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A soothsayer is one who predicts future events based on personal beliefs instead of common reasoning. The background noises are field recordings from Omar’s trip to Jerusalem.
The precise meaning of the “Soothsayer” in the context of the album is that it’s what they called the Ouija board that torm...
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
My love becomes a mange, dyein' autumn in its leaves
When it broke me in the branch where my antlers come to feed
And I swam a hundred days in the bosom of this filth
Carry on this drought as I tighten my belt
[Pre-Chorus]
This deceit has no arms
Bended will, take what's yours
This deceit has no arms
Bended will, take what's yours
[Chorus]
Callin' me, she's callin' me
This it may have come to falter, we have become these pleads
[Verse 2]
In a field of baldin' marble where the medicine awaits
The hourglass pokes at the ribs of my cage
At half rations I'm finished, at half rations the minutes
All that happens was given coil and embrace
[Pre-Chorus]
This deceit has no arms
Bended will, take what's yours
This deceit has no arms
Bended will, take what's yours
[Chorus]
Callin' me, she's callin' me
This it may have come to falter, we have become these pleads
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
This deceit has no arms
Bended will, take what's yours
This deceit has no arms
Bended will, take what's yours
[Chorus]
Callin' me, she's callin' me
This it may have come to falter, we have become these pleads
[Instrumental Outro]
Soothsayer was written by Cedric Bixler-Zavala & Omar Rodríguez-López.
Soothsayer was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.
The Mars Volta released Soothsayer on Wed Jan 23 2008.