Broken Bells — The High Road
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We're bound to wait all night,
She's bound to run amok,
Invested enough in it anyhow,
To each his own...
The garden needs sorting out,
She curled her lips on a bough,
And I don't know if you're dead or not,
If you're anyone...
Come on and get the minimum,
Before you open up your eyes,
This army has so many heads,
To analyze...
Come on and get your overdose,
Collect it at the borderline,
They want to get up in your head,
Cause they know and so do I,
The high road is hard to find,
A detour to your new life,
Tell all of your friends goodbye,
The dawn to end all nights,
That's all you hoped it was,
A break from the warfare in your house,
To each his own...
The soldier is bailing out,
He curled his lips on a barrel,
And I don't know if the dead can talk,
To anyone...
Come on and get the minimum,
Before you open up your eyes,
This army has so many heads,
Are you one of us?
Come on and get your overdose,
Collect it at the borderline,
They want to get up in your head,
Cause they know, and so do I,
The high road is hard to find,
A detour to your new life,
Tell all of your friends goodbye,
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide...
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide...
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide...
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide...
She's bound to run amok,
Invested enough in it anyhow,
To each his own...
The garden needs sorting out,
She curled her lips on a bough,
And I don't know if you're dead or not,
If you're anyone...
Come on and get the minimum,
Before you open up your eyes,
This army has so many heads,
To analyze...
Come on and get your overdose,
Collect it at the borderline,
They want to get up in your head,
Cause they know and so do I,
The high road is hard to find,
A detour to your new life,
Tell all of your friends goodbye,
The dawn to end all nights,
That's all you hoped it was,
A break from the warfare in your house,
To each his own...
The soldier is bailing out,
He curled his lips on a barrel,
And I don't know if the dead can talk,
To anyone...
Come on and get the minimum,
Before you open up your eyes,
This army has so many heads,
Are you one of us?
Come on and get your overdose,
Collect it at the borderline,
They want to get up in your head,
Cause they know, and so do I,
The high road is hard to find,
A detour to your new life,
Tell all of your friends goodbye,
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide...
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide...
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide...
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide...
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waynemcnee8 wrote:
My now wife and I listened to Broken Bells when we first met. It was her music - I have learned to love it. As you do when you are in love. Sorry to hear about your loss.
coloradojohn wrote:
How the vagaries of existence toy with us! By the time this was getting hot on RP, I was getting tangled up with an incredibly vivacious but ultimately unstable gal down in Denver, and we couldn't get enough of it. The ending of the song really slays me now, just as the end of our time together did... Love and loss, like gravity, are inescapable. But, I maintain, like the projections of Divine Light that we are, we must keep on dancing!
I don't think people should allow their cats to walk over the synthesiser keyboard and call it the intro to a song 
The chorus "Its too late to change your mind". It sounds exactly like an old popular song but I cant pinpoint. Anyone know?
kbs wrote:
It sounds similar but it's a different chord progression.
'Love is all around me' at the end
It sounds similar but it's a different chord progression.
Jim__Sheila wrote:
Here is the song this lyric at the end reminds me of:
The Troggs- Love is all around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbe26g6jPjA
"It's too late to change your mind..."
It's not the lyric but the sound and the tempo that seem similar to me.
Not sure I recognize a similarity, but "Love Is All Around" is hands-down the best Troggs song. It has some similarity to the chords of "Wild Thing" but stands above it musically and emotionally (though both songs are 10s for me, for different reasons).
Here is the song this lyric at the end reminds me of:
The Troggs- Love is all around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbe26g6jPjA
"It's too late to change your mind..."
It's not the lyric but the sound and the tempo that seem similar to me.
Not sure I recognize a similarity, but "Love Is All Around" is hands-down the best Troggs song. It has some similarity to the chords of "Wild Thing" but stands above it musically and emotionally (though both songs are 10s for me, for different reasons).
Jim__Sheila wrote:
Here is the song this lyric at the end reminds me of:
The Troggs- Love is all around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbe26g6jPjA
"It's too late to change your mind..."
It's not the lyric but the sound and the tempo that seem similar to me.
I hear it too.
Here is the song this lyric at the end reminds me of:
The Troggs- Love is all around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbe26g6jPjA
"It's too late to change your mind..."
