Guest A Stranger Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Carter wrote the lyrics to the PM Dawn song on Songs in the Key of X and I've had this album for a long time but never actaully read all the lyrics. They're pretty interesting... "If You Never Say Goodbye" Legs of a cat, The head of a man. Eyes are a camera Shaking everyone's hand. Vultures circle And smack their lips, Sky goes black As the lightning rips. Stars are new, The moon without pity, As waves of blood Roll over the city. It's not a rehearsal Or special effects, It's the end of a story, It's what happens next. And I say, and I say It's coming in a second. And I say, and I say, In the blink of an eye. And I say, and I say With a bang and a whimper, And I say it's okay If you never say goodbye. Son of a child, Sign of a beast As it slouches and slithers Its way from the feast. I dreamt a dream But what can it mean? Angels, ignored, Devoured the queen. All the people danced And tore at their clothes, The sky was on fire And the oceans froze. It wasn't a fable, It wasn't a hoax, With serpentine devils Speaking of jokes. And I say, and I say It's coming in a second. And I say, and I say, In the blink of an eye. And I say, and I say With a bang and a whimper, And I say it's okay If you never say goodbye. I saw a chapel Made of gold, The light was so blue And the air was so cold. Talented hound On a microphone, As the rats were given A chicken bone. People wept And swallowed their jewels, Entered like soldiers, Departing as fools. It isn't a sentence, It's not a reward, It's a black parachute With a noose for a cord. And I say, and I say It's coming in a second. And I say, and I say, In the blink of an eye. And I say, and I say With a bang and a whimper, And I say it's okay If you never say goodbye. And I say it's okay If you never say goodbye. (Repeat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LauraKrycek Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 I never knew that he wrote the lyrics to that song. And now that I've read them, I see that they make no sense. Wow. For senseless lyrics, they're not bad, I guess. I like the song itself. I think it's the context of the song in its sound overall that makes it worth anything, though... if I just read those lyrics, I'd be like, "What the crap? Who wrote this garbage?" Of course, I'm known here as "the girl who hates everything, so if she likes it, you know it's good" :grin2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidprime Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 I've heard that song before. Not a bad song. Recorded several songs from that CDwhen I borrowed it from a friend years ago. Be Seeing You, David Blackwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerbelch Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 BEER----> Another little tid bit about CC. I went to see a surfing movie (beach kind)called 'Step Into Liquid'andsaw Chris interviewed within the film. I was kind of shocked to see him there. Didn't realize he was a surfer too. BELCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidprime Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 He even wrote for a surfing magazine before he created The X-Files. Be Seeing You, David Blackwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LauraKrycek Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 BEER----> Another little tid bit about CC. I went to see a surfing movie (beach kind)called 'Step Into Liquid'andsaw Chris interviewed within the film. I was kind of shocked to see him there. Didn't realize he was a surfer too. BELCH Ohhh yeah, Chris is a *huge* surf fanatic. He used to edit Surf Magazine, back in the day. He'd often, in the summer hiatus, take a couple of weeks and travel somewhere to go surfing before he had to be back on the 1013 campus to start writing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LauraKrycek Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 I've heard that song before. Not a bad song. Recorded several songs from that CDwhen I borrowed it from a friend years ago. Yeah, "Songs in the Key of X" is a great CD. I own all of the XF soundtracks, so I know all of the songs on all of them, and there are only a couple of songs on them I don't care for so much. They introduced me to so many great musicians I probably wouldn't have heard of or at least paid much attention to otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidprime Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 I like the Sheryl crow song on that soundtrack and I know one of the XF movie soundtracks has an explaination of the X-Files aliens/conspiracy arcs as the last track on the CD. Be Seeing You, David Blackwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LauraKrycek Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Yeah, if you wait after the last song on the FTF Var. Artists soundtrack until the counter gets to 10:13, then Chris Carter's voice comes on, and he uses a whole lot of big words to explain the whole alien thing. And yeah, I like that Sheryl Crow song, too. I used to listen to it all the time whenever I'd get depressed, but then I got over it b\c it just made me feel a thousand times worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidprime Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Yeah, if you wait after the last song on the FTF Var. Artists soundtrack until the counter gets to 10:13, then Chris Carter's voice comes on, and he uses a whole lot of big words to explain the whole alien thing. And yeah, I like that Sheryl Crow song, too. I used to listen to it all the time whenever I'd get depressed, but then I got over it b\c it just made me feel a thousand times worse. Actually I still like to listen to that Sheryl Crow song. I may not care for her first album (I think every Sheryl Crow album (after the first album) are better than the first album (which was meh)). Be Seeing You, David Blackwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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