In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I ought to leave
Enough hot water
For your morning bath
That I'd not thought I
Hate to hear you talk that way
But I can't bring myself to say I'm sorry
The past is always
Knocking incessant
Trying to break through
Into the present
We have to work to keep it out
And I won't be the first to shout
It's over
I used to want to plant bombs
At the last night of the proms
But, now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
With that big shell listening for the sound of the sea
I steal a kiss from you
In the supermarket
I walk you down the aisle
You fill my basket
And through it all
The stick I take
Is worth it with the love we make
I used to want to plant bombs
At the last night of the proms
But now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
With that big shell listening for the sound of the sea
The baby and me
I stayed in bed
Alone uncertain
Then I met you
You drew the curtains
The sun came up
The trees began to sing
And light shone in on everything
I love you
The sun came up
The trees began to sing
And light shone in on everything
I love you
Enough hot water
For your morning bath
That I'd not thought I
Hate to hear you talk that way
But I can't bring myself to say I'm sorry
The past is always
Knocking incessant
Trying to break through
Into the present
We have to work to keep it out
And I won't be the first to shout
It's over
I used to want to plant bombs
At the last night of the proms
But, now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
With that big shell listening for the sound of the sea
I steal a kiss from you
In the supermarket
I walk you down the aisle
You fill my basket
And through it all
The stick I take
Is worth it with the love we make
I used to want to plant bombs
At the last night of the proms
But now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
With that big shell listening for the sound of the sea
The baby and me
I stayed in bed
Alone uncertain
Then I met you
You drew the curtains
The sun came up
The trees began to sing
And light shone in on everything
I love you
The sun came up
The trees began to sing
And light shone in on everything
I love you
Lyrics submitted by robburns, edited by HatfulOfNathan
Brickbat Lyrics as written by Stephen William Bragg
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Obviously this song is pretty self-explanatory. I just had to post a comment though, because it is one of my all-time favorite songs, like in the top three. I cried the first time I heard it. This and "Accidental Babies" by Damien Rice are the two saddest songs ever written in my opinion.
Just reading these lyrics and I welled up. I've found his last three albums disappointing and was wondering if a happy domestic life had sapped his facility as a lyricist. Realising that fatherhood inspired him to come up with something as beautiful as this gives me hope that he's got another great album in him yet.
Definitely my favorite Billy Bragg song from that album (William Bloke). It usually makes me cry. One of the prettiest love songs I know.