"Dark Matter" Lyrics (Official)

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  • SPiNMeRouND_RoLLMeOVeR
    SPiNMeRouND_RoLLMeOVeR Washington D.C. Posts: 35
    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
    mattcoz Chicago Posts: 2,243
    robbie said:
    I don't think any of the 3 "official lyrics" are the official lyrics.
    Agreed, but Apple's does seem closest.


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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,907
    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


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  • BSully
    BSully Indiana Posts: 1,501
    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?
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  • mattcoz
    mattcoz Chicago Posts: 2,243
    edited March 2024
    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
    Post edited by mattcoz on
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  • BloodMeridian80
    BloodMeridian80 Seattle Posts: 715
    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
    iOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,955
    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
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    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).
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  • Jimmydean55
    Jimmydean55 Posts: 1,561
    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
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,019
    writing credit incoming........ =)


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  • BloodMeridian80
    BloodMeridian80 Seattle Posts: 715
    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
    Jimmydean55 Posts: 1,561
    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
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,451
    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?
    King Diamond I welcome the powers of the unknown Metal The Guardian
  • patkelly12
    patkelly12 CT Posts: 361
    Did AI write these lyrics?
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,907
    Must be the card


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -

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