Our Lady Peace cannot write lyrics.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 5/8/2004, 9:48 pm

I'm sorry, but it's true and driving me nuts. The worst offender of this is "Happiness...". Spiritual Machines is pretty terrible too. Even if I ignore the large parts just omitted (see Automatic Flowers, track two, Clumsy), some things are just plain wrong. Do they make the lyrics before recording the song or something? It's ridiculous. Stealing Babies and Happiness & the Fish are just two examples that come to mind immediately as songs with terribly written lyrics. I am sure if I look through the booklet, especially while listening to the CD, I can find more. Also, in SM, Middle of Yesterday has a random, "...again" in it. Who the hell writes these? Now, Gravity was pretty good, lyric-wise, omitting almost nothing and getting nearly everything correct. I can excuse a couple messed up ands and buts. Naveed also has pretty good lyrics, especially earlier on. I hope the next album has lyrics written like those of Naveed and Gravity.

Seacrest, OUT.

Penguin Josh · Post by **Penguin Josh** » 5/8/2004, 10:03 pm

is this you saying this or ryan seacrest?

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 5/8/2004, 10:06 pm

Waiting to Exist wrote:I'm sorry, but it's true and driving me nuts. The worst offender of this is "Happiness...". Spiritual Machines is pretty terrible too. Even if I ignore the large parts just omitted (see Automatic Flowers, track two, Clumsy), some things are just plain wrong. Do they make the lyrics before recording the song or something? It's ridiculous. Stealing Babies and Happiness & the Fish are just two examples that come to mind immediately as songs with terribly written lyrics. I am sure if I look through the booklet, especially while listening to the CD, I can find more. Also, in SM, Middle of Yesterday has a random, "...again" in it. Who the hell writes these? Now, Gravity was pretty good, lyric-wise, omitting almost nothing and getting nearly everything correct. I can excuse a couple messed up ands and buts. Naveed also has pretty good lyrics, especially earlier on. I hope the next album has lyrics written like those of Naveed and Gravity.

Seacrest, OUT.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 5/8/2004, 10:34 pm

Josh wrote:is this you saying this or ryan seacrest?

To answer that, we must answer the following question.

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, what is the sound of one hand clapping?

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 5/8/2004, 11:33 pm

are you on the crack tonight?

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 5/8/2004, 11:45 pm

Sniff.

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 5/9/2004, 12:00 am

Rather, have you gone insane and are now situated in a mental hospital? if no, who wants to hold him down while i kill him

:sarcastic angel:

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 5/9/2004, 12:15 am

Arrrrrrrrrgh I keep feeling like there are cobwebs on my arms so I scratch at them but they don't go away and they start to hurrrrt.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 5/9/2004, 1:18 am

Dude...are you serious or not? Cause I could jump down your throat or write you off as a dumbass kamikaze.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 5/9/2004, 6:36 am

You DO know that Ryan Seacrest is a total flamer, right?

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 5/9/2004, 8:59 am

Wow, that was funny.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » 5/9/2004, 10:47 am

Are you lonley?
Need a brother?

Take me home....
I'll fuck your mother.

liam · Post by **liam** » 5/9/2004, 11:21 am

okay i think Maida is a pretty damn good lyricist, and i think your a fucking asswipe feltching peice of shit....oh yeah and your a homosexual.

Soozy · Post by **Soozy** » 5/9/2004, 12:26 pm

Is what you're getting at that what's sung in the songs isn't the same as the lyrics in the CD booklets? Cos if you are it's really not clear that that's what you mean.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 5/9/2004, 12:48 pm

liam wrote:okay i think Maida is a pretty damn good lyricist, and i think your a fucking asswipe feltching peice of shit....oh yeah and your a homosexual.

Whoa.... sensing a little hostility here!

And yeah, Sooz, that's what I was getting at.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 5/9/2004, 12:53 pm

If you look at alot of other bands, changes in lyrics are made and not in the booklet.

Hattie123 · Post by **Hattie123** » 5/9/2004, 12:53 pm

well, does it really matter all that much? if it's just buts and ands and stuff then who cares?

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 5/9/2004, 12:57 pm

Well, I feel better if he is just insulting Maida's changing of transition and linking words than if he is insulting his lyrics. Cause the biggest reason I love olp is the lyrics.

Hattie123 · Post by **Hattie123** » 5/9/2004, 1:00 pm

definatly

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 5/9/2004, 1:02 pm

No no, the lyrics are perfectly excellent. I just figured they wrote these things after it was recorded, and how it was recorded. I mean things like how in Stealing Babies, the parts in the first verse are switched, and stuff.

Teehee, I wouldn't have 145 posts at an OLP message board if I didn't at least like the lyrics

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Our Lady Peace cannot write lyrics.

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