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RZ Lyrics / Not Available hidden monologue
« on: May 09, 2019, 07:14:44 pm »
I don't know if this has been discussed already, but I think it definitely belongs here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qado4F_gU3Y
The owner of the YouTube channel, Tmec Rep, and another user, TheCocoYouKnow, deciphered a good deal of the monologue:
"Once upon a time in a faraway land south of the steaming jungles, north of the mighty rivers, and east & west of the wastelands there lived a human person. [?????????] the making of a sound he liked. His name was only a grunt, but he liked it and liking something was a perfect awareness that he'd had that was not directly associated with his survival. In fact, he made this in almost every facet of his life. He preferred to make up things he liked. But you'd hardly expect less from a human person. The man met a human person and they liked each other, and that's what they liked about liking each other. [???????] liked [??]; [?????????????] remember what they liked, or why they liked, and wonder if they even really liked each other; and this was the second awareness not directly associated with their survival. The choice seemed to be but to stop wondering [???????], but liking what the other person didn't like. The third awareness was the most important [????????]" (fades out)
A slower voice at 0'38": "I no longer [????????]" (also fades out)
Now, my takes:
"[?????????] the making of a sound he liked" sounds to me "He named himself at the making of a sound he liked".
"[???????] liked [??]; [?????????????] remember what they liked, or why they liked, and wonder if they even really liked each other" sounds to me "But then they hung up about what they liked, and suddenly one day they needed to remember what they liked, or why they liked, and what if they weren't even really likely to care".
"The choice seemed to be but to stop wondering [???????], but liking what the other person didn't like" sounds to me "The juice seemed to be that you stop wondering how you happened to like it that the other person didn't like".
So, editing the whole thing together, we get:
"Once upon a time in a faraway land south of the steaming jungles, north of the mighty rivers, and east & west of the wastelands there lived a human person. He named himself at the making of a sound he liked. His name was only a grunt, but he liked it and liking something was a perfect awareness that he'd had that was not directly associated with his survival. In fact, he made this in almost every facet of his life. He preferred to make up things he liked. But you'd hardly expect less from a human person. The man met a human person and they liked each other, and that's what they liked about liking each other. But then they hung up about what they liked, and suddenly one day they needed to remember what they liked, or why they liked, and what if they weren't even really likely to care; and this was the second awareness not directly associated with their survival. The juice seemed to be that you stop wondering how you happened to like it that the other person didn't like. The third awareness was the most important [????????]"
What do you think of my additions (and of the rest of the transcription)? Do you have corrections? Can you get something of what is being said after "important"? I think I hear "made", "started", "things", "sad" and "so", but I cannot formulate a sentence.
IMHO this monologue has a lot to do with Not Available's themes, and it might be the most direct and revealing part of the lyrics. Maybe we could link this discussion to the analysis of the album in the Projects section.
Let me know!!
Lorenzo Lopenzo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qado4F_gU3Y
The owner of the YouTube channel, Tmec Rep, and another user, TheCocoYouKnow, deciphered a good deal of the monologue:
"Once upon a time in a faraway land south of the steaming jungles, north of the mighty rivers, and east & west of the wastelands there lived a human person. [?????????] the making of a sound he liked. His name was only a grunt, but he liked it and liking something was a perfect awareness that he'd had that was not directly associated with his survival. In fact, he made this in almost every facet of his life. He preferred to make up things he liked. But you'd hardly expect less from a human person. The man met a human person and they liked each other, and that's what they liked about liking each other. [???????] liked [??]; [?????????????] remember what they liked, or why they liked, and wonder if they even really liked each other; and this was the second awareness not directly associated with their survival. The choice seemed to be but to stop wondering [???????], but liking what the other person didn't like. The third awareness was the most important [????????]" (fades out)
A slower voice at 0'38": "I no longer [????????]" (also fades out)
Now, my takes:
"[?????????] the making of a sound he liked" sounds to me "He named himself at the making of a sound he liked".
"[???????] liked [??]; [?????????????] remember what they liked, or why they liked, and wonder if they even really liked each other" sounds to me "But then they hung up about what they liked, and suddenly one day they needed to remember what they liked, or why they liked, and what if they weren't even really likely to care".
"The choice seemed to be but to stop wondering [???????], but liking what the other person didn't like" sounds to me "The juice seemed to be that you stop wondering how you happened to like it that the other person didn't like".
So, editing the whole thing together, we get:
"Once upon a time in a faraway land south of the steaming jungles, north of the mighty rivers, and east & west of the wastelands there lived a human person. He named himself at the making of a sound he liked. His name was only a grunt, but he liked it and liking something was a perfect awareness that he'd had that was not directly associated with his survival. In fact, he made this in almost every facet of his life. He preferred to make up things he liked. But you'd hardly expect less from a human person. The man met a human person and they liked each other, and that's what they liked about liking each other. But then they hung up about what they liked, and suddenly one day they needed to remember what they liked, or why they liked, and what if they weren't even really likely to care; and this was the second awareness not directly associated with their survival. The juice seemed to be that you stop wondering how you happened to like it that the other person didn't like. The third awareness was the most important [????????]"
What do you think of my additions (and of the rest of the transcription)? Do you have corrections? Can you get something of what is being said after "important"? I think I hear "made", "started", "things", "sad" and "so", but I cannot formulate a sentence.
IMHO this monologue has a lot to do with Not Available's themes, and it might be the most direct and revealing part of the lyrics. Maybe we could link this discussion to the analysis of the album in the Projects section.
Let me know!!
Lorenzo Lopenzo