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Artist - Thrice
Song - A Subtle dagger
Album - The illusion of safety
Tabbed by - Bitchinmofo@hotmail.com
Tuning is 1 1/2 step E string and 1/2 step the rest
Intro
Gb|-----------------------------------------------
Db|----------8-------8-5-----------8------8-xxx-5-
Ab|------5h7-------------------5h7----------------
C#|-2222--------2222------2222--------222---------
Gb|----------------------
Db|----------------------
Ab|----------------------
C#|-2222-2222-2222-222---
verse
Gb|--------------------------------
Db|--------------------555----77-8-
Ab|-7>-5-3>-3h5h7-0>---------------
C#|------------------55----77------
play times 2
then back to intro,then verse again
1:04
Gb|----------------------
Db|----------------------
Ab|-7~-3~-7~-3~-7-7-7~---
C#|----------------------
1:20
Gb|-------------------------
Db|-------------------------
Ab|-2>-3>-5>-6>-7>-7-777-77-
C#|-------------------------
Gb|-----------------------------------
Db|---------------------55-44-55-7777-
Ab|-7777-7777-7777-7777---------------
C#|----------------------------------- till the end.
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
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Sean Rhythm Player |
#1 by Sean Brady at May 13, 1990 at 11:57 AM EST |
| I don't suppose anybody knows about the book called "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman. It's a good read, although I don't know if it has anything to do with this song, but it's been a long time since I've read it. | |
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callum Wanna Be |
#2 by callum cook at Dec 18, 1995 at 9:32 PM EST |
| Yeah i'd go for the whole ignorance thing as well, but ignorant toward what? probably just to the world or something. "the sunbtle dagger" is the reference to what happens if you are ignorant. i think anyway. the lyrics to this are fuckin awesome anyway. | |
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Lead Player |
#3 by Michael Leathers at Nov 7, 1998 at 7:13 PM EST |
| I highly doubt that this song is about the goverment. Thrice is more deeper than rebellion. | |
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choop Rhythm Player |
#4 by choop at Feb 5, 1999 at 8:51 AM EST |
| Not necessarily government, but conspiracy. At least that's what I think. | |
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Zim Average |
#5 by Zim Zimson at Apr 7, 2000 at 10:00 PM EST |
| this is a rad song as are all of dustin's songs. | |
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James Average |
#6 by James Burrington at Jul 28, 2000 at 3:30 AM EST |
| saviorcomplex has no life.......GREAT Song though | |
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Taylor Average |
#7 by Taylor Enokson at Nov 16, 2001 at 10:17 AM EST |
| it's all about ignorance; or more specifically the idea of unknown ignorance. rather than trying to shut out answers and reaizations, it's more about thinking you know the reasonings ad the solutions when you know little. basically, looking for the explanation that you want to be real; fooling yourself in order to be fulfilled to your own content- superficial enlightenment. | |
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Plead the 5th, Professional |
#8 by Plead the 5th, Cuz You Can't Plead the 1st at Jan 7, 2003 at 10:04 AM EST |
| I hope this is about Macbeth. An appreciation of Shakespeare would make Thrice so much cooler than they are. | |
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Connor Rhythm Player |
#9 by Connor Fowler at Nov 26, 2003 at 6:01 PM EST |
| Evolution does not deny God's existance in anyway. Saviorcomplex...I totally agree that society taints people, and I can definetly see how you are getting that from the song however, I think it has more to do with sin and what we do to ourselves, even if part of that is a result of the external world. I think there is a difference between government bashing (or being anti-government) and criticizing the government. I think the true patriots are the ones who criticize the government for its faults rather then those who simply say, "I Love America, its the greatest country on earth!!" and ignore everything that is wrong. Although Governments may have the tools of proganda to affect your thinking they can never have total control of our minds, much less our souls, if this were true, totalitarian governments would have been much more successful in the past, and despite the amount of propaganda that exists in the United States, we have access to so much more information then most countries and most propaganda is from competing interest groups and the media so we get many perspectives as opposed to one in many countries. Anyways, this may sound stupid but I think ones soul can only be touched through love. | |
