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Dig for fire
By The Pixies
Tabbed by Sven Magnus (ZennY)
LUKMAGNUS@INNET.BE
There are two basic riffs. Listen to the song to know where they go.
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|--0--0--------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--2--2--------|--0--0--0--0--|--2--2--------|
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|--0--0-h2-----|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------2--|--2--2--------|--0--0--0--0--|--2--2--------|
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Sir Stuff Professional |
#1 by Sir Stuff at Oct 25, 1970 at 3:48 PM EST |
| bingo dreamlandscape!! i think so too! | |
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Jared Wanna Be |
#2 by Jared Janak at Nov 9, 1970 at 3:02 PM EST |
| This song kinda of reminds me off Dylan Thomas's poem "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night" which is about not just letting death take you but rage against the dying of the light and maybe Black was saying don't let death take you but live life until your dead..................And i'm not saying Black got the idea for the song after reading the poem i am just comparing the two. | |
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mik Average |
#3 by mik at Apr 4, 1978 at 7:11 PM EST |
| Oh my. I had a thought. I was thinking the same as WantedMan. But I thought it may be too simple and too white for the Pixies. The Pixies like gray area. Not good, nor bad. Good is just as bad in extremes as Bad. Too shallow for them. I'm wondering if maybe, just maybe these people, are digging the same way others tried to build a ladder. They just had "opposite" goals in mind. I mean, really, if I was asleep for most of my life, then suddenly can't sleep at all? The awakening may not be so glorified..I'm gonna feel like siding with my anger. The old lady is often "kneeling" inside of her hole. I think she must have been lonely for quite some time, thus Frank's interjection of a startled "huh?" It makes me think of an estranged catholic. Kneeling, to find the fire would be quite the opposite of why they do it in the churches, wouldn't it? As the Watchman said also, Fire+ passion and drive, lust and excitement, etc. I think these people felt (as alot of us do) we want more of that. Not satisfied until we get more than the time before. Maybe they feel cheated out of life. I tend to enjoy things other religons call "evil". If I had gone my whole life and then got a taste...like a nun deciding to leave when she's 92 to be sure she had not wasted her god given life...then first beer, first great sex, first wild dance.... I'd be wanting more fire too. I'd be pissed that I decided to hand my freethought and will over to something else that was never recognized nor appreciated all my life when the real task was on the lighted dancefloor....sorry..I got carried away. Apologies. | |
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Brenton Average |
#4 by Brenton Giordano at Jun 15, 1979 at 8:26 PM EST |
| is there any way I acn erase these last messages? something went wrong.. | |
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Sir Bagel Average |
#5 by Sir Bagel at Jan 24, 1981 at 1:31 PM EST |
| I'm inclined to think that, given Black's lyrical tendencies, this song is much simpler than anything we've hit on here. Probably something like "I thought it was a good verse." That said, here's one slightly poetic interpretation. We have to see that here, the song contrasts "the mother lode" with "fire." The expression "mother lode" usually connotes someone looking for something already created, e.g. gold, buried treasure, etc. Juxtaposed with this, "fire" here may symbolize inspiration, as in a spark. So, the people in the song are saying, "I'm not just trying to gorge myself on what already exists; I'm trying to make something new." Just my $0.02. Thoughts? | |
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M4rk Lead Player |
#6 by M4rk at Mar 24, 1983 at 7:04 AM EST |
| what a great song. very hard to interpret, as are most pixies song(which is one of their traits that makes them so great to begin with). personally, i think it's just about senility, and how the characters depicted in the song have grown old but still find enjoyment in their own delusions. who knows... | |
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Tom Average |
#7 by Tom Haas at Mar 18, 1985 at 6:12 AM EST |
| people talk way too much shit on these sites | |
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Buck Wanna Be |
#8 by Buck Naked at Jan 1, 1989 at 4:01 PM EST |
| I have no clue and the part that this is not my desire does not help at all but this song it's really cool | |
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Alex Average |
#9 by Alex Lawrence at May 24, 1991 at 11:06 PM EST |
| No idea what it means. But I like to think that it means to stop worrying and when you’re broken, cold and alone on the freezing floor, you remember your worth, and start digging for fire. I persist in this existence because I choose to. I choose to keep digging for fire. I’ll keep digging for fire | |
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RJ Average |
#10 by RJ Rehmann at Oct 4, 1995 at 2:44 PM EST |
| I have no clue and the part that this is not my desire does not help at all but this song it's really cool | |
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Ronan Average |
#11 by Ronan at Jul 24, 1999 at 12:08 AM EST |
| another perfect example of how francis black leaves it to the listener to decide what they want the lyrics to mean... one of the best Pixies songs | |
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travis Wanna Be |
#12 by travis bass for D-Laid Reaction at Feb 24, 2000 at 9:20 AM EST |
| I think this song is about female masturbation. "kneeling inside of her hole" "digging for fire" Has to be! | |
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