# Can you name this song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2000, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-song/14500 "2000-02-21T08:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-song/14500/1 "2000-02-21T08:25:00Z")
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: > [@](#): > > You set aside your fears in life > when the soul desire… > > Couldn’t anybody see the light? > When the morn’ meets the dew, and the tide rises? > did you realize no one can see inside of you? > did you realize for a while the suffering belongs to you? 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… ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-song/14500/2 "2000-02-21T08:26:00Z")
whoops, should read: “Lyrics may also not be correct in some words.” ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-song/14500/3 "2000-02-21T08:51:00Z")
Yeah, that’s Elvis’ ‘C.C. Rider’. And no, you didn’t get many of the words right. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-song/14500/4 "2000-02-21T10:36:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Babar714: > \*\*Yeah, that’s Elvis’ ‘C.C. Rider’. And no, you didn’t get many of the words right. \*\* 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)? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-song/14500/5 "2000-02-21T11:00:00Z")
Doob, thats Led Zeppelin’s _Stairway to Heaven_, but you didn’t get very many of the words right. ---
**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-song/14500/6 "2000-02-21T12:04:00Z")
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) > [@](#): > > Can anybody see the light? > Where the moon meets the dew > And the tide rises > Did you realize no one can see inside your view? > Did you realize the world outside belongs to you? It keeps going on from there but that’s all I’m going to transcribe (guess at wildly) right now. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-song/14500/7 "2000-02-26T06:57:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-this-song/14500/8 "2000-03-09T12:05:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Boris B: > \*\*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) > > > [@](#): > > > > Can anybody see the light? > > Where the moon meets the dew > > And the tide rises > > Did you realize no one can see inside your view? > > Did you realize the world outside belongs to you? > > It keeps going on from there but that’s all I’m going to transcribe (guess at wildly) right now. \*\* 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.