Shins, The - The Rifle's Spiral Lyrics






Dead lungs command it.
You pour your life down the rifle's spiral
And show us you've earned it.
Cleric's fog will recede right before your eyes.

So long to this wretched form.
Them grey eyes on the subway
Long before you were born
You were always to be a dagger floating
Straight to their heart.

Listen, now, we won't tell anyone.
But you're gonna tell the world.
This whole life ain't been any fun.
Now your viscera unfurls

As you rise; rise from your burning fiat,
Go, go get my suitcase, would you?
You've thoroughly blown their minds.
And now I must have passage on the lines
To veins from your heart.

You're not invisible, now.
You just don't exist.
Your mother must be so proud.
You sublimate yourself, granting us a wish.

Primitive mural on the wall,
To fortify your grim resolve.
Amid the glitz of a shopping mall
Another grain of indigent salt for the sea.

Good night to these wretched forms
All them gray eyes on the subway
So long before you were born
You were always to be a dagger floating
Straight to their heart.





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  1. D.... G....

    A terrific magic video! This androgynous daimon awakens the mortal body, and the three hat men (the men with one eye symbolizes the one vision paradigm who rules our materialist world) search the land to capture this dangerous awakened rabbit (who embodies the possibilities of ourselves with the quote in Alice Wonderland "how much deep is the rabbit hole?"). The three men imprison our daimon but he gives us the magic vision (the prismatic glasses to see all prisms of our rich reality) and this vision gives us the power to win and integrate the personal daimon with ourselves.


    A very crazy version, I confess!!

  2. T.... l....

    Good job 👍

  3. S.... S....

    *2020?*

  4. D.... ....

    Just found this on January 9 2020 after searching years after the 3DS video went down

  5. A.... D....

    this new harry potter movie looks great

  6. L.... H....

    damn witch

  7. G.... G....

    Nintendo has come a long way. From wholesome mario games, to h3n7a1 and animating songs about "self-game end" bombing.

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

    I am trying to find this one music video that was on the Nintendo video app.
    It was about paper shape people that were depressed and the main character is a guy who is trying to find love I guess. It was a long time ago, I have a vivid memory of it.
    If you guys know what I'm talking about please send me the video or link. Thanks 😅😔✌

  9. O.... ....

    Did....did they get their bunny back 🥺?

  10. S.... 2....

    Other 3D users I’ve finally made it!

  11. L.... B....

    I wish I could still watch this video in 3D.

  12. H.... B....

    The start remembers me The Setup from Bully.

  13. D.... R....

    "You fool! Its not behind the rabbit it IS THE RABBIT!!"

  14. P.... C....

    a modern classic 🤘

  15. J.... U....

    The Shins will live on! Best band alive

  16. A.... G....

    I'm very confused and I didn't hear the lyrics & I need some sleep
    goodnight

  17. E.... ....

    I find it funny how I like the video clip more than the song.

  18. e.... c....

    The whole thing was just a show

  19. U.... ....

    Coraline vibes.

  20. T.... ....

    I cant even understand like. Half the lyrics in this song but the cadence and flow are so captivating.

    T.... ....

    True talent, you know?

  21. U.... C....

    I want to be the fourth guy

  22. N.... ....

    You and your homies chilling then your rabbit evaporates

  23. N.... ....

    You and your homies chilling then your rabbit evaporates

  24. N.... ....

    You and your homies chilling then your rabbit evaporates

  25. T.... Z....

    I just watch this for the animation not even the music

  26. G.... G....

    i dont understand that of the 3DS, would someone explain (ps: sorry, i dont know how to talk english)

    G.... G....

    When the 3DS was brand new, Nintendo released this video on their now-shut-down Nintendo Video app to promote it. The video hadn't released on YouTube yet, so it was a special early release for 3DS owners. A lot of people, including me, remember this song because of that.

    G.... G....

    @David Rossington ohh, thank you very much, it's really a good song

  27. S.... b....

    They is some Freaky stuff right here.

  28. J.... M....

    Cole Taylor. Im sorry. But the anti christ has come. Im sorry. I didnt listen and hes here when cancer is cured he'll take hold. If you see this I'm sorry.

  29. D.... ....

    3DS GANG. SHOW YOUR PRESENCE.

  30. N.... P....

    Nintendo Video Bought me here

  31. P.... P....

    fluid stop motion is a very hard to get right... and this music video nails it

  32. D.... M....

    Thanks Nintendo

  33. N.... D....

    Very nice animation and music

  34. w.... c....

    This was one of the first music videos I ever watched as a kid <3 I remember watching it on my 3DS bc there was this video app that would randomly load videos and this was one of them and I was like,,, low-key obsessed with this song, I listened to it repeatedly and the day they took it off the app I was so sad lol

  35. E.... C....

    New fave song

  36. L.... ....

    Can somebody please explain the connection to 3DS? Thanks

    L.... ....

    there was an app on the 3ds where you could watch 3d videos and this music video used to be there

  37. B.... ....

    Why is this recommended 7 years later

  38. R.... G....

    This haunted me for years, since I first saw this on mi 3ds. I’m free now

  39. R.... ....

    Finally finding this again after the 3ds lol

  40. K.... N....

    Plot twist: Them three dudes are a gay polyamory helping their daughter practice for her magic show

    K.... N....

    this sounds... incredibly tumblr-esque.

