Violet Hill Lyrics - Page 7

SamH · 29-04-2008, 10:49 PM

I don't want be a soldier
With the captain of a sinking ship
Would stow, far below

Maybe...

I haven't read all of this thread so if someone has said it already i apologize, but that line comes from Bucket for a Crown!

guyy · 29-04-2008, 11:02 PM

"I don't want to be a soldier
With the captain of some sinking ship
With snow, far below"

I don't think so...SamH's version is a lot closer. I think it's this, which makes a lot more sense:

"I don't want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below"

I still can't get the line with "Unfolds" in it, though...oddly it sounds more like "Unfurled" to me.

"[But/Our] love's a [something] that unfurled"?

SamH · 29-04-2008, 11:09 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by guyy;2315005
"I don't want to be a soldier
With the captain of some sinking ship
With snow, far below"

I don't think so...SamH's version is a lot closer. I think it's this, which makes a lot more sense:

"I don't want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below"

That's exactly it!!

I don't want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below

FTW!

Puzzling · 29-04-2008, 11:17 PM

Hehe, this is fun. Seems like the puzzle is almost solved.

I now think I hear "pulled" or "appalled" in the much discussed line "bury me ...".

guyy · 29-04-2008, 11:22 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Puzzling;2315055
I now think I hear "pulled" or "appalled" in the much discussed line "bury me ...".

...I think you're right! Something like this? It sounds about right and it even makes sense, sort of:

"But loves are pulled, and unfurled"?

Fixed · 29-04-2008, 11:27 PM

I have no idea what I was epecting, but these lyrics aren't what I expected at all, they're just incredible. The images I'm getting in my head from them, stunning. Prospket commented on his lyrcis a while back, and I'm seeing what he meant now. I really can't wait to see what else Chris has come up with.

RunForTheHills · 29-04-2008, 11:28 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by alyssa;2314959
Yeah I was thinking "with snow" made no sense, but it doesnt' sound like anything else!

and yeah a love back home is wrong. I think something like:

"my love's last poem that unfolds"
"a love wrapped poem that unfolds"

all I know that "love" and "unfold" is in there somewhere...

I think you're pretty close there. An I've been hearing "that" before "unfold", too.

I reckon the full sentence is something like:

"and love's like poems, that unfold"

alyssa · 29-04-2008, 11:30 PM

so is this what we have so far?

was a long and dark december
from the rooftops i remember
there was snow
white snow

clearly i remember
from the windows they were watching
while we froze down below

when the future's architectured
by a carnival of idiots on show
you'd better lie low

if you love me
won't you let me know?

was a long and dark december
when the banks became cathedrals
and the fog became God

priests clutched onto bibles
hollowed out to fit their rifles
and the cross was held aloft

bury me in armor
when i'm dead and hit the ground
a love wrapped poem unfolds (highly debatable!)

if you love me
won't you let me know?

I don't want to be a soldier
who the captain of some sinking ship
with stow, far below

so if you love me
why'd you let me go?

i took my love down to violet hill
there we sat in snow
all that time she was silent still

so if you love me
won't you let me know?

if you love me,
won't you let me know?

Puzzling · 29-04-2008, 11:34 PM

I'm really struggling to hear the "m" if it's "poem(s)". Sounds like a "l" to me.

guyy: My mother tongue is not English, so I'm not 100% sure if it makes sense. But it sounds very close to me!

Gotta go to bed. Maybe the mystery is solved when I log back on tomorrow?

alyssa · 29-04-2008, 11:38 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Puzzling;2315089
I'm really struggling to hear the "m" if it's "poem(s)". Sounds like a "l" to me.

guyy: My mother tongue is not English, so I'm not 100% sure if it makes sense. But it sounds very close to me!

Gotta go to bed. Maybe the mystery is solved when I log back on tomorrow?

Yeah it sounds a bit like an "L" to me as well... but a pole that unfolds? a pull that unfolds? a pull that unfurls?

:/

guyy · 29-04-2008, 11:39 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zemy101;2315074
I think you're pretty close there. An I've been hearing "that" before "unfold", too.

I reckon the full sentence is something like:

"and love's like poems, that unfold"

I can't quite hear that...it sounds a lot more like "but" than "and" to me, and I'm hearing more of a hard "d" sound than a soft "s" sound right before the comma, which is why I still think that word isn't "poems." It sounds more like "pulled" or something.

Also..."poems that unfold"?

