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Yesterday you lay awake on your bed
And worked out you'd done everything that you said
That you'd do before you got to this age
The lord of the bored and a slave to the beige
It's a mystery
It's a mystery
You want some history
It's a mystery
So last night you got up and out of this room
The ceiling is peeling and covered in gloom
But jaguar shoes is a place you can stare
A procession of lessons in what not to wear
It's a mystery
It's a mystery
You want some history
It's a mystery
Today while you shake of the drunken debris
All that is left is the vague memory
Of down in the grout of a night on the tiles
It's hard to remember but totally worthwhile
It's a mystery
It's a mystery
You want some history
It's a mystery
It's a waste of money you have to admit
If it's a waste of money you have to have it
It's a waste of brains but hard to resist
If you wanted mystery you've blown it
It's a waste of money you have to admit
If it's a waste of money you have to have it
It's a waste of brain cells hard to resist
If you wanted history you missed it
If the girls start moving the boys will start moving
If the girls start moving the boys will join in
And worked out you'd done everything that you said
That you'd do before you got to this age
The lord of the bored and a slave to the beige
It's a mystery
You want some history
It's a mystery
The ceiling is peeling and covered in gloom
But jaguar shoes is a place you can stare
A procession of lessons in what not to wear
It's a mystery
You want some history
It's a mystery
All that is left is the vague memory
Of down in the grout of a night on the tiles
It's hard to remember but totally worthwhile
It's a mystery
You want some history
It's a mystery
If it's a waste of money you have to have it
It's a waste of brains but hard to resist
If you wanted mystery you've blown it
If it's a waste of money you have to have it
It's a waste of brain cells hard to resist
If you wanted history you missed it
If the girls start moving the boys will join in
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Submitted by
lovelessnicole On Oct 23, 2008
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No comments yet? Crazy! This is probably my favorite song on the whole album.
I think it might be about a guy who spent his whole life living well, taking care of all the things people need to do, like doing well in school and saving money and all that, but then one day he wakes up and finds that his life is too stable, normal and boring. So he suddenly becomes a party animal and maybe a drunk.
The second half of the song may be his old self kind of butting in on his current life. He knows it's all a waste of money and time, but it's too fun and exciting for him to pass up.
Whether he's living a totally boring or crazy life, there's no "history" because:
a. He never did anything exciting.
or
b. He has no idea what he did the night before!
i agree with clamanity he doesnt make any idea of the night before when he talks about the drugs the night and etc.
its good to accent that in the last part of the music the rithim and the beats remember a rave party or a disco, it gives us the impression of a place where everybody is dancing, like in the night before, but he can´t tell nothing about it coz he dont remember
according to clamanityhis new life is only happiness, a party followed by another, no worries, bills, nothing... its like hids life was now a rave
when he says that you' ve just missed it, he cant go back now, he left his stable life and now lives in a party, there is no going back