Musical Masters

   

9/22/2012

1) The Tourist (Radiohead)

 

Lyrics

It barks at no one else but me
Like it's seen a ghost
I guess it's seen the sparks a-flowing
No one else would know

Hey man, slow down. Slow down
Idiot, slow down. Slow down

Sometimes I get overcharged
That's when you see sparks
You ask me where the h--- I'm going
At a thousand feet per second

Hey man, slow down. Slow down
Idiot, slow down. Slow down

Hey man, slow down. Slow down
Idiot, slow down. Slow down

2) Sifters (Andrew Bird)

Lyrics
Sound is a wave like a wave on the ocean
Moon plays the ocean like a violin
Pushing and pulling from shore to shore
Biggest melody you never heard before
What if I were the night sky?
What if I were the night sky?
Here's my lullaby, my lullaby to leave by
Lullaby to leave by
If I were the night

What if we hadn't been born at the same time?
What if you were 75 and I were nine?
Would I come visit you?
Bring you cookies in an old folks' home?
Would you be there alone?
And when the late summer lightning fires off in your arms
Will I remember to breathe? No, I never will
And if I could convince you that I mean you no harm
Just want to show you how not to need
What if I were the night sky?
Here's my lullaby, lullaby to leave by
If I were the night

What if we hadn't been each other at the same time?
Would you tell me all the stories from when you're young and in your prime?
Would I rock you to sleep?
Would you tell all the secrets you don't need to keep?
Would I still miss you?
Or would you then have been mine
If sound is a wave like a wave on the ocean
Moon plays the ocean like a violin

3) Bridges and Balloons (Joanna Newsom)

Lyrics

We sailed away on a winter's dayWith fate as malleable as clayBut ships are fallible, I sayAnd the nautical, like all things, fades and ICan recall our caravel:A little wicker beetle shellWith four fine masts and lateen sailsIts bearings on Cair Paravel
Oh, my loveOh, it was a funny little thingTo be the ones to've seen
The sight of bridges and balloonsMakes calm canaries irritableThey caw and claw all afternoon Catenaries and dirigiblesBrace and buoy the living roomA loom of metal, warp woof wimbleAnd a thimblesworth of milky moonCan touch hearts larger than a thimble
Oh, my loveOh, it was a funny little thingTo be the ones to've seen

Oh, my loveOh, it was a funny little thingTo be the ones to've seen