Take the Weight

It should be; 'Money earnt and mony spent' 'The television therapy is no attempt to remedy the new torment'

I just love this song. It is one of my favourites.

everyone comes in and out staring like a cinema well shut these doors you're wrapped up in a uniform, just a cigarette away from shedding tears screaming for someone to come and pick you up and take the weight

off, off i can't sleep, it's just too hot i can't sleep and i can't believe just how far it's come every day and night how to get along how they could be wrong wish it could be me

the money's earned the money's spent, the claws have got a hold again you count each step the television therapy is no attempt at remedy your needs aren't met screaming for someone to come to come and pick you up and take the weight

(lyrics from album booklet)

I absolutely love this song. To me it's about how many people in "modern" (or is it post-modern already?) societies are unhappy. Everything is happening so fast, there's no peace and quiet and you can't be yourself, you have to conform to what society expects from you, which brings a lot of weight on people's shoulders (which they for some reason should hide). People get depressed and attempt to buy happiness. But material things can't fill up the emptiness you feel. You just need to express yourself, share the way you feel, you need someone to take the weight off.