The Music Made Me Do It : A Perfect Circle : Orestes : Lyrics

35 comments on this song.
___-Burnt	okay. i really love this song.. its such a powerful outlook at an unwanted pregnacy the vocals suit it so well. and the music is so deep. yet again apc have done a master peice :D added: 12/25/2003, 12:47 AM

paigeislame.

haunting melody. it's a very beautiful song.

added: 01/27/2004, 11:05 AM

apathetic

My favorite song on this CD by far. No, scratch that, my favorite song EVER. The lyrics may seem a bit disturbing, but their in fact beautiful, especially when Maynard sings. Amazing song.

added: 02/03/2004, 09:16 PM

Lithium1983

Never thought of an unwanted pregnancy... it's a shame that you can't abort them after they've been born.. .some people on this site need it. Poopstickninja said he killed his mom to this song.

added: 03/11/2004, 04:04 PM

tha_Crucifix_Riddler

Tha song isn't about an unwanted pregnancy, it's about a dislike for his mother, but not being able to kill her because she birthed him

added: 04/01/2004, 08:51 AM

___-Burnt

ah.. okay well i must suck at not getting lyrics ;x lol ^-^

added: 04/07/2004, 06:03 AM

babycakes429

this song brought me and my boyfriend together...and its not about an unwanted pregnancy..look up orestes in the dictionary

added: 04/16/2004, 09:06 PM

xatmenxfurxmichx

This song is so great...The lyrics are amazing, and his voice and the notes he holds are just..wow...im blown away by this song

added: 04/24/2004, 10:19 PM

KissmedeadLy

amazing

added: 05/01/2004, 05:50 PM

Bliss From A Dead Embrace

This song is absolutly perfect, everything about it just screams perfection.... Beauty is redefined through maynard and his work wit APC... probobly my favorite song off of the album... beautiful

added: 06/14/2004, 07:31 PM

zerospace_13

i love this fucking song... maynard's voice displays perfection with every lyric and melody which makes this song immaculate

added: 07/24/2004, 12:45 AM

morninginmagenta

wow, so much detail how about this song just fuckin' rocks.

added: 07/27/2004, 06:45 PM

Silent Waters

just love this song its fucking great

added: 07/29/2004, 04:53 PM

LemmingsDoToo

O·res·tes (ô-rstz)
n. Greek Mythology
The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who with his sister Electra avenged the murder of his father by murdering his mother and her lover Aegisthus.

added: 07/30/2004, 04:06 PM

MwR	The most melodic and soothing song APC has ever done and possibly ever will do. The way the music and Maynard's voice blend and balance with each other is awesome. I love this one. added: 08/13/2004, 06:16 PM

Jochem

This Song is Fucking IncredilbE! Really Fucking incredible! PERFECT!~!!

added: 08/16/2004, 12:02 PM

PookPook

wow.. fucking great song

added: 08/22/2004, 03:28 PM

Underground Authority

brilliant

added: 08/27/2004, 10:16 PM

Lithium1983

Ok, well, I'm usually known for being overly critical as a joke, I just get a kick out of seeing people overreact and become all "righteous" in their effort to prove me wrong. Anyway, I'm breaking character here and saying right now, stop taking what ANY artist says in their songs for face value. You can look up a word or get the artist to tell you what the song mean, but you have to figure out for youself what it means. The unwanted pregnancy angle really isn't a bad take on this song, in fact, it's very imagintive. Being able to reverse the roles like that, takes a keen eye. Just cause the name of the song is also the name of a Greek Mythological character, it doesn't mean that's what the songs about, it's just there to give insight. To inspire. I may do it to rile up the morons, but think for yourself, and don't tell anyone their wrong in their interpretation. It's just not cool.

added: 09/07/2004, 07:39 AM

MwR	well said, Lithium... one of the best parts about APC, and even Tool, is that the songs are for open interpretation. it's for the listener. added: 09/19/2004, 02:30 PM

becoming x

by far, my personal favorite from APC... and the string version is nothing less than perfect...

added: 10/09/2004, 12:54 PM

agnosticsyndrome

13th Step sold me on A Perfect Circle…I was determined NOT to download Mer De Noms and I didn’t, I finally got it. It is one of the most beautiful compilations of music I’ve heard in my entire life. This song seals it for me though. No matter how you interrupt it, the sound is the same. Maynard’s voice is so beautiful in this track that it almost brings me to tears. I sometimes wish I could thank APC for giving the world such great music.

added: 10/28/2004, 01:46 AM

« Joy »

APC makes me hot.

added: 10/30/2004, 07:56 PM

Mobius288

The only APC song I've ever enjoyed more than Orestes would have to be Sleeping Beauty. They're my two favorite APC songs. So amazing.

added: 01/30/2005, 02:00 AM

PookPook

ah. love. i love apc. they rock me.

added: 02/23/2005, 10:57 PM

morninginmagenta

this is definately my favourite other than brena, that is a beautiful song as well.

added: 03/16/2005, 04:18 AM

zer0	I have to agree with agnosticsyndrome, APC is just one of those bands that can make you 'Feel', I don't know how else to describe it added: 08/25/2005, 12:39 AM

Absynth

I find it vaguely insulting that Evanescence covered this masterful song.

added: 09/06/2005, 12:16 AM

The Dark Is Rising

What?! D< Evanescence should suffer for covering such a beautiful creation. I love this song. Hell, I love the whole album. It just mesmerizes you... it can get you out of any bad mood, I say.

added: 09/08/2005, 10:08 PM

LovexYourxGun

actually she did a surprisingly good cover of this song, but yes this song is fucking....Stellar. maynards voice could melt steel.

added: 01/24/2006, 08:54 PM

Absynth

By 'she', I assume you mean 'they'. And that cover was indeed surprising in that it mostly consisted of drunken idiot concert-goers screaming their lungs out.

added: 04/19/2006, 12:41 AM

TheHole

This coming from a person whose name is "Absynth." I'm not seeing much of a big deal behind the whole Evanescence thing. APC has remade songs before, why wouldn't they let someone else remake one of theirs? And, there's a key term in there: LET. Evanescence can't just redo a song because they want to, APC had to give them permission. If they didn't see a problem with it, why do you?

added: 05/05/2006, 04:26 PM

Satyris

I knew Evanescence sucked but I never knew they were butchers hahahah... anyway this is by far the best APC song

added: 06/24/2006, 03:25 PM

Absynth

I have a problem with it because I listened to it. And they don't need permission to do shit - it was an acoustic cover at a concert, acknowledged as being an APC song, it's not like they were re-recording Mer De Noms. Nice title by the way, 'TheHole' - poignant and meaningless all at once.

added: 07/29/2006, 02:25 AM

Cloutweb_Duff

We staged "The Oresteia" by Aeschylus
I played Agamemnon, my son was Orestes

added: 01/11/2008, 11:11 PM

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