Bride & Groom Hot Air Balloon
Album: Freshman Year Released: August 20th, 2005 Re-released: September 4th, 2020 Written & produced by: Frances Quinlan Recorded by: Chris Archibald, Damien Derose & Phil Douglas |
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Background
The track was rewritten as "Bride and Groom" on their 2009 EP Wretches.
The track was one of the few Freshman Year songs performed during the 15th anniversary livestream.
Lyrics
Young couple
Is kicking air as their burning balloon
Takes the pair up and up and up and up and up and up and up
Awful windy day
And the young agricultural manufacturer's assistant
Slowly raises his sleeping eyes
He opens them wide, wide, wide, wide, wide
And he stares up at the sky, sky sky, sky, sky
And the couple cries
To ears that could not hear, "We are up here
And we are so very afraid of heights!"
That morning, the bride said
"I think it's very clear with my
premonitions here
We were meant for a ride
In the big hot air balloon tonight"
And now she's crying
"Oh darling, darling, dear, I'm so
Sorry to approach you here
You seem terrible afeared
We won't get to see the morning sky
And I can't help but wonder why
I'm not afraid to die"
And the water's all around them, yeah
The water's all around them, now
Townsfolk had tried to help, but how?
But now the ground is miles from them
Bound for the ocean
They're bound to let go sometime
And their arms are getting tired
Yeah, their bones are flaked with fire
From the straining of their wires
She looks into his eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes
Says, "At least we know we tried, tried, tried, tried, tried"
And the couple sighed
For years that, up till here, they both had dreamed
And so, they swept their plans into the sea
She said, "We could be a pair of happy fish," she said "I'll build a house in a sunken ship, yeah
Be a pair of happy fish, we'll build a house in a sunken ship," now
They're a pair of happy fish, they live inside a sunken ship, yeah
They're a pair of happy fish, they live inside a sunken ship
But when you let go at the same time
With the flowers all falling down
Let the angels and the flowers floating around
Stand on up and make themselves go down
Letting the lovers drown
Young couple
Is kicking air as their burning balloon
Takes the pair up and up and up and up
An awful windy day
And the young agricultural manufacturer's assistant
I still don't know what that job is
Raises his sleeping eyes
And he opens them wide
The couple cried
To ears that could not hear, "We are up here
And we are so very afraid of heights!"
That morning, the bride said
"I think it's very clear with my
Premonitions here, dear
We were meant for a ride
In the big hot air balloon tonight"
And now she's crying
"Oh, darling, darling, dear, I'm so
Sorry to have brought you here
You seem terrible afeared
We won't get to see the morning sky
And I can't help but wonder why
I'm not afraid to die"
That's a big fat lie
The water's all around them, now
Townsfolk had tried to help, but how?
Now the ground is miles from them
Bound for the ocean
They're bound to let go sometime
And their arms are getting tired
Yeah, their bones are flaked with fire
From the straining of their wires
She looks into his eyes, eyes
Says, "At least we know we tried"
And the couple sighed
For years that, up till here, they both had dreamed
And so, they swept their plans into the sea
She said, "We could be a pair of happy fish, we could live inside a sunken ship
We could be a pair of happy fish, we could live inside a house in a sunken ship," now
They're a pair of happy fish, they live inside a sunken ship, yeah
They're a pair of happy fish, they live inside a sunken ship
Goes to show when you
Let go at the same time
With the flowers all falling down
Let the angels and the flowers floating around
Stand up and make themselves go now
For letting the lovers drown, drown
Drown, drown, drown
Drown
Yeah, let the lovers drown
Without a sound