Nerina Pallot — Damascus
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years ago, you said to me,
"i think i'm losing the fight,
or the fight's losing me, i'm not certain,"
and here we are-the closing scene,
and all the house lights come up,
oh, the falling of our final curtain...
i've played a role for so long that i've forgotten myself,
but i said i'd be there and i'm keeping my word,
you've played yourself so well,
and now i want to be you:
a great imitation of losing my nerve.
So, it's over,
and everything is wrong, everything has gone,
and i know that everything means nothing,
on the road to damascus they fell.
i saw the light-i saw the light!
but hey, it never saw me,
oh, conversion has just left me heathen,
and we could wait a thousand years,
perhaps a million or more,
if it's worth waiting for, but i'm leaving,
and so to a mecca of earthly delights-
depression is only desire deprived,
once more unto the breach and fuck my getting it right,
we've died for so long, let's just get out alive.
'cause it's over,
and everything is wrong, everything has gone,
and i know that everything means nothing,
oh, it's over,
and i don't want to fight, i don't want to be right,
i know that everything means nothing,
on the road to damascus they fell,
well i've been to damascus...it's hell...
Hell is where i'm gonna be,
the devil my intimate friend,
and hell is other people's hearts,
and knowing that everything must end.
oh, it's over...
and i don't want to fight, i don't want to be right,
i know that everything means nothing,
on the road to damascus they fell,
well, i've been to damascus as well.
"i think i'm losing the fight,
or the fight's losing me, i'm not certain,"
and here we are-the closing scene,
and all the house lights come up,
oh, the falling of our final curtain...
i've played a role for so long that i've forgotten myself,
but i said i'd be there and i'm keeping my word,
you've played yourself so well,
and now i want to be you:
a great imitation of losing my nerve.
So, it's over,
and everything is wrong, everything has gone,
and i know that everything means nothing,
on the road to damascus they fell.
i saw the light-i saw the light!
but hey, it never saw me,
oh, conversion has just left me heathen,
and we could wait a thousand years,
perhaps a million or more,
if it's worth waiting for, but i'm leaving,
and so to a mecca of earthly delights-
depression is only desire deprived,
once more unto the breach and fuck my getting it right,
we've died for so long, let's just get out alive.
'cause it's over,
and everything is wrong, everything has gone,
and i know that everything means nothing,
oh, it's over,
and i don't want to fight, i don't want to be right,
i know that everything means nothing,
on the road to damascus they fell,
well i've been to damascus...it's hell...
Hell is where i'm gonna be,
the devil my intimate friend,
and hell is other people's hearts,
and knowing that everything must end.
oh, it's over...
and i don't want to fight, i don't want to be right,
i know that everything means nothing,
on the road to damascus they fell,
well, i've been to damascus as well.
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It hurts and has no sense of direction.
Is this song going anywhere?
edbollix wrote:
I quite agree!
First time I've I heard this. Very enjoyable.
I quite agree!
First time I've I heard this. Very enjoyable.
Very loud breathing, singing like she needs to go to the little room... Not my taste.
I thought this was Sheryl Crow.
icemang wrote:
ouch mang, ouch.
Almost six years since it was released. There's been a lot of better music released i the past six years, can't think of a reason to listen to it again unless I'm too paralyzed by dread and angst to get off the couch. How she manages to get off her own couch is a mystery to me.
ouch mang, ouch.
Almost six years since it was released. There's been a lot of better music released i the past six years, can't think of a reason to listen to it again unless I'm too paralyzed by dread and angst to get off the couch. How she manages to get off her own couch is a mystery to me.
A clone of Aimee Mann
Cynaera wrote:
fredriley, I think I love you. 
I hate it when the male gender refers to the female gender as "chicks." I love this song, though - bumped it from 7 to 8. Her voice stands on its own merits, IMO.
I hate it when the male gender refers to the female gender as "chicks." I love this song, though - bumped it from 7 to 8. Her voice stands on its own merits, IMO.Chicks, broads, pussy, beaver, 'little women', even 'ladies' are..... never mind.
Look, be thankful for guys who talk like this. It gives a pretty good insight into their character early in the game. Not all male knuckledraggers dress like misogynist hip-hop gang-bangers.
Her voice is a little "pitchy" as they like to say on American Idol, but parts are soft and lovely like Karen Carpenter.
84MacGuy wrote:
Same here. Her lower register is quite similar.
Thought this was a new Aimee Mann song. Same voice, same style.
Same here. Her lower register is quite similar.
Thought this was a new Aimee Mann song. Same voice, same style.
fredriley wrote:
"chick"? She's a woman, not a feckin' chicken. Get that, boy?
fredriley, I think I love you. I hate it when the male gender refers to the female gender as "chicks." I love this song, though - bumped it from 7 to 8. Her voice stands on its own merits, IMO.
"chick"? She's a woman, not a feckin' chicken. Get that, boy?
I hate it when the male gender refers to the female gender as "chicks." I love this song, though - bumped it from 7 to 8. Her voice stands on its own merits, IMO.Reminds me of Anna Nalick...which is a good thing.
Well I thought it was Aimee Mann at first.
Beaker wrote:
"chick"? She's a woman, not a feckin' chicken. Get that, boy?
Uhhh. No. She sounds like just another whiny chick with a guitar emulating Sarah Mclaughlin. Its been done.
"chick"? She's a woman, not a feckin' chicken. Get that, boy?
I like it ok, but it sorta stopped the proceedings dead in its tracks for me. I don't turn off RP to avoid the song or anything, but I do my best to be patient waiting for the song to finish.
Didn't Jeff Buckley sing this tune?
Her style reminds me of a female Ron Sexsmith!
Mandible wrote:
Mandilble, I'd say you nailed it. I like it too.
She looks like a mixture of Fiona Apple and Natalie Imbruglia, but sounds more like Natalie. I enjoy.
Mandilble, I'd say you nailed it. I like it too.
I'm so glad it's over.Another thin, reedy voice reaching for the notes it's just not meant to hit. 1
Stefen wrote:
Nerina Pallot glammed up.
photoshopping sucks. She's way better looking as a real person.Nerina Pallot glammed up.
Beaker wrote:
McLachlan. Say after me: McLachlan
There is nothing laughable about her. ;)
And this sounds nothing at all like her. Just sayin.
Uhhh. No. She sounds like just another whiny chick with a guitar emulating Sarah Mclaughlin. Its been done.
McLachlan. Say after me: McLachlan
There is nothing laughable about her. ;)
And this sounds nothing at all like her. Just sayin.
Ups, this voice has nothing to do with Sarah McLachlan. Not that good and personal at all. On top of that, when has been Sarah singing only with a guitar? Hers are very melodic and musical songs... Are you sure you know what you're talking about?
She sounds as a bad copy of Alondra Bentley.
Beaker wrote:
Uhhh. No. She sounds like just another whiny chick with a guitar emulating Sarah Mclaughlin. Its been done.
6 for now.
(I'll take this over Antje Duvekot, for sure.)
(I'll take this over Antje Duvekot, for sure.)
A little heavy on the use of cliché, musically and lyrically.
She looks like a mixture of Fiona Apple and Natalie Imbruglia, but sounds more like Natalie. I enjoy.
first!