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The Bronze Medal Lyrics
It felt cold inside, so we threw the radio onto the fire
It felt good to watch it, burn away to nothing
You said you felt weak
I hope its got nothing to do
With the things you told me
Nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
You’ve got nothing but determination
To come in third
You were always going to be like this
If it’s somewhere that’s as cold as this
You were always meant to be like this
In the cold
It felt warm inside, so we threw the television on the fire
It wasn’t frustration, because I had nothing to throw away
When there’s nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
When there’s nothing but determination
To come in third
You were always going to be like this
When you’re somewhere that’s as cold as this
It was always meant to be like this
In the cold
You’ve got nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
You’ve got nothing but determination
To come in third
You know that you always meant to be like this
You know that I’m always meant to be like this
You know that you always meant to be like this
You know that you’re always meant to be
It felt good to watch it, burn away to nothing
I hope its got nothing to do
With the things you told me
Looking down on the third place
You’ve got nothing but determination
To come in third
If it’s somewhere that’s as cold as this
You were always meant to be like this
In the cold
It wasn’t frustration, because I had nothing to throw away
Looking down on the third place
When there’s nothing but determination
To come in third
When you’re somewhere that’s as cold as this
It was always meant to be like this
In the cold
Looking down on the third place
You’ve got nothing but determination
To come in third
You know that I’m always meant to be like this
You know that you always meant to be like this
You know that you’re always meant to be
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this is the best idlewild song, the just the best song ever! i love it with all my heart and would die a small death to hear it live. i cant work out what its all about but its amazing
I've seen them live twice and never heard it live :'( They play their more popular ones too much. I REALLY wanna hear Close The Door live too. I think it's pretty damn obvious what it's about though - even from the title!
I've seen them live twice and never heard it live :'( They play their more popular ones too much. I REALLY wanna hear Close The Door live too. I think it's pretty damn obvious what it's about though - even from the title!
I've seen them live twice and never heard it live :'( They play their more popular ones too much. I REALLY wanna hear Close The Door live too. I think it's pretty damn obvious what it's about though - even from the title!
Idlewild fulfilled their own prophecy - they were just recently voted 3rd best Scottish band of all time :)
I heard this song live a week ago, he sings it soooo amazing live, much much better than the recorded cd version, if that's possible!! The feeling that went behind the chorus lines when he sang them was unbelievable, reeeeally recommend seeing them on their '05 tour!! =D
I heard them play this song live in Glasgow. It was amazing, best concert i have ever been too.
This is two songs in one really, or at least two stories. The first story is conveyed in the verses about throwing objects onto the fire and watching them burn. It's meant to represent how you can burn things and just the pure destruction of them can make you feel warm, just to see what was once there burn away. Of course for him that doesn't matter because he had "Nothing to to throw away" anyway. The second story is about her, and how she's always going to be the third wheel. She either doesn't want to or is determined to always be there, but not the be the most important thing to him. To always sit on the sidelines, but never make an action to be with him. Also, I think it's meant to be "Looking down on the fire place" not the "third place", but it may just be the accent. It makes more sense to me as "fire place", since it strikes up this imagery of someone intensely watching the fire, thinking about how they'll never be what they want to be.
I've always thought this song is about Scotland and its relationship to the rest of the UK (i.e. coming third to england and wales/NI)...
"You were always going to be like this When you’re somewhere that’s as cold as this" - Scotland is cold!
"Looking down on the fire place" - Looking down (geography-wise) at England
I could be wrong... :)
It's "looking down on the 3rd place", hence why it is called the BRONZE medal.
It's "looking down on the 3rd place", hence why it is called the BRONZE medal.
Hah, I never thought about it like that. That song makes way more sense like that actually. :D
Go Scottish patriotism.