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Who You Are Lyrics...Avalanche

givn2fly26givn2fly26 Posts: 395
edited April 2009 in The Porch
One of the best songs ever written IMO.

Does anyone know why they changed the lyrics to "avalanche, falling fast" from "circumstance, clapping hands".

I don't mind either version but preferred the original lyrics...
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  • JammalamboJammalambo Posts: 1,321
    Not the best song ever written to me, but it's very good..
    I never heard or read these other lyrics you mentioned :?
  • givn2fly26givn2fly26 Posts: 395
    robcascie wrote:
    Not the best song ever written to me, but it's very good..
    I never heard or read these other lyrics you mentioned :?
    The original is on the No Code album and the new lyrics are on rearviewmirror greatest hits
  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    I recall Ed singing "circumstance, clapping hands" on the last tour
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  • wma11wma11 Posts: 790
    nathanastin wrote:
    I recall Ed singing "circumstance, clapping hands" on the last tour
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  • gusturtlegusturtle Posts: 442
    i specifically remember him singing "avalance, falling fast" when i saw them on the '96 tour in charlotte, right after 'no code' came out.

    i guess they had the two versions all along, and for whatever reason, they chose 'circumstance...' for the album.
  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    frogwater wrote:
    i specifically remember him singing "avalance, falling fast" when i saw them on the '96 tour in charlotte, right after 'no code' came out.

    i guess they had the two versions all along, and for whatever reason, they chose 'circumstance...' for the album.
    Im listening to the Charlotte show from 96.. he's says Circumstance. He only says "falling fast", maybe that's what you remember.
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  • givn2fly26givn2fly26 Posts: 395
    frogwater wrote:
    i specifically remember him singing "avalance, falling fast" when i saw them on the '96 tour in charlotte, right after 'no code' came out.

    i guess they had the two versions all along, and for whatever reason, they chose 'circumstance...' for the album.
    That's true - maybe they liked both lyrics and decided to use them both. Interesting!
  • gusturtlegusturtle Posts: 442
    Jeremy's Spoken wrote:
    Im listening to the Charlotte show from 96.. he's says Circumstance. He only says "falling fast", maybe that's what you remember.

    Well at least I got a couple of the words correct! Thanks for straightening things out. :oops:
  • Thierry HenryThierry Henry Posts: 2,654
    Bump
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  • pleathermanpleatherman Posts: 472
    edited June 2020
    givn2fly26 said:
    robcascie wrote:
    Not the best song ever written to me, but it's very good..
    I never heard or read these other lyrics you mentioned :?
    The original is on the No Code album and the new lyrics are on rearviewmirror greatest hits
    If I were to hazard a guess, the "avalanche" line might have originated from a revised sequencing of No Code based on the description provided by the link below.
    http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=2049
    "Gateway Mastering Studios CD-R from June 25, 1996. Track 3, Who You Are, has an alternate lyric in the third verse."

    Post edited by pleatherman on
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 7,689
    So it was probably a last minute swap. 

    Makes me think my theory of the avalanche version being marked as the “final” mix on the tapes (and is why it was used for RVM and the vinyl reissue), has some legs to it. 
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,352
    pleatherman said:
    givn2fly26 said:
    robcascie wrote:
    Not the best song ever written to me, but it's very good..
    I never heard or read these other lyrics you mentioned :?
    The original is on the No Code album and the new lyrics are on rearviewmirror greatest hits
    If I were to hazard a guess, then the "avalanche" line might have originated from a revised sequencing of No Code based on the description provided by the link below.
    http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=2049
    "Gateway Mastering Studios CD-R from June 25, 1996. Track 3, Who You Are, has an alternate lyric in the third verse."

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