Silverchair - Arrest These Orchids

[GGiblet]

LYRICS:

Arrest this woman

Showered under some tears

When no light shines

But the garden's in bloom

[GGiblet]

For every fragile light

Is marked by clouds

Cast from grey memories

And time is feeling like a scraping wind

A distant frost, a murmured spring

And though I never feel an older's wrath

Convention seems an easier path

[GGiblet]

Under the sheltered morning

The emperor longs the frame

For whoever turned the light on

I thank you

Arrest these orchids

That hide behind the light

Until the morning comes

Arrest this woman

My shelter from the night

[GGiblet]

Ahhh

Arrest these orchids

There's something gone

Arrest these orchids

There's nothing blooming

Ahhh

Arrest these orchids

There's something gone

Arrest these orchids

[andpyramids]

WHYYYY was this left off Young Modern?!?! This is SO beautiful!!!

[JEALOUSYGC]

Please God...Silverchair Again :'(

[jdawg1692]

Sounds like they wound up using the melody at 2:06 in Barbarella. It's a shame this wasn't released on YM

[ja0401]

This song went through a ton of changes and eventually became Barbarella. /watch?v=ZuruRT5S79o

[aeroalien]

i don't know if i liked this song... probably not much : / but i love silverchair anyway

[1996Jacqui]

beautiful song...should have been on the offical album, it reminds me of "those theiving birds"

[cdixon5150]

unreleased.....and my fav song ever! fantastic!

[BLueEyeButterfly]

i must admit it took me quite a few listens to fall in love with this song, but when i did, i fell hard. reminds me of the nights i can't sleep.

[liznmarky]

this is beyond words. I just love it so much.

[daleranger17]

Did they write this song for Straight Lines CD or was this made for an EP that I've never seen??? It's not on any CD I've found...

[joeyslb]

@daleranger17 It was not officially released. It leaked from an unknown guy who posted those demos (there are others) on the Silverchair forum.

[juiceuga]

@joeyslb No it's not. I have this song on an officially released cd. It's definitely a b-side but I can't remember which single it was on. I'd have to dig thru my massive cd book. :) It was DEF officially released though...

[joeyslb]

@juiceuga I'm sure it was NOT released ;)

[franknirvana]

@juiceuga lol u wrong

[chairfan0607]

hey insomnia was a cool song...i like the break down in the middle....but they should of just added this to the cd...along with barberella

[TheJonnypop]

1:24 made my hair stand up. that chord change did it for me man...

[M3lisss]

that's crazy how a song this damn good didn't make it on the album. maybe they should have dropped "insomnia" to make room for this track. this song is so sexy. his voice is sexy. the man is just sexy (laughs).

[MissusBungle]

Quite possibly the best song Daniel has written. I am very confident that the new album will be incredible. Can't wait for you guys to tour the UK again.

[cdixon5150]

really, this is more greatness from this band.

[b00ned]

amazing

[NikerW]

this would have been such a great last track on young modern really... such a shame it didn't make the cut :(

[saffyminty]

The beginning of this reminds me a bit of the Beatles' song "Across the Universe".

That's a good thing btw.

[thechaircover]

can you actually buy silverchair b-sides??

[brittyn]

well this isn't considered a b-side, it was just a demo. you can't buy this... some of their b-sides were on itunes i believe..

[jolie1887]

You can, but you can always just convert this link to mp3 for free online. XD

[booklover7627]

where ?

[jolie1887]

I forgot the link. Just google "convert youtube to mp3" and it's sure to come up.

[dirrx]

very beautiful tune, absolutely love the first part till 2:00, don't really like the rest

[mahee4]

it's scary how many songs just don't make the cut.... :(

[SephBentos]

tell me about it, bud. I don't think I've heard a 'chair B side I didn't like tbh :)

[Musique68]

Agree mahee4, also scary how talented he is.

[tigerlilywobo]

Unbelievably marvelous song-- and this vid is really edited nicely!

[seriouslyfreaky]

Where the hell did this song come from?

hehe its is awsome and i havnt heard it.

2:07 sounds like barberella

[brittyn]

heaven!

[seriouslyfreaky]

agreed

[MyPersonalDrugs]

can anybody tell me in what EP it was released?

[brittyn]

it wasn't. this is a demo that somebody got ahold of and put on the internet.

[cottoncase]

this sounds slightly more diorama-ish

kinda reminds me of After All These Years

[2x4b96123]

i wish silverchair took THIS sound to young modern instead of that weird steely dan-ish sound they have

[buddhagirl311]

I'm an LAS member, and we did not get this gem. This is so darn beautiful, it's really so amazing what he's capable of. Imagine what else is out there, in his own little cave of hidden songs...

[cottoncase]

ohhh i imagine that on a daily basis man

[ievaxxxluvsSC]

I tried to find it, no luck...

[thesweetestwave]

ive got this, i forgot when and where. but if you really want this then spend more time finding them,it would pay off...

[Slash1374]

it sounds like a movie soundtrack. lol

i never heard this,thanks

[NeonLoneliness]

why don't anyone post the 9 demos in some sharing site like w w w . z s h a r e . n e t ? It's a file about 32 Mb. I found it on the web on the d e m o n o i d site, but I don't have an account...and well, it's REALLY difficult to get one. So maybe if anyone downloaded it from there or anything, can actually post it on a sharing site and send the link on a comment over here. It would be very appreciated, cheers from Honduras.

[runnersdialzero33]

You can upload them on dozens of sites megaupload, sendspace, etc - you don't need a membership.

[rustybyrd88]

holy crap thats crazy! thats why i should check the forums everyday! ive only been doing it like once every 3 weeks cos i wanna surprise myself with something new.lol but nothing ever happens. this song is awesome! so there is no way i can download it anywhere?

[joeyslb]

I don't think there's a way. Maybe if you search very well. I think a very limited number of people got them ;-)

[rustybyrd88]

where did u guys get this song?!?!?!?! dont tell me it was releasedfor las members! i didnt renew mine cos nothing is really going on with them right now

[joeyslb]

An unknown guy said he's been having them for about a year and wanted to share them with us. So he uploaded them on the chairpage forum but all the conversations about the demos have been deleted. We mustn't even talk about them on the forum... :S

[figure22]

very cool, joey! after seeing avedic's video for this song, i wanted to make my own too. looks like you beat me, lol.

[joeyslb]

Boah. Make one too. It should be cool to see everyone's inspiration and interpretation about the song ;-)

Thanks for your comment!