Lyrical Similarites.

[sarahrose]

So I noticed a while ago that some songs have some similar lyrics, lines, odd words. Have y'all noticed any others?

Going to edit this to keep a running list:

Black Thumbnail-"I'll still be running from the demon in my head"
Revelry- "But the demon and me were the best of friends from the start"
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The Bucket-"Too young to die, but old is the grave"
Ragoo-"They're way too young, but I'm way too old to preach"
Closer-"Feels so good but I'm old"
Cold Desert-"I'm too young to feel this old"
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Slow Night, Slow Song-"She's seventeen, but I done went and plum forgot it"
Arizona-"She must be plum crazy"
I love Caleb's use of 'plum'
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Slow Night, So Long-"She's seventeen, but I done went and plum forgot it"
17-"Oh, she's only seventeen"
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Happy Alone-title
True Love Way-Oh we'd be so free, Happy alone, Sharing a smile, So far from home"
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Happy Alone-"I love to watch you when you're dancing"
Soft-"You try to drag me into your bohemian dancing"
Slow Night, So Long-"Are you too good to tango with the poor, poor boys" (I looove that part of SNSL)
Fans-"She'll be a-bopping to me"
Revelry-"What a night for a dance, you know I'm a dancin' machine"
Manhattan-"I like to dance all night"
Beneath the Surface-"Sweaty ballroom dancin' fever"
Be Somebody-"If for one dance"

Ready. Set. Discuss.

[aha shake pepscake]

Mhm, i've definately noticed the first two! "I'm too young to feel this old" is probably one of my favorite lyrics, ever.

[Savanna]

I've just always noticed the 'happy alone' thing (True Love Way, Happy Alone). Was this intentional?

[velvetrazz]

i think he has a thing for 17 year olds! 17 and SNSL

[sarah///]

Mar 11, 2009 21:10:56 GMT @velvetrazz said:

i think he has a thing for 17 year olds! 17 and SNSL

Sweet! I'm in there!

[velvetrazz]

i used to be in there, until i turned 18! i was so devastated

[seaurchin]

Aw im sure he'll make an exception for you!!!

Yeah ive noticed all those lyrical things....maybe he likes 17 ear OLD PLUMS?

[velvetrazz]

plums is a metaphor for something i'm guessing! maybe the bucket is about me, 18, golden, fallen, heart

[seaurchin]

And im sure Arizona is about me....i gave him the time of his life in that whorehouse

[velvetrazz]

^^hahaha, i think every song is about me, i need to get a grip seriously!

[schnucams]

Mar 11, 2009 21:09:00 GMT Savanna said:

I've just always noticed the 'happy alone' thing (True Love Way, Happy Alone). Was this intentional?

Apparently the chorus thats in TLW was originally written for Happy Alone but it didnt work for it at the time!!

[seaurchin]

ooooh i didnt know that!! and heres me thinking i knew everything there is to know about KOL

[sarahrose]

Mar 11, 2009 22:48:11 GMT schnucams said:

Mar 11, 2009 21:09:00 GMT Savanna said:

I've just always noticed the 'happy alone' thing (True Love Way, Happy Alone). Was this intentional?

Apparently the chorus thats in TLW was originally written for Happy Alone but it didnt work for it at the time!!

really, i never knew that. karma for teaching me somethin'

[Savanna]

Mar 11, 2009 22:48:11 GMT schnucams said:

Mar 11, 2009 21:09:00 GMT Savanna said:

I've just always noticed the 'happy alone' thing (True Love Way, Happy Alone). Was this intentional?

Apparently the chorus thats in TLW was originally written for Happy Alone but it didnt work for it at the time!!

Really?! Wow that really clears it up, how did you find that out?

[antroolez]

yea i heard tht in an interview a while back...

so weird to think that he had tht written in the YAYM days...

[autobusas]

Mar 11, 2009 18:21:43 GMT sarahrose said:

Ragoo-"They're way too young, but I'm way too old to preach"
Cold Desert-"I'm too young to feel this old"
Closer-"Feels so good but I'm old"

One more - The Bucket: "Too young to die, but old is the grave"

[Fully]

Plum is a southern country expression. He didn't make it up.

[lardydar]

I know Closer is about me. I feel 2000 years old most mornings.

[whiskers]

maybe he just repeats himself alot? incase you didn't catch it the first time

i like the way similiar themes show themselves, it suggests depth

[lemonpi]

Caleb obviously likes to get down and dirty on the dancefloor:

- what a night for a dance, you know I'm a dancin machine - Revelry
- sweaty ballroom dancin fever - Beneath the Surface
- I could dance all night - Manhattan
- I love to watch you when you're dancing - Happy Alone
- she'll be a-bopping to me - Fans
- are you too good to tango with the poor, poor boys - Slow Night, So Long
- if for one dance - Be Somebody
- you try to drag me into your bohemian dancing - Soft

Oh and if like me you had the thought that he is using dancing as a metaphor for sex in some of these then the first and third one are pretty interesting...