The Spark That Bled

The Flaming Lips * Track #3 On The Soft Bulletin

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Album The Soft Bulletin

ALBUM

The Flaming Lips

1999

The Spark That Bled by The Flaming Lips

Release Date

Mon May 17 1999

Performed by

The Flaming Lips

Produced by

The Flaming Lips & Scott Booker & Dave Fridmann

Writed by

Michael Ivins & Steven Drozd & Wayne Coyne

About

“The Spark That Bled (The Softest Bullet Ever Shot)” is track 3 off The Flaming Lips’s critically-acclaimed LP The Soft Bulletin. It is the longest track on the album, clocking in at almost six minutes and has a narrative not just lyrically but also musically like “Peter and the Wolf.”

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The Spark That Bled Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I accidentally touched my head
And noticed that I had been bleeding
For how long I didn't know
What was this, I thought, that struck me?
What kind of weapons have they got?
The softest bullet ever shot

[Chorus]
I stood up and I said, yeah
I stood up and I said, yeah
I stood up and I said, hey! Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
From this moment on
Blaring like a trumpet
Coming from above us and somewhere below
The confidence of knowing
Descending to relieve us of the struggle
To believe it's so

[Chorus]
I stood up and I said, yeah
I spoke up and I said, hey
I stood up and I said, hey! Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]
And it seemed to cause a chain reaction
It had momentum, it was gaining traction
It was all the rage, it was all the fashion
The outreached hands had resigned themselves
To holding onto something that they never had
And that's too bad
Cause in reality there was no reaction

[Outro]
I accidentally touched my head
And noticed that I had been bleeding
For how long I didn't know

The Spark That Bled Q&A

Who wrote The Spark That Bled's ?

The Spark That Bled was written by Michael Ivins & Steven Drozd & Wayne Coyne.

Who produced The Spark That Bled's ?

The Spark That Bled was produced by The Flaming Lips & Scott Booker & Dave Fridmann.