Yo La Tengo — Cornelia and Jane
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I hear the whispering
Just out of view
Still unknown what's inside of you
Outside your window
Neighbors peer in at you
How can we care for you?
How can we hold onto you?
Caught up in motion
Swirling around
Sometimes you're standing still
On uneven ground
Too many sirens, they keep you up at night
Sit back and hold your ears
How will we hold back our tears?
I hear them whispering
They analyze
But no one knows
What's lost in your eyes
Sending the message, it doesn't get to you
How can we care for you?
Slipping away
Fade deep inside of you
But how can we hold on to you?
Just out of view
Still unknown what's inside of you
Outside your window
Neighbors peer in at you
How can we care for you?
How can we hold onto you?
Caught up in motion
Swirling around
Sometimes you're standing still
On uneven ground
Too many sirens, they keep you up at night
Sit back and hold your ears
How will we hold back our tears?
I hear them whispering
They analyze
But no one knows
What's lost in your eyes
Sending the message, it doesn't get to you
How can we care for you?
Slipping away
Fade deep inside of you
But how can we hold on to you?
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There's something very haunting, very resonant in her vocals, and a rather Syd Barrett-like thing about her singing and playing in this...
Hans_Heintz - you just got it, thank you! One can´t go wrong with Hoboken.
I would like to have a 'wind chimes' filter.
As an aside to Lazarus, I saw this band a couple of years ago and their lyrics then were not nearly as impenetrable.
Hans_Heintz wrote:
How can someone state that an expression is too abstract? Why don't you just say you don't get it or that it doesn't do anything for you?
Go and see a Kandinsky expo and rate the works by over-abstractness if u dare..
Your comment is very abstract... I hope you be having a marvelous summer in the northern hemisphere, Hans_Heintz...
I did not know that Wassily Kandinsky is credited with painting the first purely abstract works... see how I concretely support my statement?
This music is groovy, but I just don't get the lyrics...
How can someone state that an expression is too abstract? Why don't you just say you don't get it or that it doesn't do anything for you?
Go and see a Kandinsky expo and rate the works by over-abstractness if u dare..
Your comment is very abstract... I hope you be having a marvelous summer in the northern hemisphere, Hans_Heintz...
I did not know that Wassily Kandinsky is credited with painting the first purely abstract works... see how I concretely support my statement?
This music is groovy, but I just don't get the lyrics...
Lazarus wrote:
Very nice sound in the music, but the lyrics are far too abstract, so any meaning to the song just fades away...
this is really the opposite of their song "The Point Of It", which has simple lyrics, but the words are good because of their clarity of meaning...
I will leave this song unrated... the good music and bad lyrics cancel each other out...
How can someone state that an expression is too abstract? Why don't you just say you don't get it or that it doesn't do anything for you?
Go and see a Kandinsky expo and rate the works by over-abstractness if u dare..
Very nice sound in the music, but the lyrics are far too abstract, so any meaning to the song just fades away...
this is really the opposite of their song "The Point Of It", which has simple lyrics, but the words are good because of their clarity of meaning...
I will leave this song unrated... the good music and bad lyrics cancel each other out...
How can someone state that an expression is too abstract? Why don't you just say you don't get it or that it doesn't do anything for you?
Go and see a Kandinsky expo and rate the works by over-abstractness if u dare..
Both beautiful and terribly heart breaking -
- there is someone they love very very deeply they cannot reach someone who is slipping away
- to me it speaks about Autism ...we peer in, whats inside is still unknown How can we care for you? How can we hold onto you? They analyze But no one knows Whats lost in your eyes Sending the message, it doesn't get to you ...
-- so bitter sweet
I hear the whispering Just out of view Still unknown whats inside of you Outside your window Neighbors peer in at you How can we care for you? How can we hold onto you?
Caught up in motion Swirling around Sometimes you're standing still On uneven ground Too many sirens, they keep you up at night Sit back and hold your ears (?) How will we hold back our tears?
I hear them whispering They analyze But no one knows Whats lost in your eyes Sending the message, it doesn't get to you How can we care for you? Slipping away Fade deep inside of you But how can we hold on to you?
- there is someone they love very very deeply they cannot reach someone who is slipping away
- to me it speaks about Autism ...we peer in, whats inside is still unknown How can we care for you? How can we hold onto you? They analyze But no one knows Whats lost in your eyes Sending the message, it doesn't get to you ...
-- so bitter sweet
I hear the whispering Just out of view Still unknown whats inside of you Outside your window Neighbors peer in at you How can we care for you? How can we hold onto you?
Caught up in motion Swirling around Sometimes you're standing still On uneven ground Too many sirens, they keep you up at night Sit back and hold your ears (?) How will we hold back our tears?
I hear them whispering They analyze But no one knows Whats lost in your eyes Sending the message, it doesn't get to you How can we care for you? Slipping away Fade deep inside of you But how can we hold on to you?
rdo wrote:
Indeed.
Yo la tengo is a band you should care about.
Indeed.
Dang, that music is good... this is a haunting melody... maybe I should give this cool song the big 10... hmmmm... yeah, this song is marvelous...
Very nice sound in the music, but the lyrics are far too abstract, so any meaning to the song just fades away...
this is really the opposite of their song "The Point Of It", which has simple lyrics, but the words are good because of their clarity of meaning...
I will leave this song unrated... the good music and bad lyrics cancel each other out...
As I grow older...wait...it's not my age. I just love music. I like the sweet sounds...they take me away from people that provide nothing but anger and pain in my life. This is a song I can sit with my daughters and smile. And think that everything will be all right...
natural_tools wrote:
What a beautiful sound.
It's like listening to a tree sway in the wind.
What a beautiful sound.
Yo la tengo is a band you should care about.
I tried to give Yo La Tengo a shot, but I find they're putting out the bare minimum of what constitutes a song. There's hardly enough there to experience, let alone get attached to and enjoy. It's like listening to a tree sway in the wind.
This is something I'd rather not hear again.