Biography:
Frog Eyes is an indie rock band from Victoria (British Columbia, Canada), The quartet is led by singer/guitarist Carey Mercer and is known for their highly idiosyncratic songs, which pit Mercer's unhinged, melodic vocals against a swirling mass of guitar, keyboards, and drums. Drummer Melanie Campbell (also Mercer's wife) notably uses a 'found object' as part of her drums set, the so-called "dinger." This object was only used on their first three albums and has since been disposed of in favour of a normal ride cymbal.
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Other songs:
- A Flower In A Glove
- Claxxons Lament
- Crystal Blip
- Deaths Ship
- Dont Give Up Your Dreams
- I Aint Around Much
- Idle Songs
- Lear In Love
- Odettas War
- On A Finely Sewn Sleeve
- Rejoinders In A Storm
- Rip Down The Fences That Fence The Garden
- The Beat Is Down Four Wretched Singers Beyond Any World That You Have Known
- The Country Child
- The Sensitive Girls
- Two Girls One For Heaven And The Other One For Rome
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This is how I play the song! Lyrics are my own interpretations.
Suggestions and corrections welcome!
[Verse 1]
D G F#m Bm
You're a crystal blip on a TV screen, there for a second, then you fail to the screams,
Em Bm D A Em
And a million righteous scrambled pixels and then there has gotta be some that slip away,
D G F#m Bm
You're a scrambled shot on a radio, a plastic blip from a plastic stereo,
Em Bm D A Em
And a million righteous beggars screamed that there has gotta be one that slips away,
D G
You're a notch on the sword, you're a nail in the board,
F#m Bm
You should never be born now with all those plans to abort,
Em Bm D A Em
Wishing all those boats back to the edge of the bay, tie them fast and don't let one slip away,
D G F#m Bm
You're a broken kid with a shiny tooth, you seal your mouth with the greenest of truths,
Em Bm D A Em
You shall rise in the fall of the Americans, and leave yourself out of some fray,
D A Em
You shall float upon the slick of a greasiest day.
[Chorus]
E F#m
Oh, when you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
D Bm
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
E F#m
When you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
D Bm
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
[Verse 2]
D G F#m Bm
You're a minister at the end of a dream, taxing a hundred ferries so they might cross your stream,
Em Bm D A Em
So is in the heart of a mariner, who has taken his craft and floated away,
D G F#m Bm
You'll say bad hole is a gift to the sun, take this couple cloud and wrap it around well you might be stunned,
Em Bm D A Em
Lightning has a way of striking anyone, who stands in the path of an oilman,
D A Em
Who shall float in the wake of an oilman,
D A Em
Who shall float upon the slick of an oilman,
D A Em
He shall walk onto the sand and say that it's over today.
[Chours]
E F#m
Oh, when you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
D Bm
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
E F#m
When you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
D Bm
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
[Bridge]
D Bm G A
And don't forget that the demons struck, and they blow their homes by the sea,
D Bm G A
A chair shall rust by the beaches blustery gust of air as it strikes the day,
D Bm G A
And you don't forget that the demons struck and they blow their homes by day,
D Bm G A
Today, today! You were righteous! You were righteous today!
[Verse 3]
D G F#m Bm
And you're on the phone, and you pray for snow, and snow is of all, it's no longer snow,
Em Bm D A Em
Wait on the limbs of a family man, who shall walk onto some stage,
D A Em
Who shall walk onto some stage,
D A Em
Who shall harness your audiences rage,
D A Em
Who will play his dark porn on the edge of some stage.
[Chorus/Outro]
E G
When you run, run, run, run!
E G
When you run, run, run, run!
E G
When you run, run, run, run!
E G
When you run, run, run, run!
D
Because you're wrong.
Suggestions and corrections welcome!
[Verse 1]
D G F#m Bm
You're a crystal blip on a TV screen, there for a second, then you fail to the screams,
Em Bm D A Em
And a million righteous scrambled pixels and then there has gotta be some that slip away,
D G F#m Bm
You're a scrambled shot on a radio, a plastic blip from a plastic stereo,
Em Bm D A Em
And a million righteous beggars screamed that there has gotta be one that slips away,
D G
You're a notch on the sword, you're a nail in the board,
F#m Bm
You should never be born now with all those plans to abort,
Em Bm D A Em
Wishing all those boats back to the edge of the bay, tie them fast and don't let one slip away,
D G F#m Bm
You're a broken kid with a shiny tooth, you seal your mouth with the greenest of truths,
Em Bm D A Em
You shall rise in the fall of the Americans, and leave yourself out of some fray,
D A Em
You shall float upon the slick of a greasiest day.
[Chorus]
E F#m
Oh, when you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
D Bm
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
E F#m
When you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
D Bm
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
[Verse 2]
D G F#m Bm
You're a minister at the end of a dream, taxing a hundred ferries so they might cross your stream,
Em Bm D A Em
So is in the heart of a mariner, who has taken his craft and floated away,
D G F#m Bm
You'll say bad hole is a gift to the sun, take this couple cloud and wrap it around well you might be stunned,
Em Bm D A Em
Lightning has a way of striking anyone, who stands in the path of an oilman,
D A Em
Who shall float in the wake of an oilman,
D A Em
Who shall float upon the slick of an oilman,
D A Em
He shall walk onto the sand and say that it's over today.
[Chours]
E F#m
Oh, when you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
D Bm
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
E F#m
When you run, run, run, run, Run, run, run,
D Bm
Because you run, run, run, because you're wrong.
[Bridge]
D Bm G A
And don't forget that the demons struck, and they blow their homes by the sea,
D Bm G A
A chair shall rust by the beaches blustery gust of air as it strikes the day,
D Bm G A
And you don't forget that the demons struck and they blow their homes by day,
D Bm G A
Today, today! You were righteous! You were righteous today!
[Verse 3]
D G F#m Bm
And you're on the phone, and you pray for snow, and snow is of all, it's no longer snow,
Em Bm D A Em
Wait on the limbs of a family man, who shall walk onto some stage,
D A Em
Who shall walk onto some stage,
D A Em
Who shall harness your audiences rage,
D A Em
Who will play his dark porn on the edge of some stage.
[Chorus/Outro]
E G
When you run, run, run, run!
E G
When you run, run, run, run!
E G
When you run, run, run, run!
E G
When you run, run, run, run!
D
Because you're wrong.
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