Popular Post evilfacelessturtle Posted October 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) Since we obviously don't have any official lyrics yet, I wanted to put a little more effort into deciphering than what I've seen floating around. I've emboldened the parts that I feel are still debatable. The General: [Verse] Daddy, don't I swear I won't I'll be good from now on And I'm awful sorry Daddy don't The hell I won't I won't be good anymore And you'll all be sorry [Refrain] Can anybody tell me why the pain, it just won't stop? Can anybody help me? This pain, it just won't stop [Chorus] My only regret Is that I never took the time to forgive All those unspoken feelings That were never spared And those who understand And love deserves respect And not your sordid meaning [Verse] Daddy, don't I swear I won't I'll be good from now on And I'm awful sorry Daddy don't The hell I won't I won't be good anymore And you'll all be sorry [Refrain] Can anybody tell me why the pain, it just won't stop? Can anybody help me? This pain, it just won't stop [Chorus] My only regret Is that I never took the time to forgive All those unspoken feelings That were never spared And those who understand And love deserves respect And not your sordid meaning [Bridge] Don't know what to tell you now It's never really what they tell you, now You oughta know what they tell you, now (This line sounds like part of a word was clipped off) And not really what they tell you now Don't know what to tell you now It ain't really what they tell you, now Don't know what to tell you, now It ain't really what they tell you, now [Chorus] My only regret Is that I never took the time to forgive All those unspoken feelings That were never spared And those who understand And love deserves respect And not your sordid meaning [Outro] Woah, ah Is that I never took the time to forgive Ah ah ah (Seems like barely mouthed guide vocals at the end here. Kind of like the early outros for The Blues) Monsters: [Refrain] The monsters can't kill me (every time I listen to these, I hear something different. Not sure these can ever be nailed down without official lyrics) The monsters can't have me The monsters can't get me The monsters can't get me [Verse 1] A tour-de-force of an evil old passion A broken heart that was out of fashion Dynamic duo, seen your figure crashing (this doesn't make sense but I can't think of anything else that fits) My early warning was your satan laughing [Chorus] I was there for you It's all I could do Oh but it's all burnt down Oh but it's over now I was there for you It's all I could do Oh but it's all burnt down Oh but it's over now [Refrain] The monsters can't kill me The monsters can't kill me The monsters can't help me [Verse 2] You stole my soul with the devil's romancing All alone in your bedroom, dancing Thought I could feel somebody worth having But in the end I guess you're good for the damage [Chorus] I was there for you It's all I could do Oh but it's all burnt down Oh but it's over now [Guitar Solo] [Refrain] The monsters can't kill me The monsters can't kill me The monsters can't get me The monsters can't... [Bridge] The more I did, what I did, I did for you There's no excuses for the hell on Earth you put me through I never cared how much I cared, when I cared for you To make you better there was nothin' that I wouldn't do I doubt there's anybody left that wants to know the truth The dirty secret that you hid away inside of you Who ever thought I'd be around to shed a light on you? Well here's the story, baby, I got nothin' else to do [Chorus] I was there for you It's all I could do Oh but it's all burnt down Oh but it's over now I was there for you It's all I could do Oh but it's all burnt down Oh but it's over now I was there for you It's all I could do I was there for you It's all I could do (It's over) (It's over) I was there for you (It's over) (But it's over now) Edited November 8, 2023 by evilfacelessturtle because i wanted to 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNR 1991 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 This is about as accurate as one could make of The General. Great job! Didn’t even realize he was saying “it’s all burnt down” instead of “it’s over now”. Makes total sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underhardy Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 ‘For the hell I let you put me through’ I believe on the bridge of Monster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfacelessturtle Posted October 29, 2023 Author Share Posted October 29, 2023 28 minutes ago, GNR 1991 said: This is about as accurate as one could make of The General. Great job! Didn’t even realize he was saying “it’s all burnt down” instead of “it’s over now”. Makes total sense. That's one that I can kind of hear either way, so I'm not sure. 17 minutes ago, Underhardy said: ‘For the hell I let you put me through’ I believe on the bridge of Monster I can hear it both ways if I listen for it, but going syllable by syllable, I'm not hearing the "L" and the end sounds to me like a "th". I'll embolden that one as a debatable line, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Could it be "vigor" instead of "figure" in the first verse of Monsters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfacelessturtle Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 35 minutes ago, Blackstar said: Could it be "vigor" instead of "figure" in the first verse of Monsters? "Vigor" would at least make more sense than "figure". As in, "you're losing your energy". I'm trying to think of what phrase could make sense after "dynamic duo", while also fitting the sounds. But even the clearly audible words "dynamic duo" seem random, so it's hard to guess what the line could be about in relation to the other lines. That's how I try to approach deciphering anyway, because trying to go word by word gets complicated with singing, where artistic license will often have words split in half or mushed together to fit in. For example, maybe the end is "you're crashing" and what we're interpreting as the first syllable of "figure/vigor" is actually the last syllable of the previous word. Something like "Dynamic duo, think you're big? You're crashing". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, evilfacelessturtle said: "Vigor" would at least make more sense than "figure". As in, "you're losing your energy". I'm trying to think of what phrase could make sense after "dynamic duo", while also fitting the sounds. But even the clearly audible words "dynamic duo" seem random, so it's hard to guess what the line could be about in relation to the other lines. That's how I try to approach deciphering anyway, because trying to go word by word gets complicated with singing, where artistic license will often have words split in half or mushed together to fit in. For example, maybe the end is "you're crashing" and what we're interpreting as the first syllable of "figure/vigor" is actually the last syllable of the previous word. Something like "Dynamic duo, think you're big? You're crashing". There is also something like a "cutting effect" (I don't know what the technical term is) after "dynamic duo", which may serve as a "full stop" at that point. Like, "Dynamic duo. Seen your figure/vigor crashing". So I think "dynamic duo" may refer to the two previous lines: "A tour-de-force of an evil old passion" and "A broken heart that was out of fashion make a dynamic duo. And what follows "dynamic duo" doesn't relate directly to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiedHands Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 I too believe he is saying various things in Monsters. I hear "monsters can't kill me, get me, have me, etc." