#-----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE------------------------------------#
# This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
# song. The owner of this website has not reviewed the contents of this file and #
# does not support copyright infringement or violating the rights of any artist #
# or legal entity. If you feel that the content of this file may be violating #
# copyright law, you may not use the information displayed here in any way. #
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Chorus:
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|88888-6666-888-111111-1-3-1-0-1-3-------|
If theres anything wrong with this tab, its probably
due to my lack of ability on the bass guitar.
tell me about it: alsharples21@hotail.com
pele- i would
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
|
No Picture
sam Average |
#1 by sam gagnon at Jul 19, 1975 at 11:48 AM EST |
| It's about death. And how nobody can stop time. | |
|
No Picture
Robert Wanna Be |
#2 by Robert Higgins at Jul 4, 1983 at 1:12 PM EST |
| what i don't understand, stoolhardy, is how this song is at all like coldplay's "clocks." Both songs are wonderful, in their own right; however, "clocks" is a song that lifts you up and makes you wonder about life. This song is more eerie and makes you feel like something is out to get you. The only thing they seem to have in common is that they both mention clocks. Nevertheless, this song is awesome and very different from a lot of other songs; it's the best Snow Patrol song i've heard as of yet. | |
|
No Picture
Dane Rhythm Player |
#3 by Dane n||n at Oct 15, 1984 at 5:39 PM EST |
| I also think he's saying that "he can do almost anything to you," but no matter what happens in this world, time rules over us. This is probably the best Snow Patrol song which won't get any radio play. | |
|
No Picture
CJ Average |
#4 by CJ Breidt at Mar 4, 1985 at 5:27 PM EST |
| "In slow motion the blast is beaitiful" things are much more appealing and attractive when you look at them in different lights. But as they are suppose to be, they can be frightening. | |
|
No Picture
Minkin Rhythm Player |
#5 by Minkin MQ at Oct 26, 1987 at 11:06 PM EST |
| I just got what eveyrone means about the whole "death" theory. It's about us, as humans, not having any power over situations. The clock (time) is what has the power to control us and what happens to us such as death. So when he says, "I can do most anything to you," he is speaking for/as time. That makes some sense. | |
|
No Picture
Jonoz Average |
#6 by Jonoz Moe at Sep 24, 1988 at 6:52 PM EST |
| It reminds me of The Silence of the Lambs, for some reason. It's like he's holding someone hostage in his house, and saying he can do anything to - her? SotL again - the clock is just that, a clock, somewhere else in the house. 'Every second / Dripping off my fingertips' has got to be blood, whether it's his own or not is another story. I never thought about the war thing. | |
|
No Picture
HAZARD Professional |
#7 by HAZARD at Mar 18, 1989 at 10:52 AM EST |
| i think this song is about war and dying and time and how theres nothing anyone can do about it. | |
|
No Picture
James Wanna Be |
#8 by James Wareing at Apr 15, 1993 at 3:31 PM EST |
| possibly pretending what he could do to his g/f, good or bad? could have possibly made a mistake and regretted it, but i think that would be too simple, it's an interesting song and i love it though. If anyyone wants to prove me wrong go right ahead cause i have no idea what it is about right now. | |
|
No Picture
Keely Average |
#9 by Keely at Apr 18, 1996 at 8:40 PM EST |
| This is my third posting in this song but reading it again I get yet another viewpoint from it. The song seems to be about the notion of freezing time and analyzing everything before things change even more with the passing of time. He wants to freeze time and wonder how things got this way, so that time and events won't screw things up further. His main problem seems to the following lines: "Wage your war Another soldier, says he's not afraid to die Well I am scared In slow motion, the blast is beautiful" Just look at how we got this way, wanting war, and look at what we're doing to ourselves by romanticizing it. I think he wishes he could stop time, make everyone feel this way, and continue time with everyone thinking this new perspective. But the song is pretty open-ended which is why so many people here interpret it differently. | |