My current guess is this:

But loves are pulled, then unfurled

That one's still unclear, but I guess I should repeat this one, because it got missed and if this isn't right, I officially declare myself deaf:

I don't want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below

SamH · 29-04-2008, 11:40 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by alyssa;2315080
so is this what we have so far?

was a long and dark december
from the rooftops i remember
there was snow
white snow

clearly i remember
from the windows they were watching
while we froze down below

when the future's architectured
by a carnival of idiots on show
you'd better lie low

if you love me
won't you let me know?

was a long and dark december
when the banks became cathedrals
and the fog became God

priests clutched onto bibles
hollowed out to fit their rifles
and the cross was held aloft

bury me in armor
when i'm dead and hit the ground
a love wrapped poem unfolds (highly debatable!)

if you love me
won't you let me know?

I don't want to be a soldier
with the captain of some sinking ship
with stow, down below

so if you love me
why'd you let me go?

i took my love down to violet hill
there we sat in snow
all that time she was silent still

so if you love me
won't you let me know?

if you love me,
won't you let me know?

I don't want to be a soldier
with the captain of some sinking ship
with stow, down below

should be

I don't want to be a soldier
who the captain of some sinking ship
would stow, far below

Mimixxx · 29-04-2008, 11:40 PM

Does anyone remember the Zane Lowe show Chris and Simon Pegg did? Well a fan phoned in and asked Chris to name their band and Chris said "Carnival of Idiots"

[/random]

alyssa · 29-04-2008, 11:41 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by guyy;2315107
I can't quite hear that...it sounds a lot more like "but" than "and" to me, and I'm hearing more of a hard "d" sound than a soft "s" sound right before the comma, which is why I still think that word isn't "poems." It sounds more like "pulled" or something.

Also..."poems that unfold"?

That one's still unclear, but I guess I should repeat this one, because it got missed and if this isn't right, I officially declare myself deaf:

I don't want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below

that makes a lot more sense!

and the draft I posted earlier I made right after waking up and having two hours of sleep, so my senses weren't exactly in tune...

bluexylophone · 29-04-2008, 11:49 PM

i think i'm correct in thinking he sings "my love's"
seeing that the last two lines were also in the first person.

question is: what's his love like??

EDIT:
hmm.. sounds like the two words we're all stumped on each end with a "th" sound (as in teeth)
someone back me up on this. they are two words that rhyme possibly.
that 'th' sound is clear to me now.

29-04-2008, 11:09 PM	#93
SamH Coldplayer Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 179 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by guyy;2315005 "I don't want to be a soldier With the captain of some sinking ship With snow, far below" I don't think so...SamH's version is a lot closer. I think it's this, which makes a lot more sense: "I don't want to be a soldier Who the captain of some sinking ship Would stow, far below" That's exactly it!! I don't want to be a soldier Who the captain of some sinking ship Would stow, far below FTW!

29-04-2008, 11:17 PM	#94
Puzzling Too Cold To Handle Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 108 Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hehe, this is fun. Seems like the puzzle is almost solved. I now think I hear "pulled" or "appalled" in the much discussed line "bury me ...". __________________ ... but others are puzzles, puzzling me ...

29-04-2008, 11:22 PM	#95
guyy Might be a ghost Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 356 Location: The Universe Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Puzzling;2315055 I now think I hear "pulled" or "appalled" in the much discussed line "bury me ...". ...I think you're right! Something like this? It sounds about right and it even makes sense, sort of: "But loves are pulled, and unfurled"?

29-04-2008, 11:28 PM	#97
RunForTheHills ^-^ Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,333 My Mood: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 7 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by alyssa;2314959 Yeah I was thinking "with snow" made no sense, but it doesnt' sound like anything else! and yeah a love back home is wrong. I think something like: "my love's last poem that unfolds" "a love wrapped poem that unfolds" all I know that "love" and "unfold" is in there somewhere... I think you're pretty close there. An I've been hearing "that" before "unfold", too. I reckon the full sentence is something like: "and love's like poems, that unfold" __________________ SLLIHEHTROFNUR.

29-04-2008, 11:30 PM	#98
alyssa first on last off Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,165 Location: S. California Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	so is this what we have so far? was a long and dark december from the rooftops i remember there was snow white snow clearly i remember from the windows they were watching while we froze down below when the future's architectured by a carnival of idiots on show you'd better lie low if you love me won't you let me know? was a long and dark december when the banks became cathedrals and the fog became God priests clutched onto bibles hollowed out to fit their rifles and the cross was held aloft bury me in armor when i'm dead and hit the ground a love wrapped poem unfolds (highly debatable!) if you love me won't you let me know? I don't want to be a soldier who the captain of some sinking ship with stow, far below so if you love me why'd you let me go? i took my love down to violet hill there we sat in snow all that time she was silent still so if you love me won't you let me know? if you love me, won't you let me know? __________________

29-04-2008, 10:49 PM	#91
SamH Coldplayer Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 179 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I don't want be a soldier With the captain of a sinking ship Would stow, far below Maybe... I haven't read all of this thread so if someone has said it already i apologize, but that line comes from Bucket for a Crown!

