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One Night In Copenhagen Lyrics
When the drugs hit you
tingy begins
conviction + tone = hope
under the threat of separation
the nadir's fluorescent
the shriek of a gull
suspended in air
the sound of the sea
Anywhere! Anywhere!
When the drugs quit you
as loyal as a fruit fly you'll mutter to yourself
'you talentless fuck, good fucking luck
good fucking luck'
a delicatessen
shriek of a horn
suspended in air
the sound of the town
Anywhere! Anywhere!
It quits you in situ
and here it begins
quits you at a payphone in the snow
one night in Copenhagen
One night in Copenhagen
and ya know
the nadir's fluroscent
the shriek of a gull
suspended in air
the sound of the town
Anywhere! Anywhere!
tingy begins
conviction + tone = hope
under the threat of separation
the nadir's fluorescent
the shriek of a gull
suspended in air
the sound of the sea
Anywhere! Anywhere!
as loyal as a fruit fly you'll mutter to yourself
'you talentless fuck, good fucking luck
good fucking luck'
a delicatessen
shriek of a horn
suspended in air
the sound of the town
Anywhere! Anywhere!
and here it begins
quits you at a payphone in the snow
one night in Copenhagen
One night in Copenhagen
and ya know
the nadir's fluroscent
the shriek of a gull
suspended in air
the sound of the town
Anywhere! Anywhere!
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Submitted by
bofug On Dec 09, 2004
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Well, at first glance it seems to be about drugs, but drugs here are just a way of referring to some (positive) state you're in, whether it's happy, creative, or something else.
Downie loves to write about the creative process itself and there are signs of that here. Certainly the first and second verse should be familiar to anyone who has done creative work and then looked at what he's done after the fact; it's that continual, recurring spasm of doubt, the swing between "I rock" and "I suck."
The drugs hit you and all seems wonderful, even the nadir is aglow; they quit you, everything sucks, and your faith in yourself dissolves. And then the cycle begins again.