Dance Of The Clairvoyants lyrics

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  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    I like the words, however they string out, better than the music. It is a good song for dancing, tho
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • 7777
    7777 Idaho Posts: 166
    Dix is French for 10.  The term "Dixie" comes from Dix.  Dixieland or Dixie.  "I wish I was in Dixie", that sort of thing.  People wanted to go to the South specifically NOLA to make Dix because it paid more. French/Creole origins.  
    A stretch?  Maybe.  Boys want to grow their money?  I learned this while in NOLA.
  • nooram
    nooram Posts: 392
    edited February 2020
    I think it is referencing Trump's insecurity about his small hands (dick) and his notoriety for "firing" people on his tv show and in the current shit show.
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  • LiteTheMatch
    LiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    I was surprised to hear "dicks" uncensored on the radio.    What a country!
    A child's rhyme stuck in my head...
    It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
    I've spent so many years in question
    To find I'd known this all along.
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    ^ That's because it's dix - haha
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • yourLIFEmadeusSTARS
    yourLIFEmadeusSTARS Posts: 74
    lastexitlondon said:
    Apple music had them wrong. Fire things  makes perfect  sence . I feel file does  not. Why would a boy file more than a girl.? 
    But guns mainly fired by boys who want to feel big imo.
    Agree!
  • yourLIFEmadeusSTARS
    yourLIFEmadeusSTARS Posts: 74
    tish said:
    TJ25487 said:
    BennyLaRue said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    As a parent of teenage girls (like Ed) I wondered if "fire things" referred to vaping.  I know that's a stretch but teenage boys do tend to focus on 

    1. Their dicks
    2. Pics of themselves
    3. Vaping

    of course that is if the lyrics are "dicks and pics and fire things"
    I see "boys" here as just a synonym for the entire male gender, not just young men. This particular line (which officially is "dix and fix and fire things") seems to be about toxic masculinity and male stereotypes, of which guns are a big part. It makes the most sense given the theme of the song but what seals it is at the end of Mach III, Ed makes a gun motion with his hand while he sings the line.
    Winner winner chicken dinner on this! Great job Benny. I think you have cracked the Ed code! 
    Finally, I see the gun motion you are referring to at the end of the song. For the longest time, I could only see the "positive, positive!" promise of the cross your heart and gun motion.

  • wndowpayne
    wndowpayne Posts: 1,469
    Shazam app has it as " Dixon Vixon Violins"..??!!
    Charlottesville 2013
    Hampton 2016

  • wndowpayne
    wndowpayne Posts: 1,469
    I always picture David Byrne at the .."Positive..positive"  part..
    Charlottesville 2013
    Hampton 2016

  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095


    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • rbrum7
    rbrum7 Posts: 989
    So waiting for the official lyrics once the album is released. I'm putting my money on "fire things" and I've seen people get tattoos and selling crappy home made crafts with "file things". Poor people if that's the case, ha. 

    To me fire makes most sense because as others have so astutely pointed out, fire being a big motif in the video, a gun reference and gun hand sign Ed makes in the video and maybe a knock on Trump who made a name on TV for firing people. 

    I'm putting my guess out here timestamped so I can do some nice "I told ya so's" once the album drops, ha. 
    1998 - Cleveland, OH - 8/26
    2003 - Cleveland, OH - 4/25
    2006 - Cleveland, OH - 5/20
    2010 - Cleveland, OH - 5/9
    2011 - (EV Solo) Detroit, MI - 6/26, East Troy, WI - 9/3, East Troy, WI - 9/4
    2013 - Chicago, IL - 7/19, Shitsburgh, PA - 10/11, Los Angeles, CA - 11/23, Los Angeles, CA - 11/24
    2014 - Detroit, MI - 10/16
    2016 - Lexington, KY - 4/26, Manchester, TN - 6/11
    2018 - Chicago, IL - 8/18, Chicago, IL - 8/20
    2019 - (EV Solo) Tempe, AZ - 3/2
    2020 - Los Angeles, CA - 4/15 (Canceled), Los Angeles, CA - 4/16 (Canceled)
    2023 - Indianapolis, IN - 9/10 (Canceled)
    2024 - Indianapolis, IN - 8/26
    2025 - Shitsburgh, PA - 5/16, Shitsburgh, PA - 5/18
  • ed243421
    ed243421 Posts: 7,741
    I hear the line 5 times

    file
    fire
    file
    fire
    file


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  • rbrum7
    rbrum7 Posts: 989
    ed243421 said:
    I hear the line 5 times

    file
    fire
    file
    fire
    file


    Interesting
    1998 - Cleveland, OH - 8/26
    2003 - Cleveland, OH - 4/25
    2006 - Cleveland, OH - 5/20
    2010 - Cleveland, OH - 5/9
    2011 - (EV Solo) Detroit, MI - 6/26, East Troy, WI - 9/3, East Troy, WI - 9/4
    2013 - Chicago, IL - 7/19, Shitsburgh, PA - 10/11, Los Angeles, CA - 11/23, Los Angeles, CA - 11/24
    2014 - Detroit, MI - 10/16
    2016 - Lexington, KY - 4/26, Manchester, TN - 6/11
    2018 - Chicago, IL - 8/18, Chicago, IL - 8/20
    2019 - (EV Solo) Tempe, AZ - 3/2
    2020 - Los Angeles, CA - 4/15 (Canceled), Los Angeles, CA - 4/16 (Canceled)
    2023 - Indianapolis, IN - 9/10 (Canceled)
    2024 - Indianapolis, IN - 8/26
    2025 - Shitsburgh, PA - 5/16, Shitsburgh, PA - 5/18
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    ed243421 said:
    I hear the line 5 times

    file
    fire
    file
    fire
    file


    That's exactly how I hear it!
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  • Casi007
    Casi007 Posts: 12
    Is it "fire things?" Ah well, Live it may be something else, right?TJ25487 said:
    What was Ed thinking??? He has no chance of remembering all of these lyrics live! Hahaha! 



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