I Woke Up in a Strange Place

i don't know why i like this song so much...possibley because it has so much rock angst, i guess...i particularly like the "this is my song for the dislocated....." part

"i was torn out like pages from the book of existence"

and when he sings "sweat pours down you're in the back seat sleeping" it makes me weak....

i love this song...

jeff will never be forgotten

the lyrics to the origional version are:-

"ghost comes to visit with my keys in his pocket kisses on my mouth with his eyes rolling out of his sockets memories crumbling on the solid steel resistance i was torn out like pages from the book of existence

i woke up in a strange place my mind a blur and some blood on my chin i made a call for that black dead cab my destination was moving on in and i remember the words that you told me, came down so hard, so plain fate is going to find your love in your glass of champagne

love came calling as a counterfeit mistress stealing from the pockets of a sadomasochist my woman's mouthing for this place like a tongue on crystal meth ciggarettes smell like the fear inside my chest

yes and I lied to my host i told him i knew how far i could go when i emptied my guts out on his brand new stereo he paid me to go on upstairs and spend a night with his friend i never want to see my face in the mirror again

i woke up in a strange place music so loud that i spilt all my beer i took a ride in that blackened cab my destination is already here easy now, this car is speeding up for my last chance, crash into freedom fate is going to find your love in your glass of champagne

sweat pours down, I'm in the back seat sleeping she watches from an empty bed out the window, weeping the ghost guns that motor to the land that he promised me the draw bridge abandoned and the mug needs nowhere

this is a song for your dislocated the one you loved but your doomed to be hated because the lies of the spirit possessed you because the eyes of your lover resist you listen up boy, shouted from the bottom of a barrel heading down the rapids steady now keep your aim solid as your temple turns to kiss the pistol fate is going to find your love in your glass of champagne fate is going to find your love in your glass of champagne"

This song has a very rough, cool hook. It's a song I wanted to cover the moment I heard it.

I don't particularly know what it means, but the main line he says seems deeply profound,

"Fate Is Gonna Find Your Lover, In A Glass Of Champagne"

the ghost guns the motor to the land that he promised me i guess this is the time when your best intentions become accidents

this is my song for the dislocated who want to love but who turn to be hated

this is a great song and jeff sings it so well

To me, this song just seems so scream out "HELLO. I'M A JEFF BUCKLEY SONG!!!!"

It's one of my favourites, partly because of the lyrics, and partly because of the instrumental. Perfect.

this song seems to be about a man who has an alchohol addiction and is trying to get over it as it slowly starts taking his life... the first verse is all about death trying to find him and the chorus describes when his drunkness starts wearing off how you suddenly find that youre in a strange place or doing something strange and you have no idea whats going on... i mean come on here the evidence comes in the line:

"Fate is gunna find your love in a glass of champagne"

Thats what gives the entire meaning of the song away

sounds like he'd done things under the influence of alcohol that he regretted afterwards, like cheating on his girlfriend or something.

I'm many years too late. But anyway, This song is about Jeffs first encounter with a very hard drug, and one of, if not the most literal lyrical pieces he ever wrote. It's likely the song is about smoking Crystal meth, referring to the ghost and the kissing of lips, it could be about heroin, as is Mojo Pin, anyone who knows anything about heroin (not Jeff Buckley fans, apart from me they're a very straight white middle class bunch) would relate to the chorus. "I woke up in a strange place, my mind a blur", place being a state of mind, not a physical location. Makes it all the more powerful knowing this of course, many of his close friends were actually shocked that he died drowning, because when they first heard he was missing, they assumed he had possibly overdosed.

This one's getting to me as I can't find an explination at all...also the lyrics:- "Love came calling as a counterfeit mistress Stealing from the pockets of a sadomasochist And she's mouthing for this place like a tongue on crystal meth" are missing and in my opinion are the best part of the song...maybe it's just the bootleg i have that they're on...I'll check mystery white man.