| Mark Knopfler – The Fizzy and the Still Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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There's something that I see in the song that no one else has mentioned, so I'll mention it here. The song starts out with an optimistic tone. "The boy's come home,..the boy's done good". But he hasn't done good. The parents apparently arranged to meet their "movie star" son at what sounds like a relatively posh brunch spot, excited to hear the news of hit success in hollywood. ...only he hasn't really succeeded. Hollywood asks too high a price, and as they sit there, listening to his account of his non-success, because "she asks too high a price", both him and his parents are awkwardly aware of what sits between them there on ice,...between the fizzy water and the still water. It's the champagne, of course. But there is no reason to open it, given the report from the son, and so it sits there, unopened. Notice at the end of the song, where the lyric is repeated "The boy's come home.......", but with the words "the boy's done good" conspicuously missing. It's a song of a disspointing meeting between the hopeful parents and the son who has returned from Hollywood more or less empty handed, and unsuccessful. At least that's how I see it. :-) |
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