Fifteen Years Lyrics
Said the man in the bar with his head in his hands
He's trying his best to understand the cause of his dismay
But years of gin have broken him
And left him cold where he's fitted in
But it's too late to turn around and find another way
Fade away when he gets in
The girl from fifteen years ago
Has packed and gone away
But it's never how it used to be
What happened to all that energy
You took one too many liberties, and I'm tired of being afraid
So after the fight, she took flight
Hiding swollen eyes and a wounded pride
The best years of the life denied, sold for liquid shares
And the victims of their world, are advertised on posters
Just a beach and a pretty girl, if you just take this potion
It's another week 'til his cheque comes through
He's got a fiver left now to spend on food
But the doors of the bars are open, then he breaks another rule
Where he sits on the stool that bears his name
He's got his favorite glass what is called the same
And he's never been kept waiting, 'cause he pays a landlord's wage
This song is obviously about a man becoming addicted to Alcohol and henceforth losing his wife and job. The pain of losing his wife and job is causing him to drink more to comfort the grief.
Why are there so few comments about this band?
I love the way their lyrics are very self explanitory, and tell stories, and i dont have to work out any deeper meaning.
"And he's never kept waiting, 'cos he pays the landlord's wage " Is my favourate line, its sad and quite final, like most of their songs.
Great band.
I always assumed there was an alternative reading whereby the alchoholic is a Tory MP, the late night lock-in is the bar of the house of Commons and the girl from 15 years ago is Maggie Thatcher but perhaps that's due to an accident of timing.
I always assumed there was an alternative reading whereby the alchoholic is a Tory MP, the late night lock-in is the bar of the house of Commons and the girl from 15 years ago is Maggie Thatcher but perhaps that's due to an accident of timing.
The lines:
“And the victims of their world, are advertised on posters”
remind me of and feel thematically similar to this from The Clash’s Clampdown:
“They put up a poster saying ‘we earn more than you’”
Definately, and does any line sum this up better than "And he's never kept waiting, 'cos he pays the landlord's wage"
I always assumed there was an alternative reading whereby the alchoholic is a Tory MP, the late night lock-in is the bar of the house of Commons and the girl from 15 years ago is Maggie Thatcher but perhaps that's due to an accident of timing.
no interpretation needed. This songs says what it means to say. listen to the words as they are.
Great song, great band .The bit where it says it's to late to turn around and find another way to me expresses the fear from putting the alcohol down and changing routine being stuck in a rut.
Great song, great band .The bit where it says it's to late to turn around and find another way to me expresses the fear from putting the alcohol down and changing routine being stuck in a rut.