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I don't know if I'm tired and I don't know if I'm ill
My cheeks are turning yellow
I think I'll take another pill
Praying for the wave to come now
It must be for the fifteenth time
I've been here for much too long
This is the past that's mine
I want to fly and run till it hurts
Sleep for a while and speak no words in Australia
In Australia
Praying for the wave to come now
It must be for the very last time
It's twelve o'clock till midnight
There must be someone to blame
I want to fly and run till it hurts
Sleep for a while and speak no words in Australia
In Australia.
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Submitted by
ice On Jun 26, 2001
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what DOES this song mean? i'm very confused...
It's about escapism, just being somewhere else instead of Britain. Nicky got paranoid about being ill, under the stresses of touring, so he just wanted to get away from it all. Australia was the suitable mythical destination.
It is about escaping the misery that was 1995 for NIcky after Richey's disappearence, Australia is the urthest away from Britain you can go
I hate the way this song is always on ads and stuff, so cheap : (
The 'cheeks are turning yellow' line I think refers to Nicky's liver condition (Gilbert's Syndrome) which can cause a mild jaundice when stressed etc
I never realised before what this song was about but now it's developed a different light and I can only think about how powerful and upsetting it is, and how much crazy pain Nicky and the others must have been going through then.
I know Richey must have been pretty distressed himself to disappear/ commit suicide like he did, but I think, along with most other escapists and suicid-ees, that he must have been a bit thoughtless not to realise what an effect he would have on those he left behind, how he might screw up their lives as well as his own.
It makes me sick that they use this in travel advertisements.
@manic4manics the whole 'whatever hapened to' Richey thing is neither here nor there for anyone other than his immediate family - as for the repercussive effects of suicide, I'm no 'suicide advocate', but I do believe it's not 'done-on-a-whim' and that it is thoroughly contemplated by the person before they decide to STOP existing, i.e: it's not a light nor flippant decision
@manic4manics the whole 'whatever hapened to' Richey thing is neither here nor there for anyone other than his immediate family - as for the repercussive effects of suicide, I'm no 'suicide advocate', but I do believe it's not 'done-on-a-whim' and that it is thoroughly contemplated by the person before they decide to STOP existing, i.e: it's not a light nor flippant decision
he doesn't like flying either now....
xxx
Really? I thought the furthest away from Britain you can go was New Zealand... but then again, that wouldn't have had the same sound, would it? :)
thanks Zed, i was always wondering wot this song was about - makes the lyrics make sense now :)
Around the time this was written, there had been lots of possible sightings of Richey all over the world, including Australia. I think Nicky wrote this from Richey's point of view, Nicky undertsnads how Richey had to escape the life he was leading and clear his head.