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An Open Letter To The Lyrical Trainspotter Lyrics
I'm writing these words like the fool that I am
Trying to say something good like the person
But it's all just a sham 'cos the writer I am not
Could say anything, you'd believe them
Just your A-typical Boy-girl-girl-boy androgynous
Play on a publican's decoy
'Cos I had to drop out 'cos the Art School was sad and
If you believe all of that you're a bigger fool than me
The lyrics aren't supposed to mean that much
They're just a vehicle for a lovely voice
They aren't supposed to mean that much
Lyrics mean nothing, don't right any wrongs
In fact I'm not having them on this
You say they mean nothing just gobbledy-gook
But just look at yourself you're not clever enough
Understanding the truth, you are so out of touch
You believe all of this, you can't see it's a spoof
Understand all the words when they don't even rhyme
And I'm losing the rhythm and the whole thing's getting wierder and wierder
They all believe me
It's all so easy now
Trying to say something good like the person
But it's all just a sham 'cos the writer I am not
Could say anything, you'd believe them
Just your A-typical Boy-girl-girl-boy androgynous
Play on a publican's decoy
'Cos I had to drop out 'cos the Art School was sad and
If you believe all of that you're a bigger fool than me
They're just a vehicle for a lovely voice
They aren't supposed to mean that much
In fact I'm not having them on this
You say they mean nothing just gobbledy-gook
But just look at yourself you're not clever enough
Understanding the truth, you are so out of touch
You believe all of this, you can't see it's a spoof
Understand all the words when they don't even rhyme
And I'm losing the rhythm and the whole thing's getting wierder and wierder
It's all so easy now
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I find it hillarious that someone was stupid enough to put this on a 'song meaning' page - unless you're being sarcastic/ironic well then its not stupid its actually quite good!
if you don't see what these lyrics mean then you're crazy! it says it outright! the whole point of this song is just basically to justify the rest of mansun's songs... they're telling you that the lyrics aren't supposed to mean all that much... the singer is just telling you that his lyrics are meant only to make the music sound better. they're just like another instrument... so even though he's saying that the lyrics aren't supposed to mean that much, this song does have some meaning to it.
Yeah, that makes sense. But theres one part which seems to contradict that... "You say they mean nothing, just gobbledy-gook But just look at yourself, you're not clever enough" isnt that saying that if you think theres no meaning then you're not clever enough?
lol, you lot psychoanalyzing this song. "It says what it does on the tin." so, no need to be theorising what the hell this song actualy means, its here for you to post your comments on what it means to you. Oh and to CaNiS mAJOr. The reason I posted these lyrics on this site was for people like yourself to read them and to comment on the lyrics. Hence "songmeanings". :-D (i kinda answered that one with the above also... oops)
Paul Draper, the writer of this song, said in an interview that these lyrics were sarcastic. (While he confessed later on that his lyrics were 'gobbled gook') He said that they did mean something if you looked hard enough. "Lyrics mean nothing, don't right any wrongs In fact I'm not having them on this" Sarcasm, obviously.
Paul on lyrics Record Collector(?) 98------People who can't write lyrics explain it away by saying, "Oh, it's my soul. I'm speaking from the heart." And they turn out stuff like, "Out the back of my mind's eye/I saw it flying through the sky/high in the sky/I believe I can fly". How many British bands have written that lyric in the last five years? Fucking every one of them. And the Lighthouse Family, and R. Kelly, and Orville & Keith Harris. Orville believes he can fly, and so do fucking Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller. They go, "It's me soul, man". What they mean is, they haven't got any fucking lyrics.
LOLOLOLOL brilliant hidden track.
thanks for the info btw Mansunrose, it explains a lot. :D