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The Airborne Toxic Event — All I Ever Wanted
Album: All At Once
Avg rating:
6.8

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Total ratings: 699









Released: 2011
Length: 4:10
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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I can only say these things to you while you're sleeping
I hear the hum from the wires, the sounds of the morning creeping
I lie awake and pretend you can hear me

You tell me that you're scared that you're turning into your mother
I feel myself turning into my father
We could lie to each other like they do and say we're so happy
It's easy when you're young and you still want it so badly

And I feel my heart pounding
And I think I might scream...

I can tell you that you're all I've ever wanted, dear
I can utter every word you've ever hoped to hear
I shudder when I think that I might not be here forever, forever, forever

In the night you whisper like a ghost and you look so shaken
You're so quiet and small and you tell me you want to be taken
I just never think of you as the kind of girl who would say that
And you suddenly seem like some faceless thing in my grasp

Your eyes alight, your face aglow
It's the face of someone I don't know

I can tell that you're all I've ever wanted, dear
I can utter every word you've ever hoped to hear
I shudder when I think I might not be here forever, forever, forever

And all I can think is that it must be a kind of rebellion
To arm your fears like soldiers and slay them

I can tell that you're all I've ever wanted, dear
Through the din while you're breathing, while you're sleeping here
You wake and you ask me if I'm gonna be here forever, forever, forever

Your face so twisted and your eyes alight
I want to tell you I can change you when you cry at night
But I'd be lying
Love is defying
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Definitely +1 for a cool band name.
Posted 9 months ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]
 joko63808 wrote:

Lame. Has no substance. No hook.



Agreed. Kept waiting for this track to wake up and it never does. 
Posted 11 months ago by acbauer    [ Reply ]
Lame. Has no substance. No hook.
Posted 1 year ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
Like the use of the strings 
Posted 1 year ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
Said it before but you should really, really read Mikel Jollet's auto biography Hollywood Park.   It explains so much about the music.  Better yet, listen to the audio book where the music from Hollywood Park album is incorporated.
Posted 2 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
 toomanyollys wrote:

See where you're coming from, but these guys don't have the great harmonies that Republic Tigers do, and (based on their stuff here on RP) only write miserable songs. For me it's gone past dramatic to melodramatic...
 

Yes, primarily angst and melodrama. Still really good.
Posted 4 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
meh filler.
Posted 11 years ago by Nuance    [ Reply ]
Digging it. Different. Passionate. No slacker poppers here. 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
The tight vocals and driving beat remind me a lot of Republic Tigers. Which is a good thing. 8 from the Nottingham jury.
 
See where you're coming from, but these guys don't have the great harmonies that Republic Tigers do, and (based on their stuff here on RP) only write miserable songs. For me it's gone past dramatic to melodramatic...
Posted 12 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
 80poundsOfFury wrote:
this song just drips "drama".

it's killing me.
 
 
yes, it fits nicely with your username. . . 

:D 
Posted 12 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Considering how difficult it must be to come up with an original band name these days, these guys have pulled one out brilliantly, imho. Like the song.. echos of Moody Blues in there...
Posted 12 years ago by mediamarv    [ Reply ]
The tight vocals and driving beat remind me a lot of Republic Tigers. Which is a good thing. 8 from the Nottingham jury.
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
A let down after their first single. That one about after midnight.

Posted 12 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
They're only making plans for Nigel.
Posted 12 years ago by CWKeeney    [ Reply ]
Giving a bump of this cut's previous 7 to an 8. It's an almost-on-my-pod tune. The band, tho, might have chosen another name. 
Posted 13 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Impressive! {#Music} Digging the production behind it all, and most of all I like a musician that can write a cold ending! {#Cheers}
Posted 13 years ago by pdjpirate    [ Reply ]
this song just drips "drama".

it's killing me.
 
Posted 13 years ago by 80poundsOfFury    [ Reply ]
Hmm, a lot of music thrown at you. I don't expect subtlety from this band, but still not sure if I like it. Will refrain from rating for now.
Posted 13 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
Well, I liked it. 
Posted 13 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Don't like the delivery.  Almost sounds like a song from a play or made for TV movie or something.
Posted 13 years ago by abbey_normal    [ Reply ]
Horribly annoying. Totally disolved all the goodness I was feeling from the preceding Bonobo song.

Posted 13 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
Loved the last album, but this one just doesn't do it for me.
Posted 13 years ago by membeth    [ Reply ]
Hate it
Posted 13 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
 hcaudill wrote:
Is their name a DeLillo reference?
 
Yes, I believe it is.

Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]

Will see them live in a couple of days in Berlin.

Looking forward to it - have seen them before when they were touring in support of their first album.


Posted 13 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
Very good vibes. {#Dance}
Posted 13 years ago by otaznick    [ Reply ]
Is their name a DeLillo reference?
Posted 13 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
Ear therapy
Posted 13 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
Hey, I can't blame the National for not wanting to be on Gossip Girl.

blotto wrote:
This is what the National would sound like if they were any good.



Posted 13 years ago by to_the_eleven    [ Reply ]
 blotto wrote:
This is what the National would sound like if they were any good.
 
Don't really see the similarity. Decent song, though I definitely prefer The National.

Posted 13 years ago by jpdribbler    [ Reply ]
I like the sound of the previous album better.
Posted 13 years ago by membeth    [ Reply ]
This is what the National would sound like if they were any good.
Posted 13 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Awesome!  {#Jump}
Posted 13 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
Could be worse...
Posted 13 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
bananasUnleash the hyper bananas!

Posted 13 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
It has my attention...like it
Posted 13 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]