Karls Poetry

[Caprice]

i cant remember if i made a post on this before or not, either way, im doing it again.

what got me so into Underworld was Karls lyrics. his way with words and random they were. it evoked a feeling and mood i knew he was trying to get across. i realized that even though the lyrics as random as they may be hit "the right spot" to recreate that feeling.

in some cases, hes telling a story. for example:

skym.
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mmmmm...

do you still feed the animal?

animalfinger
fingeronthephone
curvearoundcorners

do you still feed the animal?

yourmuffledvoice
isairupthesideofyourhead

and the wires come in

open eyes close us
(slide beneath the city)
slide beneath the city
and the feet in the streets above us
(and your voice again)
and your voice again
(and your voice again)
(and your voice again)

i dont want you to call again

do you still feed the animal?

muffled madness

quietcalmprevadeher
i couldn't go through this again

you say you love her
you know you love her
you never want to be without her

you say you never want to hurt her
you know you hurt her

how many lives you've lived
how many hurts you've done
how many times you've come to this place
how much you want it

you say you love her

do you-


at first hes asking if you feed the animal. now at first one would think, what, this man is mad!

but if you think deeper hes asking someone, a woman, if she stills feeds the animals, likesay, a DOG!
and then he goes in and out of the story telling and the mood evoking poetry.

then towards the end hes talking to the guy, the girls boyfriend. and giving him advice through rhetorical questions. just like in Born Slippy! Well, without rhetorical questions.


has anyone else noticed his magical poetry?

im sure most of you have, this is just one of those things i think everyone knows but never talks about.

cheers