alt-J - 353 Lyrics

There is no bad ALT J song

🥀 listen dmx 2 then 353 mike and eleven.

i love this song so much, there’s something so fun about singing the beginning “shhhhhhhhSHANK”

“10”

Lolita as in loli if so NoIcE

Oh WOW so that's where Silent Knife Unholy Knife comes from in Blood Flood pt. II

I found the lyrics, I think…

Silent knife, unholy knife
A bridge of cracks click as I twist my spine
I turn to find a visitor
Rapture me, my Lolita

And I know she knows that I killed my love

Administer the lethal dose
(She's as white as a ghost)
The aching feels like she's gorgeous from coast to coast
The scalpel bleach, make that a smile
Stay with me, my darling, for my last little while

And she cranes to me, "I'll be there as you sing
Yet I'll be gone before the second 'kiss me'."

"Kiss me, down by the boat or the bearded barley
Marry me behind the green, green grass
Swing, swing, with a spinning step
You wear those shoes and I'll wear that dress
Oh, kiss me."

Oh
Oh, three
Oh, fifty-three

After “kiss me” it sounds like “marry me”

As beautiful as a dahlia

Silent knife, unholy knife
A bridge of cracks click as I twist my spine
I turn to find a visitor
Rapture me, my Lolita

And I know she knows that I killed my love

The minister believed her, though
(She's as white as a ghost)
The aching feels like she's gorgeous from coast to coast
The scalpel bleach, make that a smile
Stay with me, my darling, for my last little while

And she cranes to me, "I'll be there as you sing
Yet I'll be gone before the second 'kiss me'."

"Kiss me, down by the boat or the bearded barley
Marry me behind the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear the dress
Oh kiss me."

Oh
Oh three
Oh fifty-three

Essa banda é muito boa eu tenho medo

I think I figured it out- the meaning of this song. When you press Alt-j on a computer, you type the delta triangle, their band symbol (∆). Yet the delta triangle is also the symbol for 'change'. This song (In my opinion) is about a man who had killed his wife for a younger woman, who he loved, yet has to take risks and change his life to be with. The meaning of 353 could connect to the angel #353, which signifies that change, which their band represents, is inevitable, and to not be scared of, or fear the outcome of what might happen.

DELTA by C2C is about accepting change, check it out

Amo tanto <3

I love the way he says " kiss me" <3

Is this song also related to the film Leon? like Matilda and Leon are? I've literally watched the film and fallen down a rabbit hole of realisation

Nah, I don't think so.

1:06 a scarlet blue breach :o

could this have anything to do with Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov?

DJH possibly!

I thought Lolita was used here to refer to a young woman (one younger than the one he killed), not necessarily to Dolores specifically

bungee 343?

The last verse is partially derived from the song 'kiss me' by sixpence none the richer... hope this helps!

Silent knife, unholy knife, a bridge of cracks click as I twist my spine
I turn to find a visitor
Rapture me my Lolita
And I know she knows that I killed my love

The minister, the leap of oath
She's as white as a ghost
The aching feels like she's wanted[?] from coast to coast
The scalpel bleach, make that a smile
Stay with me, my darling, for my last little while
And she sang to me, 'I'll be there as you sing yet I'll be gone before the second kiss me'

"Kiss me out of the bearded barley
Nightly, behind the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear the dress.
Oh kiss me"

i love this

I apologize to anyone would enjoys this song, but thank hell they got better :P

Karl Hiscock this is one of their best songs in my opinion

I love this!

what is the meaning of "353" ??

Alejandro Gonzalez my classmates grades :))

Nicolae Stefan be searious haha

Alejandro Gonzalez Irish international phone number
+353

Gießen

Couldn't figure out where I recognized so many of the lyrics from- they've added "Kiss Me" by Six Pence None the Richer to their own tune. Does anyone know if the others are from different songs as well?

Man do i like this song alot. One of their best songs and should be on their next album.

any idea when their next album is?? :O

They just finished writing it.

word! so maybe early next year? :O

I really hope so! It would definitely be the best start of the year possible

hella!!! I just hope I have some acid the day it drops xD

What is this song about someone interpret please. I think it's about a lover who was gone and now she is back, but the singer doesn't love them anymore?

Do you have a Twitter or something where I can get ahold of you?

