Dance of the Clairvoyants

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I just fell in love all over again
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Maybe there's still some life left in these guys after all
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Ehhh, still excited for the new album
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I stayed up for this?
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I hated pearl jam before it was cool
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Dance of the Clairvoyants

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The pre-release thread can be found here


Lyric guess courtesy of PhatJ and others

"Dance Of The Clairvoyants"

Confusion is to commotion
What love is to our devotion
Imperceptibly big, big as the ocean
And equally hard to control

So save your predictions and burn your assumptions
Love is friction, ripe for comfort
Endless equations and tugging persuasions
Doors open up to interpretation

Expecting perfection leaves a lot to ignore
When the past is the present and the future's no more
When every tomorrow is the same as before

The looser things get, the tighter you become
The looser things get, the tighter
Not one man can be greater than the sum
It's not a negative thought, or positive
Positive, positive
Falling down, not staying down
Coulda held me up, rather than tear me down
Drown in the river

Expecting perfection leaves a lot to endure
When the past is the present and the future's no more
When every tomorrow is the same as before

Numbers keep falling off the calendar's floor
We're stuck in our boxes, window's open no more
Collecting up the forget-me-nots, not recalling what they're for
I'm in love with clairvoyants 'cause they're out of this world

I know the girls wanna dance
Away their circumstance
I know the boys wanna grow
Their dicks and fix and fire things
I know the girls wanna dance
Clairvoyants in a trance
I know the boys wanna grow
Their dicks and fix and fire things

Stand back when the spirit comes
Stand back when the spirit comes
Stand back when the spirit comes
Stand back

Stand back when the spirit comes
Stand back when the spirit comes
Stand back when the spirit comes
Stand back

Stand back when the spirit comes
Stand back when the spirit comes
Stand back when the spirit comes
Stand back

I know the girls wanna dance
Away their circumstance
I know the boys wanna grow
Their dicks and fix and fire things
I know the girls wanna dance
Clairvoyants in a trance
I know the boys wanna grow
Their dicks and fix and fire things
Their dicks and fix and fire things

Stand back when the spirit comes
Stand back when the spirit comes
Stand back when the spirit comes





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ed sounds like . . . ed
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he's singing like david byrne!!!!
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The other thread was locked at 69 pages... nice
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Damn it is Talking Heads ish.
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"I really enjoy sandwiches but the other guys are so good at making sandwiches that I don't make them. Now I make sandwiches."
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Love is friction.
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Ed sounds terrible
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pearl jam sucks now
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Great to hear Ed playing to his vocal strengths for a change.

Best lead single since I Am Mine (though that's not saying much :P )
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this IS very talking heads.
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tragabigzanda wrote:i love this. Ed is doing his best David Byrne imitation and I love it.
better than his ed vedder imitation
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vocals killed whats otherwise a good song
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Stone talking about it saying it's a Matt electronic drum beat at first, but then the studio recording is Matt playing the drums
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a little early solo gabriel too.
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um

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Re: Dance of the Clairvoyants

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this wasn't showing up on spotify. Found it on youtube. Here we go
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