Lyrics Annotated
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CrackingTheSimonCode Lyrics Annotated |
Another Galaxy | |
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Extended intro, key of D#.
Electronics and drums start. Beautiful electric guitar solo overlays electronics. Then acoustic guitar, finally acoustic/electric guitar duet over electronics. Eno and Simon never tighter. |
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On the morning of her wedding day, When no one was awake, She drove across the border. Leaving all the yellow roses on her wedding cake. Her mother's tears, her breakfast order. She's gone, gone, gone.
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Note the half step (A# to B) from "roses" to "on" as the chord changes from D# to G7. |
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There is a moment, A chip in time, When leaving home Is the lesser crime.
When your eyes are blind with tears,
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This would be the chorus in a traditional verse/chorus song. |
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That night her dreams are storm-tossed like a willow. She hears the clouds, She sees the eye of a hurricane, As it sweeps across her island pillow. But she's gone, gone, gone.
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There is a moment, A chip in time, When leaving home Is the lesser crime. When your eyes are blind with tears, But your heart can see: Another life, another galaxy.
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| D#. Haunting coda. Eno/Simon at its best. | |
Annotator's notes: I have attempted to keep my opinions out of these annotations, focusing strictly on the facts. Unable to do so here. It's too beautiful.
Shortest lyrics but longest song (5:22) on the CD.
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