Lyrics It's been thirteen seconds since you all last said I've become the apparition you predicted for my death You said that flirting brings you closer to the end You can bait into the water but you'll never get the hint And like a stain of bricks goes dancing by your head Plucked from an icebox, grafted on my skin It's been thirteen seconds since you all last said (Don't you worry) I've become the apparition you predicted for my death You said that flirting brings you closer to the end (Don't you worry) You can bait into the water but you'll never get the hint And like a stain of bricks goes dancing by your head (Don't you worry) Plucked from an icebox, grafted on my skin My coat has hid the marks, mink hits the shovel fix Near the sway of pendulums, boar abrasions and a kiss She said, "I'll never let them hurt you, I'll never let them in What you took from me is mine and what is mine I'll never give" [Nineteen Sank While Six Would Swim] Mascara glass in the molar weeds Her ash, a serpent infancy And his eye patch pussed through a gape of sand Into his shine a sedative (Into his shine a sedative) More and more the dirt collects And you'll never find her body now In a closet festered in secret air Blonde underneath her blackened hair And he never knew the colony Gestated in his bed Mingle with the carnivores You've something both in common now 'Til one day with his wasted breath Swollen throat and karma debt Set foot inside a parlor To find her drunken by receipts He held her by the ankles Gutted at the nave Yes gutted and depraved He tied a rope around her legs And let her hang for seven days [Five Would Grow And One Was Dead] This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened
The entire story of the album must be turned into a comic book at least, ideally a film or a series. Imagine the story of Cygnus being the last Tarantino feature.
Great song and great album. However, the ambient noise was always a self-indulgent habit I wish they could have dropped. It would be MORE progressive to edit down the album by removing the ambient “textures.”
It's been thirteen seconds since you all last said I've become the apparition you predicted for my death You said that flirting brings you closer to the end You can bait into the water but you'll never get the hint And like a stain of bricks goes dancing by your head Plucked from an icebox, grafted on my skin It's been thirteen seconds since you all last said (Don't you worry) I've become the apparition you predicted for my death You said that flirting brings you closer to the end (Don't you worry) You can bait into the water but you'll never get the hint And like a stain of bricks goes dancing by your head (Don't you worry) Plucked from an icebox, grafted on my skin [Verse 2] My coat has hid the marks, mink hits the shovel fix Near the sway of pendulums, boar abrasions and a kiss She said, "I'll never let them hurt you, I'll never let them in What you took from me is mine and what is mine I'll never give" Mascara glass in the molar weeds Her ash, a serpent infancy And his eye patch pussed through a gape of sand Into his shine a sedative (Into his shine a sedative) More and more the dirt collects And you'll never find her body now In a closet festered in secret air Blonde underneath her blackened hair And he never knew the colony Gestated in his bed Mingle with the carnivores You've something both in common now Till one day with his wasted breath Swollen throat and karma debt Set foot inside a parlor To find her drunken by receipts He held her by the ankles Gutted at the nave Yes gutted and depraved He tied a rope around her legs And let her hang for seven days This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened
@@ahmeterenlacinbala I know right? Why block a masterpiece like this one? From what I've been told, it has to do with some rights issues with the song. But that's an speculation regarding why the single wasn't included in La Realidad de los Sueños Vinyl collection. It wouldn't make sense that the same reason would apply to streaming services. It's dumb
I know people hate the clanking noises at the beginning but they are great. If you listen to this track before Cygnus, it sets a mood. It's dark. Unpredictable. Disturbing. Sets a theme.
The missing link to understand the entire album. This masterpiece of a song was treated like a fake limb, a rotten apple. It was not even included in "La Realidad de los Sueños".
