my version is better (sh.itjust.works)

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[-] gift_of_gab@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I always think of Metallica's Saint Anger:

🎶 Medallion noose, I hang myself

Saint Anger 'round my neck

I feel my world shake

Like an earthquake

Hard to see clear

Is it me? Is it fear?

I'm not even angry with you

🎶

Yet the real lyrics are:

I'm madly in anger with you

... sigh...

[-] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There's a break-up song on Chvrch's debut album called Tether. One line, frequently repeated, goes "I'm feeling capable of... seeing the end." A fine lyric, very breakup, much hopeful.

Except, I can't tell when listening that she isn't saying "I feel incapable of..." I don't know if it's intentional but I think the ambiguity really elevates the song from semi-empowering breakup song to powerfully-relatable song about the chaos of seeing a relationship end; simultaneously believing you can get through it while also having no idea how you'll ever get through it.

It's just fun wordplay too: feeling capable/feel incapable. Makes me want to use that structure more in my own writing.

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

That reminds me of Night Sky, which has "I will ne'er be free" but it sounds a lot like "I will now be free"

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know any misheard lyrics, because I refuse to believe the way I hear the lyrics isn't correct.

(Actually I used to have a list, but I'm old and I forgot it 😢)

[-] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

"It's too late to roll the dice" instead of "it's too late to apologize" sounds much more meaningful.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago

Ooh, I like this one! I thought it was, "it's too late to call the job" when I first heard it and was pretty unsure what he was going for...

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

He's sad because he was going to call in sick but waited too long.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago

Yes! Of course. I now have a whole music video of someone hideously hungover, driving to work singing this... Kind of like the "everybody hurts" video but like crazy shit is happening.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

So you're picturing me every morning back when I had to drive in to work. Got it.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ah, so you are a Bexar drunk? I'm further down i10 myself, not sure I could go through that interchange every day.

Edit: I am being too literal again, I think.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Harris. Also just off 10.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago

I do know her well! Hi neighbor! I hope you don't have to suffer the i10 610 interchange daily!

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Howdy neighbor!

Naw, I work remote, the HEB is walking distance, and if I'm on the motorcycle I'm headed the other way out of town. The only time I have to deal with it is when I'm playing a gig headed into town while everyone else is driving the other way.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago

Nice! I'm lucky to have a short commute as well: grew up spending 45 min on i10 into the sun each way going to school. Never again! City driving is awful. I miss going to Austin often. Love the back roads between here and there. Especially fun on a bike. What kind of music do you play?

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Sorry, I was drunk as hell up on 1960 and forgot we were having a conversation.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago

No problem. Have a good one!

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Just to answer the question, tonight I was with a hard rock band. We did our thing then got hammered again.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago

Nice! I'm going to guess you are a drummer. Second guess is bassist. I want to go to some good local shows, but I've been out of the scene so long I don't know what places are best anymore. Any recommendations?

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I like The Farm and BFE, but those are two completely different vibes. I miss Acadia so much. That was my favorite place to be but they closed down last year.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

So is shit in town just crap? I honestly wouldn't be surprised, but I was hoping there might be something closer in.

Both of those look pretty awesome, though. Thanks for the recommendations.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

There are some cool places closer in but I try to avoid heading that way. We played White Oak Music Hall recently and it's pretty neat. Fitzgerald's closed a few years back and that place was amazing. On the other side of town is House of Blues which is always a good time.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fitzgeralds was my place in the 90s. Motherfuckers paved "paradise" and put up a parking lot. It enrages me every time I see it. My friends used to play downstairs at Fitz all the time back then. Looking for that vibe: clearly I'm not a teenager anymore, but I love a good dive and a good show. Doesn't really matter the genre as long as the musicians are good and know how to put on a show. Austin was also great for this, emos and hole in the wall were great, and taco land in SA was amazing until it wasn't.

I mean, is there anything like that in town?? Or do I need to go out to spring because that's where people can afford to have a good time? It would not surprise me and I'd be happy to even if that's quite a drive for me. I'm just kind of lost because I'm trying to get back to what I love, but I've been so isolated I don't know anything anymore.

I mean, I know numbers is still around. That's good. But there's got to be something else where good music is happening.

Sorry, not meaning to dump. I really appreciate your recommendations.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I get it. We played Fitzgerald's a lot for the last few years before it closed. My buddy was sitting in the lighting booth watching the last show.

I don't think there's anything that's going to capture that vibe anymore. BFE is cool. Numbers, for whatever reason, was never really my scene. I've played there but I don't go out of my way to do it. Even The Farm isn't really what it used to be. I wish I could remember what the name of it was before because we played there a lot too. Wildcatters out in Katy is pretty cool on the right night. Brash has the arcade. Karbach usually has something cool going on (I've got a friend over there right now). But none of that is like what Fitzgerald's was back in the 00s (I was too young and hours away in the 90s, then I left for the military).

But you know what they say. You can never go home.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, it's so true! I've gotten close on bourbon street watching an amazing mostly cover band, but I never expect to find fitz again. But there's gotta be bands like that... Right? Or has it all been that fucked by the industry?

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's not like the old days, but you can still find high energy local acts out at places like BFE. Just keep an eye on their roster. I'll likely see you there someday!

[-] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Here's to you Mrs. Robinson; She's a slutty moron you should know.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

That could fit with the film.

[-] leeroy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Like a dog without a bone, like an actor OUT OF ROLE

For fuck's sake Jim, actor out on loan, pff! What had he been smoking?

[-] don@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago

🎶Wrapped up like a douche, another owner in the night🎶

🎶Hold me closer, Tony Danza🎶

[-] voytek709@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago

I always thought it was “another rumour in the night” 🥲

[-] don@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

the full line from the song is

Yeah, she/he was blinded by the light

Oh, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 0 points 3 weeks ago

What the hell do you mean "like a kiss from a rose on the gray!?"

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

No idea what song it is but what if it's intentional that it sounds so similar …

[-] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwdweif1YI0

Honestly there’s several weird pseudo-deep lyrics in that song so.. maybe. He does use graying to describe the tower at the start. I think it’s probably just happenstance and pronunciation tho.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 0 points 3 weeks ago

'Cause I'm in too deep
And I'm trying to keep
~~up above in my head~~
All the thoughts in my head
'stead of going under

[-] Lolseas@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Omfg. I bought All Killer No Filler the first week it was in stores. And I heard your interpretation ever since. Hot damn, thank you so much for chiming in. And fuck.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

To be clear "up above in my head" are the actual lyrics, but I only learned that fact a few weeks ago. I like my version better.

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