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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: The Statue Got Me High
Album: Apollo 18
Verse 1:
G F D
The statue got me high
G F D
The statue got me high
G F C D C Em D
The monument of granite sent a beam into my eye
G F D
The statue made me die
G F D
The statue made me die
G F C D Em F G
It took my hand it killed me and it sent me to the sky
Chorus:
Em C D
The stone it called to me
G Em C Em C C D D
(And now I see the things the stone has shown to me)
Em C D
A rock that spoke a word
G Em C Em C C D D
(An animated mineral it can be heard)
Em C D G C Em D
And though I once preferred a human being's company
Em C D G C Em D
They pale before the monolith that towers over me
Verse 2:
The statue got me high
The statue got me high
The truth is where the sculptor's chisel chipped away the lie
The statue made me fry
The statue made me fry
My coat contained a furnace where there used to be a guy
Chorus 2:
The stone it called to me
(And now I see the things the stone has shown to me)
A rock that spoke a word
(An animated mineral it can be heard)
And as the screaming fire engine siren filled the air
The evidence had vanished from my charred and smoking chair
Post Chorus 1:
Em D G C
And what they found was just a statue
Em D G D C D
Standing where the statue got me high
Em D G C
And what they found was just a statue
Em D G D G
Standing where the statue got me high
Sax Solo:
Chorus 3:
And now it is your turn
(Your turn to see the stone and then your turn to burn)
The stone it calls to you
(You can't refuse to do the things it tells you to)
And as the screaming fire engine siren fills the air
The evidence will vanish from your charred and smoking chair
Post Chorus 2:
And what they found was just a statue
Standing where the statue got me high
And what they'll find is just a statue
Standing where the statue got you high
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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niles Wanna Be |
#1 by niles lewis at Jan 21, 1987 at 8:52 PM EST |
| I would have to say this is one of my faviorite TMBG songs as it appears to be a hilarious commentary on religion. It seems to be an extended metaphor for religion and gods/idols. The song talks about a statue giving a person this feeling of elation and teaching them. The person then goes on to evangelize the "religion of the statue" saying he has seen and experienced its "miracles". He says once you give it a chance you too will see all that it teaches. The statue seems to have become the believers god, which he now worships. It seems the line, "it took my hand, it killed me and it turned me to the sky" is a vague reference about the heaven the statue showed him. This is all rather similar to many of the large religions and may be more specifically about christianity. | |
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ToRRi Average |
#2 by ToRRi L at Jan 8, 1989 at 8:12 AM EST |
| Actually, Linnell said at a concert that this is based on the life of Don Giovanni, though he didn't know that when he wrote it. Don Giovanni/Juan, appartenly, is a book or screenplay or something similar telling the story of a man who falls in love with a statue, talks to it, brings it out to dinner, yadda yadda, and then it send him to the fiery pits of hell, I guess. Sorry if I spoiled the book. :P | |
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cody Average |
#3 by cody jay at Aug 27, 1989 at 12:37 PM EST |
| Linell's comment may have been a joke, because honestly I don't see a lot of connections between this and Giovanni besides the fact that they both have a statue. I agree with Beefinit that it's a commentary on religion. The statue is symbolic of having no mind of your own.. Simple. | |
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patrick Wanna Be |
#4 by patrick at Nov 8, 1993 at 4:42 PM EST |
| The first verse reminds me of VALIS by Philip K. Dick, with Fat being on acid and seeing a pink light shine into his eye. | |
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PunkJunky Wanna Be |
#5 by PunkJunky at Dec 27, 1997 at 4:44 AM EST |
| Unlike most mocking religious commentaries there is no point of disillusionment about the Idol worship, which leads me to belive that the narrator never managed to reach such a point, instead it just ends talking about what "they" will find. It sounds like a suicide cult. They turn on the gas or some such and as they get disoriented by it they fantasize about the aftermath of their actions. (and I think this could easially be made to fit any form of Idol worship) | |
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ScumFucBondage Average |
#6 by ScumFucBondage bumsex at Mar 25, 2003 at 11:46 AM EST |
| Don Giovanni/Juan - Many different things, actually. A novel, opera, play, etc. The statue story I'm familiar with is from the Don Giovanni opera. It follows most of the show which is a very comic opera about Giovanni, the unrepentant lech and despoiler of women. Giovanni doesn't fall in love with the statue, if I remember correctly, but the statue speaks to him. He mocks the statue and jokingly invites it to dinner. Then it actually shows up. At the end of the meal, the statue casts Don Giovanni into Hell - because, in that pre-Mamet day and age, all sinners in theatre had to burn. | |
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