29-04-2008, 11:02 PM	#92
guyy Might be a ghost Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 356 Location: The Universe Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	"I don't want to be a soldier With the captain of some sinking ship With snow, far below" I don't think so...SamH's version is a lot closer. I think it's this, which makes a lot more sense: "I don't want to be a soldier Who the captain of some sinking ship Would stow, far below" I still can't get the line with "Unfolds" in it, though...oddly it sounds more like "Unfurled" to me. "[But/Our] love's a [something] that unfurled"?

29-04-2008, 11:27 PM	#96
Fixed Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,147 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	I have no idea what I was epecting, but these lyrics aren't what I expected at all, they're just incredible. The images I'm getting in my head from them, stunning. Prospket commented on his lyrcis a while back, and I'm seeing what he meant now. I really can't wait to see what else Chris has come up with.

29-04-2008, 11:34 PM	#99
Puzzling Too Cold To Handle Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 108 Gender: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm really struggling to hear the "m" if it's "poem(s)". Sounds like a "l" to me. guyy: My mother tongue is not English, so I'm not 100% sure if it makes sense. But it sounds very close to me! Gotta go to bed. Maybe the mystery is solved when I log back on tomorrow? __________________ ... but others are puzzles, puzzling me ...

29-04-2008, 11:38 PM	#100
alyssa first on last off Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,165 Location: S. California Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Puzzling;2315089 I'm really struggling to hear the "m" if it's "poem(s)". Sounds like a "l" to me. guyy: My mother tongue is not English, so I'm not 100% sure if it makes sense. But it sounds very close to me! Gotta go to bed. Maybe the mystery is solved when I log back on tomorrow? Yeah it sounds a bit like an "L" to me as well... but a pole that unfolds? a pull that unfolds? a pull that unfurls? :/ __________________

29-04-2008, 11:39 PM	#101
guyy Might be a ghost Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 356 Location: The Universe Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Zemy101;2315074 I think you're pretty close there. An I've been hearing "that" before "unfold", too. I reckon the full sentence is something like: "and love's like poems, that unfold" I can't quite hear that...it sounds a lot more like "but" than "and" to me, and I'm hearing more of a hard "d" sound than a soft "s" sound right before the comma, which is why I still think that word isn't "poems." It sounds more like "pulled" or something. Also..."poems that unfold"? My current guess is this: But loves are pulled, then unfurled That one's still unclear, but I guess I should repeat this one, because it got missed and if this isn't right, I officially declare myself deaf: I don't want to be a soldier Who the captain of some sinking ship Would stow, far below

29-04-2008, 11:40 PM	#102
SamH Coldplayer Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 179 Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by alyssa;2315080 so is this what we have so far? was a long and dark december from the rooftops i remember there was snow white snow clearly i remember from the windows they were watching while we froze down below when the future's architectured by a carnival of idiots on show you'd better lie low if you love me won't you let me know? was a long and dark december when the banks became cathedrals and the fog became God priests clutched onto bibles hollowed out to fit their rifles and the cross was held aloft bury me in armor when i'm dead and hit the ground a love wrapped poem unfolds (highly debatable!) if you love me won't you let me know? I don't want to be a soldier with the captain of some sinking ship with stow, down below so if you love me why'd you let me go? i took my love down to violet hill there we sat in snow all that time she was silent still so if you love me won't you let me know? if you love me, won't you let me know? I don't want to be a soldier with the captain of some sinking ship with stow, down below should be I don't want to be a soldier who the captain of some sinking ship would stow, far below

29-04-2008, 11:40 PM	#103
Mimixxx If we could float away... Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42,489 My Mood: Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Does anyone remember the Zane Lowe show Chris and Simon Pegg did? Well a fan phoned in and asked Chris to name their band and Chris said "Carnival of Idiots" [/random] __________________ M

29-04-2008, 11:41 PM	#104
alyssa first on last off Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,165 Location: S. California Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by guyy;2315107 I can't quite hear that...it sounds a lot more like "but" than "and" to me, and I'm hearing more of a hard "d" sound than a soft "s" sound right before the comma, which is why I still think that word isn't "poems." It sounds more like "pulled" or something. Also..."poems that unfold"? That one's still unclear, but I guess I should repeat this one, because it got missed and if this isn't right, I officially declare myself deaf: I don't want to be a soldier Who the captain of some sinking ship Would stow, far below that makes a lot more sense! and the draft I posted earlier I made right after waking up and having two hours of sleep, so my senses weren't exactly in tune... __________________

29-04-2008, 11:49 PM	#105
bluexylophone nightclubbing Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 175 Location: nyc Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i think i'm correct in thinking he sings "my love's" seeing that the last two lines were also in the first person. question is: what's his love like?? EDIT: hmm.. sounds like the two words we're all stumped on each end with a "th" sound (as in teeth) someone back me up on this. they are two words that rhyme possibly. that 'th' sound is clear to me now.