| The Dream Academy – Life in a Northern Town Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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The song is not about Drake, at all but is dedicated to him. The song is about one town and only 1 town in particular. Newcastle in the UK. He mentioned, in an interview with Mojo, it was about long unemployment lines and the poverty in that city due to that. Written in mid 1980s Verse 1: A Salvation Army band played And the children drank lemonade And the morning lasted all day All day And through an open window came Like Sinatra in a younger day Pushing the town away Ah Salvation Army band is to spread the gospel, spread hope during a time of crisis. The morning lasted all day, no one was working so the days seem to drag on. I'm assuming this (with no reference) that this is a local politician which will make sense later. The town is circling around this person for good news about theirs and the city's future. Verse 2: They sat on the stoney ground And he took a cigarette out And everyone else came down To listen He said, "In winter 1963 It felt like the world would freeze With John F. Kennedy And The Beatles" Yeah, yeah, yeah Everyone gathered around "HIM" to listen about their futures. He tried to provide hope to the town by describing they overcame the very harsh winter and as well the news about JFK and the Beatles Verse 3: The evening turned to rain (The evening turned to rain) Watched the water roll down the drain As we followed him down To the station And though he never would wave goodbye You could see it written in his eyes As the train rolled out of sight Bye-bye No news was guaranteed about their futures. (Newcastle Background: Unemployment was above 12% in the entire UK however in Newcastle alone it was above 24% in the 1980s) So atmosphere went dark and rainy. The watched the water roll down the drain meaning they were looking at the ground and lost hope. He never waved goodbye, you can see it written in his eyes, means "HE" left them with no good news and couldn't bare looking back at them that their city was not going to make it anytime soon. Then in the chorus they said in one version "All the work shut down" and another version "They shut the factories down". "Take it easy on yourselves" because this is a bad era. So this song is solely about Newcastle with the long unemployment lines and all the ship building factories shutting down in the 1980s due to labor demands and other countries such as Japan making them faster and cheaper. Due to this reason, Newcastle was hit the hardest of all and had a high unemployment rate of 24+%. |
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