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Swansea Lyrics

If you want to come on down
Down with your bones so white
And watch while the freight trains pound
Into the wild, wild night

How I would love to gnaw
To gnaw on your bones so white
And watch while the freight trains paw
Into the wild, wild night

How I D-Twain (Repeat)

If you want to come on down
Down with your bones so white
And watch while the freight trains pound
Into the wild, wild night
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samkimish On Jul 10, 2010
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The best song on the album, beautiful.

Cover art for Swansea lyrics by Bombay Bicycle Club

"If you want to come on down Down with your bones so white And watch while the freight trains pound Into the wild, wild night" = absolutely gorgeous.

I think this song might be about sex, actually. Words like "pound", the concept of a "wild" night and an overtly sexual, almost animalistic middle verse - "How I would love to gnaw To gnaw on your bones so white". I think the fact that the bones are "so white" are meant to symbolise innocence. It's just a boy who likes an innocent girl and wants to have sex with her, I suppose.

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The lyrics are, 'how i D-Twain' opposed to, 'detrain'. Referring to an inside joke of theirs where Suren imitates some kind of fictional rap star. if you search D-Twain on Facebook a group comes up featuring Suren.

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Cheers for that, it's been bugging me for ages.

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MayaMoo - such a horny person! There is nothing like that... So, my interpretation of this one:

This is pretty about death. If you want to be bad - so go down with your bones so white. If you want - than go! It is your problem.

I think that Jack is leaving one person (Leaving Blues) and all of the songs are about it. A bit.

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