The Blues

[HoldenCaulfield]

I'll never understand how some of you hear what you do. I've listened to just about every version of all the new songs very, very extensively and closely, and I'm about 99.5% sure I know the correct lyrics (of course, Axl tends to change a word or two up every now and then, but these are the most common):

All the love in the world couldn't save you,
All the innocence inside.
You know I tried so hard to make you,
oh, to make you change your mind.
And it hurts too much to see you
and how you left yourself behind.
You know I wouldn't wanna be you,
there's a hell I can't describe.

So now I wonder through my daze
and try to find my ways to the feelings that I felt
I saved for you and no one else
and though as long as this road seems
I know it's called the street of dreams,
but that's not stardust on my feet,
it leaves a taste that's bittersweet
that's called the blues...

I don't know just what I should do,
everywhere I go I see you.
And though it's what we planned
this much is true, uh-oh,
what I thought was beautiful don't
live inside of you anymore, oh-oh...

(solo)

I don't know just what I should do,
everywhere I go I see you.
I know it's what we planned,
this much is true, uh-oh,
what I thought was beautiful don't
live inside of you anymore (oh-oh's)...

What this means to me is more than I know you believe.
What I thought of you now, has cost more than it should for me.
What I thought was true before were lies I couldn't see.
What I thought was beautiful is all in memories!

(lots of "woah-oh's")

I would almost bet my life these are the right lyrics. Hell, I have the official lyrics to 'Oh My God', but no one ever believes me when I've posted them...

[SlashFan]

I have a copy of the bootleg and all I know is that the song really sucks,one of the worse that I've ever heard,ofcourse I think on the song Axl is trying to copy Elton Johns singing and that really is not a good thing to do,sice Elton John is a bad singer anyways,just my opinion

[Mr Cowbell ?]

How can you say he's trying to sing like Elton and Elton Sucks. You cant say a song sucks from a bootleg. Who is a great singer then ROD JACKSON?

[SlashFan]

I don't know where the bootleg was recorded,maybe it's just a bad boot,hell I don't know,all I meant was that to me it sounded like Axl was copying Elton Johns singing style which I think is awful,I hope the studio version sounds better,well if CD ever comes out,which I hope it does,I'll buy it no matter what.

[badapple81]

I have a copy of the bootleg and all I know is that the song really sucks,one of the worse that I've ever heard,ofcourse I think on the song Axl is trying to copy Elton Johns singing and that really is not a good thing to do,sice Elton John is a bad singer anyways,just my opinion

 

[BenDrinking]

didnt stephanie put up a restraint order against axl so axl cant see dylan? but i think dylan can remove the restraint order if he wants once he's 18.. so maybe axl's waiting til dylan's 18 to release the album?

Did I miss something? Dose Axl have a kid?? Someone please fill me in on how this Dylan kid is related to Axl.

Thanks

Ben

[dave-gnfnr2k]

I'll never understand how some of you hear what you do. I've listened to just about every version of all the new songs very, very extensively and closely, and I'm about 99.5% sure I know the correct lyrics (of course, Axl tends to change a word or two up every now and then, but these are the most common):

All the love in the world couldn't save you,
All the innocence inside.
You know I tried so hard to make you,
oh, to make you change your mind.
And it hurts too much to see you
and how you left yourself behind.
You know I wouldn't wanna be you,
there's a hell I can't describe.

So now I wonder through my daze
and try to find my ways to the feelings that I felt
I saved for you and no one else
and though as long as this road seems
I know it's called the street of dreams,
but that's not stardust on my feet,
it leaves a taste that's bittersweet
that's called the blues...

I don't know just what I should do,
everywhere I go I see you.
And though it's what we planned
this much is true, uh-oh,
what I thought was beautiful don't
live inside of you anymore, oh-oh...

(solo)

I don't know just what I should do,
everywhere I go I see you.
I know it's what we planned,
this much is true, uh-oh,
what I thought was beautiful don't
live inside of you anymore (oh-oh's)...