    K.... N....

    @i want to die You sound incredibly 4chan esque my good dude

    K.... N....

    Katherine Novella Yikes, and with a twist of reddit! How unfortunate :/

    K.... N....

    @i want to die imagine seeing someone state that gay and poly people exist and getting mad lol this comment made by queer gang

  41. 9.... '....

    MAN i'm a sucker for a good music video.

  42. u.... ....

    3DS GANG, WYA??💪💪😤😤😤

    I was a freshman in high school, on Nintendo Video when I first discovered this song. Quite nostalgic now since it was 2 years short of a decade ago at this point.

  43. F.... ....

    LOVE IT!

  44. A.... A....

    This song has been explicitly stated to be about suicide bombers.

    I’m sure the music video comes from a similar vein of interpretation.

  45. A.... H....

    Is it bad I clicked on this just because how creepy the thumbnail was

  46. J.... D....

    Somewhere between Coraline and Psychonauts, and it's done extremely well!

  47. V.... 2....

    Hermoso...
    Simplemente hermoso uwu

  48. A.... C....

    I discovered this song on soundcloud and never thought to look for a video but youtube reccomendations broght me here and I'm so glad I saw this

  49. S.... B....

    It infuriating that such an awesome music video is paired with such a mediocre song...

  50. N.... P....

    What the hell YouTube

  51. D.... T....

    It would be cool to see a movie extended from this video where this video is just a scene/the climax of a bigger story.

  52. a.... m....

    Big Chungus

  53. F.... L....

    Why is this in my favorites!?
    Not anymore, mildly boring.

  54. o.... n....

    this video is about jesus! if you disagree you're dumb as hell?

  55. L.... H....

    Damn I remember watching this on my 3ds

  56. A.... S....

    sanirim muzik gerçekten evrensel
    ı like this song from in Turkey 🇹🇷🇹🇷

  57. G.... H....

    Okey???...

  58. m.... y....

    WHERE ARE THE PIZZA!?
    SMH!

  59. K.... ....

    No way this just popped up in my recommendations :o

  60. M.... ....

    I found it.

    I FOUND IT.

    the Nintendo video thing.

  61. T.... ....

    What the christ is this 3DS cataclysm everyone is talking about in the comments? I seem to have missed some earth-shattering event involving this song

  62. c.... ....

    You should re-upload this as 1080p. Such a great song and video

  63. E.... ....

    Bruh I remember seeing this on tue 3ds video thing and thinking it was terrifying as a kid

  64. A.... E....

    I have been looking for this song ever since I saw it on Nintendo Video as a kid

  65. E.... R....

    This kinda looks like something from Tim Burton

  66. R.... B....

    The Beach Boys sent me here.

  67. B.... E....

    this could be a full length movie

  68. O.... S....

    I miss Nintendo video.

  69. k.... E....

    Genial!!!! O bueno sorprendente

  70. r.... e....

    I remember hearing this shit on my 3DS in middle school wtf

  71. S.... A....

    Does somebody else came here just for the miniature??

  72. G.... R....

    Anyone also RRREEAAAAALLLY f*ckin’ confused?

  73. R.... ....

    I seen this a long long time ago. Im glad im seeing it again

  74. A.... K....

    La canción es muy buena pero preste más atención al vídeo 👌

  75. A.... O....

    I spent years trying to find this
    And then I learn it’s about a suicide bomber
    Question, Nintendo, why would you put this up?
    Also, I just remembered bear shark, and a green thing and pink thing that wanted meat...
    and some weird face on a cup
    It’s all coming back...

    A.... O....

    The green and pink thing is( if i remember correctly) meat or die

  76. B.... S....

    Flash back to when I first heard this on my 3DS 7 years ago now....

  77. M.... N....

    I didn’t even listen to the song.

  78. U.... B....

    --- to be honest, I started watching this because I love 3D (which they did a fantastic job of, by the way) but now I'm hooked on this song --- 28SEP19

  79. M.... ....

    2pm after dismissal with my 3ds.



    *life is good*

  80. J.... B....

    Luckily I knew this song's name before I looked at the comments about people trying to look for this song for years.

  81. T.... :....

    Much unreal. Very wow... shins

  82. P.... ....

    So this is what coralline does these days?

  83. S.... 1....

    Big chungas saves the day

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

    I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS EVER SINCE I LOST MY NINTENDO 3DS!
    I am relieved 😌

  85. M.... ....

    I want an entire story based around this concept, in this art style. PLEASE.

  86. J.... G....

    HOLY SHIT I CANT BELIEVE THIS POPPED UP ON MY RECOMMENDED I HADNT SEEN THIS SINCE 2014

  87. o.... ....

    This video looks like the love child of Henry Selick and Dave McKean.

  88. J.... M....

    Those blokes genuinely fucking frighten me.

  89. �.... ....

    *The downward spiral*

  90. S.... ....

    So this is what being on meth feels like? Huh

  91. c.... D....

    Watched this while peaking on some potent LSD & man, was that a trip, this is one of my favorite music videos of all time

  92. I.... a....

    2019 where are you ?

  93. U.... B....

    --- I'm going to put a hat on so I can tip it to the animators! --- 02SEP19