Farrar lyrics

[saratoga jay]

who do you answer to?
no one there, just pride.

dead man's clothes

[meltonworks]

can't slow down
burnin' at 4 barrel'd speed

(back into your world)

[tilt]

One of my favorites is from 15 Keys:

"Danger slow says the sign ahead
Exhaust fumes, Thin Lizzy instead."

also

"We're all living proof that nothing lasts."

Greetings…long time Farrar fan with a burning question that I suspect someone here can answer.

Jbwilm…”15 Keys” has always been one of my favorites, but my favorite line is:

Silver spikes and mace
Displayed in your eyes
Fearlessness cannot fathom
What's on your mind

It’s intriguing for me to imagine that “fearlessness” itself cannot fathom what’s on someone’s mind. It seems like scary thought to me. I’ve often wished that I could get some outside input on these lyrics and I discovered the opportunity today here on this board. So……

The burning question is: what is this tune about? I’ve loved this track since I bought the album, but have no idea what it’s about. I’ve been cursed with an obsessively literal personality…so basically I suck at “deciphering” Farrarisms.

Any help? Thanks in advance.

[tillotson505]

Ok, after much research, I'm going to have to weigh in with 'Another road . . . '

Sorry, but that's what I'm hearing.

[The Dude]

MOTHER ROAD, MOTHER ROAD, dammit!

Another good one from "Route":

"Over the falls in a barrel, is where the answers have gone..."

[Bound to Get Burned]

To the previous question asked about the lyrics in "Route", I'm almost certain that he say's "While the road remains, it provides no more".

It's hard to think of my favorite lyric, but this is nice: "It is what we're here for, so dear to die for, count me in your direction"

[Antelope850]

No good to go feet first
All distraction and hesitation
With a bucket for the leakage
Brackish feelings to bail out

[farrarfan1]

Also meant to add "running away from the day to day blues, hope through hoops just making it through." Hanging Onto You

[farrarfan1]

With limits unknown, no time to spare for a spare idea,
the pull to wander is pulling out of here. Hanging Blue Side

[Dan]

I do like the concept of the "mother road" phrase better. I had never heard Route 66 referenced like that before but that definitely makes sense in the context of the whole song. So that's what I will sing from now on![/quote]

I'm totally convinced it's the 'mother road.' It's a much better lyric than 'another road', so I've got to believe that's what Jay is saying. The song, is after all, called 'Route'. Route 66 is definitely The Mother Road.

[criminals]

So I have been listening to Route off the original Trace and the Park West show Sawyer vined. On Trace I honestly can't tell, it sounds like it could be "the mother road remains" or "another road". Then on the concert it sounds like he says "but the road remains". So bottom line is I don't know.

I do like the concept of the "mother road" phrase better. I had never heard Route 66 referenced like that before but that definitely makes sense in the context of the whole song. So that's what I will sing from now on!

[tillotson505]

Don't know about Blind Hope. Will have to give it a listen tonight.

I am surprised that this hasn't been listed yet:

"Man cuts off his own arm,
keeps it in the refrigerator.
Goes to court to keep it that way,
says he's saving it for later"

[Grotto Slack]

So, does anyone know what Jay is saying at the end of "Blind Hope"? Someone asked earlier, I'd like to know.

[virgonaut]

"Left a Slide"

from 'Straightaways' - 505

[tillotson505]

Help me out virgonaut - what's that line from?

I just don't know/remember.