Only If We Must

[BronxTeacher]

This is another gem that should have been on the re-masters:



Can anyone decipher the lyrics in the bridge and the last verse? Online lyrics sites have the following:

Angels wait under reach (?)
For the time run
I let out a sigh

If I reminisce
Then you're the past
I maybe at best
And all ()

For the last verse, could it be:

If I'm (or I) reminisce
Then you're the past
I may be at best
On your epitaph

[dee]

I will offer up my take because I've always had to hum over a few lines.
Here's what I'm hearing...


You learn from the past
While I reminisce
You look to the future
I see maybe at best

A kiss for good luck
Save it for an honest joe
It's too late to worry
I guess I'll just go

So forgive me
And maybe
We won't turn and rust
Only if we must

Saints never preach
And angels don't fly
Down by the beach
Where the seagulls dive/die

I asked you not to breath
You let out a sigh
I asked you not to breath/weep
That's for you to decide

So forgive me
If need be
Forget about us
Only if we must

Angles wait on the beach
For the time run outta sky

If I reminisce
Then you're the past
I may be at best
On our epitaph

Forgive me
If need be
I will turn to dust
Forget me if you must

Only if you must

[BronxTeacher]

Your version of the bridge makes a lot more sense than the on-line lyric site's version, and the last verse, with "our epitaph," sounds accurate.

I hear a few different lines than you, though:

Down by the beach
The seagulls die

I asked you not weep (or maybe he repeats "breathe")
That's for you to decide

[dee]

Jan 23, 2011 20:31:13 GMT -5 BronxTeacher said:

Your version of the bridge makes a lot more sense than the on-line lyric site's version, and the last verse, with "our epitaph," sounds accurate.

I hear a few different lines than you, though:

Down by the beach
The seagulls die

I asked you not weep (or maybe he repeats "breathe")
That's for you to decide

I always heard "seagulls die" as well,but with my ear to the speaker I heard "dive". It may be a phantom "v" sound,but I'm hearing it .

I always thought he repeated "breath,"but then I heard "weep" and now I hear "breath" again.
Thanks for the "That's for you to decide" line.I Knew I was not hearing that line right at all.

I'm not too sure about the bridge,but those are the words I hear.I'll make the corrections.

[glgbill]

One small contribution, perhaps...

A kiss for good luck
Save it for an honest joe
It's too late to worry
I guess I'll just go

[anarkissed]

Really like this, but I keep hearing:

It's gonna take a lotta love
To change the way things are
It's gonna take a lotta love
Or we won't get too far

[dee]

Jan 24, 2011 19:41:02 GMT -5 glgbill said:

One small contribution, perhaps...

A kiss for good luck
Save it for an honest joe
It's too late to worry
I guess I'll just go

Thank you!

[glgbill]

I sort of hear this, but I'm not certain...

I asked you not to breath
You let out a sigh
I asked you not to be
That's for you to decide

As in, 'to be or not to be' -- or maybe it's to fill in the blank, as in, not to be...'here, with me, in my life,' that sort of thing.

Oh, and I also hear seagulls "die."

Thanks for working this up! Great song...