| The Courteeners – Not Nineteen Forever Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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For me this song has very little to do with romance and much more to do with being young, naive, foolish and doing drugs/taking things a bit too far. There just so happens to be the control factor of an older woman in the song, to help explain the story a little better. I think a few people are getting confused by the "tea and toast" lyric. This is nothing to do with going for a date, who goes for a date and has tea and toast? If you read the preceding lines they say, "She tried to peel me off the pavement, Tried to insinuate sometimes, I am in danger of going too far." It doesn't matter that it's a she; it's just someone (an authoritative figure) trying to insinuate that he does too many drinks/drugs. Where he says "Asked me would I like to go for tea and toast," she is trying to help him sort his head out as she takes him somewhere safe in a taxi. Not necessarily to her house, as some of you hopeless romantics will be so quick to jump to. These two could just be friends, at this point. And his response to her attempt at helping is to view it as condescension and tell her to "Get your hand off my thigh." If you've ever been in a similar situation, you may have experienced the same feelings he has here, since older girls will often put their hand on your thigh and try to comfort you, which can be easily seen as condescending and even more so by the immature mind. The next verse reads "Tried to get your attention all night long, Asked you once, I asked you twice, asked you four times, If you'd like to dance to that song." This part is about hanging around in a bar/club/pub because you think you might be in there with a girl. Then you are waiting around whilst, metaphorically, asking her to dance once, twice and four times. This could be anything, this could just be trying to chat her up or whatever. And what do you do in a bar/club/pub whilst waiting for a girl? You get wasted, perhaps so wasted that you lose the girl you were trying to get in with because she left earlier. So the next line reads, "Front crawled the CURB (not crowd) down the stairs, And I followed you out in the rain, nowhere to be found." So he waited around so long that he had to crawl outside in the rain on the curb because he was so drunk. At this point, his young mind flippantly discards his wasted opportunity with a throw away comment, "Never mind, you'll probably never look that pretty again." Is this about a romance? Maybe. But I don't see any evidence in this song that refers to said romance, apart from maybe "Both of them doing all they can" but that could be in reference to anything. On the other hand, there is a lot about being young, foolish and getting fucked up. "You're not nineteen forever, pull yourselves together." This seems like Liam imparting advice on his fans. Don't get too fucked up, take care of yourself, don't be an idiot and enjoy. |
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