I'm pretty sure that this song is a play on words, and very well written.
Saint Anne seems to have a double meaning. It looks like a girl at first but I'm pretty sure its a drug reference as well.
"Come back sweet Saint Anne
Come love me again,
Cos I broke again,
Yeah I, broken man
And down on St. Andrew,
I'll buy it back from you
But you ain't no lover,
No, you're just a pusher."
He's addicted...and broken so he needs another hit. He may be buying whatever he needs at St. Andrew and from Saint Anne. However, he knows its wrong because she "ain't no lover" but "a pusher". This may mean that the drugs aren't a lover (i.e. they're bad for him). Also it may mean Anne's not a lover, but is merely hanging with him to sell drugs ("push").
St. Andrews has a double meaning. Of course, the obvious is a Catholic reference so they spin the verse to look like he's going to a church to confess. However, as someone already stated the real meaning is St. Andrews is a pub. So in reality he's going to a pub to "confess". This is painfully obvious in the music video.
"And I've been down to St. Andrew
To pay for my sins on you
Love come save,
Love come save me soon."
It may be that he goes to both St. Andrew the church and pub, but in this song his sins are being paid at the pub.
"Now I've sung midnight choirs
With baseheads, drunks, and liars
But there's never fire,
No we never get higher
So lines I've rocked and rolled
Amongst those midnight souls
That we're only stealing
Yeh stealing for feeling."
The "lines" is probably a drug reference. So he's doing drugs at the pub with everyone else but "we never get higher." They never have the intended outcome. And the people do them because they're "stealing for feeling." They're desperate to feel something so they use the drugs.
"One day my time will end
And who I've been, I've been
And bells they are ringing
And the band it is marching, marching
Love come save me soon."
He's saying he can't change what he's done, good or bad. It's not a "no regrets" thing though...it's a "I have to accept my failures" thing. Very big difference. It seems like the bells and band are a symbol for lots of people making lots of noise singing: love come save me soon. The author wants to be saved from his sins, and the band and bells are a symbol for all people wanting the same thing.
I'm pretty sure that this song is a play on words, and very well written.
Saint Anne seems to have a double meaning. It looks like a girl at first but I'm pretty sure its a drug reference as well.
"Come back sweet Saint Anne Come love me again, Cos I broke again, Yeah I, broken man And down on St. Andrew, I'll buy it back from you But you ain't no lover, No, you're just a pusher."
He's addicted...and broken so he needs another hit. He may be buying whatever he needs at St. Andrew and from Saint Anne. However, he knows its wrong because she "ain't no lover" but "a pusher". This may mean that the drugs aren't a lover (i.e. they're bad for him). Also it may mean Anne's not a lover, but is merely hanging with him to sell drugs ("push").
St. Andrews has a double meaning. Of course, the obvious is a Catholic reference so they spin the verse to look like he's going to a church to confess. However, as someone already stated the real meaning is St. Andrews is a pub. So in reality he's going to a pub to "confess". This is painfully obvious in the music video.
"And I've been down to St. Andrew To pay for my sins on you Love come save, Love come save me soon."
It may be that he goes to both St. Andrew the church and pub, but in this song his sins are being paid at the pub.
"Now I've sung midnight choirs With baseheads, drunks, and liars But there's never fire, No we never get higher So lines I've rocked and rolled Amongst those midnight souls That we're only stealing Yeh stealing for feeling."
The "lines" is probably a drug reference. So he's doing drugs at the pub with everyone else but "we never get higher." They never have the intended outcome. And the people do them because they're "stealing for feeling." They're desperate to feel something so they use the drugs.
"One day my time will end And who I've been, I've been And bells they are ringing And the band it is marching, marching
Love come save me soon."
He's saying he can't change what he's done, good or bad. It's not a "no regrets" thing though...it's a "I have to accept my failures" thing. Very big difference. It seems like the bells and band are a symbol for lots of people making lots of noise singing: love come save me soon. The author wants to be saved from his sins, and the band and bells are a symbol for all people wanting the same thing.