Courtney Barnett - History Eraser Lyrics






I got drunk and fell asleep atop the sheets but luckily i left the heater on.
And in my dreams i wrote the best song that i’ve ever written…can’t remember how it goes.
I stayed drunk and fell awake and i was cycling on a plane and far away i heard you say you liked me.
We drifted to a party – cool. The people went to arty school. They made their paints by mixing acid wash and lemonade

In my brain I re-arrange the letters on the page to spell your name

I found an ezra pound and made a bet that if i found a cigarette i’d drop it all and marry you.
Just then a song comes on: “you can’t always get what you want” – the rolling stones, oh woe is we, the irony!
The stones became the moss and once all inhibitions lost, the hipsters made a mission to the farm.
We drove by tractor there, the yellow straw replaced our hair, we laced the dairy river with the cream of sweet vermouth.

In my brain I re-arrange the letters on the page to spell your name

You said “we only live once” so we touched a little tongue, and instantly i wanted to…
I lost my train of thought and jumped aboard the Epping as the doors were slowly closing on the world.
I touched on and off and rubbed my arm up against yours and still the inspector inspected me.
The lady in the roof was living proof that nothing really ever is exactly as it seems.

In my brain I re-arrange the letters on the page to spell your name

We caught the river boat downstream and ended up beside a team of angry footballers.
I fed the ducks some krill then we were sucked against our will into the welcome doors of the casino.
We drank green margaritas, danced with sweet senoritas, and we all went home as winners of a kind.
You said “I guarantee we’ll have more fun, drink till the moon becomes the sun, and in the taxi home I’ll sing you a triffids song!”

In my brain I re-arrange the letters on the page to spell your name





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  1. Z.... L....

    i kept trying to scroll up

  2. J.... J....

    bajingan videone tipis tenan koyo imanku

  3. J.... N....

    Using the Letter Sorting Word Generator
    COURTNEYBARNETT

    ABRENOUNCE 10
    BARYCENTER 10
    BARYCENTRE 10
    CANTERBURY 10
    CARBONETTE 10
    OBTRUNCATE 10
    RENCOUNTER 10
    BARONETCY 9
    CANYONEER 9
    CENTENARY 9
    CENTONATE 9
    CONNATURE 9
    COURBETTE 9
    CRENATURE 9
    CRUENTATE 9
    CUTEREBRA 9
    CYBERNATE 9
    CYBERNAUT 9
    ENCOUBERT 9
    ENCOUNTER 9

  4. J.... C....

    "The Stones became the moss" is so fucking clever

  5. T.... R....

    1.5 mill plays and only 350 comments something fishy is going on 🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

    T.... R....

    to busy listening to greatness

  6. D.... A....

    Tis terrific

  7. e.... ....

    the aspect ratio on this is something else

  8. K.... A....

    If you get the chance to see her live, go! I just saw her in Raleigh and she was incredible.

  9. s.... l....

    I do that

  10. c.... ....

    this video is so long. not in duration but in like its just a lot wider than it is tall.

  11. S.... T....

    What even is aspect ratio anymore?!

  12. F.... b....

    is it legal to write such amazing lyrics

  13. B.... B....

    Proper song.

  14. K.... ....

    Aspect ratio 🤣

  15. C.... ....

    Sweet senioritas

  16. p.... ....

    Everything You Do is a Balloon

  17. F.... b....

    camera format gave me cancer

  18. M.... ....

    WTF has youtube done to the aspect ratio

  19. I.... ....

    This song makes me gayer with every listen

  20. K.... ....

    my first bike was a banana seat. but at least i got to ride!

  21. S.... S....

    Electricified Bob Dylan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........

  22. S.... C....

    THIS SONG SHOULD BE RE TITLED "ANTHEM FOR CUNTS"

  23. R.... S....

    the resolution is killing me :c

  24. P.... ....

    The size of the video is weird... (amazing song)

  25. Z.... Z....

    See you soon at festival hall

  26. Z.... Z....

    I feel more connected to Melbourne as an immigrant

  27. p.... ....

    Who wants to join our gang ? We have bikes and funny costumes...

  28. A.... B....

    I still put her on a pedestal...

  29. M.... ....

    Why is the aspect ratio so screwed up?

  30. A.... G....

    Ironically

  31. G.... S....

    Just brilliant. Empowering, clever. Su-fucking-perb. Bravoooooo!

  32. A.... G....

    Down with the torus rock on

  33. T.... ....

    "They made their paint's by mixing acid washed in lemonade"! What a lyric!

  34. D.... B....

    by mistake disliked this video and then freaked out so bad and liked it so hard and i don’t even like shit on youtube. long story short, courtney is probably my closest friend and i’d never want to offend her. love u courtney see you wednesday for book club at wendy’s x

  35. M.... ....

    Going on a bike ride now.

  36. M.... O....

    This is a blessing upon bycicling.

  37. T.... S....

    3:17 Fraser is that you?

