"Dragonflies" lyrics now up!

[blog]

I've tried a few times unsuccessfully to make out the lyrics to "Dragonflies" but gave it another shot with some new AI software to extract the vocal track from the song. There's still a few parts I couldn't make out so if you have any suggestions, please let us know in the forum.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://lifehousefans.net/blog/2022/04/dragonflies-lyrics-now-up/

[robert]

Was just listening to Dragonflies for the first time in a minute and totally got one of the lines in the second verse. Have a listen and tell me if you hear “and we outgrew our dreams” – I think this is it!

[shawn]

You totally nailed it. Nice job! I just put it on and it’s clear as day now. Go figure! lol

Edit: Updated the lyrics on the main site

[robert]

Nice! I think the following line is “now we are nomads, we are alone” but not too sure of it… feels like something he’d write though haha.

One day hopefully we’ll get an acoustic version or something to answer these questions. I’ve come around on the song since it was first released – the ambiguity is somewhat endearing

[peppermint]

I know it has been a while since this topic was visited, but I’ve been listening to Dragonflies a lot recently and I finally figured out something that sounds (at least somewhat) correct for a couple of lines. I’d love to hear a second opinion, or if anyone has any other ideas for what the unknown lyrics could be.

…And we stop listening
Sparks flared out of our life
And we outgrew our dreams…

I’m not sure, but “life” could also be “eyes” or maybe “lives”. I used an app called Moises to try to separate the vocals from the rest of the song, so that makes this line a bit easier to hear as “sparks flared out of our lives/eyes/life” but it is still really difficult to make out.

I agree with @robert, it does sound a lot like “now we are nomads…” I’m pretty sure that at the end of the word “nomads” and in the “sparks…” line, the lyrics are muffled to the point where “s” sounds are almost missing, so might be why it doesn’t quite sound like “nomads” is correct.

Also, I’ve been hearing “Meet me when the summer ends” instead of “long road”, and instead of “Fall in the silver lining” I’ve been hearing “rolled in the silver lining” or “lightning” (but “rolled” doesn’t really make much sense so it’s probably just my brain being weird)

Also, after the part about silver lining/lightning, it sounds like he’s saying:

safe from the phantom’s dreams

I’m not sure if that line makes the most sense, but it sounds at least somewhat accurate to me. “Dreams” could be something else, like “wings” or “streets”, it’s hard to tell, but I think it might be at least a little more accurate than the “sparks…” line.

What do you guys think about these transcriptions?

[snowfist]

Hopefully Jason release the reworked version of Dragonflies soon, and this confusion can finally be put to bed I remember I was so shocked with the first few listen, but I now love the song.

[robert]

Jason posted a video on Instagram showing a winnable handwritten Dragonflies lyric sheet! At long last… we can settle these words for good haha.

Here it is:

We split the world in half
Close our eyes and breathe
Crawl in the silver lining
Safe from the phantom’s reach
We are safe
We are alone

We lived inside the clouds
Far from this broken town
Hide underneath the stars
Always right here and now
Until tomorrow pulled us down

I still remember those eyes
That place with the dragonflies
Those nights would go on and on
They seemed to last forever
Meet me where the summer ends
Where the sun goes down and the night begins
Run away with me
Let’s run away together

Time started to fly by
And we stopped listening
Stars fell out of our eyes
And we outgrew our dreams
Now we are cold
We are alone

[shawn]

Good catch! Just updated the lyrics on the site.

[robert]

Has anyone else listened to the demo for Dragonflies J put on the Time Machine?

I like the demo mix a lot better than the final! A little more magical-sounding, and Jason’s voice seems half a smidge less echoey.

Also, crazyyyyy side piece: I downloaded the file, and this is what it says:

That’s right – Jason and Winnie wrote and recorded this in early 2013 (!!!???), just after the release of Almería. Wacky vocals and all. This pre-dates a good chunk of Out of the Wasteland (I believe Flight and Hurricane were written in late 2013 or early 2014).

So wild. I also wonder whether ‘The Getaway Sticks’ is what J and Winnie called themselves… anyway. The more you know. My mind is blown.