Lyrics
when we die
we go into the arms of those
who remember us
we are home now
out of our heads
out of our minds
out of this world
out of this time
are you drowning or waving
just want you to save me
should we try to get along
just try to get along
so we move
we change by the speed of the choices
that we make
and the barriers are all self made
that’s so retrograde
are you drowning or waving
just need you to save me
should we try to get along
just try to get along
i’m alive
i’m awake to the trials of confusion
we create
there are times i feel that we’re about to break
but it’s too much to say
we are home now
out of our heads
out of our minds
out of this world
we’re out of this time
About The Song
wtf does that word mean?:
retrograde [adj.] tending toward or resulting in a worse or previous state
Band Thoughts:
“That was another one where we didn’t overdo it in the rehearsal room. I think we did it once actually, and then Nigel announced that was it, we shouldn’t do it again! It was the most studio one of all of them.” – Dave
“It creates a nice dynamic for the record, a good dreamy song.” -Robin
“That was the only one I wrote in LA. I looked out of the window, and I’d rented this space in a weird mansion where we ended up doing some photos for the album. I went there to write but I never ended up writing that much, but that was one of the songs that was there. It started out with a kind of Fugazi guitar line. It was meant to be this dreamy orchestral guitar line. It was just meant to be a floating guitar line. It’s just a good bit of atmosphere for the record, and it suits the record really nicely because it breaks it up from being straight ahead rock.” – Gavin
“out of this world was written in la, overlooking the city from high up — which i was !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”- Gavin
“Eventually the cooperation proved to be very good and we produced a strong rock-album. Of course there had to be a cooldown too, a moment at which the listener can take a deep breath and therefore we have selected “Out of this world”. That’s really the only song that I wrote in L.A. A song which is a little mysterious and maybe tripped out. It deals with the fact that when we die we only live on in the thoughts of the ones who loved us. No new life, no after-life. Just a memory for others. “When we die we go into the arms of those that remember us”. A beautiful sentence if I may say so.” – Gavin
“…There’s a tiny bit of programming on ‘Out of This World’ [courtesy of Nitzer Ebb's Bon Harris, who also surfaces on 'Head Full of Ghosts' and 'Speed Kills'], but we wanted to make a band record.”- Gavin
“real chilled-out’ [Rossdale] had a little guitar part and a vocal on it, and had no idea what that was going to be. I don’t think we even demo’ed that one. He played it for [the band], and everybody just started playing it naturally. It was all about getting the right vibe of the moment, not necessarily overproducing it.”- Dave Sardy
from an interview:
interviewer: I’ve read that ‘Out of This World’ is your favorite track from GS. Why is that?
Rossdale: Because I like the kind of dreamscape, atmospheric tracks the best—to write. They’re the most liquid and the most natural and I just happen to really love that song, ‘when we die, we go into the arms of those that remember us.’ It’s poignant now, and strong. I love the beats on it and the sounds and the way I play guitar, and Dave’s bass. It’s kind of got everything I like in there.
“The only one that I was actually allowed to experiment on. It’s really trippy and out there – you write songs from the subconscious and that’s definitely one that flowed out. I wrote it looking out over the whole of LA from a space I rented there. It originally began as a Fugazi-style constant guitar, and when we played it as a band I wanted it to be orchestral and weird – like a wave of sound. It’s probably my favourite track on the album.”- Gavin
interviewer: One of the best new songs is “Out of This World.” Could you talk about it?
Rossdale: Now, that’s a cerebral one. I wrote that while I was in L.A., and it is an incredibly appropriate song for these times. Listen to the opening line: “When we die, we go into the arms of those who remember us.”
“out of this world is probably one of my favourite sings i ever wrote.superman too.”- Gavin
Staff Thoughts:
“This ones a very floaty song. when you can sit and read the lyrics..damn it’s good. I’m surprised Gavin had to fight to get this song on the record. It’s also notable that Eric Stefani, well known for his wonderful work on The Simpsons (..yeah, and that whole being in No Doubt thing) did some work on this track. The best ballad off Golden State.”- Brandyn
“I would have to claim this is my favorite song on the album. It’s lines like ‘are you drowning or waving’ that keeps me hanging for more Bush music. Clever and simple all in one.”-Laura
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