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To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Subject: CRD: Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project
Don't Answer Me
The Alan Parsons Project
(From album: Ammonia Avenue)
Chords Transcribed by N.B
Intro:
C Am Dm Gsus G
C
If you believe in the power of magic,
Am
I can change your mind
Dm
And if you need to believe in someone,
Gsus G
Turn and look behind
C
When we were living in a dream world,
Am
Clouds got in the way
Dm
We gave it up in a moment of madness
Gsus G
And threw it all away
C
Don't answer me, don't break the silence
Em
Don't let me win
C
Don't answer me, stay on your island
Fsus F
Don't let me in
Bb C
Run away and hide from everyone
Bb C
Can you change the things we've said and done?
C
If you believe in the power of magic,
Am
It's all a fantasy
Dm
So if you need to believe in someone,
Gsus G
Just pretend it's me
C
It ain't enough that we meet as strangers
Am
I can't set you free
Dm
So will you turn your back forever
Gsus G
On what you mean to me?
C
Don't answer me, don't break the silence
Em
Don't let me win
C
Don't answer me, stay on your island
Fsus F
Don't let me in
Bb C
Run away and hide from everyone
Bb C
Can you change the things we've said and done?
Chords transcribed by N.B
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
Matt Lead Player |
#1 by Matt Cromwell at Sep 26, 2007 at 4:14 AM EST |
| dispite the video, I don't think it's about a love story. maybe it is about the difficulty to relate with someone or to believe in something in a industrial society (Ammonia Avenue is about living in such a society) | |
Eric Average |
#2 by Eric Smith at Sep 27, 2007 at 4:08 AM EST |
| "If you believe in the power of magic, It's all a fantasy" A cynic never dreams for he is a realist. "So if you need to believe in someone, Just pretend it's me" A cynic does not trust anyone easily. (Btw, the video music rocks!) | |
Mark Average |
#3 by Mark McL at Sep 27, 2007 at 9:34 PM EST |
| I think it is about the artist losing touch with mystery. In my own specific context I guess I would describe it as he is losing touch with magic/fantasy/wonder, in exchange for science and logic ("In a moment of madness," mind you).. "If you need to believe in someone, just pretend its me." (In my opinion) It's his own anthropomorphism of science(emperic logic? better?) speaking to him throughout the song, but for the chorus, which kind of seems to me like his subconscious striving to get him back in touch with mystery and wonder. That's what it means to *me* I should say... | |
Rebecca Average |
#4 by Rebecca Lira at Sep 28, 2007 at 9:02 AM EST |
| I love this song. I think it is about two persons who were in a relationship but then seperated in a moment of madness. And now they have somehow met up as strangers and the singer is saying Don't answer me as it will make me win this fight, just run and hide and think if we can change the things that happened. | |
Alex Average |
#5 by Alex Zaphiropoulos at Sep 28, 2007 at 7:55 PM EST |
| It's not about a cynic. Parsons lost track of things after Eye in the Sky (which wasn't so hot itself, but did produce Old and Wise, for which I thank him). I recommend I Robot, The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pyramid, and Eve (if only for Lucifer), above anything afterwards. | |
Angelica Professional |
#6 by Angelica HAVOK at Oct 3, 2007 at 3:21 AM EST |
| I don't know, I think the meaning of this song is pretty basic. A lot of people read too much into APP and their 'concept albums'. The reality is, much of their music had NOTHING to do with the overall concept, and Woolfson has admitted as such. I don't think you have to shoehorn a meaning into this one folks. It's clearly a love relationship gone bad where the protagonist bitterly dares his love not to speak to him. She will win, but will she really? She's out on her own island without him, is that preferable? 1 | |
Randy Professional |
#7 by Randy McKagan at Oct 4, 2007 at 6:09 PM EST |
| These lyrics don't make any sense to me, still. The video was pretty cool. I didn't like the song that much. | |
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