Kinks, The - Scattered Lyrics

Always the best.

The Kinks are the kings. I love this song

Like a seed that is sewn
All the children are scattered
By a breeze that is blown
Now the crops are all scattered
We are torn, we are shattered
Now some of us are barmy and battered
And the fields where we gathered
Are overgrown in weeds and in tatters
Through it all we were scattered
To the fields we are scattered
From the day we are born
To grow wild and sleep rough
Till from the earth we are torn
And a soul that is free
Can live on eternally
And the spirit can live on
Though it's scattered in the world beyond
And I've been out of my mind
Ever since she's been gone
I look around that empty room
No sight nor sound
She's left so soon
She's out of view
But the I find
Those scattered clues she left behind
A photograph with a smiling face
A cigarette stubbed out on the fireplace
A coffee cup with her lipstick stains
I guess I'll never see her again
Now my life is all scattered
Ever since she's been gone
I feel older, I feel fatter
I feel the blues coming on
We get bruised
We get battered
But we'll pick up the pieces that scattered
And with emotional glue
We're gonna stick together, body and mind
Ever since she went away
I've been alone to contemplate
Time and space and why world's move
While sitting in my solitude
I've watched the stars and wondered why
They're scattered up there in the sky
And is she up there out of view
On some higher platitude
I wish I knew
Wish I could prove
The reason why this life on earth
Is scattered like the universe
I'm scattered here and scattered there
Bits of me scattered everywhere
To the fields we are scattered
Then from the dust we are born
We survive somewhat battered
To a new life, a new dawn
IN the end what will it matter
There'll only be my ashes to scatter
And all the logical answers
To a worrying mind
Will be scattered in time
Beaten and battered
To the earth you are scattered
You're going home so what does it matter
To an atomic mind
Scattered here while you travel time

Í Like this song but this video is very sad!

The Kinks in the 90s are fantastic!

I love this song so much..Ray tells it like it is, in a very entertaining video..with Dave! 😍🤗

3. Verily, in the heavens and the earth are signs for the believers.

4. And in your creation, and what He scattered (through the earth) of moving (living) creatures are signs for people who have Faith with certainty.

5. And in the alternation of night and day, and the provision (rain) that Allah sends down from the sky, and revives therewith the earth after its death, and in the turning about of the winds (i.e. sometimes towards the east or north, and sometimes towards the south or west etc., sometimes bringing glad tidings of rain etc., and sometimes bringing the torment), are signs for a people who understand.

6. These are the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, revelations, etc.) of Allah, which We recite to you (O Muhammad ) with truth. Then in which speech after Allah and His Ayat will they believe?

7. Woe to every sinful liar, (Q.S. 45 : 4-7)

Great song, as always.

All the logical answers to a worried mind.....the Kinks have been my life long security blanket. Love you Dave and Ray.

I had never heard this song until a few days ago..It might be the most lyrically brilliant thing Ray ever wrote..pure

genius..Ive listened to it 50+ times the last few days...Rock on KINKS!!!

Another Kinks masterpiece ............ very striking lyric

Here in Phoenix, we have three stations that claim to specialize in the '80's and '90's. None of them play the Kinks, even upon request. Local radio went to shit when clear channel destroyed the old radio stations.

How is this freaking song not famous? it's lyrics are poetic and true and the beat is a driving force.

A very decent and uplifting funeral song!

Rock'n Roll Grandpas, healing through art is a very divine and wonderful thing!

❤❤❤❤❤

https://youtu.be/Zkh_0ejs12Y

long lost brother of Colin Hay?

I think this song is the best of around the world…
No,the best of human history?

The last great Kinks song.

I wanna give Ray Davies some of my money

Love this catchy tune.. and the songwriter.

Stones 😣, Beatles 😣. The kinks 👏 👏 👏

Terrible.

The Kinks are back!!!
After 22 years, the Davies brothers are back!!

¡¡CONGRATULATIONS!!

WHAT THIS SONG SAYS! WHAT RAY CAN SAY IN A SONG!

The Kinks are the Kings

Ray is a lyrical phenomenon! And with Dave a musical superpower! So sad this got overlooked!

