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Built To Spill — Nowhere Lullaby
Album: There Is No Enemy
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Released: 2009
Length: 3:56
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Well, the stakes of the game seemed fine
'Till you lost after this time
Has to make you cry
But you don't and you don't know why

Trying not to solve this
Doesn't mean it's not that bad

And everyone gets through the night
And everyone wakes up alright
And the fear you feel will pass
Then a calmness that will last

We will learn to drift off fast

Another nowhere lullaby
You can rest or you can try
And this waste, it shines in every way
Yeah, this waste, it shines in every way

You make me laugh every single day
And you hardly make me cry
Made fifteen years fly by
Still here and I don't know why

Has it been that long?
Where's the time and the table gone?

Hope it's longer than that now
Don't forget we don't know how
And everyone gets feeling down
Everybody understands

We're all doing what we can

Another nowhere lullaby
You can rest or you can try
And this waste, it shines in every way
Yeah, this waste, it shines in every way
Comments (77)add comment
 reallylost wrote:

Has John Lennon come back to life?




Yes did you not know?
Posted 3 years ago by Quetzal    [ Reply ]
Has John Lennon come back to life?
Posted 3 years ago by reallylost    [ Reply ]
 capooti wrote:

Flaming Leaps here and there


You mean because the vocals are similarly off-key?
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Flaming Leaps here and there
Posted 4 years ago by capooti    [ Reply ]
 einsteinstoe wrote:
Why oh why Bill,  won't you play some older Built To Spill. I love of their newer stuff,  but the greater Radio Paradise universe NEEDS to hear Perfect From Now On at least,  or Keep It Like A Secret.  As much as you play this album (thank you)  I just don't understand. 
 
Their latest, Untethered Moon, is also outstanding!
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
Why oh why Bill,  won't you play some older Built To Spill. I love of their newer stuff,  but the greater Radio Paradise universe NEEDS to hear Perfect From Now On at least,  or Keep It Like A Secret.  As much as you play this album (thank you)  I just don't understand. 
Posted 4 years ago by einsteinstoe    [ Reply ]
amazing album from an amazing band!
thanks Bill!
and for the listeners that feel compelled to compare musicians, Doug sounds as good or better than Lennon ever did.
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
 BrokenArrow wrote:

My thoughts exactly!
 
Mine as well.
Posted 5 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
 Xeric wrote:
Okay song.  Wonderful album cover. 

 
My thoughts exactly!
Posted 7 years ago by BrokenArrow    [ Reply ]
I have to add my vote to that of the Insolent Nottingham Jury: 3
Wait, did I get that right? 
Posted 7 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 More like Neil.

ccwcool wrote:
Can we process the vocal to sound any more like Lennon?

 


Posted 7 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 BritGirl333 wrote:
Hints of John Lennon....

 
Only a few vocal resemblances, but nowhere close to Lennon IMHO
Posted 8 years ago by Chumbawamba-1984    [ Reply ]
Hints of John Lennon....
Posted 8 years ago by BritGirl333    [ Reply ]
Never would have heard of them or a lot of what I listen to without RP.  Thanks guys!
Posted 8 years ago by maxjboxer    [ Reply ]
Saw them last fall at a pretty small venue in Minneapolis.  I was hoping for a lot from this album which is very beautiful and melodic but most of what they played was pretty loud and more dissident.
Posted 8 years ago by maxjboxer    [ Reply ]
Is this the same singer from Unified Theory of Music?
Posted 9 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
First day back at work after baca cation - thank god for Radio Paradise
Posted 9 years ago by izycrzy    [ Reply ]

I really like their stuff....and there surely is a Lennon influence.... but they don't sound anything like him.   I think they have their own sound and it is nice.


Posted 10 years ago by musickat    [ Reply ]
Another nowhere lullaby.  Oh, wait.  another meta-nowhere lullaby. 
Posted 11 years ago by dziebell    [ Reply ]

ccwcool wrote:
Can we process the vocal to sound any more like Lennon?

 

You mean because it doesn't sound anything like Lenon? Yeah?
Posted 11 years ago by richlister    [ Reply ]
Unmistakable mid '70s Lennon influence. Hmmm...homage or envy?
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Built to Spill - an autorate Ho-Hum. Every BtS song is a lullaby, by design I'm sure - that album cover is very dreamlike. 3 from the somnolent Nottingham jury {#Sleep}
Posted 11 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 

Yeah, I thought "that sounds like the Beatles" - ugh. I know, I'm probably the only non-fan


ccwcool wrote:
Can we process the vocal to sound any more like Lennon?
 


Posted 12 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
 ccwcool wrote:
Can we process the vocal to sound any more like Lennon?
 
I don't hear it.
Posted 12 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Not working for me. Sucko and barfo.

