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Alice, What's The Matter Lyrics
Something about you really puts me down,
You're the life of the party you're the toast of the town,
Something about you really picks me up,
Like a hot cup of coffee in a hot coffee cup.
Feels like a Saturday, free and easy going,
Reminded its a Sunday, to stop the flow from flowing,
You can see clearly now the rain has gone,
But it looks like someone's gone and dropped the bomb.
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Something about her she reminds me of you,
Something about him he could be me too,
Something about them something about the other,
Something I've got to tell you about my dad and your mother.
Feels like a Saturday, free and easy going,
Reminded its a Sunday, to stop the flow from flowing,
You can see clearly now the rain has gone,
But it looks like someone's gone and dropped the bomb.
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Something about black, something about white,
Something about wrong, something about right,
Something about us, something about them,
Something about Bill, definitely something about Ben,
Something about you, something about me,
Something about A, B, C, D and E,
Something about hell, something about heaven,
Something about 4, 5, 6 and 7,
Alice what's the matter,
Alice what's the matter,
Alice what's the matter,
Alice what's the matter?
You're the life of the party you're the toast of the town,
Something about you really picks me up,
Like a hot cup of coffee in a hot coffee cup.
Feels like a Saturday, free and easy going,
Reminded its a Sunday, to stop the flow from flowing,
You can see clearly now the rain has gone,
But it looks like someone's gone and dropped the bomb.
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Something about her she reminds me of you,
Something about him he could be me too,
Something about them something about the other,
Something I've got to tell you about my dad and your mother.
Feels like a Saturday, free and easy going,
Reminded its a Sunday, to stop the flow from flowing,
You can see clearly now the rain has gone,
But it looks like someone's gone and dropped the bomb.
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Alice what's the matter, Alice what's the matter
Something about black, something about white,
Something about wrong, something about right,
Something about us, something about them,
Something about Bill, definitely something about Ben,
Something about A, B, C, D and E,
Something about hell, something about heaven,
Something about 4, 5, 6 and 7,
Alice what's the matter,
Alice what's the matter,
Alice what's the matter,
Alice what's the matter?
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I think it's about a love+secrets, anxiety+madness.
1st verse: He gets depressed over her popularity (he doesn't like her in the spotlight), but he's happy when she gives him attention or they're together.
Subchorus: "Free and easy going" - carefree blissful days with her, "reminded its a sunday" - but reality has a way of bringing them down again. "You can see clearly...dropped the bomb" - someone told her a secret and it's opened up her eyes about their relationship.
Chorus: "Alice, what's the matter?" he's anxious, wanting her to say something about the situation which has left her shell-shocked.
2nd verse: He starts seeing parts of their relationship in other people (unspoken guilt), but then creates a distinction between his+Alice's relationship and other people's (something about them, something about the other), some kind of secret. "Something I've got to tell you about my dad and your mother" - that they're secretly brother+sister.
SubChorus: He's carefree when he's with her, so he doesn't care about that - but the reality of the situation is there, and it has deeply affected her.
DarkChorus: "Alice, what's the matter?"(x4) - he's anxiously asking/pleading with her to say something about the situation. She's silent.
3rd verse: black/white (distinctions), wrong/right (morals), us/them (distinctions), Bill/Ben (secret relationships) - all something about them, something he doesn't care about.
4th verse: you/me (bro+sis), ABCDE (rigid archetypes), hell/heaven (morals and consequences), 4567 (rigid archetypes) - these are all just words to him, polarizations that don't matter - he still loves her.
Last Verse: He's gearfully pleading/screaming at her to say something, to say that she doesn't care either; but her silence is deafening, and... down the rabbit hole they tumble?
What a song! Saw their last gig at Penningtons and they rocked!
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They could write lyrics about anything - so refreshing!
At times it seems like nonsense rhymes - Lewis Carroll reference perhaps? Along with the "tick tick" during the intro.