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.
At Club 18-30, I met Julius Caesar
Lady Diana and Mother Teresa
At Club 18-30, I met Julius Caesar
Lady Diana and Mother Teresa
Signs, you know I see them all the time
Time, it's just a fraction of a sign
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
At Club 18-30, I met Julius Caesar
Lady Diana and Mother Teresa
At Club 18-30, I met Julius Caesar
Lady Diana and Mother Teresa
Signs, you know I see them all the time
Time, it's just a fraction of a sign
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
Lady Diana and Mother Teresa
At Club 18-30, I met Julius Caesar
Lady Diana and Mother Teresa
Signs, you know I see them all the time
Time, it's just a fraction of a sign
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
At Club 18-30, I met Julius Caesar
Lady Diana and Mother Teresa
At Club 18-30, I met Julius Caesar
Lady Diana and Mother Teresa
Signs, you know I see them all the time
Time, it's just a fraction of a sign
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
Cerebella sitting on the totem timeline
Unwelcome foreign hands are very hard to find
And hangmen also die in Famagusta's hive
Lyrics submitted by Becky at sunrise
Totem on the Timeline Lyrics as written by Jamie Oliver Jack Reynolds James Nicholas Righton
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Good they've corrected and put Cerebella instead of Serebella. It makes more sense now. Anyway, a great song!
club 18-30 reference is wicked. 'club 18-30 is a chavvy holiday rep. firm that organise disgusting holidays for stupid people. there i said it. now my house is going to be burnt down by angry drunken suntanned pikeys!!!!!!!!!!
Gahhhh. Their lyrics are always so complicated! I think they were on drugs when they wrote this! Hahaha.
it sounds like they are in the land of the dead or something.
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"club 18-30 is a chavvy holiday rep. firm that organise disgusting holidays for stupid people. there i said it."
So what this song infers is that Julius Caesar, Lady Diana and Mother Theresa were all incredibly stupid and cheap?
Nice.
I think that it's referring to people dressed like Julius Caesar; Lady Diana or Mother Teresa. Or else, it has some deeper meaning that we haven't worked out yet.
"club 18-30 is a chavvy holiday rep. firm that organise disgusting holidays for stupid people. there i said it."
i think its about being on a club 18-30 holiday and being so drunk or drugged up that you start seeing people like julius caesar and mother theresa
cerebella - plural of cerebellum - a part of the brain controlling muscular activity and balance
Famagusta - a seaport and resort on the east coast of Cyprus. Club 18-30 operate in the Ayia Napa resort just south of there.
The club 18-30 bit is about the people in there who think they are like or act like Julius Caesar, Lady Diana and Mother Theresa. Just the drunken/pilled up idiots