antiem
23-02-2009, 07:30 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlYt8tvuB64
My two years old daughter recently has found my iPod and listened to some songs; she now doesn't want to hear anything else than Nik Kershaws "The Riddle". So I took a closer look at the lyrics and stumbled over words and terms I don't understand but seem to have deeper meaning; like Blessings of Babylon or Nights in the scullery
Also he doesn't sing "history" like "hee-stooo-ry", but more like "his story", but of course I may be wrong. :o
So, if there's anyone out there who has experience in understanding lyrics, would you mind and tell me your opinion?
Also, when you look at the video, it definitifely shows a lot of hints towards the freemasons (3:43).
Here are the complete lyrics:
I got two strong arms
Blessings of Babylon
With time to carry on and try
For sins and false alarms
So to America the brave
Wise men save
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon
In the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right
But he'll never, never fight over you
I got plans for us
Nights in the scullery
And days instead of me
I only know what to discuss
Oh, for anything but light
Wise men fighting over you
It's not me you see
Pieces of valentine
With just a song of mine
To keep from burning history
Seasons of gasoline and gold
Wise men fold
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon
In the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right
But he'll never, never fight over you
I got time to kill
Sly looks in corridors
Without a plan of yours
A blackbird sings on bluebird hill
Thanks to the calling of the wild
Wise men's child
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon
In the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right
But he'll never, never fight over you
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon
In the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right
But he'll never, never fight over you
But he'll never, never fight over you
Thank you very much for your efforts!!
Love, Antiem
My two years old daughter recently has found my iPod and listened to some songs; she now doesn't want to hear anything else than Nik Kershaws "The Riddle". So I took a closer look at the lyrics and stumbled over words and terms I don't understand but seem to have deeper meaning; like Blessings of Babylon or Nights in the scullery
Also he doesn't sing "history" like "hee-stooo-ry", but more like "his story", but of course I may be wrong. :o
So, if there's anyone out there who has experience in understanding lyrics, would you mind and tell me your opinion?
Also, when you look at the video, it definitifely shows a lot of hints towards the freemasons (3:43).
Here are the complete lyrics:
I got two strong arms
Blessings of Babylon
With time to carry on and try
For sins and false alarms
So to America the brave
Wise men save
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon
In the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right
But he'll never, never fight over you
I got plans for us
Nights in the scullery
And days instead of me
I only know what to discuss
Oh, for anything but light
Wise men fighting over you
It's not me you see
Pieces of valentine
With just a song of mine
To keep from burning history
Seasons of gasoline and gold
Wise men fold
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon
In the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right
But he'll never, never fight over you
I got time to kill
Sly looks in corridors
Without a plan of yours
A blackbird sings on bluebird hill
Thanks to the calling of the wild
Wise men's child
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon
In the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right
But he'll never, never fight over you
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon
In the veil of the night
For a strange kind of fashion
There's a wrong and a right
But he'll never, never fight over you
But he'll never, never fight over you
Thank you very much for your efforts!!
Love, Antiem