"Dark Matter" Lyrics (Official)

SPiNMeRouND_RoLLMeOVeR

I'm hearing

(1st Pre-Chorus)
Denounce the demagogues
Deny to discard
Deplore the dialogue
Your word against the law

(Chorus)
Estranged these days
When everybody else pays
For someone else's mistakes
Display distaste
Everybody else pays
For someone else's mistakes

The way Eddie sings "Estranged" and "Display" seems on brand for how he likes to stretch his syllables 

mattcoz

robbie said:

I don't think any of the 3 "official lyrics" are the official lyrics.

Agreed, but Apple's does seem closest.

lastexitlondon

I've just seen the greatest and cutest thing ever. My 6 year old was in the front room on her YouTube watching . Pearl jam dark matter lyrics video. My heart skipped a beat

BSully

lastexitlondon said:

I've just seen the greatest and cutest thing ever. My 6 year old was in the front room on her YouTube watching . Pearl jam dark matter lyrics video. My heart skipped a beat

Did you cry a little bit?

mattcoz

If these are official, then my ears are terrible because I keep hearing this:

Steal the light from our eyes
Drain the blood from my arms (definitely my and sounds more like arms than hearts, and you give blood from your arms)
We're in all of this dark matter (definitely says we're first)
Take the breath from my chest (definitely my)
Break the thoughts in our mind
We're losing time dark matter

Denounce the demagogues (demigods makes no sense in context, demagogues absolutely does, and it rhymes with dialogue, kinda)
Came down to destroy (definitely saying destroy here, really don't think it's king diamond)
Deplore the dialogue (dialogue isn't something you can really deploy, but in context it's definitely deplorable)
Your word against the law

It's strange these days
When everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
Display takes shakes (not sure about this, definitely hearing dis-play, and it sounds like shakes, not shape, but that makes no sense)
Still everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake

Eroding away
We're pulling apart
In all of this dark matter
I once heard it said
And it stuck in my head
Arrested the press
No one knows what happened next

Renounce the demagogues (sounds the same as the first time)
Came down to destroy (this one sounds a bit more like king diamond, but I just can't accept that, lol)
Deplore the dialogue
Your word against the law
It's strange these days
When everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
Display takes shakes
Still everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake

No tolerance for
intolerance or
No patience left for
impatience no more
No love lost for
lost loves
No sorrow for
the unaccountable

It's strange these days
When everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
This blame takes shakes (well crap, this time it sounds like this blame, but I'm still hearing shakes, heh)
Still everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake

BloodMeridian80

mattcoz said:

If these are official, then my ears are terrible because I keep hearing this:

Steal the light from our eyes
Drain the blood from my arms (definitely my and sounds more like arms than hearts, and you give blood from your arms)
We're in all of this dark matter (definitely says we're first)
Take the breath from my chest (definitely my)
Break the thoughts in our mind
We're losing time dark matter

Denounce the demagogues (demigods makes no sense in context, demagogues absolutely does, and it rhymes with dialogue, kinda)
Came down to destroy (definitely saying destroy here, really don't think it's king diamond)
Deplore the dialogue (dialogue isn't something you can really deploy, but in context it's definitely deplorable)
Your word against the law

It's strange these days
When everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
Display takes shakes (not sure about this, definitely hearing dis-play, and it sounds like shakes, not shape, but that makes no sense)
Still everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake

Eroding away
We're pulling apart
In all of this dark matter
I once heard it said
And it stuck in my head
Arrested the press
No one knows what happened next

Renounce the demagogues (sounds the same as the first time)
Came down to destroy (this one sounds a bit more like king diamond, but I just can't accept that, lol)
Deplore the dialogue
Your word against the law
It's strange these days
When everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
Display takes shakes
Still everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake

No tolerance for
intolerance or
No patience left for
impatience no more
No love lost for
lost loves
No sorrow for
the unaccountable

It's strange these days
When everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake
This blame takes shakes (well crap, this time it sounds like this blame, but I'm still hearing shakes, heh)
Still everybody else pays
For someone else's mistake

Maybe Ed was influenced watching a lot of Shakes the Clown

iOnlyownMymind

It's strange these days when Ed's vocals are the weak link in a song (kind of been that way for awhile imo).  Listened to the instrumental today and damn it is good! I just don't get why he can't sing so it's understandable what he's saying. Mumbles along.  I expect the song to kick ass live though and looking forward to it (hopefully put MYM and Superblood to rest for awhile, I'm good on those songs lol). 

BF25394

iOnlyownMymind said:

It's strange these days when Ed's vocals are the weak link in a song (kind of been that way for awhile imo).  Listened to the instrumental today and damn it is good! I just don't get why he can't sing so it's understandable what he's saying. Mumbles along.  I expect the song to kick ass live though and looking forward to it (hopefully put MYM and Superblood to rest for awhile, I'm good on those songs lol). 

Funny-- I think this is one of his better vocal performances.

I still think the lyrics in the original post, from Apple Music, are correct. Some of those lines came from the listening party, and the Apple Music version matched them. They also synched up with the isolated vocals that were posted (and have since been taken down).

Jimmydean55

It would be nice if Ed would just sing clearly and then we wouldn’t have a ton of guessing on his lyrics. But who am I kidding? I’ve had to follow along with the cd booklet since 7th grade. 

spankyMP

writing credit incoming........

BloodMeridian80

Jimmydean55 said:

It would be nice if Ed would just sing clearly and then we wouldn’t have a ton of guessing on his lyrics. But who am I kidding? I’ve had to follow along with the cd booklet since 7th grade. 

Ed 'mumbling' lyrics, singing with restrained baritone, is basically his calling card going back to Ten. Cue Operaman. It'd be weird if I didn't have to try to decipher lyrics. 

The Apple Music lyrics seems pretty darn close to my ears compared to all the others.

Jimmydean55

BloodMeridian80 said:

Jimmydean55 said:

It would be nice if Ed would just sing clearly and then we wouldn’t have a ton of guessing on his lyrics. But who am I kidding? I’ve had to follow along with the cd booklet since 7th grade. 

Ed 'mumbling' lyrics, singing with restrained baritone, is basically his calling card going back to Ten. Cue Operaman. It'd be weird if I didn't have to try to decipher lyrics. 

Agreed but he’s getting worse. The last few singles upon first listen, I honestly had no idea what the hell the lyrics were. DOC wasn’t too bad. 

tempo_n_groove

Khuntza said:

My take... made a few edits.

Steal the life from our eyes

Take my blood from my heart

We're in all of this dark matter

Take the breaths from my chest

With the thoughts in my mind

We're losing time, dark matter

Denounce the demigods

Came down and to destroy

Deploy the dialogue

Your word against the law

It's strange these days

When everybody else pays

For someone else's mistake

Displayin' distaste

'Til everybody else pays

For someone else's mistake

You're running away

You're pulling apart

In all of this dark matter

I want you to sit

And sit with my hand

Or is it the press

No one knows what happens next

Renounce the demigods

Came down and to destroy

Deploy the dialogue

Your word against the law

It's strange these days

When everybody else pays

For someone else's mistake

Displayin' distaste

'Til everybody else pays

For someone else's mistake

No tolerance for intolerance or

No patience left for impatience no more

No love lost for lost loves

No sorrowing for the unaccountable

It's strange these days

When everybody else pays

For someone else's mistake

Displayin' distaste

'Til everybody else pays

For someone else's shame

I thought he said King Diamond...

Was wondering if he meant the card or the singer?

patkelly12

Did AI write these lyrics?

lastexitlondon

Must be the card