It's not the lyric but the sound and the tempo that seem similar to me.
I hear it too.
kbs wrote:
Hey! that's "Christmas is all around us."
'Love is all around me' at the end
Hey! that's "Christmas is all around us."
'Love is all around me' at the end
Absolutely outstanding! 
TerryS wrote:
Don't you find the hole rather small?
Zing!
Don't you find the hole rather small?
Zing!
Would've sworn this was The Shins. Oh wait... 
How the vagaries of existence toy with us! By the time this was getting hot on RP, I was getting tangled up with an incredibly vivacious but ultimately unstable gal down in Denver, and we couldn't get enough of it. The ending of the song really slays me now, just as the end of our time together did... Love and loss, like gravity, are inescapable. But, I maintain, like the projections of Divine Light that we are, we must keep on dancing!
BeanCrusher wrote:
This is the effect of music being timeless - not the more figurative sense of "..a box set of 50 timeless classics!", but in the more literal sense of sounding plausibly current years after being produced.
Not all great music is timeless, and not all timeless music is great; though timeless pieces are usually quite good.
A fine example of timelessness is Nick Drake's canon. Play that for someone who has not heard it previously, and who would guess that it is 50 years old?
How can this song be 11 years old already?
This is the effect of music being timeless - not the more figurative sense of "..a box set of 50 timeless classics!", but in the more literal sense of sounding plausibly current years after being produced.
Not all great music is timeless, and not all timeless music is great; though timeless pieces are usually quite good.
A fine example of timelessness is Nick Drake's canon. Play that for someone who has not heard it previously, and who would guess that it is 50 years old?
The production quality on this album is crazy good.
How can this song be 11 years old already?
Puurrrrrfect..cheers
TerryS wrote:
Don't you find the hole rather small?
This comment made my day.
Don't you find the hole rather small?
This comment made my day.
the beginning of this song is my ringtone...
I usually dont mind this song playing in the background, but today, PSD
Love this song. The video is brilliant, too.
Ho-hum - kinda boring....percussion sounds like a 7th grade band member
My 7th grade son plays percussion in the school band. He can't play this.
My 7th grade son plays percussion in the school band. He can't play this.
Dreaming to endless...
Love this song
This is a GREAT album - not a song on it that I don't love.
Biscobret wrote:
Don't you find the hole rather small?
God i fucking love this disc!
Don't you find the hole rather small?
Yawn...PSD>>
rdo wrote:
Wasn't that a Lionel Ritchie song?
I AM DANCING........IN MY UNDERWEAR......
Wasn't that a Lionel Ritchie song?
Does anyone know if M. Ward sings harmony on this track?
I've never noticed it before, but I swear I hear his voice near the end of the song.
I've never noticed it before, but I swear I hear his voice near the end of the song.
It's that one sour note in the chorus that prevents me from really liking this song.
Hated the LP at first but like many of the great ones it has become one of my favorites of the last few years.
So very glad they have released a second & hope for more to come.
Thank you Rp for keeping my love for music alive & wanting to seek further into corners I have not yet traveled.
So very glad they have released a second & hope for more to come.
Thank you Rp for keeping my love for music alive & wanting to seek further into corners I have not yet traveled.
DANCING AT MY DESK! 
Cause they know, and so do I
The high road is hard to find
A detour in your new life
Tell all of your friends goodbye
Cause they know, and so do I
The high road is hard to find
A detour in your new life
Tell all of your friends goodbye
unclehud wrote:
PSD -- PSD -- PSD !!!!
made me laugh out loud...a lot.
PSD -- PSD -- PSD !!!!
made me laugh out loud...a lot.
rdo wrote:
PSD -- PSD -- PSD !!!!
I AM DANCING........IN MY UNDERWEAR......
PSD -- PSD -- PSD !!!!
Fantastic Album 
annoying. should be used as muzak in shopping malls, and NOT here!
I get so happy when I hear the beginning of this song.....brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrinnnnggggggg........
hey, it's my ringtone!
Seems like yesterday when this was released. Still sounding brilliant.
I AM DANCING........IN MY UNDERWEAR......
Ho-hum - kinda boring....percussion sounds like a 7th grade band member
jnesser wrote:
PSD button brought me here!
Love the PSD button during songs like this.
