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Vertigo Lyrics
Koreema know just what it is she does
it can't be hard for her to get a buzz
Down in the street below
you can hear the drunken prophet sing
"I know what's on your mind my boy
I can see oh everything
Lead pipes are fortune made
Take a tip from me
climb up to her window ledge or you'll forever be...
Walking under ladders as the people round
you hear you crying please
who really knows just what it is she does
it can't be hard for her
to get a buzz
the rapture of vertigo
and letting go
me myself I was never sure
was it the liquor
or was it my soul?
it can't be hard for her to get a buzz
Down in the street below
you can hear the drunken prophet sing
"I know what's on your mind my boy
I can see oh everything
Lead pipes are fortune made
Take a tip from me
climb up to her window ledge or you'll forever be...
you hear you crying please
it can't be hard for her
to get a buzz
the rapture of vertigo
and letting go
me myself I was never sure
was it the liquor
or was it my soul?
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Submitted by
xiphoid On May 20, 2004
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The line 'Take a tip from me, climb up to her window ledge' to me means building the courage to make a move for a girl you like. It reminds me of Romeo climbing up to Juliet's window ledge.
Then the next line saying 'or you'll forever be; walking under ladders as the people around you hear u crying please' meaning if you don't, you will be left alone as everyone else has made the ladder climb up to their Juliet's window ledge.
Awesome song.
Pete Doherty
Genius and a junkie. What a shame
"me myself I was never sure was it the liquor or was it my soul?"
Best ending lyrics ever.
What does mean Koreema??? Is it name??
What does 'Lead pipes are fortunes made' mean?
to answer your question, thewisehermit; the 'lead pipes' line is from a tony hancock episode, the poetry society.
i agree with everyone: this song is brilliant. such energy, etc. wish pete hadn't gone round the bend...
The greatest start to the greatest album of all time.
There should be more comments here - Yes, this is a great start to an album - especially that riff!
I agree with shevers. Brilliant ending lyrics, and it gets even better cause they're really sceaming it out.
These lyrics are a bit wrong... "PROPHET" should be "ARCHANGEL"
Basically ditto what justjules86 said
@arebourss it's both, Carl sings 'archangel' while Peter sings 'prophet' over the top
@arebourss it's both, Carl sings 'archangel' while Peter sings 'prophet' over the top