2018..❤

I think Scattered may arguably be Ray's crowning achievement in songwriting. Such honesty, sadness, and ultimately,acceptance, in a song that deals with all of the pain and uncertainty we feel, as, one after another, we all travel down a path we all must take and the futility of worrying about it. All of this couched in an incredibly crafted pop gem. Holy cow. This is as good as anything Dylan, Simon, Lennon, Townshend etc. Ever did. God save the Kinks

Your description is as perfect as the song's lyrics. The Kinks are Number One.

I'm binging Davies today and I believe your sentiment is not only spot on but applies to MOST of his work. Such humanity underscores everything he does...with extreme craft.

And to see how Ray and Dave make music together is a pleasure!!

I love this song! It's so real!!

richard sams yes it is!

There is not one bad song from the Kinks ,...and that is rare to really say ,..of any band ,.. their authenticity and dignity ,...no band can top them ,... the pure honesty ,.. LOVE THE KINKS FOREVER !!

The Kinks are the Kings

Damn if Ray's gonna drive. Literally anyway.

Rest in peace Jim Rodford.
To the earth we are scattered.

Incredibly beautiful.

Even the kinks videos show more intelligent than most teenybopper bands.

very beautiful song, una joya escondida.

清教徒も、イギリス国教会も、アイルランドの正教徒も、ケルトの土俗の信者も全て公平って事じゃないですか？
日本では、それが果たされている。

Hermosa canción.

wtf with the girl in the 1:46 ?????

She's barmy and battered

This may be his best song and I know that's saying a lot. It was written when his Mom passed and it is very comforting in it's way. Not to mention the melody.

The more I  listen to this song the more I like it. No matter the time, the year, the minute it is timeless.

Wahnsinn !! the kinks in heutiger Zeit immer noch toll

One of the finest songwriters, certainly lyricists, the UK . . . the world . . . has produced

i cant see why beatles went more famous. lyrically, kinks were logical.

John Lennon sang about how the world could be and Ray Davies sings about how the world is.

Because, the beatles invented rock bands.

@Brett Holcomb

Sorry, but The Beatles didn't invent rock bands!

@Sklave Stotterhund Liberal vs Conservative, in a nutshell.

anonymous

thank God Green Day didn't rip off the KinKs a second time

The last track on their last studio album.....what a high note to go out on.

The entire record is gorgeous

To me it is the best song I ever heard in my life. Bit it was their epitaph. When it fails as a singlke, the record company took the single from he market (So the single shoukld be some collecztors item), and they broke up with the Kinks . ASs far as I understand this song was cursed. Without this song the Kinks might have las#stet some more years..

rockisheaven you are so right. Maybe Rays finest hour!

I love the Kinks. Always will. Look up their songs and live in awe of the voices that came to us to free our hearts.

The Kinks are immortals. Hear their songs and weep when they die, and then know they live on. Their songs are with us. Forever.

Don't push it.

Great song, have a good memories whit my brother and old friends from 11994,my best wishes for all of them wherever they are now, Ricardo Acosta, Omar, Cristian.

Mick Avory best Kinks drummer

Henrit is probably better technically but Mick Avory was great for the Kinks. He left and ultimately became manager at Konk Studios. So everything worked out.

Imagine The Kinks playing the luncheon after a funeral you've attended? Great video accompanies a great tune as they did very good work going out the door. Memory serves, their Manager died just as they were getting ready for the Phobia record release which set everyone back. Previously the Davies Matriarch had passed away inspiring this tune. I will always love this song.

Last one? A good one to go out on though.

Gwad bless the kinky ones...

Dig the 67 Galaxie vert

ray Davies is a genius, I've grown up listening to his music. I can't say I'm a number 1 fan coz my dad is through + through!!! so I must be number 2 fan.

Me too, since 64 but not dedicated till 1966 with the release of Kinks Kontroversy.

I feel older I feel fatter

With the back and forth look with Dave.

Should have been a hit.

Last great Kinks tune. To The Bone is good.

Arista should have promoted Lost and Found better after the success of Come Dancing but The Kinks were always underappreciated. Criminally so.

Ufff rifados!!!!

the kinks are the longer lasting beatles

3x + longer!

Yeah, the beatles have just hit over 170 million views on vevo for dont let me down, not bad for a 50 year old song eh! Who's outlasting who?

@Frank Mccormick democratic voting does not always give right. On the long run every human has his specific taste and choice and are all as equal. Anyway taste has not a statistic solution.

