HIPT lyrics

Teedus · Post by **Teedus** » 8/21/2005, 7:23 pm

I hear the IS THERE A VOICE, SAVE IT!

I'm on the fence with AND THE SIDEWALKS ARE BARE in ALS and TRANSCENDED UP MY KNEE with WIC

namkablam · Post by **namkablam** » 8/21/2005, 7:27 pm

nah, it's definately "the new trends and the money" .. I bet your life on it!

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 8/21/2005, 7:33 pm

Raine says he fell asleep in north ontario in al genina.

Im from North Ontario, what a coincidence.

Teedus · Post by **Teedus** » 8/21/2005, 7:33 pm

North Ontario = Toronto? If so that's me! But I don't know if he meant Toronto.

Long Jonny · Post by **Long Jonny** » 8/21/2005, 7:36 pm

No, North Ontario means North Ontario... which is definitely not Toronto

Look at the map of Canada.

Teedus · Post by **Teedus** » 8/21/2005, 7:38 pm

Grrrr I know, we're South Ontraio...but...I can dream.

At least he means Canada. :love:

namkablam · Post by **namkablam** » 8/21/2005, 7:38 pm

yea, I think he means Windsor when he says North Ontario, nice! go Long Jonny!!

ihatethunderbay · Post by **ihatethunderbay** » 8/21/2005, 7:38 pm

North Ontario means where I live! whee...

namkablam · Post by **namkablam** » 8/21/2005, 7:41 pm

oh yea, Thunder Bay = North Ontario!!

I want to visit the sleeping giant again!

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 8/21/2005, 7:57 pm

No, no. Thunder Bay is West Ontario. North Ontario is like Sudbury, and around there, North Bay, those places.

ihatethunderbay · Post by **ihatethunderbay** » 8/21/2005, 8:05 pm

Technically, Northwestern Ontario...

but raine didn't put that because it was too long

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/21/2005, 8:12 pm

A song about the genocide (that's the mass brutal murdering of a race of people) in Darfur, and you're arguing about what part of Ontario he's talking about?

Besides, it wouldn't be good to be in that "North Ontario"... He's using that as a referance point for the ignorant masses who have no idea what's going on. This particular individual wakes up in Darfur to experience the horror first hand, and the compassion that still exists in those who live it every day ("welcome to my home", etc...). It's a plea to show compassion for those who are suffering. The man who wakes up in Al Genina doesn't know if he'll ever get home, but he's asking everyone to leave a light on for him (something you do when someone you care about is out late/away and you're expecting them home). I believe that this man won't be able to leave, to go back to his old way of life, until the killing is stopped and these people can live in peace. Only then can he come home. But he has hope that these people can be save, that he will come home, because he asks that you leave a light on for him. That, or, in a similar scenario, it's the people of Al Genina, who have been run out of their homes (the people of Darfur have been displaced, leaving their homes to avoid the genocide), asking someone to leave a light on because they have hope that they will survive and be able to return home in peace and happiness once again.

Teedus · Post by **Teedus** » 8/21/2005, 8:15 pm

Where did you get that song meaning?

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/21/2005, 8:17 pm

Al Genina = a village in the Darfur region of Sudan, where the genocide is taking place. Plus, Raine went to Darfur with War Child.

Teedus · Post by **Teedus** » 8/21/2005, 8:27 pm

Well, that does make sense.

ihatethunderbay · Post by **ihatethunderbay** » 8/21/2005, 8:42 pm

Axtech wrote:A song about the genocide (that's the mass brutal murdering of a race of people) in Darfur, and you're arguing about what part of Ontario he's talking about?

Dude, lighten up. It's just some friendly joking around, much like 99% of the posts on this board.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/21/2005, 8:46 pm

heh, it was really just a segue into my interpretation of the song.

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 8/21/2005, 8:48 pm

Thats a very good song interpretation! It is rpobably exactly what raine meant when he wrote it.

AL genina is an excellent song, its so much Meaning packed into 2:15.

Teedus · Post by **Teedus** » 8/21/2005, 8:50 pm

If only it was longer.

ihatethunderbay · Post by **ihatethunderbay** » 8/21/2005, 8:53 pm

Axtech wrote:heh, it was really just a segue into my interpretation of the song.

ok. cuz i was gonna say... geez. there's like zillions more posts of spam and joking...

anywho. I've been terribly critical of OLP for a while now. Hearing how at least two of these songs are 'some of the best OLP has recorded' has given me a bit of hope, but i'm not putting too much stock into it until I hear them for myself. (some of) The lyrics at least seem leagues ahead of Gravity, so that's good.

Will The Future Blame Us and Angels Losing Sleep read pretty good to me. I don't like Where Are You? at all though, it seems like a bunch of different songs thrown together.. it doesn't make any sense (and not the good kind of not making sense)