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| In reply to: | This reply was brought to you by The_Count - The_Jackster 07:16 pm UTC 10/28/07 |
| Well, all I can say is, I'm sorry. I thoroughly misinterpreted what you meant. All I can do is ask for forgiveness. As one of the oldest members on this site, I find I am nowhere near as sharp as I once was so long ago. I am duly chastized. Keep up the terrific posts. I enjoy reading yours and almost everyone e;se's posts regarding Jim adn in incredible work. The Count > Klinzman, you got it all wrong. I'm not telling him to cut > them down to three minutes, or even to leave them as is. > I'm saying, much like "Only When I Feel," that there is no > coherent theme running through this combination, and the > potential songs work much better alone. Maybe they could > be 10-12 min epics in and of themselves. > > To prove my point, here they are, divided by song (Jim's > initial lyrics, errors intact, are pasted in italics for > the sake of brevity): > > I WILL DECORATE THIS CITY (WITH RIBBONS OF BLOOD) > > I will decorate this city > With Ribbons Of Blood > I will find the endless tears > Soon to be a flood > I will conjure up the magic > Far beyond your sight > I’ll illuminate this city > With the ascension of the light > > Eternal terrors hold us down > Keep us plodding in the mud > I WILL DECORATE THIS CITY > IN RIBBONS OF BLOOD. > > ETERNAL TERRORS HOLD US DOWN > AND WE’LL ALL BE DROWNING IN THE MUD! > I will decorate this city > With ribbons of blood……………… > > I > I > I > I WILL DECORATE THIS CITY > WITH RIBBONS OF BLOOD! > > ONCE THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND > > (I had an idea for this part. When I read the lyrics, I > heard backing vocalists in my head singing "Once the > Devil's playground, always something new..." I figured > this would be a nice tie of the "once always disappears" > theme and the Devil's playground concept.) > > Broken hearts > Are the Devil’s Playground > Shattered dreams > Disillusioned youth > And all of man > Is the Devil’s Playground > Shameless lies > And Shameful truth > > We’ll all succumb! > And some time when > The Dark exults and moons arise > In the blink of an eye > The Devil’s Playground > Is Born Again! > The Devil’s Playground > Is Alive Again! > So Come On Down > To the Devil’s Playground! > Come On Down > Before It Disappears > In the blink of an eye > You see the Devil’s playground > Now it all seems dead > But it used to be here…Once! > (Once it was here) > Once! > Before it disappeared! > > Once! > ‘Once’ always disappears > > Trembling hands > Are the Devil’s Playground > Empty plans > And hollow hopes > > IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE > > In the blink of an eye > All is lost > The storms they rumble > And the winds are tossed > In the blink of an eye > You’re a sad old man > Trying to remember > Whatever you can > In the blink of an eye > Death will clutch you > No respect > For fortune or Fame > In the blink of an eye > It all awaits you > Thousand of tombstones > Waiting for the names > Just waiting for the names > > In the blink of an eye…………… > In the blink of an eye…………… > In the blink of an ------- > > PARADISE LOST > > (soft) > > No matter > How tragic the loss > No matter > How heavy the cost > To this very day > I can stand tall and say: > I fought for Paradise > But Paradise lost > I fought for Paradise > And Paradise lost. > It wasn’t your fault or mine > Wasn’t this it wasn’t that > But Paradise lost > In the final at bat > Paradise lost > In the last at bat. > > (DARK.) > > As I said, with the exception of one phrase being used in > two different sections, there is no one theme running > between all the sections as one song. They work far better > to the naked eye separate than together. Together, they > are scatter shot, without any one target in particular. > > Hopefully, my separating them for you has proved my point. | |
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