In the Morning

To me, the morning is the bright future we`re all hoping for. "Make plans to be leaving, in the morning" "Out of the dark and into the light When the morning comes I will be alright"

It sounds like sort of a desire to escape the daily routine ("And all this time I've watched it change, but it's still the same").

Pretty song, catchy too. :) I like it.

You just have to listen to the song to hear him saying capers, not papers. Plus "Tea and a toast to yesterdays papers" makes little sense if you read it. "Tea and a toast to yesterdays capers" is not meant in a literal sense. The metaphor is Breakfast in bed, basicly saying thanks for all the sex!

I was pretty sure it was "an alley cat chewin on dead meat" but I spose dead leaves makes about as much sense.

Yes, I agree that the one night stand interp is likely correct.

"Shut the bedroom window in the morning Go to the shop, make plans to be leaving In the morning..."

He's leaving in the morning after spending the night with a woman he probably just met. "Go to the shop" could be literal, in that he does have plans, or it could just be something you say as an excuse to leave. You know, the old "I've got to get up early tomorrow". In this case, it's "I've got some stuff to do -- go to the shop, etc."

"Thought I was sleeping, it was just a dream An alleycat chewing on dead leaves In the morning..."

The mention of an alleycat could be a reference to him being on-the-prowl. He's an alleycat slumming around, and she's the dead meat. Kind of a gross metaphore, but to him, that might be all she is -- just a body to have sex with. Also, perhaps he can do better, so he really doesn't have a high opinion of her?

"Out of the dark and into the light When the morning comes I will be alright"

This could be him badly wanting to leave after sleeping with her, so he is glad it's finally morning so he can go. It could have a double-meaning as him thinking to himself "I'm not going to do this anymore. Tomorrow morning I will stop sleeping around and using women". Maybe like a rebirth for him.

"When I leave I try not to wake her Tea and a toast to yesterday's capers In the morning...."

Toast doubles as something you eat in the morning, but also as "a toast to what we did last night" (yesterday's capers).

"She wrote my name on the red telephone box When I got there she'd already rubbed it off In the morning...."

This suggests they likely didn't know each other before. She wrote his name down, and then rubbed it off, which also could mean that she's using him too -- she doesn't care what his name is the next day. "Rubbed it off" could also be a sexual innuendo too.

"And all this time I've watched it change But it's still the same"

Literally, he's watched night turn into day and it's always the same. Metaphorically, maybe he's been telling himself that he's going to change, but he never does.

All in all, this is a great song, and one of my favorite by the Coral. They are SO underrated.

I always thought it talked about the loneliness and dark thoughts and fears that come out when you are lying awake at night trying to sleep, but when the morning comes, you are alright.

I think it might be about another one night stand situation and how he leaves without saying goodbye.

not entirely sure about the meaning...love the tune tho.

Oh, and I agree it's a one night stand. It's not so meaningless in the context of the rest of the album though.

love this song, i agree, they are hugely underrated, great live :)

the idea of a one night stand might be a stretch but it is understandable.