I love this song so much, i can't even explain... back in 2005, i downloaded this album on soulseek and this music came as a bonus track, i was so disappointed when i bought the cd and this music wasn't there hahaha
Frances is great. But there's so much bullshit that it becomes a chore at times. I get the ambiance is a part of this band's soul, but holy shit I just wanna listen to the fucking song! I'm sick of having my ears torn out by the intro of this, or the outro of Cygnus, and seriously if I wanna listen to birds I can go to my back yard. EDIT: I'm gonna give this song's outro a pass since it ends with the guitar used in the Cygnus intro, which makes the segway absolutely PERFECT.
I would be surprised if that's actually why it's there. Tension and release is why TMV does this, the idea that the listener should have to pass some sort of trial to experience the song is a weird one, what would it add to the experience? Tension is one thing, but putting the listener through something unpleasant just to make the meat of the song sound better in comparison is weak, and TMV would never use such a cheap trick.
Label: Omar, we think we can fit all 6 songs if you trim the noises a little bit, we got 4 mins from the title track, about 2.5 mins after The Widow, 4 mins before Miranda and more after Omar: F--k no Label: So we drop Omar: Drop the title track Label: So the album Omar: Album title stays
What do you mean the bed of broken windows part is a fucking amazing climax to the song and segways well into the reprise of sarcophagi (which would have been the transition point to Cygnus had the record label not have been shit brained)
I would have liked the album a lot more when I first heard it if this was on it. The band said they didn't put it on because there was no room, but I think this would've been worth splitting it into two discs.
Wtf?! I get that this song is amazing, but when this was released, i smoked a blunt, laid in bed with my cd player on full blast and loved it thru and thru! Frances was a masterpiece even without this. Id say its their magnum opus
Legend has it, they did offer the album originally as a double to the record label but they said no for whatever reason and since Omar wasn’t willing to cut down any of the songs to make it actually fit, it was left as a b-side. Don’t quote me on that though
"This never happened..." How can cedric sing that melody over the most amazing rock riff ive heard? I dont even know whats Cedric reference to do that melody above it, and yet its the most beautiful thing ever..
So Mars Volta has a song called "Frances The Mute" which is entirely separate from an album they made by the same name? EDIT: Never mind. I see now this was a B-side for "Widow".
this is a master piece, ain’t??
Lyrics It's been thirteen seconds since you all last said I've become the apparition you predicted for my death You said that flirting brings you closer to the end You can bait into the water but you'll never get the hint And like a stain of bricks goes dancing by your head Plucked from an icebox, grafted on my skin It's been thirteen seconds since you all last said (Don't you worry) I've become the apparition you predicted for my death You said that flirting brings you closer to the end (Don't you worry) You can bait into the water but you'll never get the hint And like a stain of bricks goes dancing by your head (Don't you worry) Plucked from an icebox, grafted on my skin My coat has hid the marks, mink hits the shovel fix Near the sway of pendulums, boar abrasions and a kiss She said, "I'll never let them hurt you, I'll never let them in What you took from me is mine and what is mine I'll never give" [Nineteen Sank While Six Would Swim] Mascara glass in the molar weeds Her ash, a serpent infancy And his eye patch pussed through a gape of sand Into his shine a sedative (Into his shine a sedative) More and more the dirt collects And you'll never find her body now In a closet festered in secret air Blonde underneath her blackened hair And he never knew the colony Gestated in his bed Mingle with the carnivores You've something both in common now 'Til one day with his wasted breath Swollen throat and karma debt Set foot inside a parlor To find her drunken by receipts He held her by the ankles Gutted at the nave Yes gutted and depraved He tied a rope around her legs And let her hang for seven days [Five Would Grow And One Was Dead] This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened
He visto de todo a mis 37 años, y está canción me sigue poniendo los pelos de punta.
This was the the First TMV song I ever heard.
This was my first Volta song. Had no idea what I was getting into and nothing could prepare me for what I was about to hear
Lacrette! quemal dito dico!
The entire story of the album must be turned into a comic book at least, ideally a film or a series. Imagine the story of Cygnus being the last Tarantino feature.
