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Ninth Avenue Reverie Lyrics
You say you want to be buried beneath the mango tree
Where every northern summer you'll come back to life
You say you want your ashes mixed up with your lover's salt
Where every Sunday night he'll eat a little more of you
You say you can't stop crying; it's just the power of the song
Riding on the midnight bus again
You say that you loved him but you were just too young
You say that's why you still wear the ring
You say a lot of things
You say that your daddy was a painter of sorts
But I never saw him paint a thing
He just kept the tins underneath his bed
And sniffed a different colour every night
And dreamed of a place up in the sky
Where everyone's a painter 'til they die
You say you don't like flying on the aeroplanes
That even the sea birds must get lonely out there
You said you were quitting after your next pack
And you said once that I was beautiful
But for all the pretty ladies in Beijing
I couldn't stop my drinking
And you say a lot of
You say a lot of
You say a lot of things
You say you can't stop dreaming about your funeral day
Where all your long-time friends will be crying for you
I'd be up the back with a rose in my hand
And I'd give to you in death what I could not in life
Where every northern summer you'll come back to life
You say you want your ashes mixed up with your lover's salt
Where every Sunday night he'll eat a little more of you
Riding on the midnight bus again
You say that you loved him but you were just too young
You say that's why you still wear the ring
But I never saw him paint a thing
He just kept the tins underneath his bed
And sniffed a different colour every night
Where everyone's a painter 'til they die
That even the sea birds must get lonely out there
You said you were quitting after your next pack
And you said once that I was beautiful
I couldn't stop my drinking
You say a lot of
You say a lot of things
Where all your long-time friends will be crying for you
I'd be up the back with a rose in my hand
And I'd give to you in death what I could not in life
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I think he's singing about a woman who is ill and knows she will die soon, the lines "You said you were quitting after your next pack" indicate she probably has cancer (also not the first time Middle East has sung about cancer) ..the relationship seems quite pressed i think, he drinks a lot and could never really tell her how he felt whereas she seems to be able to tell him everything "And I'd give to you in death what I could not in life " Last verse is what gets me every time, this is a very powerful song... Middle east writes such sad but brilliant music :')
@SukkaFish92 such a beautiful song. I think he loved her and couldn't tell/help her while she was alive. Him standing at the back with a rose in his hand is expressing what he couldn't say when she was alive.
@SukkaFish92 such a beautiful song. I think he loved her and couldn't tell/help her while she was alive. Him standing at the back with a rose in his hand is expressing what he couldn't say when she was alive.