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Oh Beautiful Town Lyrics
I grew up blind,
just like everyone's child,
in the warmth and the milk and deceit,
smothered by love and the chemical dust,
there was never enough to believe.
They chewed me up,
they spat me out,
of their system and onto their street,
and the rest of my life was spent to forget all the greatness that could never be.
Oh beautiful town,
I remember you blacker than the night,
the poised and the sick mouth, the bad taste and the neon lights,
oh beautiful town,
where are you now with your binge insecurities?
I shot you down beautiful town because you tear your children into pieces.
Absence twisted with fondness is the heart I couldn't forget,
programmed into great heart of family, lies and death,
too much expectation followed by hope and then hate and the rest,
and the rest of my life was a glorious test of my will and my selfish regret.
Oh beautiful town,
I remember you blacker than the night,
the poised and the sick mouth of the bad taste and the neon lights,
oh beautiful town,
where are you now with your binge insecurities?
I shot you down beautiful town because you tear your children into pieces.
In the floorboards under insolent feet,
I left the hopscotch to my parents retreat
with words of goodnight in back the back of my head, words of desperation on my tongue:
goodnight father, goodnight mother
I used to awake.
just like everyone's child,
in the warmth and the milk and deceit,
smothered by love and the chemical dust,
there was never enough to believe.
They chewed me up,
they spat me out,
of their system and onto their street,
and the rest of my life was spent to forget all the greatness that could never be.
I remember you blacker than the night,
the poised and the sick mouth, the bad taste and the neon lights,
oh beautiful town,
where are you now with your binge insecurities?
I shot you down beautiful town because you tear your children into pieces.
programmed into great heart of family, lies and death,
too much expectation followed by hope and then hate and the rest,
and the rest of my life was a glorious test of my will and my selfish regret.
I remember you blacker than the night,
the poised and the sick mouth of the bad taste and the neon lights,
oh beautiful town,
where are you now with your binge insecurities?
I shot you down beautiful town because you tear your children into pieces.
I left the hopscotch to my parents retreat
with words of goodnight in back the back of my head, words of desperation on my tongue:
goodnight father, goodnight mother
I used to awake.
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I grew up blind just like everyone's child In the warmth of milk and deceit Smothered by love and the chemical dust There was never enough to believe
They chewed me up, they spat me out Of their system and onto their street And the rest of my life was a sprint to forget All the greatness that could never be
Oh beautiful town I remember you blacker than night The whores and the sick-mouths, the bad taste And the neon lights
Oh beautiful town Where are you now with your binge insecurities? I shut you down, beautiful town Because you tear your children Into pieces
Absence twisted with fondness Is the horror I couldn't forget Programmed in the great art Of family, lies and debts Too much expectation Followed by hope and then hate in the mess And the rest of my life was a glorious test Of my will and my selfish neglect
On the floor boards under insolent feet I mapped the hopscotch to my parents' retreat With a lavender bag in my hand And words of desperation on my tongue Good night father, good night mother Are you still awake?
I see this as a kind of sequel to Think Of England. It's like an ironic thank you "Thank you, childhood, for turning me into what I am today....you fuckers." It describes the resentment he has, and had, for the world he grew up in for making him think he could be more than he could.
The final verse though seems to have a tinge of regret to it...it's like a regression to his childhood world. The words like 'insolent' and 'desperation' make it sound like he feels guilty...and I don't know why, but the use of the 'are you still awake?' makes me think his parents are dead, and he feels guilty about talking so badly about his childhood when he knows his parents did the best they could. Course, that's just me. But it fits. Sort of.