Crocodile Lyrics
 

Has anyone found or deciphered the lyrics to crocodile?

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My stab at them. Stuff in brackets I don't really know, just guesses.

is that you?
is that
is that really you?
to call between my lips
two kangaroo fingers push
through and scratch my back in rhythm

slow foot
slow fast
waiting for a night to wrap around us
i could go in there
get some sweet stuff

all these things
in me (in me)
all these things
in me (in me)

is that you?
is that
is that really you?
to hold beneath my skin
two numbers click between her touch
when you pull me down into them
rising and rising
[through the inside of a glass eye painting]
calling me in there
get that sweet stuff

all these things
in me (in me)
all these things
in me (in me)

vocoder stuff [did you walk around the stairs?]

is that you?
is that
is that really you?
to crawl between my lips
two kangaroo fingers push
through and scratch my back in rhythm

slow foot
slow fast
waiting for a night to wrap around us
i could go in there
get some sweet stuff

all these things
in me
all these things
in me

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I think Skyscraper's interpretation is pretty good. However, I think the following lines are incorrect--

"to crawl between my lips" (Might be "to call")
"two numbers click between my touch" ("Between her touch", definitely.)

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MMM... Congrats, I'm truly impressed.

So beautiful
Love
Much Love

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your [through the inside of a glass eye painting] lyrics sound like "bird on the inside of a glass eye painting" to me.

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karl's response to this thread on uwlive is hilarious :D


- dc

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Honestly what is K saying during the heavy vocoder part??? is it this:

---did you want a party upstairs---


i am trully missing this build up and release during the video/single/radio version

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Great, maybe he can share his discovery! (But I'm sure he won't :))

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edited!

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My guess at the vocoder

"Beautiful a love this is"

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I wonder if it's still Rick singing on the vocoder part like it was in Zurich or if that has been passed off to Karl.

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I have been trying to figure out what that vocoder part is...

At the central park performance I was looking at Karl's mouth to try to lip read... of course to no avail...

Any new ideas?

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yeah, from the live shows it looks like Karl is singing, and not Rick.

I also tried to pick apart what he was saying in NY, but, nothing.

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Rick sang the chorus the first night in SF.

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The heavily vocoded part in the middle of Crocodile starting at 4:23 is "[this] needs a couple more verses".

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Nice thread revive after almost 12 years!
I think the questionable lyrics have been worked out since. But still, a fine reminder that UW/Karl can and have worked in the cheekiness