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Local Boy In The Photograph Lyrics
There's no mistake
I smell that smell
It's that time of year again
I can taste the air
The clocks go back
Railway track
Something blocks the line again
And the train runs late for the first time
A pebble beach we're underneath a pier
Just been painted red
Where I hear the news for the first time
And all the friends lay down the flowers
Sit on the banks and drink for hours
Talk of the way they saw him last
Local boy in the photograph
He'll alwasy be twenty-three
Yet the train runs on and on
Past the place they found his clothing
There's no mistake
I smell that smell
It's that time of year again
I can taste the air
The clocks go back
Railway track
Something blocks the line again
And the train runs late for the first time today
And all the friends lay down the flowers
Sit on the banks and drink for hours
Talk of the way they saw him last
Local boy in the photograph
I smell that smell
It's that time of year again
I can taste the air
The clocks go back
Railway track
Something blocks the line again
And the train runs late for the first time
A pebble beach we're underneath a pier
Just been painted red
Where I hear the news for the first time
And all the friends lay down the flowers
Sit on the banks and drink for hours
Talk of the way they saw him last
Local boy in the photograph
He'll alwasy be twenty-three
Yet the train runs on and on
Past the place they found his clothing
There's no mistake
I smell that smell
It's that time of year again
I can taste the air
The clocks go back
Railway track
Something blocks the line again
And the train runs late for the first time today
And all the friends lay down the flowers
Sit on the banks and drink for hours
Talk of the way they saw him last
Local boy in the photograph
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ye one of their friends killed himself by jumpng infront of a train. my fave stereos song, awesum. x
Yeah I think somebody died, and it wasn't suicide. All of the friends gather round every year to think about all the good times that they had with the lad that died. 'He'll always be 23' kinda sums up that he'll always be the same to his friends and beacuse he's dead he can never get older. Kinda sad, but such a fantastic song nevertheless :)
yes this is about a local boy from cwmaman who everybody knew. kelly told him the train times when he was working on the market and the next he knew his body was found on the train line. its basically an elegy to him and the boys parents place high regard for the song. a wonderful song and a beautiful tribute.
I think the song's about Richie Edwards, former guitarist of the manics. The train is the manics, the friends are the fans. It makes much more sense than Kelly's tale re a train victim, why the line "the place they found his clothing"?!
It's about a lad being killed, possibly due to a suicide.
I think what is more important about this song is that it shows that even in death, there is some kind of joy. A sense of hope... of the human spirit. In that this lad died, but his friends can remember all the good things about him. That's what makes this one of the greatest songs' ever written in my opinion. The lyrics and the melody are just amazing.
Truly the Stereophonics at their best.
possible ? you dont fall on train line dope.
possible ? you dont fall on train line dope.
This is about a suicide not an accident, hence the line "Past the place they found his clothing". I remember reading that this was about a local 22 year old, though 23 obviously fitter better. Incredibly powerful line "He'll always be twenty-three / Yet the train runs on and on", but the song is full of them. I also remember reading that the pier had been repainted, so I'm not sure if that's a reference to his blood or not. "Local boy in the photograph" is a reference to his picture in the papers after his death. It must have happened at the end of BST in late October as "Clocks go back". Awesome song that always gives me goosebumps.
Somebody died here, suicide or accident? one of stereophonics' best. Sad lyrics, great music made by the best band ever!
it is about suicide, its about a guy kelly actually knew, he jumped infront of a train. it was from when kelly worked on a market stall and the guy came to ask if he knew the train times. its the body blocking the train lines and the blood is whats painting the everything red. quite a morbid sad song, but still brilliant, an anthem of life.
The painted red part of the song is about a painted pier. No one died in or around Cwmamman at the time the song was written or recorded. The song is about a guy who Kelly knew from Colwyn Bay who killed himself on the trainlines, The pier there had 'just been painted red' and the photo of the guy was on the front page of the news. So contrary to popular belief the story was not based around Cwmamman.
The painted red part of the song is about a painted pier. No one died in or around Cwmamman at the time the song was written or recorded. The song is about a guy who Kelly knew from Colwyn Bay who killed himself on the trainlines, The pier there had 'just been painted red' and the photo of the guy was on the front page of the news. So contrary to popular belief the story was not based around Cwmamman.
no its not he used to play country football with this guy who jumped infront of a train and it WAS in the local paper and he was apprently smoking a joint in the photo I KNOW KELLY SAID i watched a tv show about it called Stereophonics: Songbook At Hay
no its not he used to play country football with this guy who jumped infront of a train and it WAS in the local paper and he was apprently smoking a joint in the photo I KNOW KELLY SAID i watched a tv show about it called Stereophonics: Songbook At Hay
I agree with "flapdoodle"and is definatly about an unfortunate suicide about a popular local boy who was always in the photograph
I doubt every story he tells was true..because that little town seems to be more happening than anywhere else i've heard about! But true of not, it's a sad song and i agree with them all.