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Welcome to England Lyrics
"Do a dance for me."
Baby it is late still you pour me
A tall one...
"Go on, let the liquid take off what you're on.
You've been down before..."
Boy, not like this.
I'm in Quicksand I am sinking fast
"perfect," he laughed, "cause your other half has
got himself a Devil's access-- Welcome to England,"
he said, "Welcome to my world. You better bring your own sun
sweet girl. You gotta bring your own sun now don't you forget --
you bring your own sun, just enough for everyone."
Heels on. Go on.
Bang a Tango but do not get tangled
Who can stay strong? when they only give us lies to lean on
When your heart explodes is it deathly cold?
You must let the colors violate the
Blackness
There is a magic world parallel
so leave your daily
hell-- "Welcome to England,"
he said, "Welcome to my world..."
It's not a question if I can
Fight by your side and withstand
Anything but,
I forgot that you said, "Girl if you come...
you better bring your sun.
Sweet girl, you gotta bring your sun
Now don't you forget you bring your sun--
Just enough for
everyone
for everyone
"Welcome to England"
welcome to england
Baby it is late still you pour me
A tall one...
"Go on, let the liquid take off what you're on.
You've been down before..."
Boy, not like this.
I'm in Quicksand I am sinking fast
"perfect," he laughed, "cause your other half has
got himself a Devil's access-- Welcome to England,"
he said, "Welcome to my world. You better bring your own sun
sweet girl. You gotta bring your own sun now don't you forget --
you bring your own sun, just enough for everyone."
Bang a Tango but do not get tangled
Who can stay strong? when they only give us lies to lean on
When your heart explodes is it deathly cold?
You must let the colors violate the
Blackness
There is a magic world parallel
so leave your daily
hell-- "Welcome to England,"
he said, "Welcome to my world..."
It's not a question if I can
Fight by your side and withstand
Anything but,
I forgot that you said, "Girl if you come...
you better bring your sun.
Sweet girl, you gotta bring your sun
Now don't you forget you bring your sun--
Just enough for
everyone
for everyone
"Welcome to England"
welcome to england
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"Welcome to England is really about a woman who doesn't fit into this man's world, and she has let pieces of herself go ... So many times in these relationships, even with friends, you shave off parts of yourself just so you can kinda get along. Over the years I've come to recognize that you can be in a place but it's not your home. In this song, I wanted to represent this woman's view point with the fact that this isn't her world, but, in order to have love, she has to be in it."
Couldn't explain it better than Tori herself! Definitely one of my top 3 on AATS.
No Comments yet??! This is an INSTANT Tori Classic song! It's TRULY PURE BLISS! and I'm Sure it will be ONE of her BEST songs in her Career History! I also have a love-thing for her in the video! She Looks STUNNING!!! 1000/10!
Yeah, I agree. Can't wait for the album, infact I've got it pre-ordered! Looking forwards to seeing more of those visualettes, too. The way I saw this song was that it was about a man who was with this woman, and he knew that she wasn't truly being herself, so he asks her that if she wants to be with him (in 'England') then she should 'bring her own sun'; be herself. I guess this could be about Tori and her husband, as he's British too... I don't know.
Did Tori meet her husband in England? I don't know, but he is British and this could be very well be about an anecdote from their relationship. I hoped she would keep political things out, but she seemed to squeeze that in. Still, it ends on the romantic side, of her being invited to 'bring her own sun'. It is an excellent song, regardless of the interpretation, which there may be plenty of.
Did Tori meet her husband in England? I don't know, but he is British and this could be very well be about an anecdote from their relationship. I hoped she would keep political things out, but she seemed to squeeze that in. Still, it ends on the romantic side, of her being invited to 'bring her own sun'. It is an excellent song, regardless of the interpretation, which there may be plenty of.
To me, this song feels like she knows she's in trouble, knows she should be worrying about something, but he pours her another drink, just telling her to let it slide, let it go just another time.
The bring your own sun part feels like, he's saying, 'welcome to hell, make the best of it, because you can only rely on YOU to bring your happiness, since no one else is going to care'.
Great song. Should be interesting to see how 'big' it hits.
I believe this song to be about, or partly about, is patriotism and what it's like being an American in England. If you watch the visualette you'll see Tori's wearing a dress with an American Flag design, and is walking around in an English setting.
I think the reference "your other half has got himself a Devil's access" refers to the American half, and the war on terror that her American side has been guilty of (see also visualette for Strong Black Vine), the American side having a 'Devil's access', whatever that means.
I also think the line "It's not a question if I can fight by your side and withstand anything but... &c" is a more direct reference to her patriotism, meaning that there's no question that she'll fight for her country America (or maybe she's referring to England?), but England is the "magic world parallel" that she has fallen in love with, a land where she needs to bring her own sun (because it's always overcast?).
This song makes me think of woman who leaves her home to be with a man (in England) and find herself lonely and desolate there, with a man who does not truly understand her or care to alleviate her feelings of isolation. He just laughs and tells her to 'bring her own sun', or find her own happiness within herself, which she talks about doing by 'letting the colors violate the blackness, and 'finding a magic world parallel' to the 'daily hell' her actual reality is.