¤ milky moon ¤

I used Sprout & Bean to pull me back from the edge

having not heard it for...many years.

It was the song that got me then,

And it was the song that helped me now.

A precious thing,...

at the dearth of the day.
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It has been so very long and I am very tired.

"...at the dearth of the day"?

It seems that I'm not correct about this.

For many decades, I thought the song America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee) began thus:

My country, 'tis of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty
Of the icing...

I swear to God. My entire life up to a few years ago, I thought this.

Yeah, you know, purple mountains majesty...I thought, maybe, the snow-covered mountains (majesty) were icing, frosting.

Now, I'm supposed to believe that it's really "dirt of the day"?

Well I have kept "sable eyes" rather than "save our eyes"
In Kingfisher

queenofnerds wrote:Well I have kept "sable eyes" rather than "save our eyes"
In Kingfisher

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Hmmm....I'm going to take a look/listen at that.

queenofnerds wrote:Well I have kept "sable eyes" rather than "save our eyes"
In Kingfisher

I listened to the song with the two phrases in mind and never heard either, though I do confess to my mind wandering here and there.

I noticed first that Kingfisher I could recognize only barely. I could never imagine not being thoroughly familiar with every song off this album, though it has been years since I last heard it entirely. I liked this result and consider it a victory over "familiarity breeds contempt", the truism.

I heard several other songs recently--other than Sprout and the Bean:

• The pre-Ys version of Sawdust and Diamonds named, "(Joanna_Newsom)_05-04-20_Sawdust_And_Diamonds.mp3", which has the album property=="l'europeen (20/04/2005)". I went through the trouble of editing out the lengthy chatter at the end and sending it to someone via e-mail. He responded with an accusation of sending him a dangerous virus within the mp3 and that he was going to call the FBI. I've always considered Joanna's music to be potentially "dangerous", but never imagined in such a way.


• Bridges and Balloons--Nothing odd to report, other than not knowing, still, who were the one's to've seen.


• The Jimmy Fallon appearance of Soft as Chalk (Youtube)--This I sent to the same dopey guy, but hours prior to the FBI threat. He then accused me of "lawlessness". I threatened to name him respondent on a Restraining Order if he contacted me again.

I'll have to listen again to Kingfisher.

I'm totally with Queen of Nerds on her Kingfisher interpretation. I had always heard it as "sable eyes", and was quite shocked when I discovered it was "save our eyes" in the lyric booklet.

I'd been caught out before ... "you blush, Ink Boy", turned out to be "you blushing boy", and now when I listen, I have to agree that the 'official' reading is correct (though not nearly as much fun)!

So I went back and listened to Kingfisher, believing I'd hear the lyric-book version ... but I still didn't. In fact, I am more convinced than ever that there's a "b" sound in there, so I'm sticking with "sable".

Steve wrote:..., I have to agree that the 'official' reading is correct (though not nearly as much fun)!
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I often prefer my incorrect hearing of a lyric. For a long time there was a line that I--apparently--had wrong and when I discovered that, I was very disappointed.

From the lyrics of the first piece on Yes' 1974 album Relayer, The Gates of Delirium:



Choose and renounce throwing chains to the floor.
Kill or be killing faster sins correct the flow.

I thought it was "Killed or be killing faster sins correct the flow."

I thought that the one to commit the "faster sin" would be the one to "be killing" and would remain alive; hence, either you are killed or you are killing; "kill" and "be killing" seems to be the same.

Steve wrote:I'd been caught out before ... "you blush, Ink Boy", turned out to be "you blushing boy", and now when I listen, I have to agree that the 'official' reading is correct (though not nearly as much fun)!

Now I can't un-hear it so it has become "you blush, Ink boy"
:p

I thought it was "You blush, pink boy".