  38. B.... ....

    I first heard this song 3 years ago over the radio as I was heading to work, And the music stuck with me the whole day and when I got home I had to look up this artist. This song is still one of my favorites songs to this day.

  39. D.... ....

    I am trying to guess where in Melbourne they are....this looks like near Jewell or Brunswick station, is that right?

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    Oh lol I just saw that they are in the velodrome in Brunswick right!

  40. M.... M....

    Is it just me or does she remind you of grace slick and Janis combined?

  41. C.... A....

    mellotron

  42. a.... ....

    Is it possible to listen to her music w/o dropping into comparisons? In as much as her works *are* comparison, perhaps it isn't. (Cliche Alert: It's the job of the poet to express that which cannot be said in words.) Poets are constantly saying, "It's like..." She's from Melbourne and her art reflects that; therefore, many of the images are lost on me. Until this video, I knew nothing of the Triffids. I don't know the subtleties of the neighborhood of Epping, so I have to invent a significance of hopping a train/bus that's going there. An Ezra Pound is yet another mystery. Once you say, "It's like..." you invite the listener to take an imaginative leap to fill in the rest of it. I'm probably not landing in exactly the places that Ms. Barnett had in mind, but I'm really enjoying the airtime. (Second cliche: It's the journey, not the destination, that matters.)

  43. s.... f....

    Awesome

  44. A.... M....

    Isn't Dylan like an institution, why compare anything to him? She's Kurt(ney) :D, she took Nirvana'as angst and transformed it into a female witty joke. Genial.

  45. j.... ....

    Rough diamond...perfect! Wow, Mr. Luscombe's mellotron is peelin' my paint! Best to Milk Records and Courtney Barnett. I am a fan.

  46. m.... �....

    Quelle musique fantastique !

  47. I.... A....

    Is Becca Moody, but better

  48. 1.... ....

    Wow anyone else think she is the new tupac?

  49. E.... D....

    bisiklet adamdır!
    bisiklet sürenler daha da fazla olabilir heh heh

  50. d.... ....

    Hey Courtney you are the best,keep going!Bulgaria loves you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  51. A.... C....

    This is f*cking fantastic.

  52. S.... a....

    I wanna a bicycle like this.

  53. s.... h....

    definitely a poet

  54. k.... k....

    Great song I would enjoy it more but I am half awake right now.

  55. P.... M....

    Stop saying Dornce, clearly the only person who says Dornce is you in your shitty song you fool

  56. L.... H....

    fuck you're wonderful, i wish i found you sooner!!!

  57. J.... P....

    I got drunk and fell asleep on top of the sheets I left the heater on

  58. T.... P....

    Jesus doesnt want you to get drunk!

  59. T.... P....

    they used to play this everyday at my job!

  60. C.... K....

    por qué reconocemos genius cuando nos lo vemos

  61. a.... ....

    acoustic version of this anyone??

  62. L.... K....

    YEAAAHAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

  63. L.... M....

    Tame Impala and Courtney Barnett are the best australian music.

    L.... M....

    sticky fingers is there too

    L.... M....

    the smith street band too

    L.... M....

    Alex Lahey

  64. L.... I....

    Thrashy garage rock with a mellotron and a reference to The Triffids? I'm in!

  65. T.... P....

    as awesome as this song sounds, this is a song about drinking and sinful stuff and is sinful, Jesus doesnt want people to act like this.

    T.... P....

    There are many religions to choose from Mike. Most of the time though, religion isn't chosen by anyone. But rather it is something decided by others, intended to be in best interests of course. You seem to have a misguided view on your faith and its place relative to other religions. Your fellow Christians regard the bible as the sacred text. The bible came from the Old testament AKA The Jewish Bible. Christianity along with many other major religions was directly influenced by Judaism.

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    @Frank W
    nah i dont think God made a mistake, see I enjoy different things, like a walk on a street lined with palm trees, rather than going to a party to get drunk

    T.... P....

    lol according to y’all Jesus doesn’t want her to be a lesbian either so just leave

    T.... P....

    Daniel Zeedan you types of people are why i don’t call myself a Christian anymore.

    T.... P....

    @Colton Benson Malaria and ebola were caused by either parasites or animals. Human exposure caused them to be harmful. Cancer is more complex, but is is usually kick-started by a variety of factors which causes cells to multiply at a drastic rate.

    This argument to somehow disprove religion is probably the oldest and most retarded one there is...wait...no, it is the second most retarded argument behind "if God exists, why is there wars and violence!?! Duuherhh take that Christians :p".

  66. J.... K....

    love you.. thank you!!

  67. s.... ....

    Reminds me of Country Joe and the Fish (in a good way).

  68. J.... C....

    I sure hope this band becomes huge because not only does this rock but it blows away about 99.9% of the lamestream crap around today.

    J.... C....

    +Andrew Farrow What do real hipsters listen to?

    J.... C....

    Most Whelkly real hipsters aren't hipster.

    J.... C....

    +Andrew Farrow so if you're hipster you're not, and if you're not hipster you are?

    J.... C....

