The Lines You Amend
"The Lines You Amend" is a song by Canadian rock band Sloan, and the third single released from their 1996 album, One Chord to Another. The song was written by Jay Ferguson. It is the band's first song written by Ferguson to be released as a single.
Reception
Bassist-vocalist Chris Murphy described the song as being "about suicide", and said, "We sort of breeze through it like it's a cutesy number, but the lyrics are heavy." One lyric makes reference to Ringo Starr's song "Photograph".
The song has been praised by critics for its melodic strength, with one critic describing it as "Beatle-esque pop".Billboard magazine's critic suggested it was in the style of Violent Femmes.Rolling Stone's critic wrote that the song begins sounding like "The Ballad of John and Yoko", but then becomes "a likable hybrid of T. Rex and Crowded House."
Portions of the music video were filmed in a York University lecture hall.
Charts
References
The Lines
The Lines were a four-piece indie rock band from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England who were signed to Amboy Road Records, although previously had released their debut single on Weekender Records in February 2008.
The Lines formed in 2006 with lifetime school friends Dean Bate and Alex Ohm. The Lines released their debut single 'Domino Effect' on Weekender Records on February 25, 2008, and achieved number ten in the UK Charts. Edwards & Titley left the group in late 2008.
The Lines achieved various support slots between 2006-2008 which have included The Killers, Editors, The Maccabees, The Twang, The Charlatans, Babyshambles, Jack Peñate, Supergrass, Ian Brown and Good Shoes. They also headlined at Birmingham ArtsFest and the Bang Music Festival at Donington Park, in front of 80,000 people.
On February 11, 2008, the band performed an acoustic version of their debut single during the half-time at the Wolverhampton Wanderers versus Stoke City Championship football match to more than 28,000 people. During early 2008, the Lines toured the UK in support of Little Man Tate (band), at concerts throughout & after the tour Little Man Tate (band) have claimed The Lines blew them off the stage every night, and were said to be the best band in the UK. The Lines staged concerts of their own, including sell-out shows at local Wolverhampton venues Little Civic, Civic Bar and, on February 23, 2008, the 1,200 capacity Wulfrun Hall.
Podcasts:
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by Sloan
The Lines You Amend
by: SloanYou said you found a way to end it peacefully,
I remember finding your shoes near the lake under a tree,
And I'm sittin' on the shore,
I thought I saw your charm float by.
It doesn't matter now,
'cause all you wanted to do was die.
If only you'd stuck around.
I never would've made a sound.
But now you're on the Ocean floor,
And I've opened a brand new door.
Swimming out to sea,
trying to find something else,
But I'm skipping stones,
and I'm listening to the shells.
And I won't forget you,
if someone else comes along.
I found the words you wrote,
But I would not dare to quote,
My friend, the lines you amend.
Like "what's so bad about, dying anyways?".
Swimming out to sea,
trying to find something else,
But I'm skipping stones,
and I'm listening to the shells.
And I won't forget you,
if someone else comes along.
You'll always come to mind,
whenever I hear that song.
The one about photographs,
Sung by Ringo Starr.
Especially in the chorus part,