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Thread started 04/19/03 6:32am

katrina

Reflections

Can someone post the lyrics to this song?
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Reply #1 posted 04/19/03 7:32am

IstenSzek

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"REFLECTION"

two servants together
like time, indefinite
trying to catch the glass
before it falls
without a frown
can you turn up the stereo?

I wanna play you this old song
it's about love
can I do that?

did we remember to water the plants today?
I forgot to look up at the moon bcuz
I was too busy, said I was too busy
looking at you babe

still it's nice to know
that, uh when
bodies wear out
we can get another
what does that one thing have to do
with the other one?
I don't know
I was just thinking about my mother

you know what
turn the stereo back down
ain't nothing worse than an old love song
tell me do you like my hair this way
remember all the way back in the day
when we would compare who's afro was the roundest

mirrored tiles above the bed
fishingnets and posters all over the wall
oh yes, sometimes
i just wanna go sit out on the stoop
and ehm...play my guitar
just watch all the cars roll by...


+++


I'm not 100% sure fcuz, but these are the lyrics the way
I hear them. It's a cool song and the lyrics are nice.
and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #2 posted 04/19/03 8:24am

booyah

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I think that's all accurate except one minor difference:

"ain't nothing worse than a old worn-out love song"

Incidentally, it's very rare that Prince writes a song without a chorus (what others are there?) and even rarer that he writes a song without the title in the lyrics (again, what others are there?)...

Interesting.
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Reply #3 posted 04/19/03 11:00am

moonshine

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>it's very rare that Prince writes a song without a chorus
>(what others are there?)

darling nikki
had u

erm...any more for any more

and even rarer that he writes a song without the title in the lyrics (again, what others are there?)...

darling nikki (again)
Check out Chocadelica , updated with Lotusflow3r and MPLSound album lyrics April 2nd 2009 :
http://homepage.ntlworld....home2.html
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Reply #4 posted 04/19/03 11:11am

moonshine

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Also The ballad of dorothy parker doesnt have a chorus does it...
Check out Chocadelica , updated with Lotusflow3r and MPLSound album lyrics April 2nd 2009 :
http://homepage.ntlworld....home2.html
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Reply #5 posted 04/19/03 1:28pm

katrina

IstenSzek said:

"REFLECTION"

two servants together
like time, indefinite
trying to catch the glass
before it falls
without a frown
can you turn up the stereo?

I wanna play you this old song
it's about love
can I do that?

did we remember to water the plants today?
I forgot to look up at the moon bcuz
I was too busy, said I was too busy
looking at you babe

still it's nice to know
that, uh when
bodies wear out
we can get another
what does that one thing have to do
with the other one?
I don't know
I was just thinking about my mother

you know what
turn the stereo back down
ain't nothing worse than an old love song
tell me do you like my hair this way
remember all the way back in the day
when we would compare who's afro was the roundest

mirrored tiles above the bed
fishingnets and posters all over the wall
oh yes, sometimes
i just wanna go sit out on the stoop
and ehm...play my guitar
just watch all the cars roll by...


+++


I'm not 100% sure fcuz, but these are the lyrics the way
I hear them. It's a cool song and the lyrics are nice.



Thanks. lol
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Reply #6 posted 04/19/03 1:37pm

wellbeyond

still it's nice to know
that, uh when
bodies wear out
we can get another
what does that one thing have to do
with the other one?
I don't know
I was just thinking about my mother



That's rather touching...and sad... heart
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Reply #7 posted 04/19/03 2:43pm

themuse

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Does anyone have any thoughts whether they think this is a current track or one from the past?
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Reply #8 posted 04/19/03 3:01pm

alexnvrmnd

themuse said:

Does anyone have any thoughts whether they think this is a current track or one from the past?

Well, from the verse Wellbeyond just singled out, it's obvious it's fairly recent!
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Reply #9 posted 04/19/03 3:01pm

Brendan

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themuse said:

Does anyone have any thoughts whether they think this is a current track or one from the past?


