| The Pogues – A Pair of Brown Eyes Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Just to clarify: the phrases I cite above are not obviously part of the lyrics but are phrases I associate with the feelings evoked by the lyrics. Perhaps it's an Irish thing: just like Leopold Bloom, you suffer ordinary setbacks (being dumped or cuckolded) and imagine yourself in a war epic!! | |
| The Pogues – A Pair of Brown Eyes Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Not sure if I'd take the war story too literally: it could be an internal monologue comparing the narrator's feelings with those of someone in battle. A few common phrases might illuminate the feelings being conveyed: The phrase 'I was that soldier' just means 'I've been there' and does not necessarily refer to war or the army. The phrase 'you've been in the wars' is often used about anyone who's had a rough time, whether at work, in romance, thorough illness, bereavement etc. The phrase 'in the horrors' is drink related: in Waterford it seems to mean 'drunk' but elsewhere I think it means 'hungover'. Also, the narrator may not literally be talking to the person he 'hates': he may be just thinking of what he might say to him in his drunken emotional state. As for giving the walls a talking: I was that soldier! |
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| The Pogues – Misty Morning, Albert Bridge Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This song sounds like a typical Irish emigration sing except the writer misses London, not Ireland. The writer is in exile but the song does not specify where 'hell' is in this instance: this leaves it open to interpretation and therefore gives it a more universal meaning. It could be about a hostage in a far-off country or someone 'banged up abroad', perhaps on death row. Or it could be about someone deported from the UK, back to an oppressive regime. This lack of specifics makes the song all the more haunting. This is currently my favourite Pogues song and it wasn't even written by Shane! | |
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