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Open The Door Lyrics
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna be all right?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna be all right?
Five young men went for a walk
Sat on a tree stump and had a talk
It takes something to be a man these days
Nobody's scared, but we hide anyway
We're almost there
And now it's coming back to me
Ah, we're almost there
So are you coming back to me?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna be all right?
Shatter your vases, settle your loans
Get on a slow boat to Mexico
Talking of rabies, you need it, lad
Take her, hold her, but don't go mad
Open the door
You've gotta see just what it's for
Now we're almost there
So are you coming back to me?
I'm not afraid of the big black bear
Only humans make me scared
I'm not afraid of misery
My life is a vapour, and you can't break her
Ah
No taste or understanding of the working
In her microbes
Let it show
In our bathrobes
Let her know
Let it rip
Whoo
Five young men went for a walk
Sat on a tree stump and had a talk
It takes something to be a man these days
Nobody cares but everyone's caring
Ah, these days, ah
Are we almost there?
It is just how you imagine
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna be all right?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna be all right?
Whoo
Are you gonna
Are you gonna
Are
Are you gonna
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna be all right?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna be all right?
Sat on a tree stump and had a talk
It takes something to be a man these days
Nobody's scared, but we hide anyway
And now it's coming back to me
Ah, we're almost there
So are you coming back to me?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna be all right?
Get on a slow boat to Mexico
Talking of rabies, you need it, lad
Take her, hold her, but don't go mad
You've gotta see just what it's for
Now we're almost there
So are you coming back to me?
Only humans make me scared
I'm not afraid of misery
My life is a vapour, and you can't break her
In her microbes
Let it show
In our bathrobes
Let her know
Let it rip
Sat on a tree stump and had a talk
It takes something to be a man these days
Nobody cares but everyone's caring
Are we almost there?
It is just how you imagine
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna be all right?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna live or die?
Are you gonna be all right?
Are you gonna
Are you gonna
Are
Are you gonna
Are you gonna live or die?
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The album CD booklet includes the following text below the lyrics:
Hmmm, what's going on here? Her microbes, bath robes, a big black bear. Could it be a love song? Despite everything, despite the pigeon shit, could poetry still reside in their souls? Maybe, just maybe, all of it has had some effect here. The deep snow and the forlorn old fort, blasted by the wind and the sea. Four boys loading the camper van and driving to Bohemia. The medieval French in the Montreal street signs. The full moon turning the road to silver in Finnygook. The bike rides through the thick, enveloping forest. Could it all be like when a flock of Starlings settled on the hour hand at Big Ben and stopped the clock, stopped time? On the 159 bus from Marble Arch to Brixton, the old man was talking to himself - and shouting to his fellow passengers: "You must elevate the listener! You have to put something on their plate! Something they can feed on in a dark hour!" Could this be what we have here? Have a listen while riding your bike to the fort through the forest in the snow. If it doesn't work then, it never will.
@yewbarrow: There is also a drawing of a bear.