Initially a solo outlet for Bruce’s music the first album, Abducting the Unicorn, was released on Cyclops Records in May 1999. The critical plaudits and small but fanatical fan base that grew around the release was enough to convince Bruce that perhaps TPT was here to stay and he returned to the Dining Room studios to work on the second TPT album, 137.
Following the reaction to its release in the spring of 2002 and the growing demand from fans for live shows, Bruce felt the need to expand TPT to a full band. The band consisted of his close musical friends – former university band mate Jon Sykes on bass, Wayne Higgins on guitars, Matt O'Leary on keyboards and Keith Harrison on drums. Wayne and Matt have since left but Steve Kitch (who co-produced and mixed the albums since 10 Stories Down) joined to replace Matt and play the keyboards.
The third album, Variations On A Dream (2004) gave TPT a further boost, reaching out to yet more people all over the world. Three albums followed, 10 Stories Down (2005), Little Man (2006), and limited the run What We Have Sown (2007) which featured re-worked un-released tracks. This was to prove to be the last album released via Cyclops before the band signed to Kscope and released Tightly Unwound. This was followed by The Dawn Raids EPs and 3000 Days, a 2CD re-mixed and re-mastered collection of songs from their ten year history so far.
The band returned in May 2010 with their new album Someone Here Is Missing. This album marked a significant step forward in the maturity of the band’s song writing and earned the band critical acclaim. In April 2011 the Thief were privileged to be invited to cover Pink Floyd's 'Money' by Mojo magazine for their cover CD tribute to the Dark Side of the Moon.
The band will release a new studio album in September 2012.
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Tightly Wound
The Pineapple Thief Lyrics
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Your poor little feet just take you
Where you've been before
Run like the wind to get your own back
Look what you've done
You've made me throw up on your floor
We've lost our time, no time
So sad, too bad, my dreamer
Look what you've done, the hopeless, the dreamers
Shot to the head there's nothing anyone can say
Look in my eyes and beg forgiveness
Look what you've done you've ruined everything we've made
We've lost our time, more time
To tell you, what I wanted to say
So sad, too bad, my dreamer
We've lost our time, no time,
To tell you what I wanted to say
You were, you were
My saviour, for a little while
The song "Tightly Wound" by The Pineapple Thief is a song about a relationship that has ended badly. The lyrics are directed towards someone who is referred to as a "hopeless dreamer" who has caused the singer a great deal of pain. The singer is angry and hurt, and blames the other person for ruining everything they had together. The lines "Look what you've done, the hopeless, the dreamers, shot to the head there's nothing anyone can say" suggest that the singer feels that the other person has caused irrevocable damage that can't be fixed. The line "You've made me throw up on your floor" gives a physical description of how the singer is feeling, and hints at the intensity of the emotions involved in the relationship.
The repetition of the phrase "We've lost our time" throughout the song emphasizes the sense of loss that the singer feels, and also suggests that the relationship has been going on for a long time. The line "You were, you were my saviour, for a little while" suggests that the other person played an important role in the singer's life at some point, but that this has now ended. The shift from present tense to past tense in this line emphasizes the finality of the situation.
Overall, "Tightly Wound" is a song about the pain that comes with the end of a relationship, and the sense of loss and regret that often accompanies it.
Line by Line Meaning
Look what you've done you hopeless dreamer
Oh dear, you have done it again. You, the hopeless one who always dreams big and fancies the impossible.
Your poor little feet just take you where you've been before
You keep going back to the same place, following the same path repeatedly.
Run like the wind to get your own back
Take off as fast as you can to take vengeance for all the hurt and pain caused to you.
Look what you've done, you've made me throw up on your floor
You've made me so nauseated by your actions that I couldn't help but vomit on your floor.
We've lost our time, no time, to tell you what I wanted to say
We never got a chance to talk and say what I really wanted to say to you, and now it's too late.
So sad, too bad, my dreamer
It's a pity that your dreams and aspirations have led to this unfortunate situation.
Shot to the head there's nothing anyone can say
Your actions have caused irreparable damages, and there's nothing anyone can say or do to fix it.
Look in my eyes and beg forgiveness
Face me, look into my eyes, and apologize for what you have done.
Look what you've done you've ruined everything we've made
You have destroyed everything that we worked so hard for, and now it's all gone.
We've lost our time, more time, to tell you what I wanted to say
We had more time, but we still couldn't tell you what we wished to say, and now it's too late.
You were, you were, my saviour, for a little while
At some point, you saved me, and I was grateful for it, but now everything has changed.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: BRUCE SOORD
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
El Dani
Way too little people know this band. WAY too little...amazing stuff! :)
Biero
Lyrics:
Look what you've done you hopeless dreamer
Your poor little feet just take you where you've been before
Run like the wind to get your own back
Look what you've done you've made me throw up on your floor
We've lost our time no time
To tell you what I wanted to say
So sad, too bad, my dreamer
Look what we've done the hopeless dreamers
Shot to the head there's nothing anyone can say
Look in my eyes and beg forgiveness
Look what you've done you've ruined everything we've made
We've lost our time, more time
To tell you, what I wanted to say
So sad, too bad, my dreamer
We've lost our time, no time
To tell you what I wanted to say
You were, you were
My saviour, for a little while
A0000001 A
5:18 simply amazing.... :-O
João Silva
Love this shit.
Ch B
Mellotron Overkill :)
unutmayacagimbirnick
good!
USMCSDI
How does ONE shit stain thumbs down this MASTERPIECE?
Ole Morten Persen
Misclick? Or maybe he was looking at the screen upside down and never realised his mistake?
hisfrogginess
Amazing!- and nope... no porcupine tree here...
david0ff
I prefer the acoustic version.