PSD button brought me here!
YOU certainly nailed it....THANKS ! Jim__Sheila wrote:
Here is the song this lyric at the end reminds me of:
The Troggs- Love is all around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbe26g6jPjA
"It's too late to change your mind..."
It's not the lyric but the sound and the tempo that seem similar to me.
Here is the song this lyric at the end reminds me of:
The Troggs- Love is all around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbe26g6jPjA
"It's too late to change your mind..."
It's not the lyric but the sound and the tempo that seem similar to me.
Love the PSD button during songs like this.
fredriley wrote:
He hires Bouncy Castles in Yorkshire. This is a tribute song. Apparently.
https://www.deano-s.co.uk
Ok, I give in: who's Deano?
He hires Bouncy Castles in Yorkshire. This is a tribute song. Apparently.
https://www.deano-s.co.uk
"Come on and get your rub-a-dub"??
I hear Supertramp and James in here. All good.
Definitely has a Band of Horses sound in the chorus.
Ok, I give in: who's Deano?
LOVELY!
mistabird wrote:
paßt gerade , gefällt mir, noch nicht gehört
FreiE Republic - not "frei Republic"
Guess you are American!
Allgäu is beautiful indeed - possibly one of the most beautiful places on the planet*!
SERIOUSLY!
* Aside from ANJUNA BEACH/GOA, of course!
The song is nice, but I find the album to be rather weak!
God i fucking love this disc!
I'm chilling and this is sounding good.
Everbody in the hotel room next door love this song!
...apparently.
...apparently.
Much to my disappointment this CD is better than the most recent Shins-album.
Awwww yeah, this is seriously good.
paßt gerade , gefällt mir, noch nicht gehört
I just picked up this CD and was very impressed. It plays very well all the way through.
Do I hear some Moog in there? Today's Google Doodle is the Moog Synth. :-)
First time hearing. I like.
LOVE IT = 8-9
Musicmucous! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... wake me up with some actual singing and playing, Mr. Music!
This song always makes me turn up the radio!
good stuff
This does get a lot of play. But I never seem to get tired of it. 
whomhow wrote:
the same thing for me
never heard it and it's easily an 8
the same thing for me
never heard it and it's easily an 8
ERERER wrote:
the same thing for me
I was liking this for a long time, but it's overplayed, in my opinion.
the same thing for me
Good stuff. This has been stuck in my head for a couple of days now. 
Supertramp, is that you? Sounds "logical" to me...
I was liking this for a long time, but it's overplayed, in my opinion.
sirdroseph wrote:
https://www.batanga.com/en/artists/frank-sinatra
Stop it, just stop it! Time to refresh the playlist!
https://www.batanga.com/en/artists/frank-sinatra
This is one of those songs that grabbed me in a very visceral way from the very start.
I was working as an intern in an office that had background tunes playing all the time throughout the shared spaces. Every now and then this song would waft my way and I'd stop and TRY to hear some of the lyrics so I could look it up later to find out who the band was! Frustrating...since I could never just stand around and not look busy for enough time to hear anything clearly.
Finally one day I heard it and the radio station identified it! Bought it on iTunes when I got home that day.
Great song!
I was working as an intern in an office that had background tunes playing all the time throughout the shared spaces. Every now and then this song would waft my way and I'd stop and TRY to hear some of the lyrics so I could look it up later to find out who the band was! Frustrating...since I could never just stand around and not look busy for enough time to hear anything clearly.
Finally one day I heard it and the radio station identified it! Bought it on iTunes when I got home that day.
Great song!
Really digging the eclectic instrumentation.
Limpopoking wrote:
The entire internet available to you with it's myriad of radio stations and you should choose to whack your head against a wall!... curiouser and curiouser
During work hours, this is the only radio station that I can listen to which makes it even more frustrating. (works firewall). Believe me, I would be listening to WUSC if I could and there would be no whacking my head against the wall I assure you. Not very curious after all.
The entire internet available to you with it's myriad of radio stations and you should choose to whack your head against a wall!... curiouser and curiouser
During work hours, this is the only radio station that I can listen to which makes it even more frustrating. (works firewall). Believe me, I would be listening to WUSC if I could and there would be no whacking my head against the wall I assure you. Not very curious after all.
