In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
When I get home it's late at night,
I'm black and bloody from my life,
I haven't time to clean my hands,
Cuts will only sting me through my dreams.
It's well past midnight as I lie
In a semi-conscious state.
I dream of people fighting me
Without any reason I can see.
In the morning I awake,
My arms my legs my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey
So begins another weary day.
So begins another weary day.
After eating I go out,
People passing by me shout.
I can't stand this agony
Why don't they talk to me?
In the park I have to rest
I lie down and I do my best,
The rain is falling on my face
I wish I could sink without a trace.
In the morning I awake,
My arms my legs my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey,
So begins another weary day.
So begins another weary day.
In the park I have to rest
I lie down and I do my best,
The rain is falling on my face
I wish I could sink without a trace.
In the morning I awake,
My arms my legs my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey,
So begins another weary day.
So begins another weary day.
I'm black and bloody from my life,
I haven't time to clean my hands,
Cuts will only sting me through my dreams.
It's well past midnight as I lie
In a semi-conscious state.
I dream of people fighting me
Without any reason I can see.
In the morning I awake,
My arms my legs my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey
So begins another weary day.
So begins another weary day.
After eating I go out,
People passing by me shout.
I can't stand this agony
Why don't they talk to me?
In the park I have to rest
I lie down and I do my best,
The rain is falling on my face
I wish I could sink without a trace.
In the morning I awake,
My arms my legs my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey,
So begins another weary day.
So begins another weary day.
In the park I have to rest
I lie down and I do my best,
The rain is falling on my face
I wish I could sink without a trace.
In the morning I awake,
My arms my legs my body aches,
The sky outside is wet and grey,
So begins another weary day.
So begins another weary day.
Lyrics submitted by skacore_dude
Grey Day Lyrics as written by Christopher John Foreman Cathal Joseph Smyth
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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These Madness guys, all of 'em, you can't help falling in love when you watch their old clips. I mean, even I, a lass, can appreciate their sound without pictures. But it's too late for me now. I'm madly in love with 20-years-old Bedders.
I'll have to find some look-alike to die a happy girl.
I know the meaning of this song is quite clear to anyone, but 0 comment in how many years??? Grey Day made UK's Top 10, might be in the top 5?
Actually, it went to #4.
Do I always end up talking about the song's video? Yes, I do. Well, in that one Suggs' in bed and cannot sleep, Chas has a mad clown painted face and they're having a gig in a shop window.
The best clips on YouTube are the one with the original 30 seconds comic intro. All their first clips have one. Grey Day's not the best, only three of the boys seems naked in bed and show us signs with the song's title.
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Actually it's Chris Foreman who pops up and sez whoa that was the bed and breakfast man
So begins another weary day, so begins another weary day .... like hammerblows to the soul.
I always thought the song is about a homeless man
Could of been me:(