In 2006 they released Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain, a five-part sojourn of neoclassical grace and luminescence that defies lazy categorization. As dark as the bottom of the ocean and nearly as otherworldly, "Palmless" finds Mono inhabiting a magical world previously only hinted at in their most orchestral compositions.
Forgoing their tendency to erupt into hellish bursts of speaker-destroying noise, Mono instead exhibits remarkable restraint, stretching song lengths past the 15-minute mark, turning subtle crescendos into earth-shaking events. This record is a miniature panoramic view of the sea on an eerily still day, the current swaying at an impossibly lazy pace, and the sound of a thousand tiny waves crashing all at once.
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Mono & World's End Girlfriend Lyrics
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Everything's so fuzzy now like a dream
We look back we never share
All the time we have gone to there
Feeling up you're falling down
Everything is silly when we spin
Crossroads and everything
Feign like we wanna sing along
How did we get here?
Lost at sea around the sun
An' I know that some of you might be scared
An' of all of the second chances to fear
Long for the wings of angels to fly
Off of this rock spinning round a star
Now you're flying
Now you're dying
The lyrics of [untitled] by Mono & World's End Girlfriend are open to interpretation, but they appear to be about the fleeting nature of time and the importance of cherishing every moment. The first lines, "Our time is running out. Everything's so fuzzy now like a dream," set the tone for the song's contemplative mood. The lyrics suggest that time moves quickly, and so many experiences become hazy and distant memories. The next line, "We look back we never share," suggests that we often fail to share these experiences with others or make meaningful connections.
The lines "Feeling up you're falling down, everything is silly when we spin" describe a sense of disorientation and confusion, perhaps representing the chaos and unpredictability of life. The lyrics "How did we get here? Lost at sea around the sun" further emphasize this feeling of being adrift and unsure of our place in the world. The last lines "Now you're flying, now you're dying" suggest that life is short and fleeting, and every moment is precious.
Overall, the lyrics of [untitled] encourage the listener to live in the moment, appreciate the people around us, and find meaning and purpose in life.
Line by Line Meaning
Our time is running out
We are quickly running out of time.
Everything's so fuzzy now like a dream
Things feel blurry and unreal like we're in a dream.
We look back we never share
When we look back, we realize we never shared our experiences.
All the time we have gone to there
We've spent all our time getting to this point.
Feeling up you're falling down
We're experiencing the highs and lows of life.
Everything is silly when we spin
Life seems absurd when we're caught up in the whirlwind of it all.
Crossroads and everything
We are at a pivotal moment in our lives.
Feign like we wanna sing along
Even though we may not actually want to, we pretend to join in with others.
How did we get here?
We wonder how we ended up where we are in life.
Lost at sea around the sun
We feel adrift and aimless in life, circling around the same issues.
An' I know that some of you might be scared
Some of us may feel afraid and uncertain.
An' of all of the second chances to fear
We may be scared of missing out on second chances in life.
Long for the wings of angels to fly
We yearn to be free and unencumbered like angels.
Off of this rock spinning round a star
We want to escape the boundless cycle of our mundane existence.
Now you're flying
We are soaring to new heights.
Now you're dying
At the same time, we may feel like we are losing parts of ourselves as we grow and change.
Lyrics © DistroKid, TUNECORE INC
Written by: Eryk Jones
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@alanwerner8563
Sure I’ll be 👍 #64, rounding out the 64 hexagrams in the I Ching which is (2X2)X(2X2)x(2X2) FWIW
Has anyone noticed that there are NO 👎s ? That doesn’t happen very often.
I’ve come back to this recording again recently after a long hiatus and once again I’m Totally Enveloped in it just like happened back when I first discovered it.
This piece is unlike anything produced in the past maybe 90-100 years, and even to compare it to things from the Early Avant Garde period of Classical Music like perhaps The Rite of Spring, the Concerto for Orchestra, and La Mer is wrong because just as those pieces Broke The Mold of That Which Came Beforehand, so too have the great recent Anthemic Hymns of Post Rock broken the mold of Whatever Trash it was that came before it with this piece SO CLEARLY OCCUPYING THE PINNACLE OF THAT PYRAMID as to be Indisputable.
