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'm not coming down
No matter what you do
I like it up here without you
Go light, Mr. Bellamy
We'll have you down soon
No one to tell me what to do
No one to hold my hand
Bellamy's got a lot to do
And I hope that you'll understand
Nobody here to spoil the view
Interfere with my plans
Bellamy's got a job to do
And he's hoping you'll understand
Steady lads
And easy does it
Ooh, don't frighten him!
Here we go...
I'm not coming down
No matter what you say
I like it up here anyway
Sit tight, Mr. Bellamy
This shouldn't take long
In the delusionary state (Easy)
No wonder he's been feeling strange of late (Easy)
Nobody here to spoil the view
Interfere with my plans
Bellamy's got a job to do
And he's hoping you'll understand
Steady lads
Easy does it
Don't frighten him!
Here we go...
Here we go...
I'm not coming down
No matter what you do
I like it up here without you
Come down, come down, come down, come down to me
Come down, come down, come down, come down to me
Come down, come down, come down, come down to me
Come down
No matter what you do
I like it up here without you
Go light, Mr. Bellamy
We'll have you down soon
No one to tell me what to do
No one to hold my hand
Bellamy's got a lot to do
And I hope that you'll understand
Nobody here to spoil the view
Interfere with my plans
Bellamy's got a job to do
And he's hoping you'll understand
Steady lads
And easy does it
Ooh, don't frighten him!
Here we go...
I'm not coming down
No matter what you say
I like it up here anyway
Sit tight, Mr. Bellamy
This shouldn't take long
In the delusionary state (Easy)
No wonder he's been feeling strange of late (Easy)
Nobody here to spoil the view
Interfere with my plans
Bellamy's got a job to do
And he's hoping you'll understand
Steady lads
Easy does it
Don't frighten him!
Here we go...
Here we go...
I'm not coming down
No matter what you do
I like it up here without you
Come down, come down, come down, come down to me
Come down, come down, come down, come down to me
Come down, come down, come down, come down to me
Come down
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I kinda get the feeling that Mr. Bellamy's on a drug trip or something...like he's "high" and he's not coming down.
When I first heard this song, I thought that Mr Bellamy was a cat!
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mister Bellamy is an anagram of mills betray me
I think it might be about a person wanting to commit suicide, standing at the top of a building or something similar. anyway' it could also be about a drug habbit' could be BOTH!
I thought it was about some one who works for him like his gardener or something. I like the Mills anagram thing but I'm always skeptical of things like that.
Remember Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds?
I faintly remember reading an interview with Paul in which he says it's just a basic story about someone wanting to commit suicide, which makes perfect sense if you read the lyrics.
@ the person who said that he/she thinks it's about a cat: Brilliant! You just made my day. If you look at it from that perspective it's actually a really funny song! Cats always seem to be able to get stuck in a tree when they're young.
My general impression of this song over many listens is of a suicide jumper at the top of a building, with a group of policemen on the ground trying to talk him down.
But I just love the childish defiance of Mr Bellamy, summed up by that extraordinarily cheeky keyboard line - absolutely wonderful playing, the feeling of that melody line, it's almost a musical thumbing of the nose, genius Macca.
"In the delusionary state" with all those effects on it makes me think of hallucinogenics, so maybe it is someone who has taken too much acid and thinks they can fly or something, further backed up by him saying "Bellamy's got a job to do", as if he's on some acid-fuelled mission of little understanding to anyone but himself.
I doubt the anagram theory, simply because it bears no relation to the words in the song, really, that I can see. But it's a great song, great fun to listen to, and a great moment in the album.