February 28, 2008 at 9:35PM LCD Soundsystem: Someone Great
Even if you don’t listen to the lyrics, you’ve just got to love that simple, spare hook. Something Great is, without a doubt, a masterpiece.
Lyrics
The ones not in the radio/video mix but in the full album version are [bracketed].
I wish that we could talk about it
but there, that’s the problem. With someone new I couldn’t start it;
too late for beginnings.
The little things that made me nervous
are gone in a moment.
I miss the way that we used to argue,
locked in the basement.[I wake up and the phone is ringing.
Surprised, as it’s early
and that should be a perfect warning
that something’s a problem. To tell the truth I saw it coming:
the way you were breathing.
But nothing can prepare you for it;
the voice on the other end...]The worst is all the lovely weather:
I’m stunned it’s not raining.
The coffee isn’t even bitter
because, what’s the difference?
There’s all the work than needs to be done,
it’s late for revision.
There’s all the time and all the planning
and songs to be finished.And it keeps coming, (x3)
’til the day stops.
And it keeps coming, (x3)
’til the day stops.And it keeps coming, (x7) ’til the day stops.
I wish that we could talk about it
but there, that’s the problem.
With someone new I couldn’t start it;
too late for beginnings.
You’re smaller than my wife imagined;
surprised you were human.
There shouldn’t be this radio silence,
but what are the options?When someone great is gone! (x8)
[We’re safe for the moment,
saved, for the moment.]
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