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Old 18-06-2009, 16:33
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I hear:

Tearing wild through the silky night,
In my mind every (colour's bright?),
Let slip words in shattered verse,
A slow motion figure's (?) one behind.

A vision blurred,
I (am cursed? incurred?)
And I will burn(?)

Now I wait standing (?)
I return (?)
(?) my vision has blurred.

Stretch me out on (?) wire,
Stand as watch as my body burns.

Leave me here, a vision blurred,
Watch me burn.

And now I pray
For the (?)
(I/of return?)
I surrender, my vision has blurred.

Through the tendrils, through the trees,
I see the (forest?) change.
(Leaves turn into wicker spears?)
(But the faces remain?)

Now I wait, paralyzed,
(Running blind?)
(in surrender?), my vision has blurred.
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Old 18-06-2009, 17:06
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in my mind every colour's blind is what I hear.
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Old 18-06-2009, 17:12
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Much better. And I think the rhyme's 'As slow motion figures run behind'. It's not bad, for a song about losing a contact lens.

'Stretch me out on a thin wire', I think.
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Old 14-09-2009, 20:46
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I've got a question, is a phrase Vision Blurred typical for English language? I've noticed today that there's a line in 4st 7lb "my vision's getting blurred but I can see my ribs and I feel fine". any relations?
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Old 14-09-2009, 22:29
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well, I suppose that one's vision is blurred when he can't focus properly, or he has a "foggy" visual of the world through his eyes...so it fits in 4st 7lb (she doesn't eat ---> her eyes don't work properly ---> she barely see her ribs and she feels fine 'cos she want to be skinny)
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Old 15-09-2009, 06:40
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I've got a question, is a phrase Vision Blurred typical for English language? I've noticed today that there's a line in 4st 7lb "my vision's getting blurred but I can see my ribs and I feel fine". any relations?
"My vision's getting blurred" sounds quite standard, so I don't think there's any relations (i.e. quote).
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Old 15-09-2009, 09:15
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Old 15-09-2009, 09:17
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Surely you have a similar phrase in polish?
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Old 15-09-2009, 10:07
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I've heard "blurred vision" or "blurry vision" before, but not really "vision blurred" specifically outside of this track that I can recall- I suppose it is possible that the Horrors could have had the "4st 7lb" line/track in mind. I'm still really interested to hear the Horrors' original version, I hope it turns up somewhere one of these days!
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Old 15-09-2009, 12:48
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Well, it actually should be "blurred vision", but later in the songs the lyrics are "my vision is blurred", so maybe it sounds better...
I'm not a native English speaker but I think it should be in this way.
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Old 15-09-2009, 12:54
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Well, it actually should be "blurred vision", but later in the songs the lyrics are "my vision is blurred", so maybe it sounds better...
I'm not a native English speaker but I think it should be in this way.
Well, it's not vision blurred in 4st 7lbs, it's my vision's getting blurred...which is just as acceptable as blurred vision.

I assume vision blurred is just like a shortened form of my vision is blurred.
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Old 15-09-2009, 14:44
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I assume vision blurred is just like a shortened form of my vision is blurred.
That's what I said in the previous post
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I just had to look for this thread to confirm I didn't just hear James singing "please turn into Britney Spears"
Apparently that aren't the lyrics. I'm relieved.

To stay on topic: I love the song.
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Old 24-02-2014, 10:30
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Excellent song cover. I hope Futurology ecchoes its sound.
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