Arms

_emma_ · 02 Mar 2009, 21:41

Moakahontas wrote: US, honey..everyone around here which is not interested in some wet dreams..

Look, honey. The fact that I spend my hard earned money on going to Sisters gigs is partly about their music, but mostly about my wet dreams. Consequently, since 2003, 99% of what I've posted here is about my wet dreams. I'm afraid that your sudden appearance (and, I suppose, equally sudden disappearance) in 2009 cannot make a difference to it.

Brad · 02 Mar 2009, 21:53

[Froze senses still awake?]

Those signs say stay away.

mugabe · 02 Mar 2009, 22:37

You're probably correct. It definitely sounds like a -'k' in the Dresden version, but not in the Berlin YouTube one.

Arms, v.4.0

Live your life in a parallax
Live a life through the lens
Live your life in the read room
For the Mercedes-Benz

All signs say stay away
Throw a key and call her some day

Come feel the arms around you
I'm gonna be the arms around
I'm gonna be the arms around you
Over the wisdom, feel is real, come feel

Full weaned underclasses
For your love under law
Everybody got locked and loaded
With a hand on the drawer

Those signs say stay away
Throw a key and call her some day

Come feel the arms around you
I'm gonna be the arms around
I'm gonna be the arms around you
Over the wisdom, feel is real, come feel

mugabe · 02 Mar 2009, 22:40

Also, he seems to close the Dresden version with the single utterance "blog". Could also be "blargh", which means roughly the same thing.

flakk13 · 02 Mar 2009, 22:53

Maybe...

All signs say stay away
All senses sail away

Full weaned underclasses
Throw away the underclasses

Throw the key and call her some day
Throw a key and call it some day

7anthea7 · 02 Mar 2009, 22:54

mugabe wrote:Also, he seems to close the Dresden version with the single utterance "blog". Could also be "blargh", which means roughly the same thing.

mugabe · 02 Mar 2009, 23:09

Yes. Never liked that "weened" stuff. Changed the next line as well (there's an awful lot of throwing going on).

Methedrome is probably right on the sign stuff, though. "call it" sounds roughly ok the first time around, but not the second, and doesn't particularly make any sense.

Arms, v.5.0

Live your life in a parallax
Live a life through the lens
Live your life in the read room
For the Mercedes-Benz

All signs say stay away
Throw a key and call her some day

Come feel the arms around you
I'm gonna be the arms around
I'm gonna be the arms around you
Over the wisdom, feel is real, come feel

Throw away the underclasses
Throw your love under law
Everybody got locked and loaded
With a hand on the drawer

Those signs say stay away
Throw a key and call her some day

Come feel the arms around you
I'm gonna be the arms around
I'm gonna be the arms around you
Over the wisdom, feel is real, come feel

eotunun · 02 Mar 2009, 23:10

..the Mercedes Benz bit is good.
All versions make some sense.
Common to all I see the song has an inside and an outside through the two meanings of the word "arms", giving it a sheltered inside and an outside that's threatened.
Nice how the accoustic theme from Flood II got turned into a cheerfull, almost triumphant appeal.
A very very nice song indeed. I already love it.

euphoria · 02 Mar 2009, 23:24

Agree, eotunun - now all we have to figure out is how to turn back the time a decade and bang this out as an independent single

I believe this one would do a good job in the charts...

Lots of throwing here, yes...throw "a" key sounds strange, maybe "the" instead. But well, there are hopefully lots of versions coming up the weeks ahead!

I love this song, even the background vocals in the chorus are good!

Brad · 02 Mar 2009, 23:27

Some day could also be "Sunday", or to complicate things further, I am almost hearing "asunder".

mugabe · 02 Mar 2009, 23:35

euphoria wrote:Lots of throwing here, yes...throw "a" key sounds strange, maybe "the" instead.

Definitely sounds like "a key" both times, both versions.