These days I’m focused on the idea of Humanity’s Ascension to our Rainbow Light Bodies, a Joint Spiritual Awakening, facilitated by selected Ascended Masters who are helping us transcend that which has been keeping us Down Here on the 3rd dimensional plane. And it’s PIECES OF MUSIC LIKE THIS ONE which provide a Central Point of Coalescence, a point of Correspondence, a point of reference at a Higher Place.
When we listen to this we go to That Place Again and Again and each time get some sort of Manna or Something which actually Sustains and Nourishes Us. And the more we go to This Place and the more we Give to that Central Secret Spiritual Meet-Up, the more IT gives to each one who goes to this Well of Love for a Drink.
Wow, I Really sound like a New Age Freak don’t I?? Oh well... I don’t care.
@alanwerner8563
Aha, YOU’RE the one to whom I owe a Great Debt of Gratitude for turning me on to this, the Greatest Recording of the 21 st century!! Thanks a Lot! I had already discovered Mono after their 2nd album and saw them in a small joint in SF. It was their first West Coast tour and they spoke NO ENGLISH, (whatever, no es importa). There was an opening band but I forget who they were. After they left, Mono came out, picked up their instruments, checked levels, tuning briefly and then slowly at first, like they do and over the next ONE HOUR AND 45 MINUTES continued building in volume and intensity until they Ended in what can only be called a Multiple Musical Orgasm, followed by the natural Detumescence. Then they put their instruments down and while we were all Screaming/Crying/Cheering they walked off stage and didn’t come back. That was Mono.
W.E.G. was unknown to me before this project. It appears to me to be a composition project of one person who assembles bands/chamber-type ensembles to record his works. He’s certainly very prolific. I don’t like All his stuff but it’s good overall.
Any recommendations of other things that might Hold A Candle To Palmless Prayer would be great. Believe it or not I listen to classical music mostly.
Oh, also. Do you know anything more about this project? It appears to have bits taken from
elsewhere? Like is there more? Did the WEG guy all of it or ?
Thanks again
🐰
@d4rkside_europe564
Just cried for the first time for years while I'm at a lake. Life is overwhelming sometimes and I think I needed it for a very long time.
@BenAstarb
I totally lose myself when I listen this. Easily my favorite album of all time. I have listened to this so many times and it will never get old.
@brandonshaffner8970
+Ben Astarb I'm finally rediscovering after a few years. So nostalgic and just as engaging as I remember.
@BenAstarb
+PorkyPine heck yes!!!
@theunknown3983
it's a very good one you could check Godspeed! You Black Emperor they look like them and in my opinion more superior too
@JeanPhilippeBoucher
Wow... I was doing boring homework while listening to this for the first time without much attention, and at 55:00 I suddenly was overwhelmed by sadness... I was interupted in my work because my subconscious was suddenly tearing up. That is some truly powerfull music right there!
@SPARKLEDAZEY
I bought this album on CD from a Tower Records in Lakewood, CA when it was closing down. This album made me feel like I was in the middle of the Pacific ocean on a moonless night and glassy waters.
@edgardocarrasquillo4222
“Whereas the beautiful is limited, the sublime is limitless, so that the mind in the presence of the sublime, attempting to imagine what it cannot, has pain in the failure but pleasure in contemplating the immensity of the attempt”
― Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
Quizá sea que jamas he realmente escuchado.
@whitenblack6518
WOW, so a couple of years ago, I was chatting with this random dude on Omegle and he introduced me to post rock. He sent me some God is an Astronaut songs and I was like, "meh, it's p cool I guess." He then told me that there was a free download of this album, so I downloaded it, put it on my iPod, and listened to it for several months. I changed iPods and lost the album. I rediscovered it just now! I'm just so glad he introduced me to post rock because it's my favorite genre now.
@BelieMyBurial
Man, this album just destroys me every time i listen to it. And yet, i cant stop.