Sasha2001 wrote:
Hmmm. I hope not. While I like this song and album and dig the stylistic departure for Mercer, I think Shins music is much more interesting unique. I hope they put out another album.
Agree 100% – this album is interesting and pleasant, but doesn't replace the Shins in any way. I hope he releases more music in the Shins vein.
Hmmm. I hope not. While I like this song and album and dig the stylistic departure for Mercer, I think Shins music is much more interesting unique. I hope they put out another album.
Agree 100% – this album is interesting and pleasant, but doesn't replace the Shins in any way. I hope he releases more music in the Shins vein.
Limpopoking wrote:
The entire internet available to you with it's myriad of radio stations and you should choose to whack your head against a wall!... curiouser and curiouser
well it's a free country...
if this individual PREFERS to whack their head against the wall...
The entire internet available to you with it's myriad of radio stations and you should choose to whack your head against a wall!... curiouser and curiouser
well it's a free country...
if this individual PREFERS to whack their head against the wall...
Good song.
sirdroseph wrote:
The entire internet available to you with it's myriad of radio stations and you should choose to whack your head against a wall!... curiouser and curiouser
Stop it, just stop it! Time to refresh the playlist!
The entire internet available to you with it's myriad of radio stations and you should choose to whack your head against a wall!... curiouser and curiouser
Stop it, just stop it! Time to refresh the playlist!
Loving the tracklist so far.
Hit the road jack, sea legs, sparrow and wolf and now this! Go RP!
Hit the road jack, sea legs, sparrow and wolf and now this! Go RP!
Alright, alright enough already!
Rockit wrote:
Hmmm. I hope not. While I like this song and album and dig the stylistic departure for Mercer, I think Shins music is much more interesting unique. I hope they put out another album.
Evolution of The Shins! Nice!
Hmmm. I hope not. While I like this song and album and dig the stylistic departure for Mercer, I think Shins music is much more interesting unique. I hope they put out another album.
sirdroseph wrote:
Agree. On a couple long road trips recently, I've listened to SirusXM "The Spectrum" channel, which is their closest program to RP. I could count on hearing this at least twice a day! (And everything else, too—their playlist is much smaller and less diverse than RP's, but much overlap.)
You know I used to like this song, but it is not one to be heard every other day!
Agree. On a couple long road trips recently, I've listened to SirusXM "The Spectrum" channel, which is their closest program to RP. I could count on hearing this at least twice a day! (And everything else, too—their playlist is much smaller and less diverse than RP's, but much overlap.)
You know I used to like this song, but it is not one to be heard every other day!
Ah Ha! Finally caught the name of this one. Kept hearing it at the Starbucks. Love the video game sound effects. Reminds me of Crystal Castles
Evolution of The Shins! Nice!
This song still sounds soooooooo great!
Really digging this song. Great groove!
I will always associate this song with a fantastic ocean getaway at Gulf Shores, Alabama.....where I first heard it on WZEW (Mobile).
the synth riff is cool...
very Telstar 
If I were a more talented singer and Brian Burton came to me with a collaboration proposal, I'd jump on it like a duck on a June-bug! He seems to have a musical Midas touch.
Broken Bells makes me happy.
Ahhh!!!!
Good song... never heard of them before. Thanks
I love this - it's just great
Jim__Sheila wrote:
Here is the song this lyric at the end reminds me of:
The Troggs- Love is all around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbe26g6jPjA
"It's too late to change your mind..."
It's not the lyric but the sound and the tempo that seem similar to me.
THAT'S IT! Thanks, Jim.
Here is the song this lyric at the end reminds me of:
The Troggs- Love is all around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbe26g6jPjA
"It's too late to change your mind..."
It's not the lyric but the sound and the tempo that seem similar to me.
THAT'S IT! Thanks, Jim.
Great. Rare to her James Mercer sing in his lower range. The whle album is really good. Not sure if every song is radio quality on its own, but as a whole it's excellent.
-J
-J
great comment! me too, but I wish I had said it like this
poetista wrote:
poetista wrote:
It also reminds me of that Edie Brickell song about god smiling like a dog or something.
this entire CD is outside my norm...it's very produced, very clean
but I can't quit listening to it...another, among many, RP breakthrough find...my itunes bill is getting out of control
but I can't quit listening to it...another, among many, RP breakthrough find...my itunes bill is getting out of control
Tom Cochrane and Red Rider meets Air.
