watched her go

In around the bullets and blood and snow
I saw the midnight come and I watched her go
Yeah I watched her go
I watched her
I watched her go x2


Mary

Marry if you wanna
I'll waive my right
I'll be on the corner
Just passing time

No I won't, ever once
Make you cry
Just to kiss, Oh I miss
Your goodbye


We'll go to the disco
We'll be inside
Oh and we'll dance like boyfriends
In sheer delight

No I won't, never once
Make you cry
But to kiss, oh I miss
Your goodbye


Oh I won't, never once
Make you cry
Just to kiss, oh and I miss
Your goodbye

[texas]

Oct 5, 2010 1:46:49 GMT couldabeenawonder said:

Oct 3, 2010 17:43:12 GMT slownightsolong said:

The Face
...
The cowboys burning eyes don't like the sight of me
Just straight enough to breath
I like your point of view so don't you shy away
Ride out the wave x3

I think it might be "Just straight enough to breed" - possibly a reference to feeling a bit metrosexual in his fancy new clothes (to the disdain of the 'cowboys' back home)?

Just a theory...

You're right, I hear it too. And it makes sense. One running theme of their lyrics is about how they're country and manly enough to make the hipsters scoff but pretty enough (and jeans tight enough) to make the guys laugh at them. ("Girls are gonna love the way I toss my hair, boys are gonna hate the way I sing")

[mymachinekills]

PICKUP TRUCK LYRICS:

I walk you home to see, where you're livin' around, and I know this place
Pour yourself on me, and you know I'm the one, that you won't forget.
And in your denim eyes, I see something's awry, and I see you're weak,
When he comes around, I see you're fixin' to shy, and my face won't speak.

Hate to be so emotional, I didn't aim to get physical,
But when he pulled in & revved it up, I said "you call that a pickup truck?"
And in the moonlight I throwed him down, all kickin' screamin' and rollin' around
A little piece of a bloody tooth, just so you know I was thinkin' of you
Just so you know, oh

Tremblin' misery, and it's cold as a hole, hug your bones and skin
Cracklin' woods gone white, and my eye's swole up now, I can see the light

I hate to be so emotional, I didn't aim to get physical
But when he pulled in & revved it up, I said "you call that a pickup truck?"
And in the moonlight I throwed him down, all kickin' screamin' and rollin' around
A little piece of a bloody tooth,
Just so you know I was thinkin' of you,
Just so you know, oh
Just so you know, ohh

I hate to be so emotional, I didn't aim to get physical
But when he pulled in & revved it up, I said "you call that a pickup truck?"
And in the moonlight I throwed him down, all kickin' screamin' and rollin' around
A little piece of a bloody tooth, just so you know I was thinkin' of you
Just so you know I was thinkin' of you

Just so you know, ohh
Just so you know, oh

[mymachinekills]

Sounds like he's with a girl, they have a great time, and then her ex-boyfriend shows up and "shows off" and they get in a fight. Oh, the south!

[mystique]

Oct 6, 2010 12:56:38 GMT slownightsolong said:

Pony Up

I got a razor sharp mind that wants to cut you down
A little place in mind baby I could bed you down
Pony up we got a ways to go
Set me up my friend I'm running low


If you take my hand I'm gonna get you out of here
The crash of bottles breaking and the swinging chandelier
In a rain of bullets and blood and snow
I saw the midnight coming and I watched her go

In a rain of bullets and blood and snow
I saw the midnight come and I watched her go
Yeah I watched her go
I watched her
I watched her go x2


Mary

Marry if you wanna
I'll waive my right
I'll be on the corner
Just passing time

No I won't, never once
Make you cry
Just a kiss, Oh I'll miss
Your goodbye


We'll go to the disco
We'll be a sight
Oh and we'll dance like we're boyfriends
In sheer delight

No I won't, never once
Make you cry
But a kiss, oh I miss
Your goodbye


Oh I won't, never once
Make you cry
Just a kiss, oh and I miss
Your goodbye

[mystique]

Oct 4, 2010 4:52:02 GMT steelersfreak1 said:

Pyro

Single book of matches gonna burn what's standin' in the way
Roaring down the mountain and now they are callin' on the fire brigade
Bury all the pictures and tell the kids that I'm okay
If I'm forgotten, they'll remember me for today

I won't ever be your cornerstone
I....

