Using Songbird today I stumbled upon a couple of great songs at fluxblog. The song I want to briefly expand on is '2 Dots on a Map' by the Russian Futurists. The second song is a Russian Futurists Remix of a Cadence Weapon song called 'Sharks (The Russian Futurists Remix)'.
But '2 Dots on a Map' kind of blew me away. First, it jumps out at you like you already knew it. But then it does some funky indy rock stuff that just sounds cool as all get out, and the lyrics end up crushing you - especially if you've ever felt the feeling expressed in the song. The lyrics are here:
I'm burning and crashing, I've lost all my passion with age
I'm learning real fast that you can't leave the past on a page
But we're two dots on a map and it seems that without fail
Those inches in between us are really miles when drawn to scale
(We used to laugh, we used to cry)
I'm crashing and burning, my stomach has turned to knots
I'm asking and yearning for you to connect those dots
Because we're wasting our lives and the space between us sings
And if we knew we were dying is this how we'd leave things?
(We used to laugh, we used to cry)
And then you find out the Russian Futurists come out of Toronto, and you're like, 'of course'.
Plenty of good stuff to say about Cadence Weapon, too, but not tonight. :)
...check out the CokeMachineGlow review of the Russian Futurists album. I always find out about this stuff a year and a half late.
1 comment:
There is some background vocals throughout the song Two Dots on a Map...any call as to what they are? A friend and I have a few different ideas... I, having purchased the album at the same time my long distance girlfriend was breaking up with me, can only hear this: "Nobody knows me like you, especially after what you put me through."
Any other thoughts?
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