Arms

7anthea7 · 06 Mar 2009, 02:53

stufarq wrote:
Johnny Rev 7.0 wrote:I've therefore come to the conclusion that the lyrics are only half-written
The fact that he's singing slightly different lyrics in each recording might mean that that's a serious possibility.

Anybody recall Crash And Burn? Just as a (semi)recent example...

6FeetOver · 06 Mar 2009, 05:47

weebleswobble wrote:surely its
Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight
It must have been something you said
I just died in your arms tonight

6FeetOver · 06 Mar 2009, 07:18

Live your life in a parallax
Live your life through a lens
Live your life in a Range Rover
Or a Mercedes-Benz

All senses steal away, yeah
Throw a key and call her someday

Come feel the arms around you
Come feel the arms around
Come feel the arms around you
All there is to feel is fear, come feel

Throw away the underclasses
Throw your love on the lawn
Everybody got locked and loaded
With the hammer drawn

Throw senseless steel away, yeah
Throw a key and call her someday

Come feel the arms around you
Come feel the arms around
Come feel the arms around you
All there is to feel is fear, come feel

euphoria · 06 Mar 2009, 09:54

SINsister wrote: Live your life in a Range Rover
Or a Mercedes-Benz

You may be right, but I hope not. Not Eldritch...please.

Don't know if DocSommer's latest video helps?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sroxlvwptk0&fmt=22

mugabe · 06 Mar 2009, 10:51

euphoria wrote:Don't know if DocSommer's latest video helps?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sroxlvwptk0&fmt=22

Not a lot, I believe. It resolved that be/feel-second line thing, however. Didn't clear up the frog thing either. Flush? Blush? Bluch? Flausch? Flowersch?

Nice piece of work, anyway. Good going, Doc!

Arms (comprehensive)

Live your life in a/ parallax
Live a/your life through the lens
Live your life in a (Reed/Wraith Roman)/(Range Rover)
(For/or the)/Former [mercy (is men's)/dispense]/[Mercedes-Benz]

All (senses steal/stale)/(senseless steel) away/awake
Throw keen/keep/(a/ key) and call her (some day)/Sunday

(I'm gonna)/Come/(Go and) feel the arms around you
I'm gonna feel the arms around
I'm gonna be the arms around you
All there is to feel is fear, come feel

Throw away the underclasses
For/Throw your love [under/(and the) law]/[on the lawn]
Everybody got locked and loaded
With the hammer drawn

(Those senses steal/stale)/(Throw senseless steel) away
Throw keen/keep/(a/ key) and call her (some day)/Sunday

(I'm gonna)/Come/(Go and) feel the arms around you
I'm gonna feel the arms around
I'm gonna be the arms around you
All there is to feel is fear, come feel
...

Dr. Moody · 06 Mar 2009, 13:42

Throw your love on the lawn

Moakahontas · 06 Mar 2009, 14:34

Maybe it wouldnÂ´t help that much with the lyrics..but..well..very good stuff! Thank you for that, doc!

DocSommer · 06 Mar 2009, 14:41

well, thank you guys for figuring out the lyrics

6FeetOver · 06 Mar 2009, 16:27

euphoria wrote:
SINsister wrote: Live your life in a Range Rover
Or a Mercedes-Benz
You may be right, but I hope not. Not Eldritch...please.

Why, exactly? Mental images of warlords, weapons dealers, and dictators hiding behind bulletproof glass amidst lawless chaos spring immediately to mind...

euphoria wrote:Don't know if DocSommer's latest video helps?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sroxlvwptk0&fmt=22

Erm...well, quite. I only watched it about...mmmm...20 times?

euphoria · 06 Mar 2009, 20:00

SINsister wrote: Why, exactly? Mental images of warlords, weapons dealers, and dictators hiding behind bulletproof glass amidst lawless chaos spring immediately to mind...

Ok, I'll trust you on that one then

Range Rover...oh dear.

eastmidswhizzkid · 06 Mar 2009, 20:51

isn't it about drugs then?

stufarq · 06 Mar 2009, 21:34

Dr. Moody wrote:Throw your love on the lawn

To be fair, I thought it sounded like that too. I just didn't post it because it wasn't clear enough and the other suggestions sounded better. But I wouldn't rule it out.

