From TMBG’s album Glean. Support TMBG’s work and get it directly from the band: http://bit.ly/tmbgGlean. Or, get the album on itunes (http://geni.us/iGlean) or Amazon (http://geni.us/aGlean)
This song was the week 14 post from TMBG’s Dial-A-Song project. See the full archive at www.dialasong.com.
Video fully assembled from original parts created by Chris Smith. Thank you Chris!
Lyrics:
how thoughtless of me
how dumb can you be?
hopeless, wasn’t that
what you called me and in fact
it was even more true than you knew
where did the end of the rope go?
I forget now, did I let go?
after you left me hanging on your words
which hung down like a rope
where did the end of it go?
I’ll never know
you’re gone, but I’m still there
clawing at the air
now it’s curtains for me
and I’ll spend eternity
doing joyless cartwheels in the void
where did the end of the rope go?
I forget now, did I let go?
long ago you left me hanging on your words
which hung down like a rope from the sky
where did the end of it go?
no one can ever know
where did the end of the rope go?
I forget now, did I let go?
once upon a time you left me hanging from your words
which hung down in the ether like a rope from the sky
wherever did the end of it go?
no one can ever know
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I like the song a lot. Great job! Perhaps the rope was eaten by your dog. Now you have to wait for dog to begin to pass the rope from its system. When this starts to happen, DO NOT PULL THE ROPE.
How fartless of me? 😛
Great song! Possibly a reference to The Spider's Thread (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider%27s_Thread)?
I don't understand the song but I like it
It reminds me of "closer" except with way better music, way better lyrics, and a way better video.
yewtube says I can only like it once, but I'M DONG IT AS HARD AS I CAN!
Love it! Definitely one of my favorites on this album.
Finally a good TMBG album. Been waiting so long!
I deeply enjoy this song.
everything that is They Might Be Giants is gold
Best song of the album, by far!
Quite a ways into Dial a song and this is still my favorite of the bunch. this is just an absolutely stellar song
Amazing song! Best one off the album. TMBG needs to do more songs styled like this.
The Johns have it!!
John Henry-esque.
Dodecahedron <3
Is it my sense of Humor, or does this song remind anybody of Phantom Of the Opera?
Hopeless wasn't that what you called me and in fact it was even more true than you knew.
Politics.
I love the entire song, but the synth solo at 1:42 is just really awesome.
this is quite haunting actually ;-;
I guess his bleak despair didn't go to heaven ?
This song's so unlike their usual deceptively upbeat style, but it still works just as well.
"I swear to god, if that AC unit is leaking again I'm putting it in the god damn video."
this video is what's going to be playing at wes anderson's funeral
I'm here after finishing playing Doki Doki Literature Club. Let's just say this song really ties in with one of the characters' arc. *snorts*
This reminds me of the time they sunk Manhattan.
Brooklinnn
I ment brooklaaaaan
1:13 Haha i get it now
The ending to this video is just as powerful as the song itself.
An instrumental version o this would be godly.
Slow it down a little, add a touch of brass and you have what could make a great James Bond movie opening theme
This sounds like the opening to a James Bond film only better.
TMBG had their “Get Back” moment recently. Did anyone else lose interest in them for a bit?