Song of the Moment: My Father's Son

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stupidmop wrote:
Juvenal wrote:Well psychopath has a wealth of meanings. Mayhap Edward will change it like he did to "Mommy" and "Daddy" in Jeremy down the line.

"...my father was a very, very bad man!"
You know, I think mommy and daddy works better in Jeremy. It emphasis that its about a child.
I absolutely agree.

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Stupid ed, trying to be all mature in areas its uneeded.
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I just wish people would check for white text :cry:
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Hey now, can't be blaming others for shoddy joke execution. That shit is damn near invisible on phones and the like with out some copy pasting.
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stupidmop wrote:That shit is damn near invisible on phones and the like with out some copy pasting.
That's what she said.
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"joke"? :(
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im liking it now

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Juvenal wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
Juvenal wrote:Well psychopath has a wealth of meanings. Mayhap Edward will change it like he did to "Mommy" and "Daddy" in Jeremy down the line.

"...my father was a very, very bad man!"
You know, I think mommy and daddy works better in Jeremy. It emphasis that its about a child.
I absolutely agree.

Let's fuck
I prefer daddy and mother too, but sounds funny that he sings FADAR, not father :haha:

"fadar dirin guivatenxan"
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Definitely one of the better tracks on LB
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Reminds me of Johnny Guitar.

Also, best lyrics on the record, if you're into that kind of thing.
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this one is stuck in my head today
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Okonkwo wrote:best lyrics on the record
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psychobain wrote:im liking it now

8-)
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i love that last verse where Ed is pretty much screaming, and the kinda break in his voice. thats the part that has been stuck in my head, and i just listened to it 2 times on the way back from lunch
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I really like this bridge.
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stip wrote:I really like this bridge.
what is the difference in a bridge and chorus? i pretty much always think of the songs as verses and choruses but i dont know what im talking about :lol:
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the chorus is the part that gets repeated. The bridge is usually an intermission piece that sounds a bit different from the rest of the song that separates the final verse/chorus/outro from the first part of the song.
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i need to take a music class :P
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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:i need to take a music class :P
Bridge:

Oh real bright light shining as you’re trying to breathe in thin air,
Cannot forget you’re hiding collected wounds left unhealed,
When every thought you’re thinking sinks you darker than the new moon sky,
The faraway lights rising in the whites of your eyes.


It's a musical diversion from the rest of the song and provides a change, up to a chorus or a solo. And they usually appear once in a song.

So Swallowed Whole's bridge would be:

With no quiet to be found
Spirit lifted off the ground
And what lies beyond the grave
Might be welcome change
Time will come, come what may
With now rest in peace
Until that day
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