All Mine - 06 07 1982 - Transcription

[Cloudless]

Hello,

I've been listening to this song (obsessively) a lot and trying to figure out the lyrics. At first glance it seems pretty clear but then again maybe not! I've been focusing on the first few minutes so far. I went as far as using an AI vocal split tool in Audacity to isolate vocals and it's still tough, mostly because of the echo which makes it hard to tell if a sound is from current time or a previous word. This is the original song, posted by @MAtT from this forum:

And here is a vocal only version:

So far I have this, alternate possibilities in parenthesis when it's hard to tell, ?'s where I feel it could be something else but can't put my finger on it:

"Pulling this watch as faces go
Pulling in a word you(to) done it slow(so),
This other time

See your face is silent
Oh, we go away and

What if you don't
Takes a feeling inside us all

Turn you out with just one push of my arm (palm)
You're so close now
You're so close now

All I have to do is three short blows
All is still that's blessed inside
Full when, one
And(n) you don't even know

All I have to do is kill her
All I have to do is kill her
All I have to do is kill her!

And the other faces here(face will build) with me
The other, changing(changes) summer's things

If only one way is to be wonderful
If only one way is to the other's soul

And every time you see yourself in front of the stairs,
You, sent away(?)
And every time you see it's all, set(sent) before you

-guitar solo-

Only way is to kill you
You used to say this fear of drowning
Fear no death by water
Father walks in at the foot of the bed
Sits with you wants to see you safe
Just one time you'll meet this man
All you've got to do is kill her
All you've got to do is kill her"

I'll probably continue through the song at a later time, but I'm curious if anyone has any other thoughts on this part so far.  I will say the vocal isolation changed what I thought about some parts, in particular the two lines starting with "And the other", and the word "blessed" which I thought was "best" before.

Also does anyone have an opinion on if this might have been played on a bass VI rather than a normal guitar?

[dsanchez]

@Cloudless welcome to the forum! Check this thread, this song has been discussed there by the YouTube uploaded himself, hope that helps:

https://curefans.com/index.php?topic=9339.0

[Cloudless]

@Cloudless welcome to the forum! Check this thread, this song has been discussed there by the YouTube uploaded himself, hope that helps:

https://curefans.com/index.php?topic=9339.0

Hi, thanks for the welcome! I've seen that thread. Although this is the same "song", it's a different date so the lyrics and even the song composition are completely different! It was improvised each time. This version of the song was probably only played once ever, although a 2nd night at this venue supposedly occurred with no known recordings.

I know this version is mentioned there, but I figured I wouldn't put this there as it's titled about a specific date.

[MAtT]

Hi Cloudless, you can find my own lyrics transcription if you expand the Description area underneath the video in YouTube. I've transcribed quite a few other versions too, including the full version of the one on the Pornography deluxe edition.

I'll post this one here too - it's pretty close to what you have. This is perhaps the most clear vocal of all the versions!

Pulling this watch as faces go
Putting in a word and done it so
This other time

See your face is silent
Oh we go away and play
And what if you don't
Takes a feeling inside us all

Continue out with just one push of my mouth
But you're so close now
And you're so close now

All I have to do is three short blows
All this still is wasted time
For when the [one]
And you don't even know
All I have to do is kill her
All I have to do is kill her
All I have to do is kill her

And the other face is here with me
The other dressed in summer's things
If only one way is to be wonderful
If only one way is to the other's soul
And every time it's you it's like the fall on the stairs,
You sent [a world] away.
And every time we seem so
It's on the floor you'll go.

If only the way is to kill you
You used to say this fear of drowning
Fear no death by water
Father walks in at the foot of the bed
Sits with you, want to see him saved
Just one time you'll meet this man
All you've got to do is kill her
And all you've got to do is kill her

Taken the sands, I used to pull the animals
Just out of the womb
Seeing the cow dead before he was born
[Man?] he loved
The solid pieces fell on the ground
You couldn't kill another
You couldn't kill another
Couldn't kill another life

It's all [???] up
It could have been some friends
Pulling strings I meet you
All I want to do is eat you

She says
"Look! over my shoulder!'
See the sky?!"
And the sky goes black!
And the sky goes black!
I just want you to be there
I just want you to be there
I just want you to be there
I just want you to be there

Every time I looked up the stairs
I used to see her die
She would move so slow
Anyone could've think she was a cat
Anyone could've think she was a cat
Pulling away as I used to find
Let's just make some noise
That ugly or pretty
The face stays the same

Her face stays the same
Her face stays the same
The ugly or pretty
Her face stays the same
Stays the same, stays the same

And looking on the final walls
And looking on the final walls
Did you now find this malice out
The angels fall
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise
Let's make some noise

You keep falling, they used to say
Help me be your mother for just one day
Look for the children far outside:
They used to laugh
They used to laugh
They used to laugh
They used to laugh

[MAtT]

Just realised you isolated the vocals. Will have to review this later - am at work!

[Cloudless]

Just realised you isolated the vocals. Will have to review this later - am at work!

Yes it's amazing how the AI tool pulls the lyrics and instruments apart! I might post a tablature if I can come up with something I'm satisfied with.

[Curehead_steffa]

I've always wondered the lyrics,love the effort you guys put in,wonderful song 💗