I Was In Canada Tonight. (blues, Radiohead, title, cover)

**sleepy jack** · 02-19-2007, 11:26 PM

Tonight was kind of terrible, this is a summary of it though its kind of vague. If you have any questions on what certain parts are referencing to ask.

I Was In Canada Tonight.

I walked through the streets outside a movie theater tonight,
The rain pouring and the darkness slowly covering the sky,
And Richmond looked so small while you were in my mind.

So I traded in my seattle blues for a new mood,
And cast away my sorrow in the waves of the water,
With a new feverish state of mind I dropped foreign quarters
Into an alien pay phone "Darling, i'm in canada tonight,
Wishing you were here with me in the seasons light."

And I looked at the rain as I stood repeating your name,
Dreaming of running away to get lost in the water,
Oh how nice it would be, to learn how to disappear completely,
In the northern cold, the drops of the sky sinking into my clothes.

And these walls we're creating are beginning to suffocate,
I guess only prisoners dream of running to the rain.

**LesPaul43** · 02-19-2007, 11:32 PM

This is really good and i like it a lot. Richmond is like an hour away from where i was born.

either/or · 02-20-2007, 04:17 AM

nice use of radiohead title. and its a good song as well.

DontRunMeOver · 02-20-2007, 04:29 AM

I like this one a lot, although I'm not sure about the one line:

"And cast away my sorrow in the waves of the water,"

just because it's a bit of a non-entity in the midst of all the other strong lines. Also, if you're not throwing something into the sea, or a wavy lake/river, then it doesn't make sense to me that you'd phrase it in that way. The word 'wave' probably shouldn't be there at all because that alludes to a flat surface of water, rather than rain.

PaperHurricanesAndPlanes · 02-20-2007, 01:37 PM

Not bad. Not good, but not bad. Kind of like Purgatory.

**sleepy jack** · 02-20-2007, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DontRunMeOver

I like this one a lot, although I'm not sure about the one line:

"And cast away my sorrow in the waves of the water,"

just because it's a bit of a non-entity in the midst of all the other strong lines. Also, if you're not throwing something into the sea, or a wavy lake/river, then it doesn't make sense to me that you'd phrase it in that way. The word 'wave' probably shouldn't be there at all because that alludes to a flat surface of water, rather than rain.

We went to this water park and they had a wave pool and it made me happy playing in it with my best friends, thats what that ones referring to.

SoulSoldier · 02-20-2007, 04:46 PM

"And I looked at the rain as I stood repeating your name,
Dreaming of running away to get lost in the water,
Oh how nice it would be, to learn how to disappear completely,
In the northern cold, the drops of the sky sinking into my clothes."

Nice imagery.

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02-19-2007, 11:26 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,218	I Was In Canada Tonight. Tonight was kind of terrible, this is a summary of it though its kind of vague. If you have any questions on what certain parts are referencing to ask. I Was In Canada Tonight. I walked through the streets outside a movie theater tonight, The rain pouring and the darkness slowly covering the sky, And Richmond looked so small while you were in my mind. So I traded in my seattle blues for a new mood, And cast away my sorrow in the waves of the water, With a new feverish state of mind I dropped foreign quarters Into an alien pay phone "Darling, i'm in canada tonight, Wishing you were here with me in the seasons light." And I looked at the rain as I stood repeating your name, Dreaming of running away to get lost in the water, Oh how nice it would be, to learn how to disappear completely, In the northern cold, the drops of the sky sinking into my clothes. And these walls we're creating are beginning to suffocate, I guess only prisoners dream of running to the rain. __________________ You're so evil and I'm so good, I'll make it up to you someday.

02-19-2007, 11:32 PM
LesPaul43 Bring da Ruckus Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 3,882	This is really good and i like it a lot. Richmond is like an hour away from where i was born. __________________ Tell sanchito that if he knows what is good for him he best go run and hide. Daddys got a new .45. And I wont think twice to stick that barrel straight down sanchos throat. Believe me when I say that I got somethin for his punk ass. When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

02-20-2007, 04:17 AM
either/or Don't think twice Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A basement on the hill Posts: 379	nice use of radiohead title. and its a good song as well. __________________ 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

02-20-2007, 01:37 PM
PaperHurricanesAndPlanes Bad motherfücker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In The Realms of Poetry Posts: 518	Not bad. Not good, but not bad. Kind of like Purgatory. __________________ Say what again motherfucker, I double dare you, say what one mo' goddamned time!

02-20-2007, 04:46 PM
SoulSoldier Groupie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: England Posts: 6	"And I looked at the rain as I stood repeating your name, Dreaming of running away to get lost in the water, Oh how nice it would be, to learn how to disappear completely, In the northern cold, the drops of the sky sinking into my clothes." Nice imagery.