    Actual Research she’s not a hipster. She basically talked shit about hipsters in this song lol. “The stones became the moss and once all inhibitions lost the hipsters made a mission to the farm.”

    J.... C....

    @Jackson Catlett Courtney Barnett is to Hipsters what Jim Morrison was to Hippies.

  69. D.... C....

    Anyone know what Velodrome was used?

  70. A.... ....

    These kids with their lyrics about love and drugs and drunkeness and sunlight and the moon that actually make sense!

    Where are their deep, touching lyrics about things like "toejam football" and multicolored submarines? You know? REAL lyrics!!

  71. M.... ....

    This is great

  72. J.... R....

    Courtney Barnett is hands-down the best lyricist of my generation.

    J.... R....

    Yeah! :D

    J.... R....

    Not at all!

    J.... R....

    nah, man. Gord Downie from the Tragically Hip, like their music or not, is the greatest lyricist of our generation and the generation above us. RIP Gord.

    J.... R....

    But in English, there are more languages...

    J.... R....

    Lady Lamb's pretty great at it too, if you haven't heard of her she's amazing

  73. E.... V....

    *buys ALL the songs*

  74. C.... D....

    This aspect ratio is fucking ridiculous, how much letterboxing can one man take

    Edit: The endings got me thinking its a reference to Ben Hur, actually

    C.... D....

    +Conor Drake shot 22mm & 50mm Lomo Anamorphic Lens. Have seen it replicated since a few times.

  75. F.... ....

    does anyone have a drum tab for this

    F.... ....

    called ur ears

    F.... ....

    Drum tab... Really? It's not easy enough you don't need to figure out notes? Just use your ears, you're a drummer for fucks sake

    F.... ....

    +BillyPilgrim sorry i offended you or something ffs

  76. d.... ....

    Hmmm... I know it's only rock and roll... But has anyone else heard JH2 by Sean Spillane?

    This song is very much like it. Found myself singing along with the JH2 lyrics.

    I like both tunes - so I'm pointing out the similarity as a positive. I'm not waving the 'plagiarism' flag.

    If you like this... The Sean Spillane album 'The Woman (soundtrack)' is worth a listen too,

    d.... ....

    they do sound really similiar to each other...

  77. g.... v....

    Exelente cancion 10/10

  78. K.... N....

    i could listen to this song on repeat till i die

    K.... N....

    "Edzachary"

  79. C.... y....

    Can't belive how this song (piece of art) has so few visits.........

  80. W.... K....

    Cool bikes.

  81. Z.... ....

    She is so good! I'm glad to find her awesome music!

  82. x.... ....

    Crap Song, Crap Singer (if you call that singing) .

  83. M.... ....

    hipster vibes 98/100

  84. M.... P....

    How ya going cobba?

  85. C.... C....

    Fucking love this!!

  86. a.... ....

    BMX Bandits?

  87. C.... J....

    Shes so beautiful inside and out, Half her songs make me cry my eyes out its so good

  88. M.... C....

    guitar sounds similar to About A Girl by Nirvana

    M.... C....

    A few of her songs from the split pea ep sound like nirvana songs. Not sure what her plan was with all that.

  89. A.... T....

    I went out to lunch today and this song was playing at the restaurant. The words + her voice instantly made me google it and now I've watched this video like 20 times!

  90. C.... 9....

    This is like a female Mark E. Smith. I wouldn't be surprised if she was a big fan of THE FALL.

  91. D.... ....

    female jake bugg?

  92. S.... F....

    Looks a little like Bat for Lashes' music video for What's a Girl to Do?

  93. S.... F....

    The first song I heard from her

    S.... F....

    Me too! Saw her perform it live on TV and hunks here I am!

    S.... F....

    Me to the first time i heard her music was on the mtv channel and it was this song

    S.... F....

    Me too, went a bit on a google tour and saw that she played near me in the netherlands 2 years ago :/ hope she comes back so i can see her!

  94. M.... G....

    Wil's cover is way better than the original.

  95. E.... D....

    The aussie accent makes this way better!

  96. A.... D....

    This song is so good. I been trying to get Courtney Barnetts CD's but they're a bit expensive.. just gonna wait for a sale.

    A.... D....

    amazon 10$

  97. J.... ....

    u need to be drunk to write that songs and I need to drink w/u because I want xd

  98. A.... M....

    Is she the new Dylan? Is she the voice of our generation?

    A.... M....

    You're saying definitely maybe
    I'm saying probably no

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZOGlFdReMM

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    @BDC Mattwell I's loves a fishin' in Quebecs

    A.... M....

    @Collin Cook the fortuity of you posting this a year later while im sitting here watching letterkenny with my buddies lmfao. hulu just released seasons 3-6!

    A.... M....

    @Dan Corcoran you're answering a different question from the one that is being asked.

    A.... M....

    @Dennis Adams Perhaps, although the OP directly compared the two by saying CB is the "new Dylan".

  99. D.... L....

    Tarantino should feature this song next time Uma Thurman gets the urge to dance in one of his movies.