What this means to me is more than I know you believe.
What I thought of you now, has cost more than it should for me.
What I thought was true before were lies I couldn't see.
What I thought was beautiful is all in memories!

(lots of "woah-oh's")

I would almost bet my life these are the right lyrics. Hell, I have the official lyrics to 'Oh My God', but no one ever believes me when I've posted them...

I still think its OR the innocence inside.
It sounds like that and makes more sense.
All just does not fit.
Axl is saying all the love in the word could not save her or her innoence

that is the only diff that we have on our versions

As for oh my god
what are your offical lyrics
id like to read them

[Neemo]

I haven't listened to it in a while but could the words be:

"You know I wouldn't want to see you...
Now that's a hell I can't describe"

Then they would make more sense (to me anyway)

[sic.]

Did I miss something? Dose Axl have a kid?? Someone please fill me in on how this Dylan kid is related to Axl.

It's Stephanie's kid, from a marriage / relationship before she got together with Axl. IIRC Axl seemed to take the whole 'stepfather' business quite seriously and things subsequently got pretty bad as during his stormy breakup with Seymour, he was handed a restraining order, making it impossible to see Dylan anymore.

[badgirl]

Stephanie isn't getting back with Axl.   She is a kept woman, with 3 or 4 kids living on an estate in Greenwich Connecticut. Though word around town is that she is known to cheat on Brandt (he is quite repulsive looking), she has a fancy high society life here in NY/Connecticut that i don't see her giving up. She's quite different than she was when she was with Axl.
Dylan attends (i believe) an exclusive private school in Greenwich and i think he is probably around high school age or fast approaching.

[jabba2]

Thx for the info badgirl. I saw her once in 94, but didnt know she dated Axl until later. We didnt talk though.  

[HoldenCaulfield]

Axl is saying all the love in the word could not save her or her innoence

Possible, but he could be saying "all the innocence inside" couldn't save her, either. It's really up to the context you use. We shall find out soon. But here are the lyrics to 'Oh My God', at first they might not sound right, but I guarantee you they are legit, they I got them off the 'End of Days' DVD:

Oh My God

It's not how you're thinking
As you've been mine
You been living a dream now
Believe you're a bad jump
Believe you're in favor
And drain out your soul
And what can I do
when there's so many liars
that crawl through your veins
like millions of spiders
and seek out their victims
and who is the wiser

watch out
gotcha

Oh my God, I can't deny this
I've been taught just to kill and fight this
don't bury it deeper
where nobody can find it
like nobody wanted to know

so give it away like they're not gonna fuck you
how long can you beg them
to come back and haunt you
to run past your demons
and carry you to some place
you're startin' to bleed
and they don't just give up
before it's too late
what will you offer in ways of healing
oh, I'm so confused

confused
misused

Oh my God, I can't deny this
I've been taught just to kill and fight this
don't bury it deeper
where nobody can find it
'cause nobody wanted to know

ooh, if it opens your eyes
well, just don't bet on a strong compromise
I was willing to be lost in the shuffle
if only you had let me know

ooh, if it opens your eyes
well, then just bet on a little less compromise
I was willing to be lost in the shadows
if only you had let me know

and they won't give in
'cause they know what they're after
I'll give you them days
like it's all that would matter

Oh my God, I can't deny this
I've been taught just to murder and fight this
don't bury it deeper
where nobody can find it
cause, nobody wanted to know

ooh, if it opens your eyes
well, then you can bet
on a little good compromise
I was willing to be lost in the shuffle
if only you had let me know

ooh, when they're done with the show
like the tide out on the ocean
the wave's already set in motion
the only one in the game who's lost is you!

Now these might not be 110% official, but they are the most legit lyrics that can be found, seeing as they were put on the DVD by the people working on the movie/soundtrack/etc.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

Those are closed caption and that doesnt mean they are right at all.
Its just what some one thinks they are.

This is the OFFICAL first verse of oh my god.

