Carry On Up The Morning

I think the song is about how the critics loved Pete in the Libertines era, but rip into him now for his personal life (forgetting his music). His relationship with the press and music journalists is a bit like this: 'You used to be into me, Now you've got it in for me' Its not easy getting out of bed because you dont know whether you will be loved or loathed by them on each day.

'Its not easy getting it out of your head' 'oh its too easy, getting it out of your head' - this is Pete saying that you can accept praise just as easyily as critisism, and both overwhelm you. BUT the song is also about a lover playing you hot and cold, and thats why he knows how to find her 'in the flat down by the river' but its still not easy getting out of bed, because she might not be into him this day.

Great song, I love how pete cries 'Its not e-a-a-s-y!' its so heartfelt!

Apologies for the double post, but I found the quote I mentioned above: nme.com/news/24418

"I was sharing rooms in shared houses with my old best mate, but the first time I lived with Peter was in a place on Camden Road called Delaney Mansion. It was £60 a week for a '60s bedsit and the only access was through a back window - and it was broken."

"In the morning where does all the pain go The same place the fame goes straight to your head"

When you're addicted to dope, the drug wares off as you sleep and you wake up feeling very sick and often have an excruciating skull splitting headache...trust me I've been there.

ace song, cany wait for the new album-

the name suggests a happy-go-lucky 1960s tongue-in-cheek, double entendre-laden version of 'up the morning'...

I don't think this song has anything to do with the critics MissMack. The girl is most likely Kate and just about how painful one of their splits has been. I absolutely love this song so hearfelt and the 'Its not e-a-a-s-y' already mentioned is so good to sing along to especially on a breakup!

It could be about the critics, it could be about Kate... it could even be about Carl if you would like to interpret it that way... as this song is obviously opened to many interpretations. I personally interpret this song from my point of view... 'it's not easy getting it out your head' - it's not easy to forget someone you have fallen for... 'it's too easy getting out your head' - as the 'it' article was left out, it creates a different meaning, meaning that it's very easy for this to drive you on the break of insanity! Also, 'it's not easy getting out of bed' implies that it's difficult to get up to a new day where you're slapped in the face with the pain. 'Tell me now, could not explain no' - expresses the confusion of the relationship, 'you used to be into me, now you've got it in for me' states that all was going well until everything started to become weird and this is the reason for the inexplainable confusion. 'Don't you think about what they said? The way they teased me' is one of my favourite lines alongside with the next verse... it doesn't necessarily fit with what I have been saying but it could be the singer bringing other people into the song and what they think about the singer in this situation. 'And I know where to find you my love' states that the singer knows exactly where his lover is and could just as well go to 'the same old flat' uninvited (also suggesting that the singer has a history of being invited there because the singer knows where it is) but is too afraid of the consequences as the singer obviously still has feelings for the dedicatee and wants to make the dedicatee love the singer back and have everything back to good so they could progress further. I don't know if that makes any sense to you but that's how I feel about the song...

I think this is going to be my favorite song from the new album. After hearing the acoustic demo version I didn't think I'd care for it as an electric song but I really like what they did with it. I love the overlap effect of the lyrics; I think it could have been gimmicky but they pulled it off beautifully and it makes the song even more special.

About the flat by the river verse... I remember reading an article with either Pete or Carl (maybe even both, I don't recall) at some point where they talked about the first apartment they shared together, and they mentioned that they had to use a window to enter the place. I'm not saying that definitely means the song is about Carl (people saying that every single Babyshambles song is about either him or Kate gets old fast...), but it could mean it's about someone Pete knew from that time. It could also mean nothing at all, but I think it sounds too similar to be a coincidence. It's interesting to connect little things in interviews and articles to their songs (or maybe I just have too much time on my hands :-P).

And it’s too easy Getting out your head

I thought it was pretty straightforward that this line was about his drug addiction.

To me it's seems very self explanitory. In the morning he's in pain because of drug and alcohol abuse. And the fame going to his head means getting big headed about himself being a rock star with millions of fans. Something going to your head means your big headed about something.