I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the understanding)
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning, give me the afternoon
The night, the night

Let me step out of my shell
That's wrapped in sheets of milky winter disorder
Let me feel the air again, the talk of friends
The mind of someone my equal

I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the understanding)
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning, give me the afternoon
The night, the night

Tinseltown has followed me from Tinseltown to
Grey adorable city by the docks
Girls will walk in moving air
The sun hangs low, the girls don't care
As they paint themselves at dusk

I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning, give me the afternoon
The night, the night

Towns' and cities' populations up and grow
The workers move to the suburbs
In between I watch and go
I run alongside rush hour traffic
A prayer for every car

I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the understanding)
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning, give me the afternoon

I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the understanding)
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning, give me the afternoon
The night, the night

I want to write a message to you
Every day at ten o'clock in the evening
Yellow pearl my city is
This is your art
This is your Balzac, your Brookside, and your Bach


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I Want the World to Stop Lyrics as written by Christopher Geddes Bob Kildea

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    Oh "LeGrand"...I am so sorry to blow your ideas of a global message but this one is pretty simple and pretty specific to B&S...

    The song is a direct reference to rejecting the glamor and limelight of their growing fame and wanting to return home...

    "Let me feel the air again, the talk of friends The mind of someone my equal"

    is a clue but the obvious one is..

    "Tinseltown has followed me from Tinseltown to Grey adorable city by the docks Girls will walk in moving air The sun hangs low, the girls don't care As they paint themselves at dusk "

    Tinseltown is any US city but likely Los Angeles...Hollywood is often referred to a Tinseltown in Scotland. The Grey Adorable city by the docks is a direct reference to Glasgow, where B&S are from. The "grey" comes from the sandstone used to build many of the buildings while the docks comes from the shipbuilding on the River Clyde. "The sun hangs low"...Scottish weather! "the girls don't care. As they paint themselves at dusk "...the Glasgow nightlife.

    The final verse is an interesting one...I think it refers to the adoration of the B&S writing, even their blog...hence the "I want to write a message to you.Every day at ten o'clock in the evening"

    "This is your art This is your Balzac, your Brookside, and your Bach" I interprete this as a whimsical line-- one of the worst sitcom shows in the UK is sandwiched by a serious French novelist and a great composer- intended to mock the notion of what makes things "art" and how people idolize the randomist things.

    Nemotonon June 16, 2013   Link

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