Can you name this song?

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I thought this question was more MPSIMS style than GQ style.

I’m trying to find out what song the following lyrics are from, as well as who the artist is. It’s a modern song, I believe in the style of trip-hop (has areally heavy hip-hop type beat, along with what sounds like guitars).The singer is female and has a high voice. Sorry if this doesn’t tell much, but it’s better heard. Anyway, the partial lyrics are:

Lyrics may also not be incorrect in some words…but if you know it, I would be very appreciative if any of you could help me out.

It’s worth the risk of burning, to have a second chance…

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whoops, should read: “Lyrics may also not be correct in some words.”

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Yeah, that’s Elvis’ ‘C.C. Rider’. And no, you didn’t get many of the words right.

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Ok, can you either send me a song sample, or the full lyrics so I can verify (i’m pretty sure about most, just a few words MIGHT not be correct in my original post)?

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Doob, thats Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, but you didn’t get very many of the words right.

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I am very surprised. I can never Name That Tune. Except this time.

The song is “Strangers” by Portishead, from their album Dummy. The band is Beth Gibbons, possessor of the only truly sexy soprano I can recall, and Geoff Barrow, a producer known for a long time as “that guy from Portishead (UK)”, hence the band’s name.

Yes. Trip-hop. A friend of mine says they make spy-movie music without the movie. Samples, scratching, nose flute, and Hammond organs.

I thought the lyrics were (and I’m not messing with you)

It keeps going on from there but that’s all I’m going to transcribe (guess at wildly) right now.

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Let’s see. Quick trip to Napster, found the song, and Boris is Right!!! But that song is weird…

Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it.

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I missed these replies, so…

Ha, that MUST be it. I thought it sounded like something by portishead. I was a little surprised when I heard trip-hop type music on my local public radio station. THat day I found out they had a new show that played trip-hop, break beats, and other “underground” type stuff. Now I know :). Thanks Boris!

I myself am an incorrigible conlang slut. I love oral lex.