| The Beatles – Lady Madonna Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It could be about motherhood as Paul says it was. Single mothers, prostitues, yes. It's all possible. But what about a foster family? Foster kids would "arrive without a suitcase", and the families that support them tend to not have enough money to go around. Who pays the rent? Not always the 'mother'. Also, they often have their own kids they are raising. (thus the baby at her breast makes sense) Often these families rely on others to find rent money and such, and consider it 'heaven sent'. Maybe she runs an orphanage. "Friday night arrives without a suitcase" - this could mean a child that arrived on friday (which wouldn't make sense for prostitution), or imply that there is no way out on Friday night. "Lady Madonna lying on the bed, Listen to the music playing in your head." can also imply prostitution. However, it can also imply it's overwhelming to have to deal with so many kids. Sometimes single mothers or foster/orphanage owners have to get away - but they can't because they can't leave the kids alone. So they escape in their head... But just because she's lying in a bed, doesn't mean she's having sex. But of course they are calling her "lady" madonna, which does imply prostitution. Finally, one point no one seemed to notice.... They leave out Saturday. "Friday night arrives without a suitcase Sunday morning creeping like nun" Now, why would she be creeping like a nun on Sunday morning? Maybe she ran away Friday night (no suitcase for this short 'business trip'). Saturday is completely missed (though they did have a place to put it - "Lady Madonna lying on the bed, Listen to the music playing in your head.") And then Sunday morning she comes creeping back and good and nunlike. Maybe it is about a single mother prostitute. The great thing about the beatles is that for a lot of their works, they implied and never told. Even in their interviews. They want to leave everything to interpretation. Let it be what you want it to be to you, let it mean something completely different to someone else. Not sure we'll ever know the true meaning to most of them. Ever hear Glass Onion? |
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| The Statler Brothers – Flowers On The Wall Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Agoraphobia. The song is upbeat and happy. He doesn't sing it in a sarcastic tone. It makes a lot of sense. See a bigger post under the Eric Heatherly remake lyrics. (Same thing, sung by a different guy) | |
| Eric Heatherly – Counting Flowers on the Wall Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| InkTit, when trying to decipher the meaning of lyrics, it might help to look at the song as a whole instead of one line. Nothing else in the song suggests drugs at all. | |
| Eric Heatherly – Counting Flowers on the Wall Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Anyone ever heard of agoraphobia? "You can always find me here, having quite a time" never leaves the house "Well, it's good to see you, I must go, I know I look a fright" Would make a lot of sense if he met this person outside his house... "Anyway my eyes are not accustomed to this light. And my shoes are not accustomed to this hard concrete" I could understand the light for a junkie, but the shoes? Seems like the guy never leaves his room - hotel room or otherwise. It seems like he really doesn't like the outside and even fears it (as he actually states he looks scared). That's just my explanation as to why he never leaves the house.. it is actually about an isolated man. "The song is a blackly humorous account of a strange man's isolated lifestyle and how he passes the time alone - including counting the number of flower patterns on the wallpaper" So apparently it is literal. |
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