Here's the actual lyrics, as close as I can possibly get it:

Shhhhhank

Silent knife, unholy knife
A bridge of cracks click as I twist my spine
I turn to find a visitor
Rapture me my Lolita
And I know she knows that I killed my love

Administer the lethal dose
She's as white as a ghost
The aching it feels like she's gorgeous from coast to coast
The scowl blue breach, ain't that the smile
Stay with me, my darling, for my last little while
And she cranes to me,
'I'll be there as you sing yet I'll be gone before the second kiss me'

"Kiss me down by the bone of the bearded barley
Nightly, behind the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear the dress.
Oh kiss me"

Ohhhh oh oh oh
Ohhhh oh oh oh
Ohhh Ohhh Ohh Ohhh Ohhhhhh ahhh
Ohhh Ohhh Ohh Ohhh Ohhhhhh ahhh Three
Ohhh Ohhh Ohh Ohhh Oh Ohhhhhh ahhhhhh Fifty-Three

@Camßεn Amazing! Now I don't have to make up fantasy words anymore when I want to sing along haha

Is it not "silent night, unholy night" would make sense as the beginning of holy night is almost that!

@Katie 123L there isn't a T sound, it's very clearly an F sound. likely it's still a reference to the song, but we know it's "silent knife unholy knife" because of the theme of the song, as well as the reference to it in Bloodflood 2

+Camßεn maybe I have hearing problems then

CamBen I heard kiss me down by the boat of the bearded barley

"The minster, the leap of oath" should be "Administer the lethal dose"

Well that at least makes more sense

Oh god, looking back, this video's a mess. Sorry everyone :D

+L Y R I X I like it!

@Oliver Benning Thanks a lot, Oliver!

Oliver Benning

Alt-j reminds me of edgar allen poe so much..

+Sarah Strahan That's weirdly true for some reason!

+Sarah Strahan it's a story. don't be so pseudo.

+Ranjeev Dutta poe... pseudo = nobody saw that?

I've always thought it sounded more like; "She's gorgeous, of course of course"

because of your videos I started listenin to their music and became fan a year ago and now last month I went to their concert and it was amazing, so thAnk you SO much

+Elize Gr. Aw that's amazing to hear! You're more than welcome! I bet the concert was brilliant! I haven't been lucky enough to see them live so far... :(

same. i love them so much. #goodvibes

I was going to shout in a concert for them to play this i wonder if they would have, if i asked them?

+lilcocacola Well they started playing Leon again, but I highly doubt they will start any other old songs in the near future. But it's always worth a try

Silent knife, unholy knife, a bridge of cracks click as I twist my spine
I turn to find a visitor
Rapture me my Lolita
And I know she knows that I killed my love

The minister, the leap of oath
She's as white as a ghost
The aching feels like she's wanted[?] from coast to coast
The scalpel bleach, make that a smile
Stay with me, my darling, for my last little while
And she sang to me, 'I'll be there as you sing yet I'll be gone before the second kiss me'

"Kiss me out of the bearded barley
Nightly, behind the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear the dress.
Oh kiss me"

Ooooooooooooooooooooohhhh
ooooooooooooooo three
oooooooooooooo fifty-three

"The minster, the leap of oath" should be "Administer the lethal dose"

Zayra B 353

I think it's "Marry me" instead of "Nightly"

Hey... maybe you can try too make GROUPLOVE lyric videos? They make good music:-D

@L Y R I X

@laura nielsen Aw thanks! I hope you like it! x

@L Y R I X I will xx

Hey, I just checked your blog out and I have a rock band you might like. Its called ALOKE and its not a big band but you can hear it on Spotify and some of there songs on youtube;-D

@laura nielsen Oh great! Thank you, I'll check them out!x

The one section is a cover of the song "Kiss me" by Sixpence None the Richer
"Kiss me out of the bearded barley
Nightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress"

And I think it says "The minister- The lethal dose" 

But thats just my interpretation 

@Larissa Russell I read the thing with the Sixpence None The Richer cover too, but I just can't hear the words! I really tried, but I'm still hearing different words. So maybe they changed the lyrics a bit like they do quite often?
And 'lethal dose' could be possible as well! Thanks! :) x

"The minster" should be "Administer"

Yes, there are still some gaps, but I just couldn't figure out the right lyrics. I'm also unsure about every other word. Help is massively appreciated! 

@Yuli Corn But I believe ''Love me behind the green green grass'' makes more sense, ''marry me behind the green green grass'' doesn't make much sense. In the different version I thing it sounds like ''nightly''

+L Y R I X I think 1:30 is "Lie with me"

@JazzaTV Good point

Cheers :)

+L Y R I X i think i heard "bury me" instead of marry me or love me