Betacord wrote:monochrome wrote:I ran some simple noise filtering on the vocal section and sped it up to where it sounds a bit more clear.
https://soundcloud.com/sum-over-histories/nothing-is-real-vocalsHere's what I hear:
Jesus, was it you indeed
To fault unkindly with my greed
Promising eternal life
When you knew it was not right
When you knew that what I'd need was willingness and the comfort there
The hardest part to be sure of for me is the "fault unkindly" line. As far as meaning, the quote seems to fit with the themes of impermanence and death. The speaker seems to believe that the promise of eternal life, while comforting, is not right. They may feel betrayed by their former belief system, that it chastised them for their greed while simultaneously taking advantage of it, by offering false promises. Errr, that is assuming I heard it right.
Maybe half the words are wrong and it's just a weird sesame street sketch again.
You put some serious work in there - I wouldn't too be surprised if that's pretty much on the money. The explanation absolutely fits in, as well. Good stuff!
Here is a more serious effort to isolate the vocals:
http://sequoia.ax.lt/nothing-is-real.mp3
I feel that it's been cut up a bit, but I hear this:
Jesus, [an echo, layered other word?] was it new indeed
To flirt unkindly with my greed
Promises; eternal [another echo] afterlife (????)
When you knew it was not [layered vocal under this word?] right
When you knew that what I'd need was the willingness and the [heartbreaking]comfort there?[/heartbreaking]
If it does infact say "new" then I take it to be about a man who was once religious, but begins to challenge the basis of those beliefs, and becomes aware of certain uncomfortable facts that he had never considered before; that those promises of an eternal afterlife are designed to "flirt with [his] greed" in order to empower some other earthly cause. It seems that it is the sort of doubt that one may cast on their religion in a time when they have turned to it in fear or in anticipation, and now he is worrying about his so-called eternal life just when he thinks he needs it.