Ed's Most Cryptic Lyrics

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decipher them here
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I'm gonna see my friend
I'm gonna see my friend, make it go away
I'm sick of everything
I'm gonna see my friend, make it go away
I'm gonna see my friend
Gonna see my friend, make it go away
The evolution of my interpretation of this masterpiece knows no end.

At first blush, I naturally assumed this was a critique of Castiglione's monotype as the precursor to the evolution of mass propagada;

but lately this strikes me entirely differently, as a direct attack against Caravaggio's tenebrism as overtly complex as compared to the simple beauty of grisaille
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
a lyrical take on modalism

don't be fooled by the seemingly bland repetitiveness

it is merely the canvas on which a great work will soon be painted
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96583UP wrote:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
a lyrical take on modalism

don't be fooled by the seemingly bland repetitiveness

it is merely the canvas on which a great work will soon be painted

I think that this is how Ed sees this lyric.
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ask Stip, he'll tell you.
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BurtReynolds wrote:ask Stip, he'll tell you.
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When the gas in my tank
Feels like money in the bank

I mean, you can take this the literal way and be like, hey Ed does your gas tank really jingle jangle like coins in your corduroys? But, you’d be wrong. It is way deeper than that my friends.
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96583UP wrote:
I'm gonna see my friend
I'm gonna see my friend, make it go away
I'm sick of everything
I'm gonna see my friend, make it go away
I'm gonna see my friend
Gonna see my friend, make it go away
The evolution of my interpretation of this masterpiece knows no end.

At first blush, I naturally assumed this was a critique of Castiglione's monotype as the precursor to the evolution of mass propagada;

but lately this strikes me entirely differently, as a direct attack against Caravaggio's tenebrism as overtly complex as compared to the simple beauty of grisaille
I thought it was about drugs or music. Gotta get that high.
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plaque on the wall says that
no one's slept here
it's rare to come upon
a bridge that has not been around
or been stepped on

I love these lines but have no idea what they mean.
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pearl jam sucks now
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Cigar box on the floor



Whiskers in the sink
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Hail Hail has a bunch
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Strat wrote:Cigar box on the floor
I thought this one was almost embarrassingly literal:

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kreng wrote:Hail Hail has a bunch
"Egg rollin', thick and heavy" (?!)
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i want for to lay down
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cutuphalfdead wrote:i want for to lay down
that aint ed's.
Dev wrote:i love listening to the leaked pj song "last word".
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kreng wrote:Hail Hail has a bunch
"are you woman enough to be my man?", what a gay.
Dev wrote:i love listening to the leaked pj song "last word".
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WtOB? wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:i want for to lay down
that aint ed's.
shut up
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:i want for to lay down
that aint ed's.
shut up
:P
Dev wrote:i love listening to the leaked pj song "last word".
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WtOB? wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:i want for to lay down
that aint ed's.
shut up
:P
you big ugly baby
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