brandice 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2005 Here's one that's not really well known. (But I wish it was!) It's a beautiful song, with truly beautiful and meaningful lyrics. Retrovertigo (from Mr. Bungle's California Words and Music by Trevor Dunn) Before you advertise All the fame is implied With no fortune unseen Sell the rights To your blight Time-machine While I'm dulled by excess And a cynic at best My art imitates crime Paid for by The allies So invest Now I'm finding truth is a ruin Nauseous end that nobody is pursuing Staring into glassy eyes Mesmerized There's a vintage thirst returning But I'm sheltered by my channel-surfing Every famine virtual Retrovertigo A tribute to false memories With conviction Cheap imitation Is it fashion or disease? Post-ironic Remains a mouth to feed Sell the rights To your blight And you'll eat Now I'm finding truth is a ruin Nauseous end that nobody is pursuing Staring into glassy eyes Mesmerized See the vintage robot wearied Then awakened by revision theories Every famine virtual Retrovertigo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2005 thats umm.... i'm not sure. it uses a lot of words i dont even know... lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rejected 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2005 I totally understood that, but the word I didn't understand was retrovergo, what's it mean? Very meaningful lyrics though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
biscuitrat 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2005 Vertigo is dizziness or nausea from dizziness, just so you know. Yay! It's an intelligent song! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brandice 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2005 Yay! I think the fella who wrote the song made up the word. A sort of dizziness from thinking back... I wonder what came first, the title or the subject of the song... hmmm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 12, 2007 This song is one of the deepest I know of. Very thought over yet again, not too much. The reality is so there and I just don't know what to think about it. One of my favorites-lovely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted December 21, 2007 One%20of%20the%20best%20songs%20ever! My Favorite Song Lyrics I love this song and it really evokes strong emotion for me. I can't understand why this never got airplay. This is one of the most straightforward of all Bungle songs. Seriously it should be in those top 50 songs of all time lists. To me this is everything a true rock ballad should be. I'd like to see this performed on American Idol. -Christine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickyRconti 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2008 agreed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sk_CrEw 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2008 (edited) Yo a friend of mine and I started a crew in Brest (France) and we both can rap but I aint no good at writting in english lol so if someone could contact me by mail or by msn if they are willing to write some lyrics for me. My e-mail is mayhem_225@hotmail.com Thanks Edited February 12, 2008 by Sk_CrEw (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted March 19, 2008 Mr. Bungle - Retrovertical interpretation My Favorite Song Lyrics Replying to brandice I have read over these lyrics many times. Perhaps I'm trying to read into them too much, but I don't understand what this song is about. Is it a love song? A song of regret maybe? Or something completely different? -reply by Just_me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted August 14, 2008 Retrovertigo My Favorite Song Lyrics IGuest... I asked the writer of the song, Trevor Dunn, exactly what the song was about...I always knew what it was about and what it meant to me (a helluva lot, I can never get thru listening to the song without crying at least once)... Anyways, this is what Trevor replied to me on his website last year: YOUR QUESTION: Name: Tony A question regarding Retrovertigo, if I may ? Is that song written from a first person perspective ? And is that person you ? If so, what is that persons viewpoint/state of mind with regard to the subject of the lyric ? If it isnt written from a first person viewpoint, please feel free to tell me from what viewpoint it was written from and as I said, their state of mind with regard to the subject of the song... MY ANSWER: Yes, if I am remembering correctly, it is a first person perspective, that person being me. Without explaining too much, which I loathe in terms of lyrics, the state of mind was disillusionment with a world or society that values image and money over human life. While certain "retro" fashions and lifestyles are considered hip, the on-going tradition of human suffering continues. As the world progresses technologically, certain people value and emulate "the good ol' days", while others are born into poverty never having progressed past the dark ages. The title "retrovertigo" is a term I came up with to describe my nausea regarding this phenomena. At the time I was living in SF where swing dancing was making a come-back, silicon valley was exploding, vintage clothes were expensive, and the notion that anything could be bought or sold--a soul, a tragedy, the end of the world---seemed viable. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ -reply by Rilence Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted November 27, 2008 Retrovertigo is the dizzying effect of looking back in the past.. And in doing so revisiting, maybe even reliving whatever it is thats there and, what the hell write a song about it and make some dough.. Mike Patton in my humble opinion is a genius and this is one of the most beautiful songs and one of my very favorite.. Just a thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aeon 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2009 There are far too many songs that I absolutely love. The two that stand out the most are 'Walk the Faded Line' by Lamb of God and 'Lateralus' by Tool/ Lamb of God - The Faded Line Witness shame's parade, the pain of blame repaid It's f*** hopeless Accusations and denial. Hopeless... demon of another day Colorless... stoned, solid grey Emptiness... of promises I made So faithless... the tenants long betrayed. Walk the faded line, cursed crawl of time Silence, the only promise ever kept. Familiar touch, a ritual to numb the cut Salvation in vice Anguish is realizing what could have been, but never was It's emptiness that fills the cup Devotion in the method of my fall. Pointless...futility continuing Endlessflowing corrupted vein. Walk the faded Line, cursed crawl of time (x2) Silence the only promise ever kept It's f*** hopeless Hopeless.(x2) It's f*** hopeless Hopeless Tool - Lateralus Black then white are all i see in my infancy. red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me. lets me see. as below, so above and beyond, I imagine drawn beyond the lines of reason. Push the envelope. Watch it bend. Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind. Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must Feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines. Black then white are all i see in my infancy. red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me. lets me see there is so much more and beckons me to look thru to these infinite possibilities. as below, so above and beyond, I imagine drawn outside the lines of reason. Push the envelope. Watch it bend. over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind. Withering my intuition leaving opportunities behind. Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line. Reaching out to embrace the random. Reaching out to embrace whatever may come. I embrace my desire to I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow to feel inspired to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral to swing on the spiral to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human. With my feet upon the ground I move myeslf between the sounds and open wide to suck it in. I feel it move across my skin. I'm reaching up and reaching out. I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me. what ever will bewilder me. And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been. We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been. Spiral out. Keep going. Spiral out. Keep going. Spiral out. Keep going. Spiral out. Keep going. Spiral out. Keep going. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites