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G# C G#
I fondle keys to my heart
C G# C G# C
when everyone's heart seemed so ca__lm
G# C G#
And you found the lock to my dorm
C G# C G C Cm
And opened the doors to my trust, fund my vestr_______y Cm G# C Cm
The light in my darkest hour is fear
G#
Denies me of anything good
Fm C Cm
So dont loose your heart you'll need it
Fm
Dont loose your heart you'll have
C G#
To take another pill
C G#
Tell another lie
C G#
And lie amongst your lies
C G#
Like tuna in the brine
C, G#, C
G# C G#
Take everything that your not
C G# C
And dont be so scared to tamper
G# C
Tampered with evidence
Am G# C
Coz you come along for the sun
Am G# C Cm
If you come at a_ll
G# C Cm
The light in your darkest hour is fear
G#
Denies me of anything good
Fm C
So dont loose your heart you'll need it
Then he plays a very fast riff based on a
Cm chord something like this:
|---------------------------|
|------4-4---------4-4------|
|----5-----5-----5-----5----|
|--5---------5-3---------3--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------| Fm Bm
Dont loose your heart
Cm G#
You'll have to lie amongst your lies
Cm G#
Like tuna in the brine Fm Bm Bb
Dont loose your heart, dont
Cm Fm Bm
Dont loose your heart dont loose your heart
C Gm B
you'll have to ta______ke
C Gm B
Ta_____ke (2x)
C Gm B Bm
Ta_____k__e The last time to get a cool closing you can do this
tiny little riff that goes with the orchestra.
Bm
|-------|
|--2----|
|----4--|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------| e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--------0----------0----------0----------0---|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|----6----------6----------6----------1-------|
E|--5---5---5--6---6---6--3---3---3--1---1---1-|9x Painting a lie seeing the colours
but you seem closer to everything 3x Am Bb Gm F
Closer now than we ever have been
Am Bb Gm F
We're closer now that we ever should be
Am Bb Gm F
Closer now than we've ever been before
Am Bb Gm F G
Closer to everyth_____ing Am Bb Gm F
Busking for change, and changing everything
Am Bb Gm F
Feeble fables, aren't changing many things
Am Bb C F
Its my time to shine like a tuna in the brine
Am Bb Gm F
For my pregnant paws, aren't changing everything
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-3~~~--4~~~--------6~~~--|
A|-3~~~--4~~~--------6~~~--|
E|-1~~~--2~~~--0-1-3-4~~~--|
C G# C
to all of the animals who
G# C
Keep sippin the sweat from my back
G# C G#
You making me ill and i cant get enough
C
So take another pill
G#
Tell another lie
C
Then lie amongst your lies
Fm
Like tuna in the brine
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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HammerOffFreak Professional |
#1 by HammerOffFreak at Dec 17, 1974 at 11:04 PM EST |
| i agree with stuff of epics, lol | |
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Steve Wanna Be |
#2 by Steve Williams at Jan 9, 1978 at 12:32 AM EST |
| If you close your eyes and listen to this song from beginning to end, you'll start to see the 'Diorama colours' flashing before your eyes. I swear. That's what Daniel can do. This song is in typically-cryptic Johns-style, where the lyrics make no sense at all and yet you can still feel (sort of) what he's singing about. Remember the Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Their song was a warning about over-indulgence. I think that's what this song is about... it does allude strongly to drugs ("take another pill") but I don't think he specifically means like ecstasy or anything.. it's like anything indulgent, be it chemical, sexual, edible, etc. He's saying that if you choose to over-indulge then you best be prepared to live with the consequences.. "Don't lose your heart, don't lose your heart" he sings, over and over again.. he's just saying to keep your wits about you, don't let this thing suck you in completely.. because if you do, you'll have to "take and take and take and take.." - i.e. keep having more, it'll never be enough. At the end of the song though, the image of the tuna in the brine (which to me is like complete saturation, literally like a little tin of tuna that is smothered in oil - what a f*cking brilliant analogy) changes from something haunting to something hopeful - "it's my time to shine like a tuna in the brine" (amazing double meaing - oily tuna looks shiny..! ) "for my pregnant paws aren't changing anything" - the best line in the song for me. Comes from the expression "To take a pregnant pause" which is a brief pause y'know... he's saying his hands are idle, because he's been doing nothing but over-indulge until this point, but he knows that he's "not changing anything" so he has to give it up. Again the "paws" or pause allude to a kind of inertial, saturated state-of-mind... and also.. right at the end "you're making me ill and i can't get enough" - even though it's making him sick, he still needs more... I await their new album with glorious and dubious anticipation, because at the same time as i can't wait to hear new stuff, i also don't know how they're going to top Diorama. But i'll leave that to Daniel. Bless him. | |
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drw Average |
#3 by drw drw at Jul 21, 1996 at 7:37 AM EST |
| "This song is about exposing yourself and allowing yourself to shine" - Daniel Johns... So I guess he's trying to get to a certain point. | |
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