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Badly Drawn Boy — How?
Album: Have You Fed the Fish?
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5.7

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Total ratings: 121









Released: 2002
Length: 5:07
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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What if there is nothing else for us after all this
I don't care, I don't mind, just as long as we find sometime
Just come back and I'll stay out of the way
An be all the things you need
Another mouth to feed

How can I be sure again, once more
How can I find time to be with you again?

How can I give you the answers you need
When all I possess is a melody?
Yeah, how can I take up the air that you breathe
When all I possess is a melody?

How can I be sure, again, once more?
I don't care, I don't mind, just as long as we find some time
When you come back I'll go out of my way to be all the things you need
Another mouth to feed

How can I give you the answers you need
When all I possess is a melody?
Yeah, how can I take up the air that you breathe
When all I possess is a melody?

How can I find time to be with you again?
When you come back I go out of my way
And be all the things you need
Another mouth to feed
Comments (23)add comment
Hmm. I quite like some of BDB's stuff, but don't have this album. This one falls under what I term "Challenging, but might grow on me". For anyone not acquainted with his work, he is well worth checking out though - try "Stone on the Water" from the "Hour of the Bewilderbeast" album for something a tad more accessible, and very, very beautiful.
Posted 19 years ago by M-Ray    [ Reply ]
It's a mess, but each of the songs that got thrown in the blender is pretty good so I gave it a 6.
Posted 19 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
I don't know what's wrong with having multiple songs in one. The Beatles, to mention just one band, did that pretty often and were quite good at it. I think it shows talent beyond the bland one demensionality of a lot of singer/songwriters out there.
Posted 19 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
8) (reminds me of Pale Saints, but less noisy)
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
If you are into this at all, you should also check out Jon Brion.
Posted 20 years ago by buddhakowski    [ Reply ]
Bleah. Too many songs in one.
Posted 20 years ago by SiniLMan    [ Reply ]
....when the sappy violins started I just couldn't get past it! Oh well, glad everyone else is enjoying it.
Posted 20 years ago by ciscochasbro    [ Reply ]
Yes, BDB on RP! Most Excellent!
Posted 20 years ago by gntlemanartist    [ Reply ]
LOVE this album... I appreciate that he doesn't sound like everyone else. Sometimes the lyrics are repetitive, especially if you listen to the album the whole way through... but I love the musicianship.
Posted 20 years ago by jennywho    [ Reply ]
Noice :)
Posted 20 years ago by shell    [ Reply ]
i definitely appreciate this one. yes i do.
Posted 20 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
I think I would prefer it if this was 2 or 3 or 4 songs, not one.
Posted 20 years ago by MikeWC    [ Reply ]
Great song, though some of their songs are just tedious
Posted 20 years ago by travisco_nabisco    [ Reply ]
this sucks.
Posted 20 years ago by B-dub    [ Reply ]
Keep It!!!
Posted 20 years ago by dgeiser13    [ Reply ]
drH wrote:
I like it. So there!
Even you, good Dr., get it wrong sometimes. Yech!
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
I like it. So there!
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
rulebritannia wrote:
I couldn't understand all this attention for a song someone hates. Then I found myself sucked into listening to the whole song by the the vast range of unconnected hooks and themes. Now I understand what got catmaven going....this song just keeps finding new ways to be mediocre.
Bill, All the reasons they list for disliking the song, are precisely the reasons I enjoy it! Keep it in the mix!
Posted 20 years ago by naughteragain    [ Reply ]
catmaven wrote:
Buzzes and grumbles and experimental noises, mixed with repetitious see-sawing and then time-signature-ignoring breathy lullaby sort-of singing that gets a little jazzy. What an inchoate, incompatible, irritatingly disparate mix. Now someone is singing do do do do do and another is making airplane sounds. The slow hook with pauses every word or two is arguably the worst aspect of the song.
I couldn't understand all this attention for a song someone hates. Then I found myself sucked into listening to the whole song by the the vast range of unconnected hooks and themes. Now I understand what got catmaven going....this song just keeps finding new ways to be mediocre.
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
he can do a LOT better than this
Posted 20 years ago by darrenm    [ Reply ]
Buzzes and grumbles and experimental noises, mixed with repetitious see-sawing and then time-signature-ignoring breathy lullaby sort-of singing that gets a little jazzy. What an inchoate, incompatible, irritatingly disparate mix. Now someone is singing do do do do do and another is making airplane sounds. The slow hook with pauses every word or two is arguably the worst aspect of the song. :grumpy.gif: :curtain.gif: :headshake:
Posted 20 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
I liked it. Want to hear it again.
Posted 20 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
I added this song because I think it's the pinnacle of this album. The album is good but this song just takes me to another place... I'm interested to hear what people think.
Posted 20 years ago by RPaddict    [ Reply ]