Silent Army In The Trees

[Crusader]

http://www.nearfantastica.com/lyrics/song169.html

 

hey kids, do these lyrics sound right?

[Peter]

This song is great.

[here is no why]

i love this song.

[S.E. Hardy]

I hear (my recording is from the Buffalo show)

 

"Just plastic guns and infantry"

 

"And wishing in dreams"

 

"Afraid of little kids playing in the streets"

[Polyurethane]

http://www.nearfantastica.com/lyrics/song169.html

 

hey kids, do these lyrics sound right?

Starting off, I'd like to say that I adore this song. Listening to Matt play this song on the 18th, I was wondering if this was the new song I'd heard about. Turns out I was right. It has a passion about it.

 

Well, listening to the .mp3 that Bladeso has provided (thank you for that, Bladeso), there are several discrepancies in the lyrics that I noticed (for example, the line "Wore camouflage" has "on Halloween" at the end). Considering that this song has no "official" studio version and is only played live at this point, it won't be easy to transcribe perfect lyrics. Matt is bound to change up conjunctions and even entire lines each time he plays it.

[Crusader]

whoops, forgot the halloween part. i wasn't using bladeso's recording, though a slightly clearer track will be up in the nf store in a few minutes

[Polyurethane]

I hear a couple of discrepancies (from the recording in the NF Store). Edits in braces:

 

What will you find, where will you be?

When you got to trade for company

Those {plastic} guns {and} infantry

For a silent army in the trees

 

[...]

 

At night it's cold

We sit and freeze

Running red lights in our Humvees

Never thought I'd live to see see the day, I'd be

Afraid of little kids playing in the {street}

 

[...]

[Crusader]

thanks. i really should put these through spellcheck

[Ravenous megin-sane]

i love this song.

Edited October 29, 2007 by Ravenous megin-sane

[Polyurethane]

Also, "And wishing it dreams" might be "And wishing {in} dreams". Sounds like 'it', but 'in' makes more sense to me.

 

But, that's probably what the "[??]" is for.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

when he played this song and said the line "Can't shake the feeling that you're out

With another man's arms wrapped tight around you" i got a terrible feeling in my stomach and was real sad.

 

i just want to give him a huge hug.

[young37204]

I've yet to see him do it live, but I've heard great things about this song. He's got quite the collection of unreleased political songs...I'm hoping his next album goes that route.