[Just Mister]

Hello guys and girls. Sounds strange but here in Russia we have some serious problems with K&Q lyrics. I don't want to say that we're deaf, bot it's really one of discussing topics.

Now I have there lyrics. Can you say do all this words right? Thnx

"Kings & Queens"

Into the night
Desperate and broken
The sound of a fight
Father has spoken

Ohhhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhhh (x4)

We were the Kings and Queens of promise
We were the VICTIMS of ourselves (or: phantoms, or vessels, or what?)
Maybe the Children of a Lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell

Into your eyes (or: Into your lies?)
Hopeless and Taken
We stole our new lives
Through blood and pain (or: through blood .... what is next? is it right? Or: through blood lane?)
In defense of our dreams
In defense of our dreams

We were the Kings and Queens of promise
We were the VICTIMS of ourselves
Maybe the Children of a Lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell

The age of man is over
A darkness comes AT DAWN (or: at all?)
These lessons that we learned here
Have only just begun

We were the Kings and Queens of promise
We were the victims of ourselves
Maybe the Children of a Lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell

We are the Kings
We are the Queens
We are the Kïngs
We are the Queens

Ohhhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhhh (x4)


Who is englishspeaking-man, please answer, it's really serious)

[fallenxmarsxgirl]

We were the VICTIMS of ourselves (or: phantoms, or vessels, or what?)

Into your eyes (or: Into your lies?)

A darkness comes AT DAWN (or: at all?)

The rest is what I hear too
I think it's VICTIMS
I hear LIES
A darkness comes AND ALL

Just my 2 cents
And don't feel bad I speak english as my first language and I'm not really sure about these parts either

[TheGateKeeper26]

I hear phantoms

[Smyle]

And I hear 'eyes', 'phantoms' and 'at dawn'. Then again, my ear shouldn't be too trusted.

[pisces]

I hear vessels, actually.

[J30STM]

Very mixed outcomes as I hear this when I listened with my headphones

We were the victims of ourselves

Into your lies ( definitely hear an L at the beginning of the word )

Trough blood lane ( Blood lane is actually a name for a battle field during the Civil War where enormous casualties were suffered and could tie in with Hopeless and Taken, We stole our new lives and the This is War title.
Also mainly cause the "marching" type style of Shannon's drums during the song reminds me of the battlefield movies of that era, when drums were used that way to encourage troops to keep a steady pace to walk into the field of battle..

http://americancountryside.com/2009/09/04/...les-blood-lane/

A darkness comes at dawn is what I hear..

[pale_existence]

I hear U2, The Cure, John Lennon (the chantings remind me of 'the christmas song'), and NIN.

[alex876]

hmm...difficult, just like always...
I hear "vessels", "lies", "blood lane" (but I'm not sure at all) and "at dawn".
for our minds' sake...could jared please sing a little more clearly? or - please band - could you put the lyrics into the cd-cover this time? please???

[Chrisy]

I hear... Into your eyes

Don't hear vessels/phantoms, but victims of ourselves

Also, I don't hear 'Through blood and pain'. It sounds like ' through blood lane' but it could be something else too...

A darkness comes and all...

[wildhorses]

Trough blood lane ( Blood lane is actually a name for a battle field during the Civil War where enormous casualties were suffered and could tie in with Hopeless and Taken, We stole our new lives and the This is War title.
Also mainly cause the "marching" type style of Shannon's drums during the song reminds me of the battlefield movies of that era, when drums were used that way to encourage troops to keep a steady pace to walk into the field of battle..

Thanks for that!

A darkness comes at dawn is what I hear..

This is also what I hear...

[dvlshangel]

I am curious if Kings and Queens were a political statement, what would it mean to you? I am really interested in any thoughts on this from the Echelon.

[Just Mister]

political? mmmm i think it's about us (not US). kings and queens of lives, of choices.

[dvlshangel]

I think you misunderstood, I was not referring the political views in the U.S. only. I thought that the question would open an interesting discussion on the feeling of helplessness that many have with their governments and the hopes that changes can be made. The song can be interpreted many different ways, I was thinking about how many countries have struggled to gain political freedom and what the lyrics may mean to someone in that situation. I apologize if that is not what you intended by this thread and I will keep my thoughts to myself.

[isa94]

-We were the VICTIMS of ourselves (or: phantoms, or vessels, or what?)

I hear phantoms

-Into your eyes (or: Into your lies?)

I think he say eyes

-A darkness comes AT DAWN (or: at all?)

I hear at all

[karina4449]

We stole our new lives
Through plundering ??

[echelonprincess666]

Thank you For THe Awesome Work Much Appreciated

[RedRaven]

Also mainly cause the "marching" type style of Shannon's drums during the song reminds me of the battlefield movies of that era, when drums were used that way to encourage troops to keep a steady pace to walk into the field of battle..

A bit off-topic, but the drumming right around the "There is a fight" part made me think of patterns you hear on bodrahn in some old Celtic music.

(Wiki: There is evidence that during the Irish rebellion of 1603 (Tyrone's rebellion) the bodhrán was used by the Irish forces as a battle drum, or that the drum provided a cadence for the pipers and warriors to keep to, as well as to announce the arrival of the army. This leads some to think that the bodhrán was derived from an old Celtic war drum.)

Just thought it was neat to hear that little cultural influence, whether it was intentional or not.

RR

[pale_existence]

political? mmmm i think it's about us (not US). kings and queens of lives, of choices.

I agree.

[J30STM]

A bit off-topic, but the drumming right around the "There is a fight" part made me think of patterns you hear on bodrahn in some old Celtic music.

(Wiki: There is evidence that during the Irish rebellion of 1603 (Tyrone's rebellion) the bodhrán was used by the Irish forces as a battle drum, or that the drum provided a cadence for the pipers and warriors to keep to, as well as to announce the arrival of the army. This leads some to think that the bodhrán was derived from an old Celtic war drum.)

Just thought it was neat to hear that little cultural influence, whether it was intentional or not.

RR

Thanks, I hadn't thought of that yet. Cool that we relate the same way to hearing patterns in terms of what Shannon would be bringing across in the song, but still connect it to another Era It's the first thought that came to mind upon hearing the song for the first time and focusing on the drums throughout the song.

And yes I can't wait to hear more influences ( drum wise ) from other cultures on the album, specially the Taiko bit.

[XX BR3AK M3 D0WN]

Lol I love whenever Jared sings we hear like a billion diffrent things I hear 'victims' and phantoms lol damn them I'm still confused lol