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Rating: The best moments to listen to Tilly And The Wall (two guys and two girls from the most remote parts of the United States "discovered" by Bright Eyes) are: at some rustic and wild parties; when you're in the car heading to parties presumed to be rustic and wild; when you're approaching troublesome levels of intoxication and it might start being fun to dance on wooden tables and hug strangers; when there's no reason to make a racket, but you've decided to do it anyway and only need a musical backdrop to support your cheerful desire for devastation.
Then Tilly And The Wall are irreplaceable. Boys and girls sing over each other, dominating tavern choirs over folk bases, with excessive use, as a surrogate or reinforcement for the drums, (yes indeed) of tap dance, at which one of the Tillies is phenomenally skilled. In the final part of the raucous ride "Nights Of The Living Dead" you realize that, while the four sing in chorus "I wanna fuck it up" and "and I feel so alive", the base is given by animalistic stomping on tables and glass bottles smashed against who-knows-what.
"Reckless" (the big single) is the most fitting track, made of tap dance, little guitar, and organ, with the addition of some colorful decoration; in "Bessa" her voice and tap dance create an atmosphere of more nostalgic and isolated country estates, while in "Let It Rain" his voice intertwines with those of the girls and, amid piano guitar and strings, one gets melancholic in company. In other tracks, the more powerful bases and some distorted guitar, hit raw and rough like with a spade ("You And I Misbehaving", "A Perfect Fit"), complete a generally crazy picture. Comparisons are not easy to make ("The Woodlands National Anthem" from Arcade Fire's EP is the only thing that comes to mind to give the idea: but compared to the Canadians, Tilly are decidedly more axed in their sound, as well as more synthesized): the realm is that of an electronically updated folk enriched by some of the protagonists' craziness.
Wild like kids who already speak, or rather scream, of drunkenness, love, and nights ending in glory.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Fell Down the Stairs (02:20)
You fell down the stairs into my arms
And swiftly ran the other way
And I heard the steady swell of applause
The two drunk kids, trying to figure out which way was home
they got lost as they were taking off each other’s clothes
They realized there was a hole in the boat
And with no lifesaver you try your best to float
And eventually the sky did return
And I was there outside in green
And I watched the world being reborn, ‘Till one a.m.
So I thought I’d let you know
It was beautiful, slow dancing to tunes of Billie Holiday
The city looked wonderful that way
And love just like blood, will always stain.
And if I could reverse it, I don't think that it'd be worth it because i know in my heart i would never let you tumble to the ground.
no, I’d never let you fall
02 Nights of the Living Dead (03:55)
well the high school kids are all fucked up
touching each other, oh my god
yeah 40 ounces is never enough
we wanna pass out in your yard, we wanna pass out
dressing in drag your best friend's clothes
while boys kiss boys in motel rooms
well just when we thought we were no longer lost
they kicked us out into the dirty streets of atlanta
so its friday night down on north avenue
where the gas station parking lot prostitutes
try to fix their hair in the rear-view mirrors
you know we're just trying to get to the club
and shake our asses
a caravan of kids, a big old mess
on the old wooden dock, yeah we're bored to death
got a bottle of wine and a fresh pack of smokes
we're gonna end up screaming about some midnight garage sale
so god, put down your gun can't you see we're dead?
god, put down your hand i'm not listening
but the microphone cut off, so we're screaming at the top of our lungs
you were born so fresh, a golden prize
until you screamed at me and quickly realized
that you're lost in a fog on the way to death
oh, a big black line, a thick black line
so you better speak up and raise that voice
come on, scream out all you girls and boys
let's get wild! wild! wild! its a choice
come on, come on
i wanna hear that fucking noise!
oh, the push and pull of everything
oh, this nightmare of electricity
we are the living dead, yeah, the living dead
that's the way it is, that's the way its always been
oh, the snakes slid past my house today
oh, i heard he caught you on a dark highway
oh, the cracks in the board they just cooled into a storm
but i could still hear the sound of the rolling thunder
thunder!
god, put down your gun, can't you see we're dead
god, put down your hand we're not listening
god, put down your gun, can't you see we're dead
i said, god put down your hand we're not listening
(oh we never do)
i wanna fuck it up
i wanna fuck it up
i wanna fuck it up
i wanna fuck it up
i wanna fuck it up
i wanna fuck it up
i wanna fuck it up
i wanna fuck it up
i wanna fuck it up
i wanna fuck it up
and i feel so alive
and i feel so alive
and i feel so alive
and i feel so alive
and i feel so alive
and i feel so alive
and i feel so alive
and i feel so alive
and i feel so alive
and i feel
03 Bessa (02:38)
Morning came and I tried not to notice,
It was time for you to move along,
And the minutes felt like petals all around us,
Like a goodbye kiss when goodbye felt so wrong.
