| Elbow – Starlings Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| The opening (How dare the premier and so on) is clearly an overblown situation that represents something big and important, or how influential/busy the narrator is. But by having it as "second on his list of things to do" he is showing that his love is more important, whatever happens. Compare it to the chorus of Audience with The Pope, its the same sort of theme | |
| Peter Doherty – Arcardy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I read one review that mentioned drug references and "Seraphic Pipes" but thats rubbish; Seraphic Pipes means the Pipes Angels play, specifically the highest order of angels. Arcadia is "the realm of the infinite", the poetic paradise Pete imagines lyrically, hence angelic music | |
| Peter Doherty – New Love Grows on Trees Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Lyrically this song is pretty interesting. Been pointed out elsewhere that this was written during The Libertines days, somewhere after Up The Bracket as they played it during the Babyshambles Sessions in New York. After "And if your still alive, when your 25, shall I kill you, like you asked me to, but I really don't want to..." Carl interrupts: " Carl: I never asked you to Pete: It's just a song" Which suggests the song is about Pete and Carl and their relationship and the effect being in music has had on them. In particular, Peter seems to feel he is in Carl's shadow: "You played the man and I was Calvary", a reference to the people who were crucified behind Jesus and a word also used to mean Hell on Earth. Interestingly also it seems to be mirrored by other songs. It feels to me like the more poetic (and perhaps less desperate) version of Gang of Gin, but that might be personal. Also, in Gin and Milk by Dirty Pretty Things, Carl sings "You wont really see me, I live in old movies...", another interesting mirror image between the Libertines |
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