Spektor, Regina - A Cannon Lyrics






A cannon was fired by the light of the moon and
Waiting the boat should be here very soon and
I mind less and less all the silly pictures that hang 'round my room, for now

I write you a letter, I hope you feel better
I hope you forgive the transgressions
I've given you love and I've given you anger as well
And I mean them both

I always knew it was coming this way
It was coming this way
I always knew a big boat would come,
Take me away, take me away

I stood in my bed
Then I slipped in my dress
Then I ran through the halls like a ghost
And in case someone heard me
I grabbed up a dagger that I'd never used, unless

Bare feet on the cobblestone street,
Then a beach
Then a splash
Then my ankles, my knees,
Then my thighs and my eyes open wide
I threw myself right into the sea

Then I could see it was coming my way
It was coming my way
I always knew a big boat would come and take me away
Take me away, take me away

I've woken up once
And I've woken up twice
And I've woken up millions and millions of times

Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water
Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water
I would if I could
But I can't, so I don't
My heart breaks too easy, my words get all jumbled
And when I wear lipstick,
No one understands me at all

They think I'm saying hello and goodbye and hello and goodbye
But what I'm really saying is
They think I'm saying hello and goodbye and hello and goodbye and hello
But what I'm really saying is

I've woken up once
And I've woken up twice
And I've woken up millions and millions of times





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  1. F.... H....

    When she says "slipped on my dress" i totally thought she had tripped over the hem of her dress the first time i heard this song.

  2. A.... S....

    You'll never get what you want

  3. e.... h....

    dear dear slick Nick, it's been nearly a decade since you uploaded, but I am dying to know how you got these

    e.... h....

    DAMN it's been a decade

  4. M.... S....

    I think she's whispering in Russian or gibberish.

  5. J.... C....

    why is this song not on an album?

  6. N.... M....

    I've replayed it once
    I've replayed it twice
    I've replayed millions and millions of times

    N.... M....

    Lmao, me too! 😂😂

  7. l.... ....

    I got a new Canon camera today and I'm highly considering naming it Regina! 

    l.... ....

    I super agree with you on that name!! "Regina" means "queen", so you can be the queen of pictures with it :)
    (I now think that if I get a Canon myself one day, I'll do the same as you :) )

    I always name my favourite objects, like my guitar or my bike.

    l.... ....

    @Tolý Яogêt sorry for the late reply :P yeah, I totally named my guitar and other cameras as well hahaa

  8. K.... ....

    this song really has character. it's cute ha

  9. S.... ....

    Hee hee! Clouds are made of water @ericaterrestrial.

  10. S.... D....

    Exactly my thoughts

  11. S.... ....

    I'm guessing 30% of her fan base is obsessed with her (easy), myself included.

  12. J.... S....

    i think there is a bad way to be obsessed with her. You think she's perfect, and i do too,

  13. L.... C....

    @Lilyfloss i don't think there is a bad way to be obsessed with her!

  14. L.... C....

    I see you on every regina song and I absolutely love your "Songs" playlist! <3

  15. v.... o....

    She's mine too :)

  16. d.... ....

    She writes them, but doesn't remember them. Most of them remain unrecorded and undocumented; only in her brain.

  17. B.... V....

    i love this song and regina so much!!! <3 you should look at a music video me and my friend made it was so much fun :) !

  18. P.... ....

    I wish I knew what she was whispering xD

  19. P.... ....

    I hope this is on her new album.

  20. N.... ....

    @gomesleh my goodness! 700 songs! How does she remember them all? She needs to hurry up and record them! I hope she does :)

  21. K.... C....

    Lol.. I love how so many of her songs have no dislikes on Youtube :)

  22. I.... R....

    I hate to be so particular, but this song is actually called "Canon" with just one N. I love this song though! I must have listened to this hundreds of times!

  23. r.... ....

    @gomesleh omg, serious? wow. imagine the amazingness? the possibilities are endless! wow. just thinking about them makes me slitghtly high - lol x

  24. I.... ....

    I think the whispers are meant to be inaudible... no point in deciphering them lol

  25. s.... ....

    @ImaNartist1 Thats what I thought! The first time I heard the intro I thought it was some bit of Reflets dans l'eau by Debussy. I believe Reflets dans l'eau means "reflections in the water" and, coincidentally, sounds like a boat going over the waves in an ocean. Very pretty. ;D

  26. T.... b....

    People, be like the water!

  27. d.... l....

    @xxxRiceyxxx it sure sounds to me like "yea, I know whatchyou want" over and over again.

  28. M.... C....

    @shuttersclosed Could it be: Anthems of the 80's ? It's by Regina, but is this song you're after not one of Regina's?

  29. I.... ....

    the intro sounds Debussy-esque

  30. A.... ....

    @shuttersclosed Could it be "Dance Anthem of the 80s"?