That Outro.... 🙌
Great song and great album. However, the ambient noise was always a self-indulgent habit I wish they could have dropped. It would be MORE progressive to edit down the album by removing the ambient “textures.”
bad take, listen to some Throbbing Gristle and u might get it
@@m.f.3347 hard pass
Clouds Hill as just re-issued the single. RUN FOR IT
I picked it up at my local record store, along with amputechture
@@ethanwbs2952 mine is on the way eheh
Какова Х этава трека не было в ориг издании ФТМ?
4:20
apparently the clanking noises are morse code, its basically saying SOS.
Vinyl reissue confirmed for 12 inch at record Store Day! So hyped!! Abril 22 ftw
This album is the greatest thing to happen humanity ever
It's been thirteen seconds since you all last said I've become the apparition you predicted for my death You said that flirting brings you closer to the end You can bait into the water but you'll never get the hint And like a stain of bricks goes dancing by your head Plucked from an icebox, grafted on my skin It's been thirteen seconds since you all last said (Don't you worry) I've become the apparition you predicted for my death You said that flirting brings you closer to the end (Don't you worry) You can bait into the water but you'll never get the hint And like a stain of bricks goes dancing by your head (Don't you worry) Plucked from an icebox, grafted on my skin [Verse 2] My coat has hid the marks, mink hits the shovel fix Near the sway of pendulums, boar abrasions and a kiss She said, "I'll never let them hurt you, I'll never let them in What you took from me is mine and what is mine I'll never give" Mascara glass in the molar weeds Her ash, a serpent infancy And his eye patch pussed through a gape of sand Into his shine a sedative (Into his shine a sedative) More and more the dirt collects And you'll never find her body now In a closet festered in secret air Blonde underneath her blackened hair And he never knew the colony Gestated in his bed Mingle with the carnivores You've something both in common now Till one day with his wasted breath Swollen throat and karma debt Set foot inside a parlor To find her drunken by receipts He held her by the ankles Gutted at the nave Yes gutted and depraved He tied a rope around her legs And let her hang for seven days This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened, but I saw you leave And crawl into a bed of broken windows This never happened
why did they don't launch this on Spotify?
This song is on spotify.
It's on Spotify, but for some odd reason it's unavailable in several countries...in other words, it's region-locked.
@@AkihiroDigital this is just stupid :/
@@ahmeterenlacinbala I know right? Why block a masterpiece like this one? From what I've been told, it has to do with some rights issues with the song. But that's an speculation regarding why the single wasn't included in La Realidad de los Sueños Vinyl collection. It wouldn't make sense that the same reason would apply to streaming services. It's dumb
When Frances The Mute on Spotify
such a contrast to the shit they've released this year..10 years waiting for blacklight shine, graveyard love and vigil...
I know people hate the clanking noises at the beginning but they are great. If you listen to this track before Cygnus, it sets a mood. It's dark. Unpredictable. Disturbing. Sets a theme.
Agree,so underrated.
It's like someone convulsing...maybe dying?
I hate that people hate this intro because it makes it so hard to find it now. UGH
I like it and I appreciate the way it builds up but this wall of ambience coming suddenly at full volume in the mix at 3:31 is a choice I don't get
@@josealonsoastudillohernand2008 I think they’re meant to be church bells, just super distorted which… if you know the album’s story
This is such a night song, and probably my favorite MTV song ever, such a pity it isn’t included in the album :/
4:25
The missing link to understand the entire album. This masterpiece of a song was treated like a fake limb, a rotten apple. It was not even included in "La Realidad de los Sueños".
08:11 The Mars Volta dipping into ASMR
Does anyone know how to get the guitar tone at 4:30ish? The sorta wailing sounding one, I’ve heard it all over
Awesome!
