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London Bombs Lyrics
Drag me by my ankles, to the bottom of the ocean
There I'll stay forever, until you come back from England
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
I stayed up forever, tried to call your number
But you were lost forever, in the early days of winter
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
Dirty little town on the Thames is calling you away
I stay up forever, try to find an answer
In the sun I wait for you
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
Dirty little town on the Thames is calling you away.
Dirty little town on the Thames is calling you away.
The London Bombs.
Oh
The London Bombs.
Oh
There I'll stay forever, until you come back from England
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
But you were lost forever, in the early days of winter
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
In the sun I wait for you
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
The London Bombs
Dirty little town on the Thames is calling you away.
Oh
The London Bombs.
Oh
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I LOVE this song. Apparently its not actually about the London Bombs but it sounds like a song about someone waiting to hear from someone who was in London at the time of the London bombs
I agree, I love this song. I would be surprised it if wasn't about the actual London bombings...
Well, this is what Kav Temperley said (a member of the band): "A song like London Bombs is personal, but it's set against a much more political, worldly backdrop. I'm not actually talking about the London bombs, but the distraction at that particular moment in time."
I don't really know what that means. lol. But when I listen to it I still think I'm going to assume its about the London bombings. Some other guy described it as a "lighters-in-the-air, handkerchief-to-the-eye, unashamed balled for the masses" kinda song - I couldn't agree more.
I heard an interview on the radio with one of the band members and apparently the girl he liked had gone to England and he decided to send her an email saying how he felt and she wrote back saying that she couldn't take in what he said right away because the london bombs had just happened.
I think HugsHoney is right. The song makes perfect sense when you think of it as him waiting for her to reply to his email.
I think HugsHoney is right. The song makes perfect sense when you think of it as him waiting for her to reply to his email.
i heard that it was his girlfriend. and that he was so so scared for her. and because of all the commotion she hadn't contacted him.
but they're all just bits and pieces of the same story really.
it's a beautiful song.
yeah everyone is on the right trail about the meaning of this song kav was sitting in an internet cafe and was writting a very in deepth email to his then girlfriend or ex-girlfriend. after he sent the email she said to him she couldn't deal with what he had just said because some bombs had gone off down the road
its rly sad...
well ive gotta say im not a huge fan of the band but this particular song stands out!
i read in earlier posts that its about him emailing his gf after the bombings which makes total sense, but when i hear this song i like to think that his lover has been killed (But you were lost forever, in the early days of winter) and that he waits for her (In the sun I wait for you) however she is never coming home! and he begins to resent london (Dirty little town on the Thames...)
thats the best thing about music and lyrics, everyone can interpret them in different ways!