Two interesting tidbits on the matter:

1. Legend has it that lovers visiting the city of Florence can seal their love forever by affixing a lock to the Ponte Vecchio and throwing its key into the Arno River below.

2. "Den SchlÃ¼ssel in (den Fluss) werfen" stammt aus einer Redensart 'mit etwas nichts mehr zu tun haben wollen'.

eotunun · 02 Mar 2009, 23:35

euphoria wrote:now all we have to figure out is how to turn back the time a decade and bang this out as an independent single

I believe this one would do a good job in the charts...

Hear , Andrew, hear!

mh · 02 Mar 2009, 23:35

"Offer the wisdom" anybody?

mugabe · 02 Mar 2009, 23:41

mh wrote:"Offer the wisdom" anybody?

Berlin, yes. Dresden, no.

Business as usual.

Brad · 02 Mar 2009, 23:45

I hear offer.
Also why not "live your life in the green room"?
At least it makes sense with the theme.

road_kill · 02 Mar 2009, 23:59

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

and it's:

...locked and loaded
with a man on the door

certainly.

Bartek · 03 Mar 2009, 00:17

agree it sounds more like a "range rover" and "or" not "for".

paint it black · 03 Mar 2009, 00:20

road_kill wrote:Live your life in a parallax
Live a life through the lens
Live your life in a Range Rover
or the Mercedes-Benz

and it's:

...locked and loaded
with a man on the door

certainly.

..and some it is 'alms', they just don't know it yet

mugabe · 03 Mar 2009, 00:30

Methedrome wrote:I hear offer.
Also why not "live your life in the green room"?
At least it makes sense with the theme.

Range Rover fits perfectly, as does "man on the door". As for the "offer/over" bit, the Dresden one has a distinctly long 'o' at the beginning. I've listened to this a bit too much today, I think. My mind is going... I can feel it.

Arms, v.6.0

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

All signs say stay away
Throw a key and call her some day

Come feel the arms around you
I'm gonna be the arms around
I'm gonna be the arms around you
Over the wisdom, feel is real, come feel

Throw away the underclasses
Throw your love under law
Everybody got locked and loaded
With a man on the door

Those signs say stay away
Throw a key and call her some day

Come feel the arms around you
I'm gonna be the arms around
I'm gonna be the arms around you
Over the wisdom, feel is real, come feel

Johnny Rev 7.0 · 03 Mar 2009, 00:30

Bingo!

We have a winner!

Live your life in a parallax
Live a life through the lens
Live your life in the Green Room
For the Mercedes-Benz

Keep going.

Johnny Rev 7.0 · 03 Mar 2009, 00:34

paint it black wrote:...and some it is 'alms'

I didn't feel it was appropriate to acknowledge Andy's word-play at such an early stage?

mugabe · 03 Mar 2009, 00:44

Johnny Rev 7.0 wrote:
paint it black wrote:...and some it is 'alms'
I didn't feel it was appropriate to acknowledge Andy's word-play at such an early stage?

He's really taking this Shanghai thing too far.

mugabe · 03 Mar 2009, 00:59

One last, for good measure, then. Feel free to edit it further.

Arms, v.7.0

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

All signs say stay away
Throw a key and call her some day

Come feel the arms around you
I'm gonna be the alms around
I'm gonna be the arms around you
Over the wisdom, feel is real, come feel

Throw away the underclasses
Throw your love under law
Everybody got locked and loaded
With a man on the door

Those signs say stay away
Throw a key and call her some day

Come feel the arms around you
I'm gonna be the alms around
I'm gonna be the arms around you
Over the wisdom, feel is real, come feel

Brad · 03 Mar 2009, 01:07

Pretty close with everything. Agree with the Range Rover.

Still not sure of the "call her some day" line, though.

euphoria · 03 Mar 2009, 01:16

I'm optimistic about this one, think it may be sorted this week if more clear recordings appear.

Thanks for giving all brainstorming a bit of structure, mugabe!