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I should have forgotten you long ago
But you're in every song I know
Whining and pining is wrong and so
On and so forth, of course of course
But no, you can't have a divorce
I haven't seen you in ages
But it's not as bleak as it seems
We still dance on whirling stages
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
The tears have stained all the pages
Of my True Romance magazines
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
Busby Berkeley dreams
And now you want to leave me for good
I refuse to believe you could
You forget we're not made of wood
Well darling you may do your worst
Because you'll have to kill me first
I haven't seen you in ages
But it's not as bleak as it seems
We still dance on whirling stages
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
The tears have stained all the pages
Of my True Romance magazines
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
Busby Berkeley dreams
I haven't seen you in ages
But it's not as bleak as it seems
We still dance on whirling stages
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
The tears have stained all the pages
Of my True Romance magazines
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
Busby Berkeley dreams
Do you think it's dangerous
To have Busby Berkeley dreams?
But you're in every song I know
Whining and pining is wrong and so
On and so forth, of course of course
But no, you can't have a divorce
I haven't seen you in ages
But it's not as bleak as it seems
We still dance on whirling stages
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
The tears have stained all the pages
Of my True Romance magazines
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
Busby Berkeley dreams
And now you want to leave me for good
I refuse to believe you could
You forget we're not made of wood
Well darling you may do your worst
Because you'll have to kill me first
I haven't seen you in ages
But it's not as bleak as it seems
We still dance on whirling stages
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
The tears have stained all the pages
Of my True Romance magazines
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
Busby Berkeley dreams
I haven't seen you in ages
But it's not as bleak as it seems
We still dance on whirling stages
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
The tears have stained all the pages
Of my True Romance magazines
We still dance in my outrageously beautiful
Busby Berkeley dreams
Do you think it's dangerous
To have Busby Berkeley dreams?
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Busby berkley is a director/cinematographer from the 1930s, famous for his magnificent scenes of dancers, often shot from overhead so that they look like huge whirling kaleidoscopic flowers. This is what Stephen's dreams are like. He is missing somebody baaaad.
His movies were also ironic considering that it was during a depression. They depicted this beautiful lifestyle that was so far from reality it was ridiculous. The song is about being so in love you've lost touch with what's real.
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"I haven't seen you in ages, but it's not as bleak as it seems. We still dance on whirling stages in my Busby Berkeley dreams"
wow, it's totally bleak and pathetic!! but i can relate . sometimes you reach a point when things only work out in dreams. so why not go ahead and make them beautiful and totally over the top!
Sometimes it is dangerous to have Busby Berkeley dreams.
wow how interesting. those scenes could be sort of trippy, they were ridiculous. it makes him seem a little obsessive.
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Wow!! I love this song. It is truly beautiful. S.M. (not Malkmus) is the closest thing to (if not for-real) genius we have today.