Do You Realize??
The Flaming Lips Lyrics
One, two, three, four
Do you realize that you have the most beautiful face
Do you realize we're floating in space
Do you realize that happiness makes you cry
Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes, let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
Do you realize, oh, oh, oh?
Do you realize that everyone you know
Someday will die?
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes, let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
Do you realize that you have the most beautiful face
Do you realize?
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Dave Fridmann, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd, Wayne Coyne
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The Flaming Lips is an American neo-psychedelic band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States in 1983. Throughout their career, band members have come and gone, but currently The Flaming Lips consist of original members Wayne Coyne (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Michael Ivins (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), along with members Steven Drozd (drums, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Derek Brown (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals). Read Full BioThe Flaming Lips is an American neo-psychedelic band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States in 1983. Throughout their career, band members have come and gone, but currently The Flaming Lips consist of original members Wayne Coyne (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Michael Ivins (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), along with members Steven Drozd (drums, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Derek Brown (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals). Former members include Mark Coyne (lead vocals), Richard English (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), Nathan Roberts (drums), Jonathan Donahue (guitar, backing vocals), who went on to form Mercury Rev, Ronald Jones (guitar, backing vocals), and Kliph Scurlock (drums).
The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which typically feature animal suits, puppets, streamers, video projections and complex stage light configurations.
In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2006, Oklahoma City named a street Flaming Lips Alley in their honor.
The group recorded several albums and EPs for Restless Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a #9 hit on the Billboard Alternative charts (and #55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart) in 1994 with "She Don't Use Jelly". Although it would be their only hit single, the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability with sonically majestic albums such as 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999's The Soft Bulletin, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and 2006's At War with the Mystics. The Flaming Lips' 12th studio album, Embryonic, was released in October of 2009. A complete cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was released in May 2010. The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, their collaborative album which features artists like Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Nick Cave and Erykah Badu, was released on Record Store Day, April 2012.
Their next studio album, tentatively titled The Terror, will be released in January 2013.
Their song "Do You Realize??" is the official State Rock Song of Oklahoma.
www.flaminglips.com
The Flaming Lips are known for their lush, multi-layered arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles. They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows, which typically feature animal suits, puppets, streamers, video projections and complex stage light configurations.
In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2006, Oklahoma City named a street Flaming Lips Alley in their honor.
The group recorded several albums and EPs for Restless Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they scored a #9 hit on the Billboard Alternative charts (and #55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart) in 1994 with "She Don't Use Jelly". Although it would be their only hit single, the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability with sonically majestic albums such as 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic, 1999's The Soft Bulletin, 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and 2006's At War with the Mystics. The Flaming Lips' 12th studio album, Embryonic, was released in October of 2009. A complete cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon was released in May 2010. The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, their collaborative album which features artists like Ke$ha, Bon Iver, Nick Cave and Erykah Badu, was released on Record Store Day, April 2012.
Their next studio album, tentatively titled The Terror, will be released in January 2013.
Their song "Do You Realize??" is the official State Rock Song of Oklahoma.
www.flaminglips.com
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Lyrics:
Do you realize that you have the most beautiful face
Do you realize we're floating in space,
Do you realize that happiness makes you cry
Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes, let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
Do you realize, oh, oh, oh?
Do you realize that everyone you know
Someday will die?
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes, let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
Do you realize that you have the most beautiful face
Do you realize?
Uppity Bee
I have never heard this song before, and I am so glad I am hearing it right now. It's great!
Joan Nodland
Played this at my daughter's funeral. We always would sing this together and we would both be sobbing. She was afraid of losing me and i was so scared she was going to leave me. She left. Died from fentynal laced heroin. She always thought she was never good enough. She had a heart of gold. Miss her. This is our song.
Nerdfart
Isn't it about obstructive nature, if you never tell you child the beauty of how the mind, came you teach your children, WeAskU, the little void that needs to read here's your mom or Dad reading along, aren't you the one who will type along in forty more years, about how great it is to have a Dad~daa, the first two spoken syllables of life, followed by MAh~um. Be. Wellish, And Dreaming. mAh anger needs. An eyelash and heavy silentish bref. Need hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and ol carbon always trying to be alphabetically first... (Periods of ellipses)~ Nerds Well Rounded Too... "We'd run the world for you freely, without charge of finance, so you'd freely run to greeting all that had won, grinding kindly, when so few understand or over~anything, it's often blinding and breathtaking, what does a crowd need from their favorite singin'?
radwizard
Fentynal flooding over The Southern Board. 4/26/2022.
Patricia Ann Demello
So so sorry for your loss. Losing someone you love is a life long pain that only dulls over time and never goes away. Or in my case, the pain never goes away.
Pr0x1mo
@Random Guy And why exactly did you take the time to write this shitty reply? Look, i'm sorry that you don't know how to type. It must feel terrible to go and type shit replies but i don't see the point of you commenting this on the internet but hey, i'm judging plus this was 3 years ago and i'm not you because i'm not as stupid so we don't think the same way.
Random Guy
@Joan Nodland and what do you mean by “no one would believe it besides myself?” There are like a lot of people who see me as a nice man and sure maybe you can say that they are blind but regardless also like I said in my first respond my comment wasn’t really made to create any issues with you and plus if you don’t like my comment don’t bother to respond to it and sure that’s a hypocrite statement because I commented on your comment but that’s because I was sharing my own opinion and personally I don’t see any issues in your comment but now I am the bad guy? look my point wasn’t to waste your time so just don’t respond to me and keep going with your day because if I am a “bad person” then my comment doesn’t deserve the time and energy from you and no this comment isn’t to make you mad.
randy mussell
This is a song that should be played at some point to everyone....so poetic and truthful. Brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it!
Doll
My mom's cancer has come back. It's highly aggressive. I heard about this song through the SDCC Guardians Hall H panel and I haven't been able to stop listening to it, since.
Tell the people you love you love them. Hold them while you can. I'm so grateful to spend time with my mama, and for the music, and for the movies that help define me. Thank you, Flaming Lips. Thank you.
Rafael Garcia
Sending prayers your way