lathriel: (zelba)
Arcade Fire, "My Body is a Cage," has been shaking up the speakers in my car pretty much every day the past few weeks.




My body is a cage that keeps me
From dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

My body is a cage that keeps me
From dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

I'm standing on a stage
Of fear and self-doubt
It's a hollow play
But they'll clap anyway

My body is a cage that keeps me
From dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

You're standing next to me
My mind holds the key

I'm living in an age
That calls darkness light
Though my language is dead
Still the shapes fill my head

I'm living in an age
Whose name I don't know
Though the fear keeps me moving
Still my heart beats so slow

My body is a cage that keeps me
From dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

You're standing next to me
My mind holds the key
My body is a cage

My body is a cage
We take what we're given
Just because you've forgotten
That don't mean you're forgiven

I'm living in an age
That screams my name at night
But when I get to the doorway
There's no one in sight

I'm living in an age
That laughs when I'm dancing
With the one I love
But my mind holds the key

You're standing next to me
My mind holds the key

Set my spirit free
Set my spirit free
Set my body free
Set my body free

Set my spirit free
Set my body free
lathriel: (Default)
Have you ever misheard lyrics, found out the real words, but yours were way better? I'm going to make some song posts, and show where I misheard the lyrics. I think you'll agree mine are better.

Post #1: farewell transmission by John Vanderslice. This song haunts me.

hold on
hold on
your dad didn’t know the age of the sun
but now we know the hour it was born
how does that help us now?
(How does that happen?)

hold on
hold on
we need your pretty words
in clipped and chanted verse
your race depends on you
and I do too

hold on
hold on
ride until the morning light
your ancestors depend on you
to see them through
and I do too


Click here for a sample. (Unfortunately it's not the verse I misheard.)

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