What a masterpiece
I love this song so much, i can't even explain... back in 2005, i downloaded this album on soulseek and this music came as a bonus track, i was so disappointed when i bought the cd and this music wasn't there hahaha
Frances is great. But there's so much bullshit that it becomes a chore at times. I get the ambiance is a part of this band's soul, but holy shit I just wanna listen to the fucking song! I'm sick of having my ears torn out by the intro of this, or the outro of Cygnus, and seriously if I wanna listen to birds I can go to my back yard. EDIT: I'm gonna give this song's outro a pass since it ends with the guitar used in the Cygnus intro, which makes the segway absolutely PERFECT.
Some people dont have backyards.
Intro would fit in with the Dead Money DLC of Fallout New Vegas
The Omar's guitar solo is unbelievable.
THEE OMAR!!!
A. In Thirteen Seconds 00:00 B. Nineteen Sank, While Six Could Swim 07:20 C. Five Would Grow and One Was Dead 10:57 D. Sarcophagi (instrumental) 12:13
7:27 for those like me looking for it
They make some creepy ass music lol love it
The 4 minute noise intro is classic Omar. Get through it as a listener and you get rewarded. The way Cedric and the guitars link up at the end. Man.
Omar's mentioned influences like Throbbing Gristle before, the intro reminds me of them
Oh, indeed.
I would be surprised if that's actually why it's there. Tension and release is why TMV does this, the idea that the listener should have to pass some sort of trial to experience the song is a weird one, what would it add to the experience? Tension is one thing, but putting the listener through something unpleasant just to make the meat of the song sound better in comparison is weak, and TMV would never use such a cheap trick.
tension and release is a good way of describing it to be fair
Label: Omar, we think we can fit all 6 songs if you trim the noises a little bit, we got 4 mins from the title track, about 2.5 mins after The Widow, 4 mins before Miranda and more after Omar: F--k no Label: So we drop Omar: Drop the title track Label: So the album Omar: Album title stays
Mingle with the carnivores You've something both in common now
Wow first time I’ve heard this. Can’t believe it was cut. I assumed it was just going to be noise
GUTTED AT THE KNAVE!
The only problem with this song is that the beginning is the best part, well the part after the 4 minute intro.
What do you mean the bed of broken windows part is a fucking amazing climax to the song and segways well into the reprise of sarcophagi (which would have been the transition point to Cygnus had the record label not have been shit brained)
nah the acoustic section is the best especially when cedric starts yelling
huge
4:34
I would have liked the album a lot more when I first heard it if this was on it. The band said they didn't put it on because there was no room, but I think this would've been worth splitting it into two discs.
Wtf?! I get that this song is amazing, but when this was released, i smoked a blunt, laid in bed with my cd player on full blast and loved it thru and thru! Frances was a masterpiece even without this. Id say its their magnum opus
i dont think the band could afford a double album
Legend has it, they did offer the album originally as a double to the record label but they said no for whatever reason and since Omar wasn’t willing to cut down any of the songs to make it actually fit, it was left as a b-side. Don’t quote me on that though
Great song, but i hate whispered lyrics.
Just ripped this from the dvd as a flac. Now I can listen to a good quality version of it
theres no fucking way that its a man singing, the vocals on this track are as female as it gets.
Love how they're is no bs time stamp of music starts here
Music starts when you click on it
Been a fan since 2003, that's definitely their best song
All things considered, probably is. A whole package of Mars Voltaness.
Ehh no.. :D
That transition from 4:30 tho...
"This never happened..." How can cedric sing that melody over the most amazing rock riff ive heard? I dont even know whats Cedric reference to do that melody above it, and yet its the most beautiful thing ever..
So Mars Volta has a song called "Frances The Mute" which is entirely separate from an album they made by the same name? EDIT: Never mind. I see now this was a B-side for "Widow".
It's a rare and beautiful thing when the album-titled track isn't even on the original Album release.
@@pandyfackler118 Blind Melon - Soup !!!
@@robypal97 Marcy Playground did this with their Shapeshifter album/song speaking of related 90s music
And a standalone single