IT'S NOT AS YOU'RE THINKING
OR AS YOU'VE IMAGINED
TO LIVE IN THE SHADE
OF BELIEFS THAT WERE FASHIONED
TO LEAVE YOU IN SLAVERY
AND DRAIN OUT YOUR SOUL
BUT WHAT CAN I DO WHEN
THERE'S SO MANY LIARS
THAT CRAWL THROUGH YOUR VEINS
LIKE MILLIONS OF SPIDERS
THAT SEEK OUT THEIR VICTIMS
AND WHO IS THE WISER
WATCH OUT
GOTCHA -

(SQUEAL) -

Now you ask how they are offcial? Its because they are from axl himself.
These were given to Sal i believe at the vegas show by del james.
The teleprompter lost the lyrics to oh my god and they had to go to axl and have him write them down, so they can be put back in.
So axl on three pieces of paper wrote the lyrics.
Sal got the first verse and he even scaned the paper back when he got it. I also think Axl signed the paper too if i am not mistaken. Two other fans got the other sheets.

So that is how we know there are 100% correct for the first verse.

[Axl4Prez2004]

I'll never understand how some of you hear what you do. I've listened to just about every version of all the new songs very, very extensively and closely, and I'm about 99.5% sure I know the correct lyrics (of course, Axl tends to change a word or two up every now and then, but these are the most common):

All the love in the world couldn't save you,
All the innocence inside.
You know I tried so hard to make you,
oh, to make you change your mind.
And it hurts too much to see you
and how you left yourself behind.
You know I wouldn't wanna be you,
there's a hell I can't describe.

So now I wonder through my daze
and try to find my ways to the feelings that I felt
I saved for you and no one else
and though as long as this road seems
I know it's called the street of dreams,
but that's not stardust on my feet,
it leaves a taste that's bittersweet
that's called the blues...

I don't know just what I should do,
everywhere I go I see you.
And though it's what we planned
this much is true, uh-oh,
what I thought was beautiful don't
live inside of you anymore, oh-oh...

(solo)

I don't know just what I should do,
everywhere I go I see you.
I know it's what we planned,
this much is true, uh-oh,
what I thought was beautiful don't
live inside of you anymore (oh-oh's)...

What this means to me is more than I know you believe.
What I thought of you now, has cost more than it should for me.
What I thought was true before were lies I couldn't see.
What I thought was beautiful is all in memories!

(lots of "woah-oh's")

I would almost bet my life these are the right lyrics. Hell, I have the official lyrics to 'Oh My God', but no one ever believes me when I've posted them...

  Davegnfnr2k, I respect you very much, and I was actually just about to reply that you might have something there, because the "or" really could fit...but as luck would have it, my wife just walked in (she's neutral, not a big music fan) and she's 99% sure it's "all."  She's usually right.  Getting really semantic here, the "all" is very much like an "or" and moreso like an "and" in this usage.  
  I'll be interested to see the answer upon release of Chinese Democracy later this year.  My $$$'s with TiedHands on this one.  

-Axl4Prez2004

[dave-gnfnr2k]

its cool either way
and axl could change it at diff shows, its just one word

[Axl4Prez2004]

its cool either way
and axl could change it at diff shows, its just one word

  I think the wait is driving us all a little nutty...but I don't care!  I'll show up at the next show in a straight-jacket screamin' my head off as usual at a great Guns show!!!

-Axl4Prez

[nesquick]

Over 4 years ago (RIR 2001) I listened to "the blues" for the first time. When I heard it, something magic happened. I listened to it 1 week non-stop. I knew the first time I heard it that it was destinied to be become an instant classic. I'd like to know if it's the same for you, instand classic yes or no? I vote yes.

[Continental Drift]

Agreed. The Blues is awesome. A studio version of that song and 11 tracks of Axl taking a dump (re-mixed by Moby) would be sufficient to put CD high on the charts.

[Mr. Nik™]

I love this song!!!!!

[jimmythegent]

Agreed, The Blues is far and away the best of the new songs we've heard IMO.
The most 'complete' sounding and a real haunting song to boot.
I also like the fact that it's not too long - this could have easily turned into a 10 min epic, but it manages to sound epic in a short period of time

Cant wait for a studio version of this