The Kinks are more emotionally mature and far more consistent.

Nobody picked up on fact that this is a subtle tribute to Rolling Stones Shattered - listen to bass riff in beginnning

Just you dude

No, Ray's vocal is definitely a little Jaggerish, nothing wrong with that

I missed that since it's not there.

Ray is a Genius.....One of the Best songs ever! Lot of Truth/Sadness/Beauty = Life

I can't fault a word you wrote Jaques, peace sir.

That guy, sad and alone...
...is that Jaime Lannister?

muuuuuuuito afude

Ray , much better older than younger.

A cool song.

Interesting to see Davies' brothers driving around countryside. And, as almost always, can't disagree with Ray's lyrics. Life around us is scattered from ashes,we are from ashes, and to ashes we will become. The important thing is, what we do with these ashes. Lol. I just became one kind of a existentialism thinker. Merry Xmas anyways to everyone anyways

X is for christ

A lovely song which I play a lot of late, it helps.

So that's where the V for vendetta came from.

This is a brilliant song.  I recently lost my mother, and I know Ray recently lost two of his older sisters.  This song makes me happy and sad at the same time, and it never fails to move me.  Thank you Ray Davies for this and all your incredible music.

Scattered was recorded after their Mom had passed. One very beautiful song.

Great song..lost my mum too..last yr...ray helps make it lil better..

Nice to see the brothers smiling at each other. Great.

I agree let's have a fucking reunion already,,

Very catchy. But deep & fascinating too. Quite a bit about death in here, but it makes me feel happy: Got to be interesting!

Ineloquent, but correct. I agree.

It was inspired by Guy Fawkes, but it looks remarkably like the V for Vendetta mask. And remember, the graphic novel had been out for several years when this video was made.

Remarkable band. They continue to give me enormous enjoyment. Timeless.

The emotion is Ray's, but Dave is the driving force - what a lovely little analogy for The Kinks.

By far the best track on Phobia, which otherwise pretty much sucks!

Flowerbranche 6 years late but hatred is also pretty good

masterpiece

Missolonghi I agree!

No, the mask is inspired by Guy Fawkes

FUCK YOU BITCH

Hacia años que no escuchaba esta canción.

Typical old-but boring, British crap.

I love it too.

I love most of this album. Each one has a different point of view

0:41 Anonymous scarecrow? o.O

Anonymous was here

Classic tune!

FUCK YOU VEVO _|_.

@tommyrock69 I was at that show too. Rocky's on Independence Blvd. My friend about got kicked in the face for reaching her hand up Dave's leg and tickling his ankle during a solo. I got to sit through the soundcheck earlier that day. Still one of the coolest moments of my life. I about sh*t myself when I found out they were playing Charlotte, AND it was a club tour. First and only time I got to see the greatest band ever.

I am watching video of The Kinks and I see Britney Spears at the left. Fu*ck you VEVO.

Great song! IF the Kinks last LP, "PHOBIA" had more songs like this--perhaps
it would'nt have bombed--this is the best song on an otherwise passe' album that has 3-4 good tunes. I miss the old Kinks line-up: bass players Pete Quaife or John Dalton, and Mick Avory on drums! After Dalton left, it was like a series of back-up musicans for Ray and Dave. Too bad...

This song is why Ray nudges Elvis Costello in my book. Timeless, not teary, and full of hope... for death.

My fondest memories- Actually watching the Actual sunset while standing at the Actual Waterloo station, while I was studying film at the University of London. The second memory is watching the Kinks in a small club in Charlotte in 1993. I yelled for "Waterloo Sunset." Ray rolled his eyes. I thought he was pissed off. Then he played it.

He played it.

Can't imagine that Film degree got you far.

I like the song. It made me happy. Thank you dudes

What a shame that such a beautiful, melodic, creative song didn't make it to the top. It appears rock is aging just like Mom & Dad's big band music did. We'd all be forgotten & scattered throughout the sands of time if it weren't for Jesus resurrecting us from our graves some day.

And then, the end.....last "single" released by the band which sadly bombed commercially.

To a worrying mind
Will be scattered in time
Beaten and battered
To the earth you are scattered
You're going home so what does it matter
To an atomic mind
Scattereed here while you travel time