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Chimes sing Sunday morn
Today's the day She's sworn
To steal what She never could own
And race from this hole She calls home
Now you're at the wheel
Tell me how how does it feel
So good to have equalised
To lift up the lids of your eyes
As the miles they disappear
See land begin to clear
Free from the filth and the scum
This American satellite's won
She'll carry on through it all
She's a waterfall
She'll carry on through it all
She's a waterfall
See the steeple pine
The hills as old as time
Soon to be put to the test
To be whipped by the winds of the West
Stands on shifting sands
The scales held in her hands
The wind it just whips Her and wails
And fills up Her rickety sails
She'll carry on through it all
She's a waterfall
She'll carry on through it all
She's a waterfall
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Submitted by
bo On Apr 17, 2002
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Ian Brown said in an interview that this is about a girl whose fed up with everything, drops an acid and goes to Dover. What would Vera Lynn make of that?
I've always taken this to be about a woman who just keeps going... like a waterfall.
Undeterred, resolute - a strong woman you can trust.
This is an astonishing song, great riff and those lyrics... I'm not a flag waver or anything but I think this is one of the most profoundly patriotic songs i've ever heard. Britain's got its faults, its old and creaky, it lives in the past etc, but despite being almost submerged by the influence of US culture it carries on in its rickety eccentric way. The absolute master stroke is that the song is in the style of a sea shanty with Ian Brown doing his folky best to sound like a 19th century troubador. Effin Brillliant!
@hipshot I'm not sure about the sea shanty bit or about Brown being like a troubador, but I can definitely see what you mean about it in the patriotic sense. I had never listened to it in that way before. I dont see how the first two verses fit in to that thought, though?
@hipshot I'm not sure about the sea shanty bit or about Brown being like a troubador, but I can definitely see what you mean about it in the patriotic sense. I had never listened to it in that way before. I dont see how the first two verses fit in to that thought, though?
@hipshot There is no influence of US culture in Britain you retard. America speaks our language, listens to our music, and even follows our legal code. Britain has no "rickety eccentric" way, one shitty country that sticks to a 230 year old "2nd Amendment" certainly does though.
@hipshot There is no influence of US culture in Britain you retard. America speaks our language, listens to our music, and even follows our legal code. Britain has no "rickety eccentric" way, one shitty country that sticks to a 230 year old "2nd Amendment" certainly does though.
@joseph1052 I’m sorry, Joseph, but where do you think the work derogatory insult, “retard” comes from? You are very wrong to think British culture hasn’t been influenced by true U.S. It has, however, go both ways. They have influenced each other. Pretty much all British music has been influenced by, or directly imitates, American music made since the birth jazz, blues and rock and roll, and later with punk, rap and hip hop. There would be no Beatles, no Stones (Just a couple of obvious examples out of the thousands and thousands) and definitely no Stone Roses without the influence...
@joseph1052 I’m sorry, Joseph, but where do you think the work derogatory insult, “retard” comes from? You are very wrong to think British culture hasn’t been influenced by true U.S. It has, however, go both ways. They have influenced each other. Pretty much all British music has been influenced by, or directly imitates, American music made since the birth jazz, blues and rock and roll, and later with punk, rap and hip hop. There would be no Beatles, no Stones (Just a couple of obvious examples out of the thousands and thousands) and definitely no Stone Roses without the influence of American music on young British kids and their bands ove the past eighty years or so.
Ian Brown is a fantastic guy though.... very tallented in my opinion...... if that's what it really means then I'm not sure what Vera would have to say!!
The guitar work on this great!
There was a great online book, well blog really, by a crazed fan who became obsessed with the Roses and started to decipher the lyrics. It's called "One Love Story: Old Testament - New Testament". If you can find it online it's worth reading if you're a fan. Anyway he surmised that the whole album is about God, all femine references are to God, a feminine life force if you will. If you look at all the lyrics it does make sense, then look at the album itself, the last song is "I am The Resurection", the second album is titled "The Second Coming". So not a concept album, but a concept band, it's really quite extraordinary. Everything is about the new messiah, and they are trying to draw her out, to accept her role.
Considering the psychedelic influences on the roses, it seems pretty probable that feminine references could be related to the female presence/deity that a lot of people experience.
Considering the psychedelic influences on the roses, it seems pretty probable that feminine references could be related to the female presence/deity that a lot of people experience.
@JMills I think the idea of every femenine reference actually referring to God could easily to apply to any love. It's like that Christian Rock South Park episode, just replace all of the feminine refernces with Jesus.
@JMills I think the idea of every femenine reference actually referring to God could easily to apply to any love. It's like that Christian Rock South Park episode, just replace all of the feminine refernces with Jesus.
@JMills I have images of Jesus crucified on a cross calling out "Daddy Daddy help me, look what they did! While meanwhile his brother sits palm in hand saying "Bro fair do's I love them too but FFS dont get yourself hung over them. As this happens Gods wife is visiting her kid sister the other side of the Galaxy when she gets the news that everythings goneto shit back home. She rushes back and is first confronted with Jesus's brother who says "Ma they're upto their olde tricks again, bringing about a paternal holy than though ideology.". She...
@JMills I have images of Jesus crucified on a cross calling out "Daddy Daddy help me, look what they did! While meanwhile his brother sits palm in hand saying "Bro fair do's I love them too but FFS dont get yourself hung over them. As this happens Gods wife is visiting her kid sister the other side of the Galaxy when she gets the news that everythings goneto shit back home. She rushes back and is first confronted with Jesus's brother who says "Ma they're upto their olde tricks again, bringing about a paternal holy than though ideology.". She says "dont worry son, you just carry on enjoying the Sun Rise and Ill sort it all out. Look at the bloody mess they've caused TYPICAL!" Her son smiles confident in the knowledge that although he's not his dads favorite his mum holds a special place for him in her heart. :) He was always the one that favoured his mum and he too was her favorite. The ones that rebel against the paternal BS in life always hold a special place in a womans heart..
Woman leaves city, goes to see a beutfiul Britain which, as said, just continues despite influences from the west.
About a girl, About Britain.
I like this idea that it's about Britain, like Britain is America's bitch, but I think it's mostly about all Britain's beauty slowly disappearing through modernisation
here;
As the mile they disappear See land begin to clear Free from the filth and the scum This American satelites won
and here;
See the steeple pine The hills as old as time Soon to be put to the test To be whipped by the winds of the west
and how the people (the girl) will just take it in their stride.
@Zoltan Pandemonium Are you retarded. America is Britain's bitch. And has been for the last 200 years.
@Zoltan Pandemonium Are you retarded. America is Britain's bitch. And has been for the last 200 years.
I got the Gulf war impression as well particularly from these lines:
"To steal what she never could own" -Land, oil, wealth possibly, although the US doesn't really have a shortage of those
"Free from the filth and the scum This American satelites won" -Free from the Iraqis in Kuwait?
"Stands on shifting sands"
I know these are only 3 lines in the song, but reading the lyrics as a whole, especially with these 3 lines, gave me the impression it references the Gulf War.
@Affa sorry, but nope! I think you are reading way too deep, mate. Sorry
@Affa sorry, but nope! I think you are reading way too deep, mate. Sorry
@Affa think this kinda predates the gulf war
@Affa think this kinda predates the gulf war
I'm a tad confused by the gulf war reference? Considering it was written a couple of years before the war?