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Monolith Maniac
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Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:32 pm Posts: 989 Location: NW Chicago Suburbs
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Please feel free to contribute and help with the lyrics. I know it's the first time the songs have been played and they might be more clearer/understandable/change as the guys get more experience playing them over time. Everything I got so far is just a guess, so if you see any mistakes I posted please correct me. The parts I definitely am unsure of are in yellow (and are totally farfetched  ). I will update this post as we try to figure more out. Into the LightOnce you’ve drawn the line, you can’t think twice You would never take your own advice Skating on a grave that’s paved with rice You step into the light How can I be sure if this is a sure thing I’m so tangled up in puppeteers’ strings Once you’ve crossed the line You’re stepping into Breaking horses, raising cain, heading for the hills The best day ever just got better, it gets better still Once you’ve crossed the line You can’t let go Never go out, I have been alone Skating on a grave that’s made of stone You step into the light You better be sure that this is a sure thing As a puppet on a string Once you’ve crossed the line You’re stepping into Breaking horses, raising cain, heading for the hills The best day ever just got better, it gets better still Once you’ve crossed the line, you can’t think twice You’re looking out of Chasing sirens, red lights change No time left to kill Waving flags of fine drawn lines Find a cheaper thrill This is a sure thing Once you’ve crossed the line You step into the light You step into the light Breaking horses, raising cain heading for the hills The best day ever just got better, it gets better still Waving flags of macho life (much of your life) Find a cheaper plan
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Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:03 pm |
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alleycattus
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Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:50 pm Posts: 17 Location: Canada
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Maybe this sounds crazy, but for the ????? I keep hearing "Breaking horses, raising Cain". Anybody else want to weigh in on this one?
-Carrie
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Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:05 pm |
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Monolith Maniac
The Judge
Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:32 pm Posts: 989 Location: NW Chicago Suburbs
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alleycattus wrote: Maybe this sounds crazy, but for the ????? I keep hearing "Breaking horses, raising Cain". Anybody else want to weigh in on this one?
-Carrie That may be actually what it is. I was hearing that from the start but didn't make any sense (at least to me), so I left that one blank. If you hear the exact same thing I've been hearing, it actually may be that. 
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Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:09 pm |
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alleycattus
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Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:50 pm Posts: 17 Location: Canada
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Well, at least there's two of us hearing crazy lyrics. I've been listening to this one a lot this afternoon (it's officially my new favorite of theirs - can't wait to hear it in a clearer recording - I just hope it doesn't lose its spark in a studio version). I've only got two more tweaks to suggest for the lyrics, because I just can't make out anything else clearly. I'm pretty sure it's heading (not headed) for the hills, and instead of chasing silence, I keep hearing the line chasing sirens, red lights change. But I could be wrong. You know, I think somebody should just get on the horn to Dave & ask him to send us a copy of the lyrics...this is going to drive me nuts now...lol.
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Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:17 pm |
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alleycattus
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Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:50 pm Posts: 17 Location: Canada
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Okay, Jim - I've listened to it a few more times today, and here are my final thoughts (these lyrics have been driving me nuts, to quote a terrible Dave joke). I'm pretty sure now that "into the light" is some kind of reference to settling down/maturing, something along those lines. The "grave that's made of rice" would make a really funny metaphor for getting married (I know it's a stretch but people do still throw rice at weddings...). I think the breaking horses and chasing sirens part refers to single life/sowing wild oats. I'm still not sure "macho flag" is right, but it fits the theme, and if I listen to just Dan's vocals, I swear that's what I hear.
-Carrie
Into the Light
Once you’ve drawn the line, You can’t think twice You would never take your own advice Skating on a grave that’s paved with rice You step into the light How can I be sure if this is a sure thing I’m so tangled up in puppeteers’ strings Once you’ve crossed the line You’re stepping into
Breaking horses, raising cain, heading for the hills The best day ever just got better, it gets better still
Once you’ve crossed the line You can’t let go Never go out, I have been alone Skating on a grave that’s made of stone You step into the light
You better be sure that this is a sure thing As a puppet on a string Once you’ve crossed the line You’re stepping into
Breaking horses, raising cain, heading for the hills The best day ever just got better, it gets better still
Once you’ve crossed the line, you can’t think twice You’re looking out of
Chasing sirens, red lights change No time left to kill [Waving flags of macho life Find a cheaper thrill
This is a sure thing Once you’ve crossed the line You step into the light You step into the light
Breaking horses, raising cain heading for the hills The best day ever just got better, it gets better still
Waving flags of macho life Find a cheaper plan
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Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:15 pm |
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Monolith Maniac
The Judge
Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:32 pm Posts: 989 Location: NW Chicago Suburbs
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I'm not sure about the rice thing, but I do like the metaphor (although you might be right)  . All the other lyrics you mentioned do sound like them now that I see them written down. For "find a macho plan" I thought it might have been "much [of] your life" but it definitely sounds like what you said, even for both times it's sung in the song. This video just posted on YouTube, some of the lyrics are a little different than the recordings, but I don't hear anything noticeable enough to make a change to what we've got. The only really different thing is the lyrics starting at 1:44 (which I think is an error on Dave's part... they're still learning  ). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHVl9mzhYNIUnlike the Mankato show, Dave does repeat the "puppeteers' strings" lyric (not puppets) in the video. I'm just gonna keep going with the lyrics for the recordings unless something stands out in the video and/or we get a little clear version. Thanks a bunch for the help. 
