Robyn Hitchcock

Glass Hotel

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Seems like you were in a glass hotel
Seems like, seems like
Seems like there was someone else as well
Seems like, it seems
Seems like you were in your glass hotel
Seems like, seems like
It seems like everything was going well
It seems like a dream
Well the radio was playing
In the darkness of the hall
There was someone standing with you
Who just wasn't there at all
And you were laughing
Well the telephone was ringing
In a corridor of blue
A geranium came out of it
Reminded me of you
And I was crying
Seems like you were in a glass hotel
Seems like, it seems like
Seems like there was someone else as well
It seems like, it seems
Well there's nothing in the future
And there's nothing in the past
There is only this one moment
And you've got to make it last
And you were laughing in a glass hotel

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by Munkybunny

13y ago

This song seems to expose the dreamlike quality of emotions. How ephemeral and surreal this existence really is, and also how strangely beautiful.Make those connections now, because, like a dream, they will be gone. It reminds me of an Indian mystic that I read about, that would not speak to his disciples and visitors, but would only smile and shed a tear for them.There's a love and hopelessness within these lyrics, that I can't put a finger on, but some part of me understands them fully.

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