DocSommer wrote:well, thank you guys for figuring out the lyrics

I'm hoping we haven't yet cos some of it makes absolutely no sense. But it would be quite fun to see mugabe's Arms (Comprehensive) on the lyric sheet of the next album.

6FeetOver · 06 Mar 2009, 22:01

I don't think that my take's the "be-all and end-all" - it's probably utter bollocks.

eastmidswhizzkid · 07 Mar 2009, 01:56

SINsister wrote:I don't think that my take's the "be-all and end-all" - it's probably utter bollocks.

all the more reason for it to be the definitive interpretation. after all 99% of the lyrics forum is complete drivel (bless it's little heart)

paint it black · 07 Mar 2009, 02:02

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
SINsister wrote:I don't think that my take's the "be-all and end-all" - it's probably utter bollocks.
all the more reason for it to be the definitive interpretation. after all 99% of the lyrics forum is complete drivel (bless it's little heart)

quantify that you c**t

7anthea7 · 07 Mar 2009, 03:38

euphoria wrote:
SINsister wrote: Why, exactly? Mental images of warlords, weapons dealers, and dictators hiding behind bulletproof glass amidst lawless chaos spring immediately to mind...
Ok, I'll trust you on that one then

Range Rover...oh dear.

Aw, c'mon, give the boy a break - or would you rather he used "Humvee"?

eastmidswhizzkid · 07 Mar 2009, 13:08

paint it black wrote:
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
SINsister wrote:I don't think that my take's the "be-all and end-all" - it's probably utter bollocks.
all the more reason for it to be the definitive interpretation. after all 99% of the lyrics forum is complete drivel (bless it's little heart)
quantify that you c**t

it's unlike you to rise to such casually thrown bait ez.

paint it black · 07 Mar 2009, 14:49

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
paint it black wrote:
eastmidswhizzkid wrote: all the more reason for it to be the definitive interpretation. after all 99% of the lyrics forum is complete drivel (bless it's little heart)
quantify that you c**t
it's unlike you to rise to such casually thrown bait ez.

i didn't. it was a joke - 'quantify' see

well, it was in my head anyway. sorry for the confusion

eastmidswhizzkid · 07 Mar 2009, 15:01

paint it black wrote:
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
paint it black wrote: quantify that you c**t
it's unlike you to rise to such casually thrown bait ez.
i didn't.

my faith is restored.

stufarq · 08 Mar 2009, 16:09

There are two more versions of Arms on Dime, from Wiesbaden and Cologne. In the process of trying to upload them somewhere but I have no objection if anyone beats me to it.

I wouldn't say they add much to what we've already got except that the chorus definitely seems to be

Come feel the arms around you
Come feel the arms around
Come feel the arms around you
All there is to feel is fear, come feel

And the second verse at Cologne seems to begin

Throw away the underpasses
Throw your blood on the lawn

We also seem to be back to

Live your life in parallax
Live your life in the lens

but both of these last two contradict what can be clearly heard at Dresden.

Frogs not included.

stufarq · 08 Mar 2009, 16:35

Wiesbaden

stufarq · 08 Mar 2009, 17:44

Cologne

euphoria · 09 Mar 2009, 14:57

Agree on the chorus; that's sorted now.

I am now conviced there is no Range Rover in line 3, but
there is "(f)or the Mercedes-Benz" in line 4.

He manages to mumble line 3 on all 4 recordings - is he really waiting for us to complete his lyrics? Oh well.

I'm pretty certain line 3 is, phonetically, Live your life in a [reidsh roe-m-ah], there is an m there and the -ah is sometimes there, but I'm as uncertain as before about what the heck he is singing there.

So, that was speculation on the first verse. More later...or not.

mandrake · 09 Mar 2009, 20:26

stufarq wrote:Cologne

Cheers for those!

Brad · 09 Mar 2009, 21:02

Could it appear the range rover line ends with "roamin'"
Suggesting "Live your life in a (Blank) roamin',
for the Mercedes Benz."