It's a new track. The lyrics show a maturing Prince looking back and reflecting upon days gone by, including thoughts of mortality and his recently deceased mother.
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Reply #10 posted 04/19/03 3:03pm

Therapy

themuse said:

Does anyone have any thoughts whether they think this is a current track or one from the past?


Heh, I'm gonna reply saying that it doesn't matter... no such thing as time... wink
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Reply #11 posted 04/19/03 4:49pm

jimipaisley

Sorry 4 this question but I can't find this song on the npgmc, so where it is?
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Reply #12 posted 04/19/03 5:01pm

VelvetSplash

Derivitive and mediocre.
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Reply #13 posted 04/19/03 11:56pm

enjoyniki

jimipaisley said:

Sorry 4 this question but I can't find this song on the npgmc, so where it is?


Go to the door Reflections...

Ogasm doesn't have a chorus and the title is not used in the song lol

Madhouse doesn't have the titles in the songs either.
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Reply #14 posted 04/20/03 7:32am

nayroo2002

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Darlin' Nikki HAS a slight chorus: "...grind..."

&

he DOES mention her name before he "...woke up the next mo'nin'..."


sorry. just nit-picky fishtail!
"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #15 posted 04/20/03 7:36am

nayroo2002

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...it's kinda like the structure of Sign O The Times.


i have no idea why i'm posting on this thread. I haven't even been home yet to join and hear this "Reflections"

i must be the most patient freak on the .org
"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #16 posted 04/20/03 7:52am

psychodelicide

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wellbeyond said:

still it's nice to know
that, uh when
bodies wear out
we can get another
what does that one thing have to do
with the other one?
I don't know
I was just thinking about my mother



That's rather touching...and sad... heart


Damn, that is sad! sad

I haven't been able to listen to this song yet, unfortunately. When I click on the fountain to try to access the song, nothing happens. sad
RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you.
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Reply #17 posted 04/20/03 9:10am

jimipaisley

enjoyniki said:

jimipaisley said:

Sorry 4 this question but I can't find this song on the npgmc, so where it is?


Go to the door Reflections...

Ogasm doesn't have a chorus and the title is not used in the song lol

Madhouse doesn't have the titles in the songs either.


Thank u !
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Reply #18 posted 04/20/03 10:21am

NME

psychodelicide said:


Damn, that is sad! sad

I haven't been able to listen to this song yet, unfortunately. When I click on the fountain to try to access the song, nothing happens. sad


It's on Kazaa and Limewire...
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Reply #19 posted 04/20/03 11:22am

AmethystAngelM
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wellbeyond said:

still it's nice to know
that, uh when
bodies wear out
we can get another
what does that one thing have to do
with the other one?
I don't know
I was just thinking about my mother



That's rather touching...and sad... heart


Yes it is. heart
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Reply #20 posted 04/20/03 2:16pm

Brendan

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The first line should be "Two SEVENS together", not "two SERVANTS together". smile

Two sevens together
like time, indefinite
Trying to catch the glass
before it falls

--

Seven is considered a good luck number and breaking a mirror is said to bring you seven years of bad luck.

I believe Prince is saying that he and his current love are like two good-luck charms matched together. But this time a more sober Prince in the wake of his mother's death and the death of his marriage with Mayte is pondering mortality; the relationship’s, his wife’s and his own. Prince knows this time that there are no guarantees for this love and so he’s frantically trying to keep it all from breaking apart.

This is an extremely personal song. It hit me hard.
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Reply #21 posted 04/20/03 2:21pm

FirstAvenue

VelvetSplash said:

Derivitive and mediocre.

rolleyes
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Reply #22 posted 04/20/03 3:02pm

BelleBeyond

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I love this song...and, I love hearing it with the rushing water from the NPGMC site "playing" along with it in the background...it sounds so beautiful... rose smile
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