Berlin Got Blurry
Parquet Courts * Track #9 On Human Performance
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- #3Outside
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- #4I Was Just Here
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- #5Paraphrased
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- #6Captive of the Sun
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- #7Steady on My Mind
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- #8One Man No City
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- #9Berlin Got Blurry
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- #10
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- #11Two Dead Cops
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- #12Pathos Prairie
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- #13It’s Gonna Happen
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- #14Already Dead
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Berlin Got Blurry by Parquet Courts
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This song, like its accompanying video, seems to be a travelogue of a foreign person visiting Berlin. Parquet Courts turn their usual keen lyrical eye on both the physical details we remember while visiting a foreign city (the fast food, the barman, the accents) as well as the feelings of isolation...
Berlin Got Blurry Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Döner wrapper done right, an extinguished
Crotch of a rollie inside yellow fingers
Nothing lasts but nearly everything lingers in life
Cellphone service is not that expensive
But that takes commitment and you just don't have it
It feels so effortless to be a stranger
But feeling foreign's such a lonely habit
[Chorus 1]
You can't crop yourself out of a picture
Out of focus but still framed inside
Well, Berlin got blurry
And my heart started hurting for you
Yeah
[Verse 2]
Loud mouth living got you some attention
And second chances given without doubt
Guess you've got a history but it's not worth a mention tonight
Kind ears captive to the beers you've purchased
Sipping through scenes of plastered confession
Telling pretty stories, is it your sole purpose?
Telling everybody that you learned your lesson?
[Chorus 2]
But no one's falling for that nice guy bullshit
They waited years, you can wait one night
Well, Berlin got blurry
When my eyes started telling it to
Yeah!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Funny how it charms you, that Teutonic frankness
Listen and it arms you with a new type of patience
Maybe it alarms you 'cause it tastes so familiar and wild
French fries, hot dog, ketchup, main ingredients
Swears in flawless English it's the best in town
Funny how a sameness can not be distinguished
Strangeness is relieving when you point it out
[Chorus 3]
Email, poems, slogans, an example
Of three things I can't unify
Well, Berlin got blurry
As my thoughts all hurried to you
Berlin Got Blurry Q&A
Who wrote Berlin Got Blurry's ?
Berlin Got Blurry was written by Parquet Courts.
When did Parquet Courts release Berlin Got Blurry?
Parquet Courts released Berlin Got Blurry on Thu Feb 25 2016.
What did Parquet Courts say about "Berlin Got Blurry"?
“Berlin Got Blurry” is a song about saying goodbye to someone from the other side of the world and about feeling completely foreign to your environment; knowing you can’t go home, but not knowing where you belong. I wrote the song in Berlin, so it made sense to try to recreate my experience for the...