d'Demonstrator Lyrics

  On 11/4/2010 at 7:17 AM, geke said:

A special flowering device

more likely could be:

A special flowing device

Following.

  On 10/21/2010 at 6:11 PM, Retape said:

Megazine:

 

duuu deee de-i dee-e du de-eeeee

That's funny, I think it's more of a "dehh-dehh deh-eh duh duh d'demonstrator"

the only line i hear in laser rock without paying attention is "just because you smoke a lot of weed"... so it must be right.

plug me in lyrics are nice. mixing board falling in love with the sequencer ? truly an ode to music production.

  On 10/21/2010 at 5:51 AM, crono3 said:

 

 

are you alive?

where did you go (back?) ????

the trace of memory winds me tight

I think it's:

Are you alone?

Where did you go that night?

But the trace of memory binds me tight

  On 11/4/2010 at 11:57 AM, psn said:

Following.

Yup. Thanks psn!

  On 10/24/2010 at 5:42 PM, chook said:

I'll give it a shot:

 

Cryptic Motion

 

take placement

moves fall forevermore

where there's nothing but excess emotion/in motion

well potent

?????????? all doing to us

there is something that cannot be broken/proven

this journey

??????????

but is nothing that's surprising ?????

we hold this

strange extravagance

here is something that can't be denied you

I've added to/altered chook's Cryptic Motion:

take placement

moves fall forevermore

where there's nothing but existent motion

the movement

poise all too exposed

there is something that cannot be proven

this journey

playing off look and feel

but is nothing in this surprising allude to

behold this

strange extravagance

here is something that can't be denied you

I know this still isn't quite right, particularly "but is nothing in this surprising allude to"

  On 12/22/2010 at 12:55 AM, armacart said:

  On 10/24/2010 at 5:42 PM, chook said:

I'll give it a shot:

 

Cryptic Motion

 

take placement

moves fall forevermore

where there's nothing but excess emotion/in motion

well potent

?????????? all doing to us

there is something that cannot be broken/proven

this journey

??????????

but is nothing that's surprising ?????

we hold this

strange extravagance

here is something that can't be denied you

 

I've added to/altered chook's Cryptic Motion:

 

take placement

moves fall forevermore

where there's nothing but existent motion

the movement

poise all too exposed

there is something that cannot be proven

this journey

playing off look and feel

but is nothing in this surprising allude to

behold this

strange extravagance

here is something that can't be denied you

 

 

I know this still isn't quite right, particularly "but is nothing in this surprising allude to"

I agree with most of this.

But it's definitely "incessant motion" not "existent motion".

  On 1/4/2011 at 1:14 AM, Root5 said:

 

I agree with most of this.

 

But it's definitely "incessant motion" not "existent motion".

Agreed. Incessant makes more sense.

  On 1/4/2011 at 7:58 PM, armacart said:

  On 1/4/2011 at 1:14 AM, Root5 said:

 

I agree with most of this.

 

But it's definitely "incessant motion" not "existent motion".

 

Agreed. Incessant makes more sense.

Plus it's marginally less pretentious.

God I love Squarepusher.

Okay, so I'm pretty sure that Cryptic Motion is about the Secret Doctrine, a theory attributed to Protagoras in Plato's Theaetetus dialogue. So here's my incredibly nerdy interpretation that Squarepusher wrote this song about ancient Greek philosophy.

The Secret Doctrine is the theory that all perceptible objects are created by two opposing movements, an active movement in the world and an a passive movement in our sense organs. So hence the line: "moves fall forevermore/where there's nothing but incessant motion".

But though this theory can explain perceptible objects, it can't explain what the movements are. This is because, we cannot perceive them, only what is produced from observing them. Hence the line: "there is something that cannot be proven".

This theory claims that everything we perceive is just a perception from our perspectives, and not actually reality, which is composed only of movements. Hence the line: "this journey/playing off look and feel" (although I'm not sure "look and feel" is the line, because it sounds like there's an extra syllable in there).

And finally this theory claims that though you can't know about reality, you have irrefutable knowledge of the perceptions that the movements create. Hence: "here is something that can't be denied you".

  On 1/5/2011 at 5:36 AM, Root5 said:

Okay, so I'm pretty sure that Cryptic Motion is about the Secret Doctrine, a theory attributed to Protagoras in Plato's Theaetetus dialogue. So here's my incredibly nerdy interpretation that Squarepusher wrote this song about ancient Greek philosophy.

