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Lovesick on a sunny afternoon
You are tired of staying in
You are waiting for a sign
Mayfly, woken up when skies are clear
I don't mind you coming near
Keep me company until she comes again
You are the one who's making do
I am the one who's privy to
Because you saw him in the park
Because you saw him at the bridges
With the people in the dark
Cana was the start of something big
You were there in the beginning
You were there to see him play
Mayfly, woken up when skies are blue
I don't mind the sight of you
Keep me company 'til she comes again
You are the one who's making do
I am the one who's privy to
Because you saw him at the celebration
Standing at the side
You had the moves to save the day
And you would love him anyway
Lovesick, it came back upon yourself
You are the one left on the shelf
You are incapable of playing the fool
Longing, so what's different today?
You sent the boy and girl away
You are concerned with matters lofty
But puzzled so it makes you sick
Your diary's looking like the bible
With it's verses lost in time
And lost in meaning for the people who surround you
It's a crying shame
You know it's a crying shame
You are tired of staying in
You are waiting for a sign
Mayfly, woken up when skies are clear
I don't mind you coming near
Keep me company until she comes again
You are the one who's making do
I am the one who's privy to
Because you saw him in the park
Because you saw him at the bridges
With the people in the dark
You were there in the beginning
You were there to see him play
Mayfly, woken up when skies are blue
I don't mind the sight of you
Keep me company 'til she comes again
You are the one who's making do
I am the one who's privy to
Because you saw him at the celebration
Standing at the side
You had the moves to save the day
And you would love him anyway
You are the one left on the shelf
You are incapable of playing the fool
Longing, so what's different today?
You sent the boy and girl away
You are concerned with matters lofty
But puzzled so it makes you sick
Your diary's looking like the bible
With it's verses lost in time
And lost in meaning for the people who surround you
It's a crying shame
You know it's a crying shame
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shadylane On Apr 09, 2005
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I think there are two stories going on here. There's a girl, who the narrator is dating while waiting for his love to 'come around' meaning either to come back, or to change her mind about him. I think the twist is, that while he thinks he is using her, she is using him. "you are the one who's making do" shows that she is using him while going after someone else, the one who did his thing at Cana, the one she has been there since the beginning for. She doesn't get really involved with anyone, including the narrator, because she's waiting for the other guy, but this doesn't pay off and she's "left on the shelf."
There's probably a second meaning in the "woken up when skies are clear" lines, about only making a move when there's no obstacles... But I can't get my silly head around it. In summary, the narrator and the girl are together while both of them waits for/ longs after another person.
This song seems to be about dating somebody while wanting/waiting to reunite with somebody else. I get the impression that the narrator is waiting for his ex to break up with her new boyfriend so they will get back together.
There's something about Jesus going on here. Cana is mentioned in verse 2, and the Bible in verse 3. According to that Bible, Cana was the site of Jesus' first miracle, when he turned water into wine for that wedding. Definitely the start of something big.
What has this got to do with the song? Who knows? Maybe one of Christ's apostles has a crush on Mary Magdalene, and this song is written from his perspective? That'd be pretty cool.
The "mayfly" would, of course, be a reference to mortality.
Ooh! And and and! She makes all sort of confessions to the narrator about the other guy. "I am the one who's privy to..." and then he says what she's told him about the other guy. Those bits are her confessions to the narrator about the other guy.
You can definitely hear a big connection from songs like this and newer material. With different production this song could have easily been on DCW or TLP.
i believe some corrections need to be made...
Lovesick on a sunny afternoon You are tired of STAYING IN You are waiting for A SIGN Mayfly, woken up when skys are clear I don't mind you coming near Keep me company till she comes again You are the one who's MAKING DO I am the one who's PRIVY TO Because you saw him in the park Because you saw him at the bridges with the people in the DARK
and next verse: You are the one who's MAKING DO I am the one who's PRIVY TO _'cause you saw him at the celebration standing at the SIDE YOU had the move to save the day AND you would love him anyway
and verse 3: Lovesick, it came back upon yourself You are the ONE left on the shelf You are incapable of playing the fool Longing...so what's different today? You sent the boy and girl away You are concerned with matters lofty But puzzled so it makes you sick Your diary's looking like THE bible with it's verses lost in time Lost in meaning for the people who surround you It's a crying shame You know it's a crying shame
Thats my 2 cents...
I love the line about the bible. "With it's verses lost in time lost in meaning for the people who surround you." Seriously. Our modern world makes me want to cry--we run our lives based upon the words in a book, written by MEN and interrpreted to mean ridiculous things.
You do realize that Stuart Murdoch is very sympathetic to Christianity right. In other words, he is likely lamenting the fact that he is surrounded by people like you who glibly reject the Bible for specious reasons like the sex of its writers. For instance, the song you are commenting on was written by a MAN.
You do realize that Stuart Murdoch is very sympathetic to Christianity right. In other words, he is likely lamenting the fact that he is surrounded by people like you who glibly reject the Bible for specious reasons like the sex of its writers. For instance, the song you are commenting on was written by a MAN.
i interpret the bible line that its a pity that the people around you have lost the meaning of what the bible really is like her diary it holds the truth of life(her life in this case). Faith is not something to pity people for having.
Let's not look too far into the religious significance of this line. I think he's using the Bible to compare her diary to because her diary is long, and it contradicts itself if you don't look at the recorded events and rules to live by from the past in the context in which they were written.
Let's not look too far into the religious significance of this line. I think he's using the Bible to compare her diary to because her diary is long, and it contradicts itself if you don't look at the recorded events and rules to live by from the past in the context in which they were written.
The whole use of the metaphor of a mayfly makes me think the girl that the narrotor is "privy to" is not really what he looks for in a long-term girlfriend. Mayflies only live for about a day I think and so it's as if he'll soon get bored of her, but he takes advantage of her infatuation with him when his girlfriend is not around. That's what I reckon anyways...
I think this is about a love filler, they're only gonna last as long the singer wants them, and then he cuts them off for the one he really wants (the cut off being the Mayfly idea)> he's totally using this dame to get closer to other loves, while getting with her at the same time, but he don' care.