Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
No, I don't remember Guildford
What, was there something? Jog my memory
Not the cathedral or the pool
If there was a pool
I'm a little past it
I'm near enough to be scorched, not blasted
But no, I don't remember Jenner Road
Even though we lived there
And things came through the letterbox thick and fast
It's in the past
It's in the bracken
Did something happen? The sky just blackened
Now there's a butterfly on my face
And I'm a number in a drawer
Ba da dup
Ba da da da dup
Ba da dup
Hang up your net, child;
Show some respect to the ghosts that are ruining your life
It's your life
No, I don't remember falling
From a flagpole onto a taxi
To leave my imprint and my entrails
For you to kiss
In the morning sun
Ba da dup
Ba da da dup
Ba da dup
No, I don't remember Guildford
What, was there something? Jog my memory
Not the cathedral or the pool
If there was a pool
I'm a little past it
I'm near enough to be scorched, not blasted
But no, I don't remember Jenner Road
Even though we lived there
And things came through the letterbox thick and fast
It's in the past
It's in the bracken
Did something happen? The sky just blackened
Now there's a butterfly on my face
And I'm a number in a drawer
Ba da dup
Ba da da da dup
Ba da dup
Hang up your net, child;
Show some respect to the ghosts that are ruining your life
It's your life
No, I don't remember falling
From a flagpole onto a taxi
To leave my imprint and my entrails
For you to kiss
In the morning sun
Ba da dup
Ba da da dup
Ba da dup
No, I don't remember Guildford
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No, I Don't Remember Guildford Lyrics as written by Robyn Rowan Hitchcock
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I'm absolutely mesmerized by this song as of late. I have the Store Front Hitchcock dvd so I'm only acquainted with the live version, as stunning voice, guitar and harmonica rendering of the song. It's very sublte an poignant especially the short spoken intro/explanation he gives before he sings it. Even his facial expressions (mostly his eyes) are very telling of the songs meaning to me. It seems to be about outgrowing the people and places you come from and definetly the fear and sadness that comes when you realize you have to leave them if you wan't to be sane and whole. At that point you can either try to completely blot the past out of your memory (which is the point of the song...and which is impossible in my opinion) or you can look back on it fondly ala "Penny Lane". Either way you have to leave. I especially like the way the narrarator even tries to use surrealism to dismiss the whole thing as some type of absurdist dream "now there's a butterfly on my face...and I'm a number in a drawer". You can imagine a child trying to escape something painful by daydreaming of something peaceful and benign to ease the pain. Anyway without getting to artsy farsty (too late) this is a perfect song to mope too while drinking a glass or two of inexpensive wine.
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"No, I don't remember falling..."
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