⭐🚀 𝙇𝙀𝙉𝙄 & 𝙎𝙋𝘼𝘾𝙀 𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙆𝙀𝙔 🚀⭐

🔹𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴!🔹

Today I will continue talking to you about this very interesting topic of 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's songs with similar lyrics. In this third part of the series it's the turn of "𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒊" and "𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒚".

Surely a lot of us know "𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒊" very well.

It's - in my opinion - one of the most beautiful & breathtaking songs 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 has ever written. 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 on drums, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 on guitars and 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 on vocals and piano, a song with few elements but in it you can feel the magic that each one contributed to the band, how they complemented and formed something awesome and perfect at the same time. This gorgeous ballad was released as a 𝑩-𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 of the single "𝑺𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒈𝒆"(2001) and was played live during the 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓 in 2001. A difference to the studio version, when they performed it live, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 used to add to the lyrics the line: "𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆".

Some time later, during the 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓 in 2003, the band again included "𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒊" in the setlist and when they played it, they also added new words to the lyrics that came from a song they had been working on during the recording of 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 album, but they did not manage to finish. This incomplete song three years later we would know it by the name of "𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒚", that's why this version of "𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒊" with extra lyrics, fans use to call it "𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒊". Now, we are going to listen to one of the only 7 times they played live the ""𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒊" version. This one was recorded at a private concert in Paris in March 2003. Enjoy!!

✨🚀 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙣𝙞 🚀✨

https://youtu.be/0UBhfhkibLM

🎶 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 🎶

I kneel before her,

Beneath this frozen sky

Beneath her shoulder,

Beneath her evil eye

She towers over this male who is a fly

My sci-fi lullaby

I kneel before her,

Beneath this frozen sky

I beg below her,

My limbs are paralyzed

She feels much softer

Than any kind of guy

My sci-fi lullaby

Beside her

Astride her

I die inside her

Forever

And ever

She's born to mesmer

It's sacred

Don't break it

Don't let go

Let me die

Cross my heart

And hope to die

⭑♪•*♬.•☆•.⭒.•♫•♬•*☆*•♫•♬•.⭒.•☆•.♬*•♪⭑

Now we land on the '𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅', with "𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒚", in words of 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 itself :

" 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢." 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 said:

"𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜! 𝚆𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍. 𝚆𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙶𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖. 𝚆𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜."

The band added string arrangements - made by the very talented 𝑭𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆 - and the rhythmic base of the song came from one day that 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 was bored and he began to drumming on a bicycle that was around there. They experimented without limits until they achieved that alluring, intriguing and unusual atmosphere that surrounds the song, a result that would even surprise them.

𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕 stated:

"[...] 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝, 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚞𝚜.“

Finally, the sound of "𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒚" fitted perfectly with the dark vibe of the next 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's album,"𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔"(2006), so it was released as the track number 4. Let's watch to the band '𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆' while they perform live this song.

✨🚀 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙮 🐒🚀

https://youtu.be/j0_pVOG4yqo

🎶 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 🎶

Space monkey in the place to be

Riding in a rocket to a planet of sound

Shooting the moon, playing dominoes in drag

An increase in population of a hundred percent

Space monkey in the place to be

With a chemical peel and a picture of Mary

Out on a limb in the carnival of me

Raising the temperature one hundred degrees

We're sown together

She's born mesmer

Beside astride her

I die inside her

Space monkey in the place to be

A mass of contradictions in a golden frame

Raising the roof in a calamity way

Completely meretricious of a poke in the eye

Space monkey in the place to be

Talk of the town with a Colombian rock

Out on a limb in the carnival of me

Raising the temperature one hundred degrees

We're sown together

She's born mesmer

Beside astride her

I die inside her

It's far too sacred

Don't ever fake it

And don't, and don't, and don't let me down

Like you let me down before

Space monkey in the place to be

With some free-association and a hole in her head

Out on a limb in the carnival of me

Raising the temperature one hundred degrees

We're sown together

She's born mesmer

Beside astride her

I die inside her

It's far too sacred

Don't ever fake it

And don't, and don't, and don't let me down

Like you let me down before

⭑♪•*♬.•☆•.⭒.•♫•♬•*☆*•♫•♬•.⭒.•☆•.♬*•♪⭑

📷 Photo credits:
Pic 1: Screenshots from the live videos of the songs / Edit made by Rita

Pic 2: Nulle part alleurs (NPA)
Pic 3: Oscar Tejeda 

Post by Rita