Red Skies Disappear

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robertzombie
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What's the lyrics for the bit of the song that all the lyric sites get wrong?

Out of my hands
Something's calling
Catch my crying
Calling your name
Marian
Do no more than
Watch you try and understand me
Well i've found
It worth the standing
All around me
All around me
Marian
Take my hand
Lay beside me on the burning sand

Marian
Only you can
Say the words i need to hear
Marian
Only you can
Make these red skies disappear

Marian
Can you hear me calling?
Touch me now
In my hour of need
Speak to me softly
Lay down beside me
Marian
I think you know
I need you near me
Don't try to understand
The sun is falling
Burning sand
Can you hear me calling?
Marian
Marian
I think you know
I need you near me
That bit. It sounds to me like he's saying "draw 'nother breath"
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Anyone know what the correct lyrics are?
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This is what I hear, with my changes in bold and comments in brackets.
Wow, I'd forgotten what a pisspoor recording it was!


Out of my hands
Something's falling
Catch my crying
Calling your name
Marian
Do no more than
Watch and try to understand
All i've found
Is worth the standing
All around me
All around me
Marian
Take my hand
Lay beside me on the burning sand [Due to Waynes poor enunciation combined with the atrocious recording 'sand' sounds more like 'bed'. It's sand though obviously, to rhyme with hand.]

Marian
Only you can
Say the words i need to hear
Marian
Only you can
Make these red skies disappear

Marian
Can you hear me calling?
Touch me now
In my hour of need
Speak to me softly
Lay down beside me
Well Marian
[I'm ready you need] [written phonetically, which must be wrong. There's definitely a 'nee' sound though.]
Draw 'nother breath
Dry [something] tears [something]
Don't try to understand
The sun is falling
Burning sand
Can you hear me calling?
Marian
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Out of my hands
Something's falling
Catch me crying
Calling your name
Marian
Do no more than
Watch and try and understand
All I've found
Is worth the sand that is?
All around me
All around me
Marian
Take my hand
Lay beside me on the burning sand

Marian
Only you can
Say the words i need to hear
Marian
Only you can
Make these red skies disappear

Marian
Can't you hear me calling?
Come to me now
In my hour of need
Speak to me softly
Lay down beside me
Well Marian
I'm begging you please
Draw another breath
Drag me to the left?
Don't try and understand
The sun is falling
Into the burning sand
Can't you hear me calling?
Marian
Last edited by mugabe on 04 Apr 2006, 20:52, edited 1 time in total.
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Dan wrote:[Due to Waynes poor enunciation combined with the atrocious recording 'sand' sounds more like 'bed'. It's sand though obviously, to rhyme with hand.]
Maybe Wayne has poor enunciation, but it's Gary singing.
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you need

yearning, maybe?
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"Draw 'nother breath, yearning for you near, don't try to understand..."

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My final version:

Out of my hands
Something's falling
Catch me crying
Calling your name
Marian
Do no more than
Watch and try and understand
All I've found
Is worth the sand that is
All around me
All around
Marian
Take my hand
Lay beside me on the burning sand

Marian
Only you can
Say the words i need to hear
Marian
Only you can
Make these red skies disappear

Marian
Can't you hear me calling?
Come to me now
In my hour of need
Speak to me softly
Lay down beside me
Well Marian
I'm begging you please
Draw another breath
For I need to live
Don't try and understand
The sun is falling
Into the burning sand
Can't you hear me calling?
Marian
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Dark wrote:Maybe Wayne has poor enunciation, but it's Gary singing.
Woops! :oops:
I was reading the Wayne stuff on dominion at the same time, got a bit cross-threaded.
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Dan wrote:
Dark wrote:Maybe Wayne has poor enunciation, but it's Gary singing.
Woops! :oops:
I was reading the Wayne stuff on dominion at the same time, got a bit cross-threaded.
No worries, if it wasn't for the fact that Gary actually talks to us (via Quiffy of course) we wouldn't even be sure it was a real demo. ;)
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BTW, were Marx and Eldritch both writing odes to a "Marian" at the time?

BTW2, the "For I need to live" line is correct. Give it a listen.
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Oh Marian
I'm begging you please
dry these tears you've left
Don't try and understand
The sun is falling on the burning sand
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Out of my hands
Something's falling
Catch me crying
Calling your name
Marian
Do no more than
Watch and try and understand
All I've planned
A worthless vantage
All around it
All around
Marian
Take my hand
Lay beside me on the burning sand

Marian
Only you can
Say the words I need to hear
Marian
Only you can
Make these red skies disappear

Marian
Can you hear me calling?
Come to me now
In my hour of need
Speak to me softly
Lay down beside me
Oh Marian
I'm begging you please
Draw another breath
For I need you to live
Don't try and understand
The sun is falling
In the burning sand
Can you hear me calling?
Marian
Any more of that and we'll be round your front door with the quick-setting whitewash and the shaved monkey.
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Thank you stufarq ... I think this version is right, corrected the slightly differing lyrics in the Wiki ...
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Updated my site with this information as well :)
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To be honest, I'm not 100% sure about "A worthless vantage" but it sounds close.
Any more of that and we'll be round your front door with the quick-setting whitewash and the shaved monkey.
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