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiedHands Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Underhardy said: ‘For the hell I let you put me through’ I believe on the bridge of Monster Thats what I originally thought but im pretty sure it's "hell on Earth you put me through" after listening to it a billion times lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfacelessturtle Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 56 minutes ago, Blackstar said: There is also something like a "cutting effect" (I don't know what the technical term is) after "dynamic duo", which may serve as a "full stop" at that point. Like, "Dynamic duo. Seen your figure/vigor crashing". So I think "dynamic duo" may refer to the two previous lines: "A tour-de-force of an evil old passion" and "A broken heart that was out of fashion make a dynamic duo. And what follows "dynamic duo" doesn't relate directly to it. I hadn't even considered that, but that is something artists occasionally do. It definitely sounds like the line was composited from two different takes with a cut after the word "duo". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flayer Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 My only regret Is that I never took the time to forgive* All those unspoken feelings That were never spared And those who understand And lack of self respect** And not your sordid meaning*** * Forgive could be forget, I'm sort of leaning that way because of the rhyme ** Consider "lost their self-respect" instead *** Could be "but not the" or "but not your" You stole my soul with the devil's romancing All alone in your bedroom, dancing Thought I could feel somebody worth having But in the end I guess you're good for the damage* * Good for the damning? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WithoutYou Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Kinda sounds like he's singing "and laugh at your despair" on the second chorus of The General instead of "lack self respect" but it's hard to say for sure🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 7 hours ago, Flayer said: But in the end I guess you're good for the damage* * Good for the damning? I think I clearly hear "damage" there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) On 10/29/2023 at 11:09 PM, evilfacelessturtle said: And those who understand And lack self respect And not your sordid meaning I listened a few times and I think may be And although I understand your lack of/you lost your self respect Edited November 1, 2023 by Blackstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaguns1982 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 I will say this: some of the lyrics people thought they heard on the cell phone clip which ultimately turned out to be monsters were way off but did sound correct due to the poor quality. Particularly: “I think it high time you should fuckin die child” “there’s a child chained to a bed now” were these based on people thinking the song was about child abuse? they actually sounded correct at the time but now with the transcribed correct lyrics it pretty easy to tell it’s exactly what Axl was singing in the old cell phone clip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZODIAC Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Didn't have a listen with headphones yet. But in the chorus of the general I hear: My only regret is that I never took the time to forget. Doesn't make it more sense, since these two words rhyme? I'm not a native speaker. Could be wrong though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayfox Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 I keep hearing “My only regret is I never taught the child to forget” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flayer Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Dynamic duo keep your figures thrashing? Makes a little more sense than crashing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfacelessturtle Posted November 2, 2023 Author Share Posted November 2, 2023 15 hours ago, ZODIAC said: Didn't have a listen with headphones yet. But in the chorus of the general I hear: My only regret is that I never took the time to forget. Doesn't make it more sense, since these two words rhyme? I'm not a native speaker. Could be wrong though... Not all lines have to rhyme. Likewise, "spared" doesn't rhyme with "respect", even though they are both in the same place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR Chris Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) I like either “forget” or “forgive” in “The General.” I do admit it sounds like “forgive” to me. I prefer “forget” and it makes sense in that it rhymes too. As for “Monsters,” is it possible the line is “Dynamic Duo in your (??????) crashing.” Graveyard? Bedroom? After “dynamic duo,” the words don’t sound like “keep you” to me. Edited November 2, 2023 by GnR Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlRQ93 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 5 hours ago, GnR Chris said: I like either “forget” or “forgive” in “The General.” I do admit it sounds like “forgive” to me. I prefer “forget” and it makes sense in that it rhymes too. As for “Monsters,” is it possible the line is “Dynamic Duo in your (??????) crashing.” Graveyard? Bedroom? After “dynamic duo,” the words don’t sound like “keep you” to me. it sounds like graveyard to me. Meaning the singer and the person addressed were a dynamic duo in the person addressee’s “graveyard crashing.” Would fit with the themes of monsters and Satan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axls_Moustache_Rules Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) The monsters did a...candle meet. On 10/31/2023 at 6:45 PM, WithoutYou said: Kinda sounds like he's singing "and laugh at your despair" on the second chorus of The General instead of "lack self respect" but it's hard to say for sure🤔 Definitely. That were never spared! And all the world just stand and laugh at your despair! "DE"spair is barely audible however. Edited November 2, 2023 by Axls_Moustache_Rules 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangbutt Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Ya'll are so convinced about "all burned down" but I am still hearing "over now" 100% 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZODIAC Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Hearing the live version, I tend to believe it's "took the time to forget". Still could be wrong though... 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamillos Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 11 hours ago, fangbutt said: Ya'll are so convinced about "all burned down" but I am still hearing "over now" 100% It's 100% alternating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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