Locked inside your head
Do you realize the things you said never made sense?
We can sit here and laugh
But we don't know the half of it, in your defense
We've been talking a while
And it seems to me each time you smile,
Lights are coming on
But they don't burn too strong
And they won't stay for long
And then they're gone again

[Chorus:]
Funnyman, gotta plan for the something wonderful
Funnyman, listening to the world turning on itself
Tuning into a brand new universe


Funnyman, you'll never be anything else

Do you remember the night
When I had to play your angel, saving your soul?
Even though you were holding on tight
Part of you was taken by your demons below
And with no more to lose
You said you feel like a bruise on a beautiful body
And all the damage you do
It is so honest and true...I don't want to feel sorry for you

Funnyman, gotta plan for the something wonderful
Funnyman, listening to the world turning on itself
Tuning into a brand new universe
Funnyman, you'll never be anything else


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    Easily the best track on the album – possibly Tunstall’s best ever.

    Yes, liliroze above me is correct, this song is about Gordon Anderson. He was diagnosed with Schizophrenia (despite the fact that he seemed to show the classic signs of this disease, he believes he was demonically possessed – and I suppose you never know), and the song focuses on his torment. They did indeed live together while he was suffering with this, and when he went into hospital, she visited him “pretty much every day” (to slightly misquote Tunstall). I cried more at this song than any other I’ve ever heard in my life. The idea of watching your friend lose their mind – or lose control of their mind – is a pretty harrowing one.

    As for the lyrics, I agree completely R Bar-nez; also, the chorus sounds to me more like “Funnyman, got a plan to be something wonderful”, but as the lyrics have not been officially submitted anywhere, I could easily be wrong. Oh, and the line “Do you remember that night” is “Do you remember the night” (rather than “that”), I believe.

    Tessieon November 16, 2007   Link

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