Emergency, Doctor (lyrics, doors, cover, memory, songs)

Crowe · 12-30-2005, 08:18 AM

My music, in sound, is like a Postal Service meets Bright Eyes- require a bit of time change, so while the syllables and stuff don't seem to line up quite right, they do in the actual songs. I like to tell stories in my lyrics and this one is called...

"Emergency, Doctor"

Emergency! First door on the right, straight on til morning....
Jump down! Seven flights of stairs, wet floor warning.

Emergency! Doctor cried, throat throttling fifth gear, wailing night.
Paddles Stat! Machines from beyond the curtains, white ceiling light.

There is a boy. Covered in life. There is a boy. Going under the knife.
Surgery, sense memory recall, the fall from the seesaw, scream!

Eight years. A decade not seen. Missing his teens. Instruments sheen.
Parents sob, behind closed doors, horrors of these echoes, scored.

Emergency! Resilience failing, heartbeat trailing, Doctor administer incision!
Nurses yell! Morphine dream, boys eyes open, white turning to cold cream.

Emergency! Seven thousand steps to the lowest depths of sanity. Climb.
The cut comes in stop-motion time. An inch of a fraction, centimeter life.

Breathing ceased! Chest is still! Doctor feeling the warm skin chill.
No! Not now! Doctor shouts and clasps the hands of a dying child.

Give me a minute, he pleads, and finishes his deeds, sewing up skin.
The crowds waits a moment, then a second and a moment again.

(we hear a cough and sputter and then a cheer)

TrampInaTux · 12-30-2005, 08:34 AM

I really liked that. In fact, I loved that. Absolutely brilliant. I'm glad that there is finally as guy to prove Big3's comment wrong, that there is some hope for n00bs to this forum. I give you my Wandering Jew Badge Of Honour. Keep it up.

madeinNY · 12-30-2005, 09:39 AM

I love it! AND it has a happy ending

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Yay! The great Big3 has been proven wrong...mark your calenders.

TrampInaTux · 12-30-2005, 10:09 AM

I'm so pleased with myself!

Crowe · 12-30-2005, 05:54 PM

Hey Thanks a lot guys! I'm glad for the good feedback.

riseagainstrocks · 12-30-2005, 09:58 PM

I can see this as more of a spoken word piece that straight up song, but very, very nice.

either/or · 01-01-2006, 02:03 AM

yeah its a good song but the way i pictured pissed me off because u used lots of !!exclamation points!! which made me read it as those bits been shouted. and i dont think bright eyes ever really shouts like that. and yes thank god for the happy ending, cheer all these dreary mofos up.

Crowe · 01-01-2006, 08:55 AM

well, bright eyes does shout, but not like you would think of - a SHOUT - uh, IE waste of paint is a bright eyes song, its like the line where he goes...

Will my number come up eventually? Like Love is some kind of lottery,
where you can scratch and see what is underneath. It's "Sorry",
just one cherry, "Play Again." Get lucky.

When he says play again, his voice rises and becomes pretty intense. Thats what the exclamation points are akin to.

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12-30-2005, 08:18 AM
Crowe Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago/St. Louie Posts: 711	Emergency, Doctor My music, in sound, is like a Postal Service meets Bright Eyes- require a bit of time change, so while the syllables and stuff don't seem to line up quite right, they do in the actual songs. I like to tell stories in my lyrics and this one is called... "Emergency, Doctor" Emergency! First door on the right, straight on til morning.... Jump down! Seven flights of stairs, wet floor warning. Emergency! Doctor cried, throat throttling fifth gear, wailing night. Paddles Stat! Machines from beyond the curtains, white ceiling light. There is a boy. Covered in life. There is a boy. Going under the knife. Surgery, sense memory recall, the fall from the seesaw, scream! Eight years. A decade not seen. Missing his teens. Instruments sheen. Parents sob, behind closed doors, horrors of these echoes, scored. Emergency! Resilience failing, heartbeat trailing, Doctor administer incision! Nurses yell! Morphine dream, boys eyes open, white turning to cold cream. Emergency! Seven thousand steps to the lowest depths of sanity. Climb. The cut comes in stop-motion time. An inch of a fraction, centimeter life. Breathing ceased! Chest is still! Doctor feeling the warm skin chill. No! Not now! Doctor shouts and clasps the hands of a dying child. Give me a minute, he pleads, and finishes his deeds, sewing up skin. The crowds waits a moment, then a second and a moment again. (we hear a cough and sputter and then a cheer)

12-30-2005, 08:34 AM
TrampInaTux that's my war face. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,451	I really liked that. In fact, I loved that. Absolutely brilliant. I'm glad that there is finally as guy to prove Big3's comment wrong, that there is some hope for n00bs to this forum. I give you my Wandering Jew Badge Of Honour. Keep it up.

12-30-2005, 09:39 AM
madeinNY [[la de da diddy da]] Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NY...duh. Posts: 461	I love it! AND it has a happy ending . Yay! The great Big3 has been proven wrong...mark your calenders. __________________ I cleared out my PM box...I promise. lol

12-30-2005, 10:09 AM
TrampInaTux that's my war face. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,451	I'm so pleased with myself!

12-30-2005, 05:54 PM
Crowe Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago/St. Louie Posts: 711	Hey Thanks a lot guys! I'm glad for the good feedback.

12-30-2005, 09:58 PM
riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: JMU Posts: 3,136	I can see this as more of a spoken word piece that straight up song, but very, very nice. __________________ www.siegemusic.blogspot.com One note timeless, came out of nowhere...

01-01-2006, 02:03 AM
either/or Don't think twice Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A basement on the hill Posts: 379	yeah its a good song but the way i pictured pissed me off because u used lots of !!exclamation points!! which made me read it as those bits been shouted. and i dont think bright eyes ever really shouts like that. and yes thank god for the happy ending, cheer all these dreary mofos up. __________________ Painstaking devotion and love Surrendered to self preservation From others who care for themselves A blindness that touches perfection But hurts just like anything else Isolation, isolation, isolation

01-01-2006, 08:55 AM
Crowe Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago/St. Louie Posts: 711	well, bright eyes does shout, but not like you would think of - a SHOUT - uh, IE waste of paint is a bright eyes song, its like the line where he goes... Will my number come up eventually? Like Love is some kind of lottery, where you can scratch and see what is underneath. It's "Sorry", just one cherry, "Play Again." Get lucky. When he says play again, his voice rises and becomes pretty intense. Thats what the exclamation points are akin to.