The brown and orange sky holds its breath
As the sun retreats to the distant horizon,
And our hearts palpitate anxiously as we soon will lay supine
And wait for sleep to overcome us.
And from somewhere in our black,
Subconscious minds when we're asleep,
Comes a haunting swelling mass of voices,
Resonating, its screams of forgotten victims and the cries of innocence,
And the desperate plea for recognition and recompense.
Tiny voices, echoes of our heritage,
Our long and sallow faces turn the other way,
Tiny voices, harbored deep within
As we outwardly deny that they have something to say,
And if we don't confront them they will never go away.
The billions of tiny pinhole embers fade into a morning sky
Filled with poignant morose wonder,
Waking we bear a cosmetic peace that verifies the turmoil
That we carry deep inside.
And from somewhere in our black,
Subconscious minds when we're asleep,
Comes a haunting swelling mass of voices,
Resonating, its screams of forgotten victims and the cries of innocence,
And the desperate plea for recognition and recompense.
Tiny voices, echoes of our heritage,
Our long and sallow faces turn the other way,
Tiny voices, harbored deep within
As we outwardly deny that they have something to say,
And if we don't confront them they will never go away.
Version | Length | Release | Catalog ID | Country | Format | Year |
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2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | MC | 2018 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | Europe | CD | 2018 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | Europe | 12" | 2018 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | 86994-2 | United States | CD | 2018 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | Europe | 12" | 2013 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | 6994-1 | Europe | 12" | 2013 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | 6994-1 | United States | 12" | 2010 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | 12" | 2009 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | R1 82658 | United States | 12" | 2009 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-2 | United States | CD | 2004 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | n/a | Russia | MC | 1996 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | CD | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | ESCA 6057 | Japan | CD | 1994 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | Germany | MC | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343-1 | Germany | 12" | 1994 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | 12" | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343-1 | Germany | 12" | 1994 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | Germany | 12" | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343-1 | Germany | 12" | 1994 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | Brazil | 12" | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-2 | United States | CD | 1994 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | CD 82658 | Canada | CD | 1994 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343 60 | Europe | CD | 1994 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | MC | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-4 | United States | MC | 1994 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | Spain | MC | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | Canada | MC | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | Yugoslavia | MC | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | United Kingdom | 12" | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | Russia | CD | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-2 | United States | CD | 1994 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343 2 | Israel | CD | 1994 | |
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | United States | CD | 1994 | ||
Not specified | ||||||
Stranger Than Fiction | United States | 12" | 2018 | |||
2.36 | Stranger Than Fiction | 86994-1GRY | United States | 12" | 2018 | |
Stranger Than Fiction | United States | 12" | 2018 | |||
Stranger Than Fiction | EPIT-69942 | Europe | CD | 2008 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | Russia | CD | 1997 | |||
Stranger Than Fiction | DRA SAMP 2262 2 | Germany | CD | 1995 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | PRCD 5742-2 | United States | CD | 1995 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-4 | United States | MC | 1994 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | United States | MC | 1994 | |||
Stranger Than Fiction | MJM337M | Poland | MC | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | Canada | CD | 1994 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | DRA 477343 2 | Germany | CD | 1994 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | MATTCD003 | Australia | CD | 1994 | ||
2:36 | Stranger Than Fiction | 82658-2 | United States | CD | 1994 | |
Stranger Than Fiction | Germany | MC | 1994 | |||
Stranger Than Fiction | 78 26584 | Canada | MC | 1994 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | 82658 | United States | MC | 1994 | ||
Stranger Than Fiction | 789.076 | 2-477343 | Brazil | CD | 1994 |
John
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"Tiny Voices" are our subconscious versions of our moral compass. Apparently sleep is being lost over whatever is haunting our subconsciousnes, and its making our cosmetic peace show turmoil. It seems like we're putting issues on the back burner in hopes that it will resolve itself. I think the tiny voices are nagging at us to make better decisions and don't turn away from problems, but solve them (recognition and recompense).
06/07/2018 at 01:51
"Tiny Voices" are our subconscious versions of our moral compass. Apparently sleep is being lost over whatever is haunting our subconsciousnes, and its making our cosmetic peace show turmoil. It seems like we're putting issues on the back burner in hopes that it will resolve itself. I think the tiny voices are nagging at us to make better decisions and don't turn away from problems, but solve them (recognition and recompense).
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Bromley
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Greg G said the song was influence by the fighting and conflagration in Bosnia at the time he wrote it. It's very much what you all were talking about. We go to sleep every night content, oblivious to the problems of the world, and how we shrug off any bad feelings about those problems with pity and thanks.
07/11/2004 at 17:31
Greg G said the song was influence by the fighting and conflagration in Bosnia at the time he wrote it. It's very much what you all were talking about. We go to sleep every night content, oblivious to the problems of the world, and how we shrug off any bad feelings about those problems with pity and thanks.
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HealthyBodySickMind
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I always thought this song was about our primal urges surfacing, and our want to be recognized. We weren't made to be in such a society. So many of our common practices seem to go against our natural instincts, that's why there's so much stupid shit going on. IE: War, domestic violence. I think we were meant to leave home much earlier than we do. And who invented this marriage shit? Why does everyone's life have to stay in the path of growing up, getting married and having kids?
07/11/2004 at 17:31
I always thought this song was about our primal urges surfacing, and our want to be recognized. We weren't made to be in such a society. So many of our common practices seem to go against our natural instincts, that's why there's so much stupid shit going on. IE: War, domestic violence. I think we were meant to leave home much earlier than we do. And who invented this marriage shit? Why does everyone's life have to stay in the path of growing up, getting married and having kids?
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Adam Style
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I think the last interpretation was pretty dead on, except for one thing. I'm not sure that the suffering that is being mentioned is really about people in third world countries. I always thought it was much more local, and maybe even a mental struggle as opposed to a physical one. I think the line, 'waking a bear a cosmetic peace that verifies the turmoil which we carry deep inside' is a good indication of internal conflict. About what is anybody's guess. My initial feeling was about how we treat others and how we are treated in return.
07/11/2004 at 17:31
I think the last interpretation was pretty dead on, except for one thing. I'm not sure that the suffering that is being mentioned is really about people in third world countries. I always thought it was much more local, and maybe even a mental struggle as opposed to a physical one. I think the line, 'waking a bear a cosmetic peace that verifies the turmoil which we carry deep inside' is a good indication of internal conflict. About what is anybody's guess. My initial feeling was about how we treat others and how we are treated in return.
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Captain
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This song is about the fact that we go to sleep every night and wake up every morning happy and content suppressing our knowledge about all the pain and suffering occurring in third world nations. Meanwhile, in our subconscious minds, while we sleep, we hear these 'tiny voices' screaming for help, but we are still not inclined to do anything about it. In the first verse it says we go to bed soon to lay 'supine' which cleverly defines both as 1. lying on your back face upwards and 2. not inclined to take action.
07/11/2004 at 17:31
This song is about the fact that we go to sleep every night and wake up every morning happy and content suppressing our knowledge about all the pain and suffering occurring in third world nations. Meanwhile, in our subconscious minds, while we sleep, we hear these 'tiny voices' screaming for help, but we are still not inclined to do anything about it. In the first verse it says we go to bed soon to lay 'supine' which cleverly defines both as 1. lying on your back face upwards and 2. not inclined to take action.
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