  31. I.... K....

    somebody has got to tell all the people to be like the water

  32. M.... S....

    Bare feet on the cobblestones street
    Then a beach
    Then a splash
    Then my ankles
    My knees
    Then my thighs
    And my eyes open-wide
    I threw myself right into the seaaaaaaa

  33. l.... ....

    @gomesleh
    I want to hear all of them till I die.

  34. j.... ....

    @gomesleh why arent they ALL on youtube?!!!!

  35. c.... ....

    Regina inspires me. when I stat listening to her music, my imagination goes crazy and I begin to write :D thank you Regina. you have helped me thru some of the toughest writers blocks!

  36. D.... R....

    Regina is so many characters. Her life is just full of characters, situations, and imagery. The way she expresses it in her music, through sound, is so serene. I love how many of her songs, she sounds she's so youthful. It makes my heart melt :)

  37. 1.... ....

    @shuttersclosed Dance Anthem of the 80s?

  38. V.... G....

    Regina is a really good singer/composer/writter (: i totally love her...yesterday i was a bit sad cause of some problems and i just inclueded her on my playlist, when i listened to this song i just smiled (:...its beautiful the power that her voice and even she has (:...great woman :P (btw the beggining of this music makes me remember Claude Debussy ^^)

  39. e.... ....

    is this song about suicide?

  40. e.... ....

    by "when i wear lipstick then no one understands me at all" maybe she means when she's in love she can never say quite how she feels? that's just one interpretation though

  41. V.... V....

    Aw, waw, this is quite a song!
    I love the dreamy dimension to it

  42. o.... ....

    Regina's beauty speaks for itself.

  43. l.... ....

    wooohooo I was looking for this song very long time!!!! I was afraid that somebody has deleted this from youtube...I am so happy!!!

  44. n.... ....

    Which would mean she/he wouldn't be able to play Regina's art to well... She/He wouldn't even be able to play "A Lesson in How Fleeting Preservation Is"!! :)

    Hello and Goodbye!

  45. D.... R....

    But the you would be one-armed Regina! and that'd be super silly.

  46. C.... D....

    awesome video!!!

  47. S.... ....

    ...you're right, it's a cannon

  48. b.... ....

    never thought about that buts it's so true! It makes complete sense, don't worry.

    This is one of my favorite songs of hers too :P
    I like braille too and all the rowboats.

  49. b.... ....

    Where can this song be downloaded from?

  50. x.... ....

    where can i download this song? ive been looking for it everywhere!

  51. f.... ....

    yeah the piano chords sound kind of nautical... if piano chords can sound that way haha! :) it's a beautiful song!

  52. r.... ....

    well i only hear joanna joanna joanna....

  53. A.... H....

    I always thought it was 'her name is joanna' then gibberish haha.

  54. A.... B....

    :) My heart eats beats--ssss
    love love love

  55. t.... ....

    Shuttersclosed I think you're talking about the "Somedays" video

  56. S.... D....

    just like the movies ; )

    it reminds me of somebody nice ; )

  57. L.... C....

    What was the title? I'd like to see it! :)

  58. S.... D....

    I found it already :) after a while i remembered it's title, thanks anyway! :)

  59. S.... D....

    does anybody know this song of her that used to be on youtube, with a kinda homemade video with a pretty girl in it.. (not regina).. i can remember very little about it, but i remember finding it a wonderful song.. i forgot the title and i can't find it anywhere.. her voice has very much vibration and she sings a lot of strange words.. can anybody please tell me the name of the song?

  60. C.... M....

    god I love this song!

  61. j.... ....

    I love this song. I seriously cannot stop listening to it-it's so addicting.

  62. i.... ....

    anyone who compares regina spektor to my chemical romance is a FUCKING IDIOT and shouldn't even be allowed to listen to regina

  63. A.... ....

    You're obviously trying to incite fans of Spektor, but I thought maybe you found some real similarities.

  64. A.... ....

    Any kind of parallel you can draw at all? I mean, forget having a baseless argument, it's not really an argument at all without any supports.

  65. A.... ....

    How so? I highly doubt it since she doesn't write the kind of pathetic lyrics MCR does

  66. H.... S....

    this reminds be of pirates of the carribean. the first movie. O_o

    I lovvee thsi song though.

  67. c.... ....

    I love this song! It's always been one of my favorites because it is so poetic. :)

  68. c.... ....

    Regina Spektor is only one of the best singer-songwriters out there. If you like her song "The Call," check out her newest album "Begin To Hope" with her number one single- Fidelity. If you're really interested, check out all her albums. If your a dedicated fan like i am, check out all her 132 songs (most of them unreleased) on respektonline (good site). But if you like the song "The Call" I highly suggest looking up her unreleased song "One More Time With Feeling" on youtube. It's even better!

  69. M.... W....

    This song kicks so much ass.

  70. A.... M....

    slicknick1986,you are truly awesome

    thank you so much for all the AMAZING regina spektor songs

    i love you and her....lots...

    great song!!fantastic again...xxx

  71. A.... S....

    Love this song! thx again!

  72. C.... ....

    OMG I LOVE HER!!!!!