Naveed Bass Tab

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Artist: Our Lady Peace
Song.Naveed
Tabber: Arsenik

This song is really repetitive, but sounds good.


G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|4-4-4-2-2-4-4-4-2-2-4-4-4-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-5-----|

Thats the whole song. When you finish the intro and start the verse, drop the two 5's at 
the end.

Any Questions email me at arsenault_james@hotmail.com

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


Zane Rhythm Player	#1 by Zane Bardarson at May 6, 1980 at 11:04 AM EST
	While I'm loath to comment in a manner that supercedes the original artist, this is what I get out of the song: Naveed means bearer of good news, easily a proxy for a western Christian concept of Jesus and God as bearers of the news of Salvation. So, think of someone who's brother or someone similarly close has committed suicide. "Come come Naveed... Tell me are you there, tell me is it comfortable? Did you want to escape, try to escape the population?" Comfortable place to escape the distraction of other people, I'm thinking the guy is in church. "The pressure is deceiving, and for you particularly Should we let a young man die? Let him die if he wants to? Die if he wants to" I think pressure here is not referred to in an impending sense, but perhaps retrospective. It's a means of addressing a western Christian concept of a kind and loving God who cannot interfere in human free will. Can a loving God be blind to the pain left behind by a suicide, should he intervene, or should he let someone die if that is his wish? This is, perhaps, one of the questions someone left in the wake of a close suicide might be seeking answers to in a church. "I can't live here anymore But It's hard when you reach for that floor something that tears inside me, so I can't go" Here I see a double-meaning to "live." To live is to dwell somewhere, and a church is often called a "house of God," so you have someone dwelling for hours and days in a church trying to get answers, but not finding them. He realizes he can't keep doing this, but something inside him is hurting for answers, so he can't leave. "Brother are you there? Now tell me is it wonderful? Or were you hoping to find Hoping to find something a little more?" Specifically now he addresses the departed loved one, hoping that if God won't answer, maybe he will. He's hoping that maybe his brother's answers might give meaning to the event. "Climbing down the hours I need to know now Do the hands of time only rule this chapter" He keeps praying away, and it's the same as every other time he's done it. No answers again. It's time to give up again, and time wins out again. "I'll have to try once again, I'll have to try when I want to Try when I want to" He's not ready to give up trying to find his answers from God or his brother, he's going to do it again. "I can't live here anymore But It's hard when you reach for that floor something that tears inside me, So I can't live here anymore Anymore, Any...more" He realizes that he can't keep going on like this, that he has to move on. "Prayer's on his knees again, trying hard to understand Why Naveed would let a young man die Convinced that he might break, he reaches for the phone And then another day has gone Oh another day is gone Oh another day is Is gone ( x 16 )" He keeps praying to God to find the answer, but it's just wasted time, wasted day after day looking for answers that will never come. "I can't live here anymore But It's hard when you reach for that floor something that tears inside me, So I can't live here anymore" This encapsulates the final realization. It's time to stop looking for answers that won't come from God. It's time to move on, even though something inside tears away at you. I see it more as an indictment of searching for the meaning of why bad things happen through traditional notions of religion and God. It is a fundamental understanding that, at the very least, God doesn't work that way.

No Picture Andrew Average	#2 by Andrew Shevchenko at Jul 25, 1985 at 7:32 PM EST
	to me this is about the end of Jesus' life and his time in the garden talking to God. just me though.

Ex Average	#3 by Ex at Jul 13, 1986 at 2:08 AM EST
	The Birdman wasn't written about a childhood friend (as far as all quotes by Raine have explained). Naveed was a friend of Raine's, however he spells his name Navid. Same pronunciation, but Naveed is a more straight forward spelling for the album/ song.

jakadict Average	#4 by jakadict the brave at Feb 1, 1987 at 12:57 AM EST
	I already posted a view, but I've just listened to this song again, and I got something a bit deeper out of it. I've decided that, for now, I think the song is about giving people the dignity of making their own choices. I think in the first verse, Raine is describing a young man who is unhappy with life. He goes out into the world to seek something different, and doesn't find it. The song itself is narrated by his brother (in a spiritual sense, I think). So the brother asks the man about what he's found, but the brother knows that he is unhappy and suicidal. So, Raine asks the question: should we allow this man this dignity of making his own choice and killing himself, or should we intervene and try to save his life? Eventually, the brother finds he can't live in that fear of his friend killing himself, but it's hard to get out of thinking those thoughts. In the second verse, once again Raine goes over the man's fight for finding a reason to live. But the man was hoping to find a little more. I believe 'climbing down the hours' means everyone was simply waiting for the man to snap and take his own life. The brother wonders 'if the hands of time only rule this chapter'- will he see his friend in the afterlife? Can they spend eternity together? 'I'll have to try once again' The brother has tried to stop the guy from tkaing his life, but he is tired and can't keep up anymore. So he rests, and tries to regroup. The 'I can't live here' refrain represents both men's thoughts- the guy who wants to kill himself can't live in this world anymore, and after he kills himself, his brother can't live the same life. It's too mundane, too ordinary. So the other man goes on a quest as well. 'There he's on his knees again'- I think this verse, like I said before, is the brother screaming at God, demanding to know why He would let someone kill themselves. But 'Convinced that he might break'- like his brother, this man feels pressure and is at his breaking point. Unlike his brother, he doesn't commit suicide- he picks up the phone and talks to someone. So, in the end, like I said, I think the song is about choice- two men make two very different decisions.

jeremy Average	#5 by jeremy fenech at Jan 3, 1990 at 5:59 PM EST
	I think this is a story about a person (Naveed) and his friend. His friend doesnt want to live, so he is thinking of comitting suicide, or actually does. Naveed wants his friend to live, but Naveed also knows that his friend wants to die. Well, I think you know the rest.

Aaron Wanna Be	#6 by Aaron schmidt at Sep 19, 2000 at 7:00 AM EST
	Biggreenmonkey.....this is what I see when i hear this song, glad to see i'm not the only one!

Ben Rhythm Player	#7 by Ben Formica at May 27, 2001 at 1:05 PM EST
	One of my favorite OLP songs. Definately may favorite off this CD.

Megan Average	#8 by Megan at Feb 15, 2003 at 1:44 AM EST
	Fabulous song...I can never get enough. Such an interesting meaning. Wow. They opened with this song at the concert I was at last night!

Blades Average	#9 by Blades at Feb 21, 2003 at 4:59 AM EST
	I read in an interview OLP said this song relates to the desire to elevate yourself spiritually. Raine talked about delving into other world religions/ different spiritual paths and how his dad, who was raised christian, was upset about that. It's like trying to find your own answers instead of believing the stuff your parents grew up on. Maybe I'm wrong because it could be about another song on that album.