"Carry On Up The Morning" as written by Peter Doherty and Michael Whitnall....
In the morning where does all the pain go
The same place the fame goes straight to your head
Ah, its not easy getting it out my head
It wasn't easy gettin' outta bed
So much shame on the workman who blames his tools
Then so the saying goes so its said
The way you tease me, tease me outta my head
Ah, its not easy forgettin' what you said
I know you used to be into me
Now you've got it in for me
In the morning where does all the pain go
The same place the fame goes straight to your head
It wasn't easy gettin' you outta my head
Ah, its to easy gettin' out my head
Given up trying to explain I'll just put it in a song instead
Ah, it's not easy gettin' outta bed
Ah, its too easy gettin' outta my head
I know where to find, where to find you my love
At the same old place by the river, the only way in is
through the window, through the window
The same place the fame goes straight to your head
Ah, its not easy getting it out my head
It wasn't easy gettin' outta bed
So much shame on the workman who blames his tools
Then so the saying goes so its said
The way you tease me, tease me outta my head
Ah, its not easy forgettin' what you said
I know you used to be into me
Now you've got it in for me
In the morning where does all the pain go
The same place the fame goes straight to your head
It wasn't easy gettin' you outta my head
Ah, its to easy gettin' out my head
Given up trying to explain I'll just put it in a song instead
Ah, it's not easy gettin' outta bed
Ah, its too easy gettin' outta my head
I know where to find, where to find you my love
At the same old place by the river, the only way in is
through the window, through the window
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'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!
"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."
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.
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...
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).
Getting out your head
I thought it was pretty straightforward that this line was about his drug addiction.
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In the morning where does all the pain go
The same place the fame goes straight to your head
Ah, its not easy getting it out my head
It wasn't easy getting out of bed
So much shame on the workman who blames his tools
Then so the saying goes so it's said
The way you tease me, tease me out of my head
Ah, its not easy forgetting what you said
I know you used to be into me
Now you've got it in for me
In the morning where does all the pain go
The same place the fame goes straight to your head
It wasn't easy getting you out of my head
Ah, it's too easy getting out of my head
Given up trying to explain I'll just put it in a song instead
Ah, it's not easy getting out of bed
Its too easy getting out of my head
I know where to find, where to find you my love
At the same old place by the river, the only way in is
through the window, is through the window
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"The way you tease me, tease me out of my head" i petes talking about how carl introduced him to drugs, and then suddenly took it away from him (or tried atleast)