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mantipede 05/23/11 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Loveisa4lttrwrd (Post 89854881)
:buddies:

Glad somebody else sees my point of view.
It's like everyone's saying: of course liberties are to be taken with lyrics (of all genres) and there's probably a reason he did it, but it's such a strange and obvious ear-catch that it's distracting. I love the song regardless but now, instead of thinking about how awesome it is, I'm wondering why he worded things as such (the first sentence in question I can deal with, complete or not, but the one with the tenses...that just gets me).

Loveisa4lttrwrd 05/23/11 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by mantipede (Post 89855732)
It's like everyone's saying: of course liberties are to be taken with lyrics (of all genres) and there's probably a reason he did it, but it's such a strange and obvious ear-catch that it's distracting. I love the song regardless but now, instead of thinking about how awesome it is, I'm wondering why he worded things as such (the first sentence in question I can deal with, complete or not, but the one with the tenses...that just gets me).
Exactly. I hope I didn't ruin the song for you, lol.

zbrmike79 05/23/11 03:41 PM
i still wish i had enough expendable money to get this.

mantipede 05/23/11 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Loveisa4lttrwrd (Post 89856782)
Exactly. I hope I didn't ruin the song for you, lol.
Oh God, not at all. It's not my favorite of the ones released so far, but it's still great.

stonecoldfox 05/23/11 04:51 PM
who gives a shit about grammar, this sounds amazing! I can't wait to get my hands on an illegally downloaded copy of these! (I'm buying the "greatest hits" cd but I sadly do not have vinyl so no full collection for me....)

Aperi Oculos 05/23/11 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Loveisa4lttrwrd (Post 89852052)
I like the song but grammatically the lyrics are way off.

"The clamor calmed and when you cleared your throat and spoke gracefully." Is not a complete sentence.

and

"My body swayed with ever word you speak." The tenses are fucked up in that line.

I love The Dear Hunter but my English degree is yelling at this song.
Language is living. Maybe he did it on purpose because the song sounds too happy to give a damn about grammar.

Loveisa4lttrwrd 05/23/11 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Aperi Oculos (Post 89860592)
Language is living. Maybe he did it on purpose because the song sounds too happy to give a damn about grammar.
Thank you for making a valid point instead of just yelling at me about how language can be bent in songs and poetry. Perhaps that is why he did it.

niclliot25 05/23/11 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Loveisa4lttrwrd (Post 89852052)
I like the song but grammatically the lyrics are way off.

"The clamor calmed and when you cleared your throat and spoke gracefully." Is not a complete sentence.

and

"My body swayed with ever word you speak." The tenses are fucked up in that line.

I love The Dear Hunter but my English degree is yelling at this song.
Pretty sure those two sentences are connected.

The clamor calmed and when you cleared your throat and spoke gracefully my body swayed with every word you speak.

Im guessing he used speak to avoid saying spoke twice, though I supposed he could have used "said" instead of speak.

Loveisa4lttrwrd 05/23/11 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by niclliot25 (Post 89865711)
Pretty sure those two sentences are connected.

The clamor calmed and when you cleared your throat and spoke gracefully my body swayed with every word you speak.

Im guessing he used speak to avoid saying spoke twice, though I supposed he could have used "said" instead of speak.
I assumed that to but there's definitely a period in that video. Maybe it's just a typo. I still find the speak thing really distracting. More so than if he had just repeated spoke.

niclliot25 05/23/11 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Loveisa4lttrwrd (Post 89866431)
I assumed that to but there's definitely a period in that video. Maybe it's just a typo. I still find the speak thing really distracting. More so than if he had just repeated spoke.
Well the great thing about the album is that you wont see the period and it will just be one sentence. I mean, it flows together perfectly and Im sure thats how it was meant and without the visual thats definitely how it will come across. You wouldnt have thought twice about it otherwise.

Dolphins 05/23/11 09:40 PM
is that video supposed to be a reference to a lemon party?

by the way. stoked.

InBetweenAisles 05/23/11 10:09 PM
Really enjoying this song.

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kustykash 05/24/11 10:42 AM
I can't wait for these
ps album leaked today


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