All the black inside me is slowly seepin' from the bone
Everything I cherish is slowly dyin' or it's gone
Little shaken' babies and drunkards seem to all agree
Once the show gets started it's bound to be a sight to see

I won't ever be your cornerstone
I don't wanna be here holdin' on
I won't ever be your cornerstone
I...

Watch her roll...can you feel it? (x4)

I won't ever be your cornerstone
I don't be here holdin' on
I won't ever be your cornerstone
I...

[NikLovesLeb]

Celebration

It’s in the way she often calls me out

It’s in the curve of your pretty gown

You come on legs and your pantyhose

You look so precious with your bloody nose


We gonna come together, we gonna celebrate

We gonna gather round, like it’s your birthday

I don’t wanna know, just what I’m gonna do

I don’t care where your going, I’m coming along with you

Walking her home with the grassy field

Fallin and laughin at thedrinks we spilled

Just one of those nights that I have to share

She’s in a daze, without a care

We gonna come together, we gonna celebrate

We gonna gather round, like it’s your birthday

I don’t wanna know, just what I’m gonna do

I don’t care where your going, I’m coming along with you

[Deleted]

^That one's Birthday Nik

[kultbert]

i love the celebration lyrics (the real ones )

love how caleb sings 'like a little girl you've been cheated'
and is it just me or is there some effect put on his voice in the end? sounds so cool. a little bit weird but cool.

pretty sure it's a one take recording too

[kultbert]

sorry for double post but...

...there's an interview in a german alternative music mag called SLAM and caleb says something like this
'back in the day i wrote a lot of sad songs, now i'm telling stories'.

i find it kinda funny, cause i feel like it's actually the other way 'round! YAYM has so many great songs telling great stories (joe's head, happy alone, holy roller novocaine etc.) but OBTN and CAS have a lot of sad songs on them (cold desert, revelry, use somebody, pyro, pickup truck). is it just me?
tbh i love the new songs, but the stories from YAYM and ASH are still the best

[Helene]

Does anyone knows the lyrics for Celebration ? I am crap at picking up lyrics

[tessann]

OK... here's my first crack at Celebration:
In your weary head u seem defeated
Like a little girl, u’ve been cheated
And in the conversation had to go to far
Now your dropped up drunk in the back of ur heart

Dry your lily eyes, don’t disapprove
Using all u know is …oh fo-fo ?? ha!!! I can't get it because the drum kicks in....

See ur smoking up in the parking lot
Shake ur little butt
Show em what u’ve got

Out in the manner I wanna limit stakes his all ….(? no clue...)
Now u’r flag is flying in the dark and cold

Dry ur lily eyes don’t disapprove
Using all u know is … wonderful?

This is a celebration (Or this isn't a celebration...)
There’s something in the air
A little celebration
There’s something in the air
Ahhhh…

All ur giving up, don’t want to know now
And everybody sees ?? is ur town
Oh.. and the small time girl went and she went and got a bong (ball, bar???)
She’s gonna shake it off
She’s gonna give em what she’s got

Dry your lily eye, don’t disapprove
Using all u know, I said it’s wonderful .

This is a celebration (Or this isn't a celebration...)
There’s something in the air
A little celebration
There’s something in the air

This is a celebration (Or this isn't a celebration...)
There’s something in the air
A little celebration
There’s something in the air
Ahhhhh.....

What do you think? Close???

[closercrawl]

Celebration is one off my favorite songs to, hard to hear the lyric. Thanks for the lyrics.

[kultbert]

i hear 'wonderful' or 'what the f*ck' sometimes in 'celebration'