Their sound has been described as an amalgamation of psychedelic rock, industrial, synth-pop and avant-garde. They have released over 40 records and continuously tour the world.
Members of the band have also collaborated with Nurse With Wound, The Dresden Dolls, Jarboe, HNAS, Jim O'Rourke, Skinny Puppy's cEvin Key, forming The Tear Garden. Ka Spel accompanied Skinny Puppy for a small part of their 1988 European 'Head Trauma' tour in Sweden. Key also appears on the 1994 album 9 Lives to Wonder.
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The Legendary Pink Dots Lyrics
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killed in pleasure gardens of our making. If we'd never taken anything,
but only given... If we could forgive, forget and rearrange the patterns.
If you'd never thrown a stone or split the atom - ate the apple... if...
If I'd stayed alone in shackles feeling nothing, seeing nothing in my
head... If we'd shared instead of just collecting. If we'd never lived...
If... If we'd ever... If we never never, never land but fly without a
destination, cry without a cause, and lose ourselves for just a second at
The lyrics to The Legendary Pink Dots' song Evolution express a longing for a different world, one where humanity is free from the trappings of greed and violence, and where we are able to connect with the natural world around us. The song asks us to consider what it would be like if we were able to let go of all our attachments and embrace a simpler, more peaceful existence.
The opening lines of the song suggest a desire to transcend our current reality and explore the unknown. The reference to "six were nine" alludes to a reversal of expectations, suggesting that the world we know may not be the only possibility. The lines "time was never measured, only killed in pleasure gardens of our making" reinforce this sense of possibility and invite us to imagine a world free from the strictures of time and routine.
The song's final line, which suggests that in the next life "we'd be dolphins," serves as a metaphor for the kind of freedom and connection with nature that the song is advocating for. The image of dolphins, known for their intelligence and playfulness, represents the kind of joy and harmony that the singer longs for.
Line by Line Meaning
If God was egg, if six were nine...
If the concept of god was as fragile as that of a bird egg, and if numerical values had their meanings reversed - this idea of flipping values extends to challenge anything that is commonly understood as a fixed understanding.
If time was never measured, only killed in pleasure gardens of our making.
If there was no tracking of time, if time was not considered a measurement, and if we only lived for pleasure rather than progress, no goals, or achievement.
If we'd never taken anything, but only given...
If as humans we didn't feel compelled to hoard or claim belongings and instead gave selflessly?
If we could forgive, forget and rearrange the patterns.
If we could let go of pain inflicted onto us and choose to move on from it, rather than holding onto the pain, and if we could ignore traditional or uncomfortable models of thought, and change the way we process events.
If you'd never thrown a stone or split the atom - ate the apple... if...
If there were less human inventions, less controversial historical moments or discoveries that would lead us down the wrong path.
If I'd stayed alone in shackles feeling nothing, seeing nothing in my head...
If I as a person disconnected from every emotion and experience, living a life of misery and seclusion.
If we'd shared instead of just collecting.
If we believed that sharing and donating was not only the right way to live but the most moral and ethical way of being.
If we'd never lived... If... If we'd ever...
If it was all hypothetical - blank slates, fresh starts. What if we reimagine what we know and listen to other possibilities.
If we never never, never land but fly without a destination, cry without a cause, and lose ourselves for just a second at the beauty of it all...
If we lived in a world where we allowed our emotions to run free without restraint, if we were swept up in wonder and awe and let go of the narrow meanings we struggle to assign to everything.
Then maybe in the next life we'd be dolphins.
If we lived a life wherein these guidelines were our modus operandi, then in our next lives; we'd take a shape of a dolphin, a creature that's been revered since ancient times as advanced beings.
Contributed by Connor S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Alejandro Contreras
Pink dots has great music
ELi ELi
Pure Perfection .
Tonelocmanson's Gamer'sParadise
I really do love your channel. You have the best background images with lyrics. It's awesome. Thank you so much! I've seen the Pink Dots three times and met them every time. I was at Perfect Mystery Tour in SF to say goodbye. Whoever you are, we are ken Yo!. Thank you so much. I will share you with my network all the time! Facebook friend me if you want to.
enc0m511
I appreciate it, I have subscribed. Seen LPD only once during the Shadow Weaver tour so I guess around ‘92 but it was an unforgettable show, they are one of a kind & definitely one of my favorite bands. I don’t do any kind of social media but I am glad to know you & thank you for watching.
femme-mirage
Thank you! 😄 LPD ❤️
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