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* SignatureSong: "Tarred and Feathered" and "Dog-Like Sparky" are likely contenders.
* WordSaladLyrics: Many of their lyrics can come across as being completely random and incomprehensible lyrically, but to some these lyrics very much form into narratives, leaving it up to debate as to whether {{Music/Cardiacs}} really qualify for this trope.
** Especially exemplified by the lyrics of "Cry Wet Smile Dry" and "Sleep All Eyes Open" which derive from ''[[https://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=608757 English As She Is Spoke]]''. It would be a very novel idea to construct a real narrative out of the almost nonsensical translations in that book.
** From the DVD ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvCZAoJk0wA Some Fairytales from the Rotten Shed]]'':
-->'''Tim Smith''': It doesn't matter if I can't remember the fucking words. No- Nobody gives a shit what we're on about anyway so what the fucking eff. WHAT THE F!

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* SignatureSong: "Tarred and Feathered" and "Dog-Like Sparky" are likely contenders.
* WordSaladLyrics: Many of their lyrics can come across as being completely random and incomprehensible lyrically, but to some these lyrics very much form into narratives, leaving it up to debate as to whether {{Music/Cardiacs}} really qualify for this trope.
** Especially exemplified by the lyrics of "Cry Wet Smile Dry" and "Sleep All Eyes Open" which derive from ''[[https://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=608757 English As She Is Spoke]]''. It would be a very novel idea to construct a real narrative out of the almost nonsensical translations in that book.
** From the DVD ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvCZAoJk0wA Some Fairytales from the Rotten Shed]]'':
-->'''Tim Smith''': It doesn't matter if I can't remember the fucking words. No- Nobody gives a shit what we're on about anyway so what the fucking eff. WHAT THE F!
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** Especially exemplified by the lyrics of "Cry Wet Smile Dry" and "Sleep All Eyes Open" which derive from [[https://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=608757 English As She Is Spoke]]. It would be a very novel idea to construct a real narrative out of the almost nonsensical translations in that book.

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** Especially exemplified by the lyrics of "Cry Wet Smile Dry" and "Sleep All Eyes Open" which derive from [[https://everything2.''[[https://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=608757 English As She Is Spoke]]. Spoke]]''. It would be a very novel idea to construct a real narrative out of the almost nonsensical translations in that book.book.
** From the DVD ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvCZAoJk0wA Some Fairytales from the Rotten Shed]]'':
-->'''Tim Smith''': It doesn't matter if I can't remember the fucking words. No- Nobody gives a shit what we're on about anyway so what the fucking eff. WHAT THE F!
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* WordSaladLyrics: Many of their lyrics can come across as being completely random and incomprehensible lyrically, but to some these lyrics very much form into narratives, leaving it up to debate as to whether {{Music/Cardiacs}} really qualify for this trope.

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* WordSaladLyrics: Many of their lyrics can come across as being completely random and incomprehensible lyrically, but to some these lyrics very much form into narratives, leaving it up to debate as to whether {{Music/Cardiacs}} really qualify for this trope.trope.
** Especially exemplified by the lyrics of "Cry Wet Smile Dry" and "Sleep All Eyes Open" which derive from [[https://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=608757 English As She Is Spoke]]. It would be a very novel idea to construct a real narrative out of the almost nonsensical translations in that book.
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* {{Wangst}}. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Much of Smith's lyrical content is actually a decent narrative on Suburbia and the way it influences one's life.
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* SignatureSong: "Tarred and Feathered" and "Dog-Like Sparky" are contenders.

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* SignatureSong: "Tarred and Feathered" and "Dog-Like Sparky" are likely contenders.
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* SignatureSong: "Tarred and Feathered" and "Dog-Like Sparky" are contenders.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Tim Smith's songwriting style.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Tim Smith's songwriting style.
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* {{Wangst}}. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Much of Smith's lyrical content is actually a decent narrative on Suburbia and the way it influences one's life.

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* {{Wangst}}. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Much of Smith's lyrical content is actually a decent narrative on Suburbia and the way it influences one's life.life.
* WordSaladLyrics: Many of their lyrics can come across as being completely random and incomprehensible lyrically, but to some these lyrics very much form into narratives, leaving it up to debate as to whether {{Music/Cardiacs}} really qualify for this trope.
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** The way it could vary between the hushed beautiful calm of songs like 'The Safety Bowl', to the triumphant choral singalong of 'Buds and Spawn', to the utter chaos that is, quite simply, 'The Duck and Roger The Horse', to the pop punk of 'Arnald', and finally the manic prog rockesque epic 'The Everso Closely Guarded Line', all within the space of one album, while somehow maintaining a consistent and coherent "feel" to its sound, really is worthy of laudation.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: A lot of their music can be called this, the most popular being "Dirty Boy" and "Fiery Gun Hand".
* {{Wangst}}. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Most of Smith's lyrical is actually a decent narrative on Suburbia and the way it influences one's life.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: A lot of their music can be called this, the most popular being "Dirty Boy" and "Fiery Gun Hand".
Tim Smith's songwriting style.
* {{Wangst}}. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Most Much of Smith's lyrical content is actually a decent narrative on Suburbia and the way it influences one's life.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: A lot of their music can be called this

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: A lot of their music can be called thisthis, the most popular being "Dirty Boy" and "Fiery Gun Hand".
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: A lot of their music can be called this
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* {{Wangst}}. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Most of Smith's lyrical is actually a decent narrative on Suburbia and the way it influences one's life.

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