Posted 12 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
Can we process the vocal to sound any more like Lennon?
Posted 13 years ago by ccwcool    [ Reply ]
Great song, great record. "Carry the Zero" should be added to the playlist too. I'll upload that.
Posted 14 years ago by cedd__    [ Reply ]
i like this song—-first time i really listened to the words...
Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
A lotta people say they hear John Lennon in this guy's voice. I really don't. I do hear the Neil Young and Wayne Coyne tones more. But even with that, he still has a unique sound. Really like Built to Spill.
Posted 14 years ago by copymonkey    [ Reply ]

"8" - that simple


Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
I bought this CD thanks for RP. ( =
Posted 14 years ago by parrothead    [ Reply ]
i dig...
Posted 14 years ago by soulcollision    [ Reply ]
learn to drift off fast
you can rest or you can try
Posted 14 years ago by mcYammer    [ Reply ]
 Xeric wrote:
Okay song.  Wonderful album cover. 
 

DITTO
Posted 14 years ago by stephw    [ Reply ]
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted 14 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
8 => 9
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
 Imkirok wrote:
Also built to spill:


 
More like built to spew.

Posted 14 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:

Which John?

 

not Adams, Mellencamp, Candy, Holmes, Jay, or Calipari
Posted 14 years ago by azdcryan    [ Reply ]
Also built to spill:




Posted 14 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 buddy wrote:
Dear RPeeps,

I really love these guys!

Regards,

Neil Young
 
Flaming Lips


Posted 14 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 horstman wrote:


Lennon, silly kitty.
 
ha ha... didn't notice that at all...

Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:

Which John?

 

Lennon, silly kitty.
Posted 14 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
Okay song.  Wonderful album cover. 
Posted 14 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
Nice!!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
volume = 0.
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]

Every time I hear this band come on I click to see which Death Cab for Cutie album this is.


Posted 14 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
This guy sounds like Neil......not John!  And they have a great mix goin'on too.
Posted 14 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
This album is on my "must buy" list.
Posted 14 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
Really didn't mind it.
Posted 14 years ago by Lrobby99    [ Reply ]
Bad attempt to sound like John
Posted 14 years ago by crnkan    [ Reply ]
Awesome lyrics... He succeeds in making poetry out of the absurdity of life and the subsequent despair. I like it sometimes when it's not light and a music, the lyrics and the voice take me to my own dark places
Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
I wonder how, if at all, Doug's encounters with depression and/or SRI medications has informed his pieces
Posted 14 years ago by mcYammer    [ Reply ]
This guy's voice gives me the creeps.
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
Channelling John
 
Which John?

Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
 joanie wrote:
This song makes me want to get this CD.
 
Ya!  Then use it as a coaster in a biker bar!

Posted 14 years ago by rockstarbro    [ Reply ]
 joanie wrote:
This song makes me want to get this CD.
 

i thought that as well - not too great -

maybe needs to grow more
Posted 14 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]

Blaster-piece 


Posted 14 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
This song makes me want to get this CD.
Posted 15 years ago by joanie    [ Reply ]
Interesting song. I think I like it...even though it doesn't do much.
Posted 15 years ago by david1045    [ Reply ]
 rez wrote:
Sounds a bit like one of those slow Flaming Lips songs that Bill's fond of, but without the endearing quirkiness {#Sad}
 
Jup
Posted 15 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
Should be called "Built to Swill". This is an insult to Neil Young {#Mrgreen}
 

Imitation is a form of flattery my friend.  I don't know how Neil feels about these guys but BTS clearly love Neil's music. As do many other artists, but they don't all have a lead singer who has a similar voice to Neil. I like them a lot. 
Posted 15 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Beatles much?  
Posted 15 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
This is built to spill as well:


Posted 15 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
Thats not so bad.{#Meditate}
Posted 15 years ago by Mike_Sneade    [ Reply ]
Should be called "Built to Swill". This is an insult to Neil Young {#Mrgreen}
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 siskinbob wrote:
This is awful.
 

Agreed.  What a dirge.
Posted 15 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
Channelling John
 
No doubt!
Posted 15 years ago by tkosh    [ Reply ]

Its amazing an Idaho band started this new rock sound.


Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
sounded good like Neil Young's work
Posted 15 years ago by baylees    [ Reply ]
Channelling John
Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Sounds a bit like one of those slow Flaming Lips songs that Bill's fond of, but without the endearing quirkiness {#Sad}
Posted 15 years ago by rez    [ Reply ]
really?
Posted 15 years ago by Kdubba    [ Reply ]
It's a 6-7 track ....
Posted 15 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
This is awful.
Posted 15 years ago by siskinbob    [ Reply ]
New BTS ... YAY! A little more lethargic than TS pieces I have enjoyed in the past, but perhpas it will grow on me (in a good way)
Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
 chrispmcd wrote:imitate john lennon at his worst?

 


Posted 15 years ago by chrispmcd    [ Reply ]