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Elbow — Powder Blue
Album: Asleep in the Back
Avg rating:
6.1

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Total ratings: 89









Released: 2001
Length: 4:21
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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Your eyes are just like black spiders
Your hair and dress in ribbons
Babycakes
In despair or incoherent, nothing in between
China white, my bride tonight
Smiling on the tiles

Bring that minute back
We never get so close as when the sunward flight begins
I share it all with you
Powder blue, oh

Stumble through the crowds together
They're trying to ignore us
That's okay
I'm proud to be the one you hold when the shakes begin
Sallow-skinned, starry-eyed
Blessed in our sin

Bring that minute back
We never get so close to death, makes you so alive
I share it all with you
Powder blue, oh
Yeah, yeah
Hey, yeah

Hey, yeah

Bring that minute back
We'll never get so close as when the sunward flight begins
I share it all with you
Powder blue, oh
Comments (25)add comment
Why only a rating of 5.8?
Posted 12 years ago by Bor_de_wolf    [ Reply ]
Have no use for men singing falsetto. Never saw the point of it. Women and boys do that so much better. If you have a man, let him sing like a man. This grates on my nerves. I never understood the term \"shoegazer\" before, but now I get it. I do not want to gaze at shoes. I can\'t tell whether this \"singer\" is in agony or ecstasy, but I am in nausea. And now to top it off, there are horns wailing in the background. Thanks for stopping.
Posted 20 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Bliss. And if you\'ve ever been where they\'re talking about you would be as full of gratitude for the elegy as I am... And you who want to hammer your nuts, go for it, you might just hit a similar peak.
Posted 20 years ago by missjanuary    [ Reply ]
Is this yet another shoe-gazer band? Curse you, Thom Yorke!
Posted 20 years ago by LaChinchon    [ Reply ]
\"Any day now...how\'s about...getting out of this place...anyways...got a lot a spare time.....\" It almost works!
Posted 20 years ago by ladyj    [ Reply ]
This is way different than \"Independent Woman,\" which I heard on a website. It does sound like Coldplay a bit though. I\'m anticipating the segue into Pink Floyd...
Posted 20 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Well, did this come out before or after Coldplay hit it big? Are you sure this isn\'t Coldplay?
Posted 21 years ago by streetsintherain    [ Reply ]
this is putting me into a depression
Posted 21 years ago by JCJ    [ Reply ]
Ooo, play it again :)
Posted 21 years ago by soulspin    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by rmurray248: I'd rather be hit in the nutsack with a hammer - twice
Posted 21 years ago by Malka    [ Reply ]
I\'m glad those strong, streched out melodies, are no longer taboo in contemporary pop. Apart from commercial pop, they seem to have been that for a long time. On the other hand; these are the days, anything goes. Fatboy Slim\'s playing next.
Posted 21 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
"I'm proud to be the one you hold when the shakes begin." What a happy song! :D
Posted 21 years ago by odoggy    [ Reply ]
I'd rather be hit in the nutsack with a hammer - twice
Posted 21 years ago by rmurray248    [ Reply ]
sleepy, sparse (not in a good way). Not good for a wed afternoon when I\'m struggling to stay awake in the first place.
Posted 21 years ago by nolands    [ Reply ]
I think the singer sounds like Morissey (just a bit) ;)
Posted 21 years ago by darcyc    [ Reply ]
Thanks for uploading, Lily. :) Sounds good!!
Posted 22 years ago by Skid_Mark    [ Reply ]
just bought the disc today, after hearing several tracks here on RP first! How's that for the power of internet radio? I would never have heard of them otherwise.
Posted 22 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]