 

The Secret Doctrine is the theory that all perceptible objects are created by two opposing movements, an active movement in the world and an a passive movement in our sense organs. So hence the line: "moves fall forevermore/where there's nothing but incessant motion".

 

But though this theory can explain perceptible objects, it can't explain what the movements are. This is because, we cannot perceive them, only what is produced from observing them. Hence the line: "there is something that cannot be proven".

 

This theory claims that everything we perceive is just a perception from our perspectives, and not actually reality, which is composed only of movements. Hence the line: "this journey/playing off look and feel" (although I'm not sure "look and feel" is the line, because it sounds like there's an extra syllable in there).

 

And finally this theory claims that though you can't know about reality, you have irrefutable knowledge of the perceptions that the movements create. Hence: "here is something that can't be denied you".

I can't hear lyrics very well, but just to get some other songs started:

Endless Night

Can you hear crazy

Movement underground

Babe, we're ??

Through the ?? sand

Time to get moving

While there's still the light

Can we ??

?? endless night

??

??

Halt, You can try

In ambush

?? at the time

To get close

We should have known

??

Yes, it's still standing

?? afternoon

?? refusing

?? around here soon

Time to get moving

While there's still the light

Can we ??

?? endless night

??

??

Halt, You can try

In ambush

?? at the time

To get close

We should have known

??

Abstract Lover

Come here, sweet darling

oh why wont you run

but we cannot hide

so much much uncertain

still nothing denied

before protecting you

Can't help, but worry

the notion of you

asleep for contem??

so say it now

un??? it seems

but we ??

  On 10/24/2010 at 5:42 PM, chook said:

I'll give it a shot:

 

Laser Rock

 

?????????????

everything else does apply

?????????????

are we really living in a dream?

ohh I think you're out too much

 

maybe you ??????????? look

??????????? you read it in a book

just because you (sounds like "smoked a lot of weed")

it really doesn't mean it doesn't ??????

?????????????

everything else is (caught?)

????????????????????? was

what it is

??????????

??????????

 

????????? nothing is true

????? that really is an excuse

???????????????????? wide

???????????????????? your kind/mankind

oh I think you're out too much

oh I think you're out too much

 

????????????????? way

would you cancel what we have to say

but we are sure to disagree

????????????????????????? fantasies

????????????????

I think it's "Oh I think you're out to lunch", not "out too much", but it's hard to tell.

My interpretation of the first lyric in 'into the blue' is : "Dust in the bowl" and another rhyme later "Hearing the dole"

I can't make anything out of laser Rock

Is it too late? I have some revisions for Into The Blue:

Lost in the park
Lost in the place without quite moving
Hearing the dark

Are you alive?
Where did you go that night?
The trace of memory winds me tight

How can it be?
Vanish into clean air
Disappear so gracefully, stranded somewhere

Inside the voice
<unknown>
Take up my voice

<unknown>
When will it be too late?
The search for you, my friend, keeps me awake

How can it be?
Vanish into clean air
Disappear so gracefully, stranded somewhere

Can the sky see you?
While you're staring out to water neverending
Into the blue

This static place
Devoid is now the day that's fading
<unknown>

Are you alive?
Where did you go that night?
The trace of memory winds me tight

How can it be?
Vanish into clean air
Disappear so gracefully, stranded somewhere

Can the sky see you?
While you're staring out to water neverending
Into the blue

Can the sky see you?
While you're staring out to water neverending
Into the blue

Hey, good work Ando. I listened again and put my own interpretations in bold:

  On 12/5/2012 at 10:10 PM, Ando said:

Is it too late? I have some revisions for Into The Blue:

 

Lost in the park
Lost in the place without quite moving
Hearing the dark

Are you alone?
Where did you go that night?
The trace of memory winds me tight

How can it be?
Vanish into clean air
Disappear so gracefully, stranded somewhere

Inside the voice
<unknown>
Take up my voice

Into the dark
When will it be too late?
The search for you, my friend, keeps me awake

 

How can it be?
Vanish into clean air
Disappear so gracefully, stranded somewhere

Can the sky see you?
Wired, staring, out toward the neverending
Into the blue

This static place
Devoid is now, the daylight's fading
Frozen estate

 

Are you alive?
Where did you go that night?
The trace of memory winds me tight

 

How can it be?
Vanish into clean air
Disappear so gracefully, stranded somewhere

 

Can the sky see you?
Wired, staring, out toward the neverending
Into the blue

 

Can the sky see you?
Wired, staring, out toward the neverending
Into the blue

Oh yeah, the "daylight's fading" thing was what I heard too, guess I forgot to correct it

This helps though, thanks