| Augie March – One Crowded Hour Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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For those who seem to have missed it earlier in the thread: Glenn has said repeatedly that it isn't a song about boys and girls and it certainly isn't a love song. It's about the singer's destructive but addictive relationship with music. And now they're gone, and this song, and the way it changed things for the band, probably played a large part in that. Watch Me Disappear indeed. |
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| Augie March – Pennywhistle Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song, like many of GR's, seems to be about him and the song writing process. And yes, the black dog is depression, I don't think it's ever been used to mean anything else. Most of the Aegean Sea rushes into my bedroom and glitters for me, The hills of Gallipoli all throw up their bones for my industry, So I build from the charnel the ale house, I build from the tomb a palace of dreams, That old barren rockface got silver seams for a miner of middling means, Singing poems of dissolution and schemes - I can't interpret this song, and this verse in particular, as anything else but a description of GR's song writing process. As usual with GR, the song is full of gems, lines so beautiful they stick with you forever. Don't forget the whole album was called Watch Me Disappear, which seemed to be a direct reference to GR and the band. This song fits perfectly. |
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