I'm picturing the choreoghraphy that would go along with this song!!! :)
Geecheeboy wrote:
Here is the song this lyric at the end reminds me of:
The Troggs- Love is all around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbe26g6jPjA
"It's too late to change your mind..."
It's not the lyric but the sound and the tempo that seem similar to me.
Bill, help us out. Surely YOU know. What is the 60's song at the end of this?
Here is the song this lyric at the end reminds me of:
The Troggs- Love is all around
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbe26g6jPjA
"It's too late to change your mind..."
It's not the lyric but the sound and the tempo that seem similar to me.
Nice!
poetista wrote:
oh yeah!! that one too!
It also reminds me of that Edie Brickell song about god smiling like a dog or something.
oh yeah!! that one too!
annie_fannie wrote:
I don't know why but I'm always slightly reminded of Everlast's 'What It's Like" whenever I hear this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPoEA43cqKc. Maybe it's a little bit of a stretch....
listen to TV on the Radio's Will Do some time and see if that one reminds you of that same Everlast song...
I don't know why but I'm always slightly reminded of Everlast's 'What It's Like" whenever I hear this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPoEA43cqKc. Maybe it's a little bit of a stretch....
listen to TV on the Radio's Will Do some time and see if that one reminds you of that same Everlast song...
It also reminds me of that Edie Brickell song about god smiling like a dog or something.
Geecheeboy wrote:
Well, there's a Foghat song called "It's Too Late" which contains that phrase, repeated several times. I don't know the song and I bet that's not what you're thinking of, but who knows? It IS a ballad. You can listen here for yourself...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXnzb3426sk
Bill, help us out. Surely YOU know. What is the 60's song at the end of this?
Well, there's a Foghat song called "It's Too Late" which contains that phrase, repeated several times. I don't know the song and I bet that's not what you're thinking of, but who knows? It IS a ballad. You can listen here for yourself...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXnzb3426sk
Bill, help us out. Surely YOU know. What is the 60's song at the end of this?
This reminds me of a Jack White song for some reason.
Darlington wrote:
What he said!
What they said!
What he said!
What they said!
annie_fannie wrote:
I don't know why but I'm always slightly reminded of Everlast's 'What It's Like" whenever I hear this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPoEA43cqKc. Maybe it's a little bit of a stretch....
Yep, I hear it!
I don't know why but I'm always slightly reminded of Everlast's 'What It's Like" whenever I hear this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPoEA43cqKc. Maybe it's a little bit of a stretch....
Yep, I hear it!
it is driving me crazy too....let me know when you get it..I keep thinking it is a 60s band called The Flying Machine, but I'm uncertain.. Geecheeboy wrote:
It's driving me crazy too, and I have done YouTube searches. I know that last little bit is from a late 1960's song, but I can't place it. It preceeds Foghat, I am pretty certain.
1wolfy wrote:
I don't know why but I'm always slightly reminded of Everlast's 'What It's Like" whenever I hear this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPoEA43cqKc. Maybe it's a little bit of a stretch....
I'm totally hearing it too, but I can't place it... WonderLizard wrote:
Somebody help. I think I recognize the phrase "it's too late to change your mind" both the melody and lyric from some old pop/rock song, but I can't place it. Anybody know?
I don't know why but I'm always slightly reminded of Everlast's 'What It's Like" whenever I hear this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPoEA43cqKc. Maybe it's a little bit of a stretch....
I like this song, but the backup vocalists are annoyingly flat during the refrain. I would've done another take or performed some studio trickery to fix that.
I'm totally hearing it too, but I can't place it... WonderLizard wrote:
Somebody help. I think I recognize the phrase "it's too late to change your mind" both the melody and lyric from some old pop/rock song, but I can't place it. Anybody know?
For me, this song was mildly annoying at first but it has grown on me well enough!
tutakea wrote:
you got to be kidding me! Right?
nearly perfect disaster. one of the few really awful songs played here
you got to be kidding me! Right?
Close to what is considered a perfect pop song!
FlatCat wrote:
The instrumentals sound like a 1980's video game.
Yes, 8-bit audio drive ))