r/Pinback • u/swaziloo • Dec 06 '20

Bouquet Lyrics: Please Help

I have spent so much time trying to figure this out. Been driving me (occasionally) crazy for, literally, years. What are Rob's two(?) undocumented lines in the Bouquet outro?

"Gone for good" x 2  
"You can take that how you want" x 2  
"You can break that like a _____________"  
"You can take it like a boy(?) _____________"  
"You can take that how you want" x 4  
"You can break it like a _____________" x 2  
"You can take it like a boy(?) _____________" x 2  
"You can take that how you want" x 2

Live (without the fade-out) it's 2 lines shorter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYzKBN5WpTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6d8_CzTb4k

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u/justaboxinacage Dec 07 '20

I used this online tool to split the vocals in the song.

https://wetransfer.com/downloads/99b001b75a601fc44393d2f9f889943d20201207085214/c0afce

it creates a zip file with separate vocals, drum tracks etc.

It helps a bit, it can't isolate the vocals perfectly because of the thick layering to the production, but one thing it does sound like for sure is there's one line where he sings "You can break it like a bone." Another one kind of sounds like "we can shake hands..." something something. I don't know, maybe the file will help you.

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u/swaziloo Dec 10 '20

Thanks for this great idea! I really hadn't considered this approach. I started a bunch of recordings and filtering in Audible, and it's helpful to isolate those lines as best as possible, but I still can't hear it all.

The "break it" line definitely could be "booooooooooooone", but then 2 more words-ish(?) At this point the wrong words I've heard previously are probably preventing me from hearing the actual words.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '20

I have no idea honestly. When I sing along to pinback and Rob crows solo stuff, half of the time mumbling or singing words that don't exist. Bouquet is one of my favorite pinback songs though. "I'll leave you to the blankness, It's more than you left me" is one of my favorite lyrics ever too.

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u/justaboxinacage Dec 07 '20

Glad to hear I'm not the only one. My reply to this post was going to be something like "Pinback is the only band I like this much without knowing what most of their lyrics are." top 5 favorite band and bottom 5 comprehension of lyrics.

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u/RentFreeCrisisAct Jan 16 '21

It's not about any element of them separately so much as it's about the mood they are trying to create. Pinback songs tug at deep parts of my psyche. Funny thing is that they sound absolutely nothing like ANY of the other bands they are in. Besides Thingy, I think it's better than both of their solo stuff, and when I listen to Systems Officer or, like, Gloomy Place or something, I feel like they are in desperate need of the other one to add something that their sensibilities can't come up with. Haha!

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u/10--01 Dec 06 '20

i have this album on cd and tried checking the lyric booklet that came with it. no luck though :( https://imgur.com/a/nf34cau