We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds

We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds

October came
Our case got stuck with the day again
They pulled up the welcome mat
So many times they hurt their back
As sure as clocks are bleeding time
We'll show up early just to wait in line

We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping

As August came
Our case is drawing to an end
They said guilty so many times
All I heard was just the buzzing lights
As sure as lead sinks were the same
We're just more laundry that they need to hang

We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping
We won't be sleeping in our autumn beds


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    It makes me think about how some religious and closed-minded people tend to judge others. I don't think Isaac is referring to a literal "DA" or court/jury, etc. IMO, from Isaac's point of view, he's being judged no matter what he does. Most religions always have a set of rules that, in their opinion, all humanity is supposed to follow in order to be redeemed and included in the "Kingdom."

    "They pulled up the welcome mat so many times they hurt their back..." -Sometimes certain religions or belief systems form an elitist-type of group and look at everyone else as outsiders who don't have the "answers in life," because they think they do. The welcome mat is there to only welcome anyone who agrees with them or who can benefit their group in some way. They don't like anyone who questions or opposes their views, because they like to feel secure within their group. Therefore, they pull up the welcome mat to those who think outside the box, and hurt themselves all along because they are the ones who are truly missing out in life.

    "They said guilty so many times, all I heard was the buzzing lights..." -A lot of people who have made mistakes have been judged and talked about so much, they become numb or apathetic.

    "Sure as lead sinks just the same" - This makes me think of the references to death that Isaac often uses. We're all going to die, and most religions believe in an afterlife because humans have a desire to believe they're more than just animals.

    "Just more laundry they need to hang..." There's always people who twist others people's words and actions justify their warped opinions and beliefs. They need to judge others so that they can feel comforted that they're the "good" people.

    AUTUMN BEDS sounds like it belonged on "Good News" for sure. The song "World at Large" says: "I like the Autumn, but this place is getting old." That line always makes me think of Jack Kerouac, the brilliant author and poet. He lived many years as a drifter, always searching for some kind of meaning to life. He always became restless in Autumn. As he got older, he hated fame, became bitter and reclusive. He drank himself to death, and died at the beginning of Autumn.

    In the first verse, the "case" goes to the "DA" in October - just when everything is bright and lovely in most parts of the country. By November, it's usually dead and brown. Autumn is the season when the leaves turn the brightest and most beautiful, just before they die. Autumn is harvest time.

    The second verse mentions August, when summer is winding down, and Autumn's onset isn't far away. I've heard life compared to the seasons. Autumn is when you should be enjoying the fruits of your labor. You should be reaping what you sow and enjoying the grand finale and beauty in everything.

    "We won't be sleeping in our Autumn Beds..." - The beauty has somehow been taken away from the "golden years." There'll be no rest, peace, or comfort when it should be the time to be resting, peaceful, and comfortable. It could be about someone's life coming to a close, but not in the way they expected because it's not when they're old, or they've made too many mistakes, etc. That, or other people won't leave the past alone, stop judging, and let things go. The beauty in death (or being able to let an old mistake die) has been taken away.

    drunkontheamtrakon July 15, 2009   Link

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