Lyrics
the devil you know
is back here again
the devil is stoned
he’s making friends
we move
we break
we’re sun we’re shade
you come we go
we’re fast we’re slow
blood on your dress
hole in your sky
blanket is gone
to permanent night
we’re glued
we break
we all dilate
we please
we pain
again
she checks her head
shes in the smoke
figuring which way to turn
now she’s got the rope
oh
we need solutions
a brain megaphone
we need solutions
a brain megaphone
you’ve broken your shoes
you look like winter
you’re all in a bruise
handful of splinters
we brood
we flake
we torch
we take
we’re bound
rebirth
cocoon
i could be wrong
i could be right
do you think we’ll make it out of here alive?
oh
we need solutions
a brain megaphone
we need solutions
we gotta call this home
she makes me see god
i’m out on a line
any way the pleasure comes..
About The Song
wtf does that word mean?:
dilate [v.] to become wide
Band Thoughts:
“It’s a good start to the album. Don’t turn your stereo up too loud when you listen to it because you’ll blow your speakers, because the guitars come in very quickly and loudly.” -Dave
“It’s about the need for solutions and the balance of tension.” -Gavin
“I think it’s the perfect distillation of Bush. That song is everything we do well dynamically.” -Nigel
“We probably should have played that song 12 times really.” – Robin
“Solutions for the bass line and the words and in fact for the whole of it — after all we achieve break through with solutions.”- Gavin
“I think it captures every quality of the band on four minutes.”- Nigel
“We wanted to have an uplifting feeling; it ['Float'] made sense at the end of the record in the same way that ‘Solutions’ was the right song to start with.”- Gavin
“So a song like ‘Solutions,’ it’s all temptation, split personality, sexual yearning. It’s this weird struggle, in a very human kind of way. And owning up to it. I think if I always try to be as honest as possible the songs translate more than not.”- Gavin
“It’s ironic, because there’s always been a sense, in the rock-rap stuff, a sense of aggression, and somehow, (Sept. 11) makes such aggression seem so futile. You realize how catastrophic it is. It’s about going all the way and finding solutions, and it’s ironic that “Solutions” is the first track on the record.”- Gavin
“I guess “Solutions” is really my favorite song when we were writing the album because it felt like a progression from where we were to where we are. One song could add a dimension of momentum to the whole album when you’re in the creative process and that’s the one that did it.” – Robin
“I mean that first song ‘Solutions,’ I mean I can brag because it’s not me playing it, but it’s one of the best bass lines I’ve ever heard. I could listen to that bass line for 15 minutes easy, no sweat! In fact, I’d like to sweat. I’d like to dance to it for 15 minutes, it’s excellent.”- Gavin
“We were in a world of shit when we started it (the CD). We were in a complete and utter blender career wise. We didn’t know who we would sign with and what kind of record labels would be interested – So we learned to be positive about it and not get down about it, and so it’s kind of reflected in the music, with lyrics like ‘Solutions’. It just came out from the heart.”- Robin
Staff Thoughts:
“This sounds just like Warm Machine. Is that bad? Hell no! But really, this song has a flair all it’s own, and damn it it good. It subscribes to the Buchanan Theory of Album Openers: It makes you sit up, and say- Damn! I’m glad I bought this CD!”- Brandyn
“What a way to start an album. Thumbs up on the opening riff. It has that cool like David Bowie feeling, then kicks it up a notch. Which I didn’t see coming the first time I heard the song.”-Laura
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