My Alcoholic Friends

The ceiling's very pretty part I think is Amanda's terribly eloquent expression of denial. Oscar Wilde said "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars". As a stereotypical drunk, the character would spend a lot of time in the gutter, but is looking up at the "pretty ceiling", or the stars, and thinking they can do better, and it isn't a problem. Alternatively she spends lots of time in bed and gets to look at a nice blank ceiling rather than the mess that is her life.

The lyrics are now on the website. Last word first line is "steps". The 3rd line is "I'll use the autotimer to prove that i'll get on with my imagination." The last word of the second line in the last verse is sick (missing).

Horlick's is a kind of hot meaty, relaxing, nostalgic Bovril-style drink we folks have in the uk... I think she should write that song ^ :D

I feel like all the songs I have heard by the Dresden Dolls generally are lamenting the state of women in today's modern society.

/Staring at the ceiling/ obviously means she's getting f****d, lying on her back. duh. She's trying hard not to remember the name of the [GUY] who is waking up beside her. Not to be ashamed for sleeping with him. Not to remember the time or the place, and let go of everything in the world and just feel some small joy in the moment. And if you're holding it against her that she is "promiscuous" as so many women are called, she says she's on her best behavior, sarcastically. She's taking for mother nature, sarcastically. Once her fist is in (sexually) then love is never falling over, because that's when you're most in the moment, and you feel like you're in love forever.

her only natural talent (a common phrase that refers to sex) is being wasted on her alcoholic friends. ie, MEN = alcoholic friends. Why? Because men treat women like dirt, because they can, because women let them get away with it, by not standing up for themselves. Unlock the singer in this band, who is standing up for women and women's rights. That's what she means when she says she's taking down the number of the times, so when she dies, and God sends her to hell for being a woman, she'll be the first to call him out on his bullshit. Because the bible was written very much against women. It paints Eve out to be the devil, for tricking adam. And that is what the bit about the number 6 means. 666 is the number of the beast. 8 is the number of infinity. and 3 is a number of balance. So she says 8 or 3 are much more apt for her, and women, and the universe in general, than just 6, which just demonizes women.

gah!!...bah!! i cannot believe that nobody commented on this ammmmaaaaazing songg!! i luuuurv it sooo bad!! hehe but for the lyrical meaning...hehe i will leave that up to a less hiper me in le future :P tah!

my friend actually had a good conversation with amanda after one of the shows at the iron horse before she wrote this song. they were talking and she just looked up at went "But at least the ceiling's pretty!"
he thinks that she put it in the song because of that. who knows :P

love this song.

I can't describe how much i love these guys, this song just sums up so many thoughts...and ppl. awesome :p

what does this song MEAAAN. the stanza about not knowing the name of who is waking up beside me is amazing, especially with the way she sings it. genius.

body in the basement? any thoughts?

... under the inflluence of alcohol??..

This song is immensely catchy. Especially "Should I choose a noble occupation/If I did I'd only show up late and/They would stare at me with hatred."