Transcribing the lyrics to Knife Play

[KingSalamander]

I think it would be nice to have the lyrics to Knife Play. Tried listening closely with relatively good headphones and transcribed what I heard, I'm sure it's not wholly correct and some songs have left me perplexed (Don Diasco ..."it's always the same, nothing happens")
Suha seems pretty easy, I'll post what I got, feel free to offer corrections.

8. Suha

Black Lung got you down tonight
Saving it all for work
Suha in her arms through her sight
Watching her twin want to die

I hate my body
I hate the desert
Please/let/me/escape
When will I be going home?
I hate my husband
I hate my children
I’m gonna hang myself
When will I be going home?

Black hair got you down tonight
Black Love, Black Cuts from your work
We pluck the busted girl you are (?)
Washed down your hope in the car (?)

I hate my body
I hate the desert
Please/let/me/escape
When will I be going home?
I hate my husband
I hate my children
I’m gonna hang myself
When will I be going home?

My name is Suha, I’m 25 years old
I’m gonna hold my cat
When will I be going home?

[collin]

here's what i got:

2. i broke up

it was not posed
it messed me up
it was her recording herself whisper:
“what’s it worth to me?”

thinking one thought
the advice to be okay
break into childrens’ hospital cry it out:

"don’t fuck with me!
don’t fuck with me!”

and i broke up
fell apart
and i broke up

it is a mess
go go-go go away from here
food color poured out of her shorts mixed with
i’ll make a gate you cannot pass

taped to their loin-clothes
a sign that says: “why us?”
flip yourself off, but say “erase it” when someone sees you

this-this is the worst vacation ever
i am going to cut open your forehead with a roofing shingle

and i broke up
i fell apart
and i broke up

and i broke up
behind your house
and I broke up

[collin]

ooh this is fun. i'm on a roll here... although there are a few things i'm not sure about

4. hives hives

put the gun to my temple
put the gun to my heart
always walk off the plank cheecha (?)
always always into the dark

A-I-D-S
H-I-V
i cannot wait to die
can you tell? can you tell? can’t you tell?

never finish my degree chachee (?)
never played the pogues
throw my head out the window
cement my feet into the darkness

A-I-D-S
H-I-V
i cannot wait to die
can you tell? can’t you tell? can you tell?

[KingSalamander]

Thanks for joining in man.
Here's Luber...

3. Luber

Luber, I wanna hug you
I wanna tell you more
I love you
You got your dream
It’s about birthday party
I got your dream or what used to be
Luber, on your pushing I will answer your 1000 questions
Luber, let me help you
It will ease my conscience



Luber, on your pushing I will answer your 1000 questions
Luber, let me help you
It will ease my conscience

[KingSalamander]

Good ear collin. I agree with most of it. In what I quoted below I hear:

"Food color poured out of her shorts mixed with
I’ll make a gate you cannot pass"

But I could be way off...

collin said:

here's what i got:

threw a pillar part out over her shorts mixed with (?)
i’ll make a cake you cannot pass

[Stuci Firme]

i think if you request them, xiu xiu will mail you the lyrics to knife play.. they sent me a copy of them before.

[Chris]

On "Hives Hives," I thought it was 'never play with the Pogues ... '

a bit of a contrast, music-wise, but I try not to view music like Xiu Xiu's through a restrictive taste filter ..

[Dare]

oh, and 'weep like the busted girl you are ... '

[dr. strangelove]

great post, and thanks for what you've put down. here's a few possible (?) corrections

hives hives:

i thought it was:
"never finished my degree chachee
never played the Pogues",

like these were things he had always wanted to do...

i broke up:

i don't think it's "fell apart", but i cannot make a suggestion for an alternate.
however, i'm fairly certain it's:
"i'll make a gate you cannot pass", which works better than "cake"

i'll think about suha later, but here's my attempt at

11. tonite and today (what chu' talkin' about):

tell me
why they
hurt you like that
i can't see
how you go on

tonight and today
my eyes closed in a cloud(?)
tonight and today
the smallest kiss in the world
tonight and today
i won't forget it or why

which boys
which girls
answered your ad?
well man
it was none of them
when i give in
will it be ok?
make(?) me see it's my last year

tonight and today
my eyes closed in a cloud(?)
tonight and today
the smallest kiss in the world
tonight and today
i won't forget it or why

da da da dum



oh, and good luck at homonculus

[dr. strangelove]

as for suha, in the second chorus, i'm almost certain the lyric is

"i'm gonna cut my wrist" instead of "i'm gonna hang myself", which is the lyric in the first chorus.

and the second to last line:
instead of "i'm gonna hold my cat", i hear "i'm gonna- oh my god/ when will i be going home?"

and for luber:


"you've got your dream
it's about birthday party
and i've got my dream, or what used to be" (thanks for that last part, "or what used to be" by the way... that has been annoying me!)

and is it "on your pushing", or "are you pushing"? actually, i think you're right there, but i've always thought it was the other...

[KingSalamander]

Thanks for the Suha corrections dr. strangelove, they do sound more accurate. Hey Stu, do you happen to have the lyrics handy? I'm dying for the lyrics to Poe Poe, I think I have the first verse but it all falls apart after that. I'll wait to post that... in the meantime...



5. Dr. Troll

Paula holds inside of her
the horrible dream of being somebody
thinking about her dream makes her feel like it's stupid

Dream has come true, is a must a must
It’d be so much easier if it was a real girl
Pre-school students ask her what she is
She thinks I don’t know
She says: What do you think?

Listen to the fire
Pretend someone could love you
Listen to birthday
And dreaming ………….
And Listen to any day
Pretend someone could love you
And Listen to the milk tray
And dreaming ………..

[dr. strangelove]

first, good job on dr. troll. the swells in this song are very difficult. so here's my meagre attempts to add something

dr. troll:
ok, could it be "he" instead of "it"?
it'd be so much easier if he was a real girl?

also, i think it might be something along the lines of "and dreaming the thought of ***"

and

"and listen to the *** dream" instead of "milk tray"... but i'm really only filling in part of the blank- sorry

[dr. strangelove]

1. Don Diasco

Good god! Maybe
Ladies high
Maybe, he being so on high
He (comes in/? kisses) her
All the time
It’s all the same
Nothing happened
*************** (i think this is different than the other ones)
will you shut up?
It’s always the same
Nothing happened

Miha, Jennifer soft inside
miha oh cry, secret sigh
he comes in her (he kisses her?)
It’s all inside
It’s all the same
Nothing happened!
he comes in her (he kisses her?)
Will you shut up?!
It’s always the same
Nothing happened!
He (comes in/? kisses) her
Will you shut up?
It’s always the same
Nothing happened
He (kisses/? Comes in) her
Will you shut up?
It’s always the same
Nothing happened

obviously, i'm very confused about those two lines... any opinions?

[collin]

it probably is pogues
i haven't heard that word before so naturally, i rationalized the sound and inserted the closest word i could think of. i can edit my earlier posts to show the corrected lyrics and we can continue to edit them till they're perfect [or until stu puts them up here].

[yvonne]

Glad you guys are having fun. I will get around to posting the lyrics on the website one of these days. Sorry, but I've been busy.