Chaz ([info]shadowboxer524) wrote in [info]fiona_fans,
  • Music: Fiona Apple - Better Version of Me
Just thought I would post links to both of the leaked Fiona songs, for those who are new or didn't download them the first time. I'm also posting lyrics I've found to each song. If you think you hear something different, though, make sure to comment.

(You can download the songs by right-clicking on the links and left-clicking on "Save Target As...," then save.)

Extraordinary Machine

i certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes
and i certainly haven't been spreading myself around
i still only travel by foot and by foot it's a slow climb
but i'm good at being uncomfortable so i can't stop changing all the time
i notice that my opponent is always on the go
and won't go slow so's not to focus and i notice
he'll hitch a ride with any guide as long as they go fast from once he came
but he's no good at being uncomfortable so he can’t stop staying exactly the same

if there was a better way to go then it would find me
i can’t help it the road just rolls out behind me
be kind to me or treat me mean
i make the most of it i'm an extraordinary machine

i sing to you to seek a new disaster everyday
you deem me due to clean my view and be at peace and lay
i’m here to prove i’m here to move in my own way
and say i’ve been getting along for long before you came into the play
i am the baby of the family it happens
so everybody cares and wears the sheeps clothes while they chaperone
curious you’re looking down your nose at me
while you appease curtious to try and help but let me set your mind at ease

if there was a better way to go then it would find me
i can’t help it the road just rolls out behind me
be kind to me or treat me mean
i make the most of it i'm an extraordinary machine

do i so worry you
no need to hurry to say that's very kind
but it’s to no avail
i don’t want the veil of flowers
no everything will be just fine

if there was a better way to go then it would find me
i can’t help it the road just rolls out behind me
be kind to me or treat me mean
i make the most of it i'm an extraordinary machine

Better Version of Me

The nickel dropped when i was on
My way beyond the rubicon
What did i do?
And the games that i could handle
And then the ones with a candle
What can i do?
I'm a frightened, fickle person,
Fighting, cryin', kickin', cursin',
What should i do?
Oooh, after all the folderol and hauling over coals stops
What will i do?
Can't take a good day without a bad one
Don't feel just to smile until i had one
Where did i learn?
I make a fuss about a little thing
Rhyme is losing to the riddling
Where's the turn?
I don't want a home, I grow in that home is where my habits have a habitat
Why give it turn?
Oooh, after all the folderol and hauling over coals stops
What did i learn?
I am likely to miss the main event
If i stop to cry and complain again
So i will keep a deliberate pace
Let the damn breeze dry my face
Ooh mister wait until you see
What i plan to be
I've got a plan to demand and it just began
And if you're right, you'll agree
Here's coming a better version of me
Here's coming a better version of me
Here comes a better version of me

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  • 14 comments

[info]manurethebear

July 15 2004, 18:38:14 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you ♥

[info]fauser

July 15 2004, 19:15:12 UTC 7 years ago

<3<3 Thank-you so much.
You're a doll.

[info]amazinglife

July 15 2004, 22:38:32 UTC 7 years ago

wow.
thank you so much!!
I love the lyrics to Extraordinary Machine. this is the first time I've really gotten a chance to read them.

[info]theemily

July 16 2004, 21:15:49 UTC 7 years ago

awesome! Thanks!

[info]geewhizz

July 19 2004, 16:41:50 UTC 7 years ago

her music is so amazing it just brings me to tears,
thank you so so much.

[info]liquiddiamnds

July 27 2004, 22:38:13 UTC 7 years ago

i love you for posting this. I knew this album was coming but i didnt know exactly when. im so excited!

[info]scarsandtutus

July 28 2004, 08:32:57 UTC 7 years ago

Danke!

[info]_desideratum

August 9 2004, 06:43:37 UTC 7 years ago

thank you so much for posting this link. i was so upset to hear her album had been shelved. bloody sony! but at least this will keep me going for a while x

[info]kris10thumper

September 8 2004, 11:47:46 UTC 7 years ago

thank you so much!

[info]sub_defective

December 16 2004, 14:36:26 UTC 7 years ago

Help?

This may sound weird, but, I'm trying to put "Extraordinary Machine" onto my page, but I'm using a mac and can't figure out how to find the URL to... (sigh) put into the little code so I can put it on my page.

I have no idea if that made any sense at all.

Is it at all possible for you to help me in retrieving the URL... thing...?

I know, it's crazy, I just happen to be clueless when it comes to computers and their inner-workings.

[info]shadowboxer524

December 16 2004, 14:43:54 UTC 7 years ago

Re: Help?

Here's the URL:

http://www.cox-internet.com/shadowboxer/Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine.mp3

[info]sub_defective

December 16 2004, 14:59:33 UTC 7 years ago

Re: Help?

Yay! Thank you so much!

I should have just asked for both.

Can you give me the one for "Better Version of Me" also? Thanks.

[info]shadowboxer524

December 16 2004, 16:35:02 UTC 7 years ago

Re: Help?

http://www.cox-internet.com/shadowboxer/Fiona Apple - Better Version of Me.mp3

[info]sub_defective

December 16 2004, 18:43:42 UTC 7 years ago

Re: Help?

Thankyou. Thankyou. Thankyou.
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