So you better get going,
you better move along now,
you better run off then and make yourself scarce.
These few days I've decided to be lazy,
They don't move or seem to end at all,
And my heart is close enough to breaking
That is hurts just listening to your songs.
So you better get going,
you better move along now,
you better run off then and make yourself scarce.
X2
It's been a while now since you left,
and I can't seem to shake this lonely mood.
When the time comes, I'll try my best not to tell you:
Please don't leave again
Please don't leave again
I guess I'll say it now then
Please don't leave me again
Since it's all I have I want to go to sleep,
And dream of you and me just off the coast.
On a holiday so long and warm and lucky,
Always wake up in my bedroom all alone.
Guess I better wake up then,
I guess I better be going,
I guess I better run along now and find my own way.
X4
04 You and I Misbehaving (04:16)
Oh Darci, Darci don't look so sad
Don't let the daytime get you down
Because we will be wild like children once the black has veiled this sky
No pushing buttons, no telling lies
No pointed fingers trying to keep you quiet
Just you and I misbehaving
Oh trying our best to feel alive
We won't ever let them win
When we are younger oh our hearts are so much bolder
The pressure is not as great
We floated weightless through the tops of trees
But as we get older oh our vision becomes blurred
And then the fog it slips right in
Now you're wondering how oh yeah, you're wondering how you ended up here
How you end up here
The hateful, hateful tough little boys
That move their lips whenever you're around
So smart just shouting answers (shouting answers)
I guess their fathers taught them well
So sit real still they've got to size you up
Don't move your mouth
They don't like when you talk
They're trying their best to define you (to define you)
They're trying their best to keep you down
We won't ever let them win
Because this world you know it can get so crazy
All these people talk a lot
They know this, they know it all
What a drag
But you know there will always be some oddball singing
Just remember to sing along, yeah you better start singing a long
This place could be so beautiful
You just can't let them pull that cloth over your eyes
Just keep on screaming
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
Bop bop ba, bop bop ba
05 Reckless (02:50)
Oh reckless, a boy wonder, so quiet, nose broken
Oh, you're standing there, look tired as your singing
And you're on fire, they're throwing punches
So backwards the landscape you thought you knew, it starts unwinding
Now you're jumping through their hoops
You're just trying to dodge all their questions
They're shooting bullets
Cause we all want to hear but you can't, you can't
And we all want to see but you don't, you don't
You are amazing
Oh the horses, suits and ties, they will not hesitate to trample
You keep moving, stop moving, it's the same
You know if it is broken they'll try to fix it
It's a shame that, did they get you? they got you
Yeah they might have
You keep covering their mouths, they keep on talking
The parade it is coming, I hear them marching
Case we all want to hear but you can't, you can't
And we all want to see but you don't, you don't
You are amazing
Yeah we all think we're right but we're wrong, we're wrong
And we all want to talk and we do, we do
They have convinced you
It's so shocking
You cheated your fate now, we can't read your face
You are gone
07 Shake It Out (04:05)
The sun has passed from overhead
Let the night come in, let the night walk through your door
For every sleep spent in our beds
We will push our feet so hard the room will tear
In a carnival of smiles our faces glow
Oh the dark can make us feel so bold
There's no cold can make us want to stay at home
Every doubt in turn explodes
We all could pass right through
We all have nothing left to lose
It's not the fire, nor the warm drink that heats my hearts
And lifts my heavy legs
Your strong hand has kept me here
No I will not go, no I will not say goodnight
I was told this town's so small it would not grow
I was told that here I would feel alone
There's no cold no snow can make us lose our souls
The light we shine at once we follow
We all could pass right through
We all have nothing left to lose
You know that this night's true, oh no there's nothing left to lose
We're all alive as we tumble over hours
You pull my hand in closer our faces blur
There's nothing we have left we cannot share
So come on baby let's dance
Get your body in motion
I don't want this to end
I don't want to climb those stairs and go to bed
Oh won't you please just try to dance with me tonight
Slide your left foot in, kick your right foot out
Swing your hip to the left, swing it all the way around
Bob your head back and forth, side to side, left then right
Shake it out
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