The band has performed at many national festivals including Coachella, Stagecoach, Summerfest, Bumbershoot, and Pickathon. In 2011, they performed at several large folk festivals such as Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Newport Folk Festival and 2011 ROMP roots and branches. They are scheduled to play the Sasquatch Festival, Bonnaroo, All Good Music Festival, Newport Folk Festival, and Lollapalooza in 2012.
2014 saw the release of Trampled by Turtles's seventh studio album, Wild Animals, on July 15th. The band tapped Alan Sparhawk, from the band Low, to produce Wild Animals. Sparhawk's influence is evident in the band's seemingly more alternative, high lonesome sound. The night of Wild Animals' release, TBT made their second appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. On August 16th, Trampled by Turtles headlined a sold out show at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO.
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Beautiful
Trampled By Turtles Lyrics
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What are you fighting for?
Simple and subtle and lying
And too beautiful
Too beautiful
Too beautiful for me.
A massacre of timing
A shadow world at best
And too beautiful
Too beautiful
Too beautiful for me.
No one saw it coming
And no one sees it still
Empty space and memories
Too beautiful
Too beautiful
Too beautiful for me.
And I'm scared that I, forget it.
I hate that life goes on.
The world so sweet and deadly
And too beautiful
Too beautiful
Too beautiful for me.
The lyrics of the Trampledbyturtles' song, "Beautiful", offer a poignant insight into the emotional turmoil experienced by someone who has lost a loved one. The line "weakened from the bottle" implies that the singer is drinking to numb the pain of their loss, while the question "what are you fighting for?" suggests that they may be struggling to find meaning or purpose in the wake of their bereavement. The lyrics then describe the deceased as "too beautiful for me", which can be interpreted in different ways. Perhaps the singer is saying that their loved one was too good for them, or maybe they mean that their beauty made their loss all the more tragic.
The second verse paints a picture of a world that seems to have lost its order and coherence in the aftermath of the tragedy. The reference to a "massacre of timing" suggests that the event was unexpected or came at the wrong time, while the phrase "shadow world at best" implies a sense of unreality or dislocation. Moreover, the line "a life too short and blinding" suggests that the deceased was young or died too soon, and that their brightness was a temporary flash that left a lasting impression.
The final verse expresses the singer's fear of forgetting their loved one and their frustration with life's capacity to go on without them. The reference to the "world so sweet and deadly" implies that there is a bitter irony in the fact that life continues to offer new pleasures and experiences even in the face of loss. Ultimately, the emotion conveyed by these lyrics is one of grief, but it is also one of awe and admiration for the beauty and significance of the deceased's life.
Line by Line Meaning
Weakened from the bottle
I am weakened from the effects of alcohol on my body.
What are you fighting for?
I do not understand what motivates you to fight.
Simple and subtle and lying
Your actions are deceitful and cunning.
And too beautiful
Your actions seem too perfect and too good to be true.
Too beautiful
Your actions continue to be too perfect and too good to be true.
Too beautiful for me.
I am unable to handle your perfection and beauty.
A massacre of timing
Everything seems to be going wrong at the wrong time.
A shadow world at best
The world around me feels dark and gloomy at its best.
A life too short and blinding
Life seems to be brief and filled with blinding moments.
And too beautiful
As before, everything seems too perfect and too good to be true.
Too beautiful
As before, everything continues to be too perfect and too good to be true.
Too beautiful for me.
As before, I am unable to handle your perfection and beauty.
No one saw it coming
No one expected or was able to predict what has happened.
And no one sees it still
No one is able to see the lasting effects of what has happened.
Empty space and memories
All that is left now is a void and memories of what once was.
Too beautiful
The memories are too perfect and too good to be true.
Too beautiful
As before, the memories continue to be too perfect and too good to be true.
Too beautiful for me.
As before, I am unable to handle the perfection and beauty of the memories.
And I'm scared that I, forget it.
I am afraid that I will forget the beautiful memories and what has happened.
I hate that life goes on.
I despise the fact that life continues without taking into account what has happened or what I have lost.
The world so sweet and deadly
The world can be both delightful and deadly at the same time.
And too beautiful
The allure of life and its beauty is still too strong.
Too beautiful
As before, the world and life continues to be too perfect and too good to be true.
Too beautiful for me.
As before, I am unable to handle the perfection and beauty of the world and life around me.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, TERRORBIRD PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: DAVID PATRICK CARROLL, DAVID PAUL SIMONETT, ERIK ROBERT BERRY, RYAN DAVID YOUNG, TIMOTHY POWELL SAXHAUG
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