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dells
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Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:42 pm Posts: 292 Location: rural Richardton, North Dakota. A/K/A the hind end of nowhere
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I'll put my contributions in as a new color, You did a great job, Jim, and the YouTube clip that was posted was VERY helpful and really helped me to possibly figure out the verse that I think used to be the 1 that was all in uncertain yellow? I also hear breaking horses, raising cain, so that must be right, with 3 votes? I'm not sure, but at least in a cpl of places, I think "heading" might actually be "headed" for the hills. But that one word's not a big deal, is easily interchangeable, and I figure Dave probably does interchange the word's ending himself quite often. (I also agree it's rice, so I took the yellow off the "r" Maybe a reference of Dave considering making it official and having a church wedding with Karen instead of just being a common law couple? To me this song very much sounds like he's talking himself into it,  . I see Carrie mentioned the same idea, while I was working on my own edited lyrics post, so I'm glad I'm not the only person thinking this song contains lots of imagery/pondering about being settled down as being "the light" I used the youtube vid for my edits tonight, so that might be why I heard a completely different verse in that one spot, because the first time I read your post, with the mp3 we were given, your lines sounded right at that time, but I heard completely different lines in the video clip. Monolith Maniac wrote: Please feel free to contribute and help with the lyrics. I know it's the first time the songs have been played and they might be more clearer/understandable/change as the guys get more experience playing them over time. Everything I got so far is just a guess, so if you see any mistakes I posted please correct me. The parts I definitely am unsure of are in yellow (and are totally farfetched  ). I will update this post as we try to figure more out. Into the LightOnce you’ve drawn the line, you can’t think twice You would never take your own advice Waking on a grave that’s paved with rice You step into the light How can I be sure if this is a sure thing I’m so tangled up in puppeteers’ strings Once you’ve crossed the line It's as if you'reBreaking horses, raising cain, heading for the hills The best day ever just got better, it gets better still instead of these lines: Once you’ve crossed the line You can’t let go Never go out, I have been alone Skating on a grave that’s made of stone You step into the light I hear (NOTE: from the version in the YouTube clip): With(whet?) your appetite, you can't be (loved?) And everybody says you can't go home I'll take you to a place, that no one knows Step into the light [I can't] be sure that this is a sure thing [I’m all tangled up in puppeteers’ stringsOnce you’ve crossed the line You’re stepping into (I don't hear this, but I can't figure out what I hear instead, again, in the video clip version) Breaking horses, raising cain, heading for the hills The best day ever just got better, it gets better still Once you’ve crossed the line, you can’t think twice You’re looking out of Chasing sirens, red lights change No time left to kill [Waving flags of macho life Find a cheaper thrill [I'm sure] This is a sure thing Once you’ve crossed the line You step into the light You step into the light Breaking horses, raising cain heading for the hills The best day ever just got better, it gets better still Waving flags of macho life Find a cheaper plan This is my favorite of the new songs, and will be even more so once we've managed to accurately decipher the still questionable lyrics, and I get them memorized to that I can sing along for the entire song. If I could find some headphones, I'm sure I'd have more edits to suggest, but I give up for now and will wait until we're given a more official version, before spending more time on these early versions, esprcially as it seems Dave's still working on lyrics himself, since that one verse is different between the 2 versions available atm. dells
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NJ Misery
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Joined: Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:55 am Posts: 71
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I got one sheet of lyrics out of four from the NJ concert on 9/11. Here is what is on my sheet.
Breaking Horses, raising cain Heading for the hills The best day ever just got better it gets better still Waving flags of fine drawn lines Find a cheaper thrill.
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Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:37 pm |
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Monolith Maniac
The Judge
Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:32 pm Posts: 989 Location: NW Chicago Suburbs
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NJ Misery wrote: I got one sheet of lyrics out of four from the NJ concert on 9/11. Here is what is on my sheet.
Breaking Horses, raising cain Heading for the hills The best day ever just got better it gets better still Waving flags of fine drawn lines Find a cheaper thrill. Thanks a bunch, every little bit helps (actually it's the first piece of lyrics we know for sure they're right  ). I'm glad though it included that first line of the chorus.
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crawl
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Joined: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:14 am Posts: 326 Location: IL
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Very remiss in getting to this  I got some of the lyrics for into the light at the Champaign/Urbana show... Sorry, my daughter get's married next week, am desperately trying to find a job, and taking a class and well you know life... Just forgot until I noticed the post from NJ. So this is what is on lyric sheets: Breaking Horses Raising Cain Heading for the Hills Best day ever just got better it gets better still Chasing sirens red lights change not timeleft to kill (timeleft is one word on sheet) waving flags of fine drawn lines find a cheaper thrill Breaking horses raising Cain heading for the hills the best day ever just got better it gets better still waving flags of fine drawn lines find a cheaper thrill Once you've rolled the dice you can't think twice you would never take your own advice skating on a grave that's paved with ice you step into the light So if you are out tonight pick me up Everybody hates being alone Take me to a place where no one goes Step into the light So if you're out tonight pick me up Running out on Chasing... No time... Waving.. Find... Sorry did not get to sooner, hope to make the Christmas show. Wish they were coming to Chicago in Nov. too!
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