Vow of Silence - Revision history

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release date and link to early version in infobox

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	\|title = Vow of Silence		\|title = Vow of Silence
	\|artist = Lemon Demon		\|artist = Lemon Demon
	\|year = 2005		\|year = June 9, 2005
	\|albumart = Dinosaurchestra.jpg		\|albumart = Dinosaurchestra.jpg
	\|writer = Neil Cicierega		\|writer = Neil Cicierega
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	\|genre = Rock		\|genre = Rock
	\|language = English, Mentalese		\|language = English, Mentalese
	\|externalLinks = [https://lemondemon.bandcamp.com/track/vow-of-silence Bandcamp]<br>[https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/track/vow-of-silence Needlejuice Remaster]<br>[https://youtu.be/gJseVT2CT9Q YouTube]<br>[https://open.spotify.com/track/29Pj4JiHwsQm6d7g5ne5Aw?si=844bcc2604df43a6 Spotify]		\|externalLinks = [https://lemondemon.bandcamp.com/track/vow-of-silence Bandcamp]<br>[https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/track/vow-of-silence Needlejuice Remaster]<br>[https://youtu.be/gJseVT2CT9Q YouTube]<br>[https://open.spotify.com/track/29Pj4JiHwsQm6d7g5ne5Aw?si=844bcc2604df43a6 Spotify]<br>[https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/Dinosaurchestra/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Vow%20of%20Silence%20%5bEarly%20Version%5d.mp3 Early Version]
	}}		}}
	'''Vow of Silence''' is the seventh track on [[Dinosaurchestra]].		'''Vow of Silence''' is the seventh track on [[Dinosaurchestra]].

Dashw321 at 21:18, 3 August 2023

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	An [https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/Dinosaurchestra/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Vow%20of%20Silence%20%5bEarly%20Version%5d.mp3 early version of this song] was released on June 9th, 2005.<ref>https://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/2005/06/09/</ref>		An [https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/Dinosaurchestra/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Vow%20of%20Silence%20%5bEarly%20Version%5d.mp3 early version of this song] was released on June 9th, 2005.<ref>https://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/2005/06/09/</ref>

	According to [[Neil]] in the album's text commentary, this song is about the art of willing mutedness.<ref>https://youtu.be/Soa2ux9FepQ</ref>		According to [[Neil]] in the album's text commentary, this song is about the art of willing mutedness.<ref name=":0">https://youtu.be/Soa2ux9FepQ</ref>

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==
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	Silence…		Silence…
	Silence.		Silence.

			== Trivia ==

			* This song coins the term "Mentalese", which [[Neil]] describes in the album's text commentary as being, "what you think in if you don't have a language. Babies and cavemen probably think in Mentalese."<ref name=":0" />
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	An [https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/Dinosaurchestra/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Vow%20of%20Silence%20%5bEarly%20Version%5d.mp3 early version of this song] was released on June 9th, 2005.<ref>https://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/2005/06/09/</ref>		An [https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/Dinosaurchestra/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Vow%20of%20Silence%20%5bEarly%20Version%5d.mp3 early version of this song] was released on June 9th, 2005.<ref>https://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/2005/06/09/</ref>

			According to [[Neil]] in the album's text commentary, this song is about the art of willing mutedness.<ref>https://youtu.be/Soa2ux9FepQ</ref>

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

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{{Infobox_song
|title = Vow of Silence
|artist = Lemon Demon
|year = 2005
|albumart = Dinosaurchestra.jpg
|writer = Neil Cicierega
|singer = [[Neil Cicierega]]
|album = [[Dinosaurchestra]]
|duration = 3:09
|tempo = 175
|genre = Rock
|language = English, Mentalese
|externalLinks = [https://lemondemon.bandcamp.com/track/vow-of-silence Bandcamp] [https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/track/vow-of-silence Needlejuice Remaster] [https://youtu.be/gJseVT2CT9Q YouTube] [https://open.spotify.com/track/29Pj4JiHwsQm6d7g5ne5Aw?si=844bcc2604df43a6 Spotify]
}}
'''Vow of Silence''' is the seventh track on [[Dinosaurchestra]].

An [https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/Dinosaurchestra/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Vow%20of%20Silence%20%5bEarly%20Version%5d.mp3 early version of this song] was released on June 9th, 2005.<ref>https://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/2005/06/09/</ref>

==Lyrics==
I’ll never have a chance to say
Everything I want to say,
But that’s okay, I don’t need
To say a thing anyway.

Just want to take it in,
See the world, watch it spin,
Learn to play the violin.
I’ll even try to shed
Any words from my head.
Think in Mentalese instead.

Don’t call me on a telephone.
I don’t wanna be alone,
But I have grown out of it,
So leave a message at the tone.

Just want to take it in,
See the world, watch it spin,
Learn to play the violin.
I’ll even try to shed
Any words from my head.
Think in Mentalese instead.

And I’ll take a vow of silence.
(Shut up, shut up, shut up.)
I’ll take a vow of silence.
(Shut up, shut up, shut up,
Shut up, shut up, shut up.)
I’ll take a vow of…

Silence means that you can’t speak,
You can’t let things out, they stay inside.
You just sit and nod like a quiet freak,
And you hold your tongue and you swallow your pride.
And if you’re travelling down the street
And suddenly witness a crime,
You’ve gotta keep it to yourself,
You’ve gotta keep it inside
Your quiet little mind.
Until the end of time.

And you’ve got to…
Shut up, shut up, shut up. (Seen and not heard.)
Shut up, shut up, shut up. (Not a single word)
Shut up, shut up, shut up. (For the rest of your life.)
Shut up, shut up, shut up.

Now I’m no silent snob,
But Teller and Silent Bob
Tend to do an awful job.
But let me tell you, son,
Harpo Marx is the one.
I wouldn’t be surprised
If he didn’t have a tongue.

Whoa, I’ll take a vow of silence.
(Shut up, shut up, shut up.)
I’ll take a vow of silence.
(Shut up, shut up, shut up,
Shut up, shut up, shut up.)

I’ll take a vow of…
I’ll take a vow of…
I’ll take a vow of…
Silence…
Silence…
Silence.
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